Parker, John Henry: The archaeology of Rome (1,text): I. The primitive fortifications (Oxford [u.a.], 1874)

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE,
FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY, &c.

Sir,
It is extremely gratifying to me that I have your permission
to inscribe this work to you. You have taken a kind interest-
in the book during its progress, and I have also had the plea-
sure of shewing you some of the Antiquities of Rome, and of
explaining them on the spot, agreeably with the new method of
the Rickman and Willis school of Archceology, which has never
before been applied to them. What I at first saw dimly, has
been made more and more clear by each succeeding excavation ;
and I am, therefore, naturally proud of associating the results
of my labours with the name of one of the most accomplished
scholars, orators, and statesmen of the day.
With much respect,
Your obedient and faithful servant,
John Henry Parker, C.B.