Author: William HazlittPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483547520
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Excerpt from Table-Talk Original Essays on Men and Manners, Edited by His Son, Vol. 1 Tan present Volume contains, in addition to matter published in the former editions of Table Talk, ' an Essay, now for the first time printed, and another now for the first time collected. The former, the Essay On Travelling Abroad, ' I found amongst other manuscripts of my father's, most of them merely the copy whence Table Talk' and other works of his were printed, and I at first concluded that this also had been used. A diligent search, however: not merely through all the collected volumes of his works, but through all the various publications to which he contributed, regularly or occasionally, in which search I have been aided by the keen eye of my friend Mr Raymond Yates, Whose earnest de votion to the author has rendered this and other cooperation, for which I stand indebted to him, truly a labour of love, I have no hesitation in announcing the Essay in question to be entirely new. It is, to say the truth, somewhat fragmentary, and would. 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.