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TO THE

REV. G. F. W. MORTIMER, D.D.,
Prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral, late Head Master of the City of
London School.
DEAR DOCTOR MORTIMER,
We have other motives, beside the respect and gratitude which must be felt for you by all those of your old
pupils who are capable of appreciating the work you did at
the City of London School, for asking you to let us dedicate
to you a little book which we have entitled " English Lessons
for English People."
Looking back upon our school life, we both feel that
among the many educational advantages which we enjoyed
under your care, there was none more important than the
study of the works of Shakspeare, to which we and our
school-fellows were stimulated by the special prizes of the
Beaufoy Endowment.
We owe you a debt of gratitude not always owed by
pupils to their teachers. Many who have passed into a life
of engrossing activity without having been taught at school
to use rightly, or to appreciate the right use of, their native