Half A Century Or Changes In Men And Manners Classic Reprint

Author : Frederick T. Wallace
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330499412
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book Men and Events of Half a Century (Classic Reprint) written by Frederick T. Wallace and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Men and Events of Half a Century Should any reader of this book deem the author to have presumed too much on the public consideration, or to have mistaken the historical and literary tastes of a reading people, his apology is that he has been tempted by the over-indulgence of the public journals of Cleveland, and some of New York, Boston and Chicago, which have, during a series of years, published most of the papers herein, besides having put the writer off his guard of modesty by each asking in pleasing terms for more copy. He confesses, nevertheless, something akin to parental feeling for his scattered children of the brain, remembering the happiness or sadness attendant upon their birth; and therefore he has called the little wanderers home, wiped their sun-browned faces, combed their matted and dishevelled locks, and in some instances set on a patch of new cloth where they seemed somewhat thread-bare, or a little out at the knees or elbows, to make them a trifle more presentable among the few surviving neighbors who saw most of them when they first toddled, and their father was young and hopeful - cherishing, withal, a parental hope that a new and cultured generation may discover something in their forms and faces, and respectful manners, not wholly unattractive, though they be not among the prettiest and best dressed of literary children. Furthermore, an abiding attachment for the beautiful city and its generous people has prompted the author to an effort to awaken, in the minds of a few appreciative friends, pleasant recollections of local events, and to recall a few among the many names of those who have contributed to make up the record of the eventful history of our city and country, covering a period of half a century. 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.