Author : Francis J. Bellew
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265185186
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (851 download)
Book Synopsis Memoirs of a Griffin, Or a Cadet's First Year in India (Classic Reprint) by : Francis J. Bellew
Download or read book Memoirs of a Griffin, Or a Cadet's First Year in India (Classic Reprint) written by Francis J. Bellew and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memoirs of a Griffin, or a Cadet's First Year in India I deem it necessary to make this observation en passant, lest, like a young officer I once heard of in India, who, conscie'nce-stricken on hearing some of his besetting sms, as he thought, pointedly denounced, flung out of the church, declaring there was no standing the chaplain's personalities, some of my readers should think that I have been taking, under cover, a sly shot at themselves or friends. That the characters lightly sketched in these Memoirs have been taken from life i.e., that the ideas of them have been furnished by real personages - I in some measure candidly allow, though I have avoided making the portraits invidiously exact; as in a dream, busy fancy weaves a tissue of events out of the stored impressions of the brain, so, of course, the writer of a story must in like manner, though with more congruity, arrange and embody his scattered recollections, though not necessarily in the exact shape and order in which the objects, &c., originally presented themselves. Moreover, I believe I may safely add, that the originals of my sketches have, for the most part, long since brought life's fitful fever to a close. 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.