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Excerpt from Memorandum on the Subject of the Earl of Elgin's Pursuits in Greece Had been obtained under the peculiar disadvantages which the prejudices and jealousies of the Turks had ever thrown in the way of such attempts, any favour able circumstances which Lord Elgin's embassy might offer should be improved fundamentally; and notonly modellers, but architects and draftsmen, might be employed, to rescue from oblivion, with the most accurate detail, whatever speci mens of architecture and sculpture in Greece had still escaped the ravages of time, and the barbarism of conquerors. On this suggestion, Lord Elgin pro posed to his Majesty's Government, that they should send out English artists of known eminence, capable of collecting this information in the most perfect man ner; but the prospect appeared of too doubtful an issue for ministers to engage inlthe expense attending it. Lord Elgin then endeavoured to engage some of these artists at his own charge; but the value B. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.