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Sam Slick has found his way into every corner of the earth. A traveller records his surprise and pleasure at meet ing with a well-thumbed copy in a log hut in the woods of the Mississippi Valley. Another traveller found one in the most northern town in the world, Hammerfest, Norway, where it was the constant companion of the British Consul. Forty years ago it is recorded that an able but very eccentric Danish Governor at St. Thomas, in the West Indies, was noted far and wide for his excessive admiration for Sam Slick and his sayings. Whenever a very knotty point arose before him and his Council, which consisted of three persons, he used to say, We must adjourn till to-morrow. I should like to look into this point. I must, see what Sam Slick has to say about it. 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.
