American Authors and British Pirates (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: Brander Matthews
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781528175937
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 46

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Excerpt from American Authors and British Pirates Artemus Ward and Josh Billings; now there are various editions of his serious poems and of his criticisms. In like manner the visit of Dr. Holmes to London in 1886 called forth a host of reprints of his prose and of his poetry. Not long' before he had been represented chiefly by a book called Wit and Humor, ' a selection from his lighter verse, and by half a dozen editions of the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, ' in one of which he was subjected to the indignity of an introduction by Mr. George Augustus Sala! 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.