Lands of the Slave and the Free, or Cuba, the United States, and Canada, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Lands of the Slave and the Free, or Cuba, the United States, and Canada, Vol. 1One makes an excuse for tediousness, a second makes an apology for delay, a third makes his cn deavours plead for favourable reception, 850. Then again you have the interrogator, wherein a reader is found before the work is printed, convenient ques tions are put into his mouth, and ready replies are given, to which no rejoinder is permitted. This is very astute practice - Then again there is the puffer and condenser, wherein, if matter be wanting in the work, a prefacial waggon is put before the chapters] pony, the former acting the part of pemican, or concentrated essence, the latter representing the liquid necessary for cooking it, the whole forming a potage au lecteur, known among professional men as soldier's broth.' My own Opinion on this important point is, that a book is nothing more nor less than a traveller, he is born in Fact or Fancy, he travels along a goose quill, then takes a cruise to a printer's. On his return thence his health is discovered to be very bad, strong drastics are applied, he is gradually cooked up, and when convalescent, he puts on his Sunday clothes, and struts before the public. At this critical juncture up comes the typish master of the ceremonies, Mr. Preface, and commences intro ducing him to them, but knowing that both mano. E.] precautionary measures.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.