The Library, 1913, Vol. 4

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Excerpt from The Library, 1913, Vol. 4: Quarterly Review of Bibliography and Library LoreThe Grand Old Gardener and his wife may or may not smile at the claims of long descent, ' but many will still agree with Colonel Newcome that 'every man would like to come of an ancient and honourable race.' It was essential to the person ality of George Fortescue that he did come of a very ancient and very honourable race, and though, like Jaques about another matter, he gave Heaven thanks and made no boast Of it, ' he was by no means unconscious of it. This must be my apology for the introduction of so much family history into the biography of an eminent librarian.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.