Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Glimpses of Authors
The man behind the book. He is a never-failing source Of interest; and the more we love the book, the more do we desire to know him. This is no undue curiosity; it is the normal human craving to Search beneath the surface for the real motive-power that makes alive the printed page.
A book is not just paper, text, and binding; a book is something with a heart and a soul, and we know that the spirit re?ected there is not bound up between the covers, but emanates from its creator. He it is who addresses us, and if he cheers inspires, or soothes us, he soon becomes our friend. And which Of us is quite content to know a friend merely on paper?
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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.
