The Miscellaneous Writings of George C. Harding (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Miscellaneous Writings of George C. Harding After the death of Mr. Harding, many of his friends ex pressed a wish to have some imemorial of him - something that would embalm the ¿ashes of his humor, the nimble wit, the delicate and covert satire of one who, for years, had worked while others slept, until overtaken by that sleep which knows no awakening here. After many doubts and much hesitation, it was decided to publish his army and Mexican letters, and se lections from such of his miscellaneous writings as were most characteristic of him, and would best give an idea of the pe culiar style and fervor of his genius. His army comrades were especially desirous that his letters, which contained the only re ally authentic account of the stormy events in which they had taken so active a part, should be published, that justice might be done to their valor, patriotism and endurance. A large part of this volume is, therefore, devoted to this subject. His Mexican Notes were widely read and appreciated, and are herein published in response to many requests. The bulk of his mis cellaneous writings was found to be so great as not to be compres sible within the limits thus left for it, or, indeed, within a single volume, and it was, therefore, determined to give only some of the more striking. 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.