The Maxwells of Bremgarten

The Maxwells of Bremgarten by William Moore Ferrar is about the history and background of Bernard Maxwell and his wife and children. Excerpt: "RESPECTED READERS.—Utterly hopeless of attracting your attention in these last days of steam, electricity, and prolific literature by attempting to explain the nature of the present work in an ordinary preface, I am induced to address you as if a tolerably good understanding were already established between us…"