66 Upon every just ground of selection-upon every principle which could either direct or determine me in my choice of a name, and equally as a matter of warm impulse and profound reflection, I dedicate the following pages to you; fully conscious that all the nobler portion of what I have endeavoured to affect, or to illustrate, gives a fitness and propriety to my choice, as does also the fact that they form A Tale of Military Life,' and an attempt, sincere, how imperfect soever, to pourtray military character under other, and |