TO
ISRAEL DE WOLF ANDREWS, ESQ.,
OF EASTPORT, MAINE,
THIS HISTORICAL ROMANCE,
“Wager of Battle,”
Descriptive of the manners, customs and institutions of our mutual
ancestry, Saxon and Norman, at the period of their fusion into the
great race, speaking the English tongue, by whatever name, in distant
and widely severed isles and continents, it is destined to be known,
and illustrative of the nature of Saxon serfdom in the twelfth century
of our era, is dedicated, as a slight token of great esteem, of gratitude
for many good offices and of friendship, which, he hopes and wishes,
will stand all tests of time and change, unaltered,
By his sincere friend and servant,
HENRY WM. HERBERT.
The Cedars, July 20, 1855.
