The Pilgrims of the Thames in Search of the National! The Designed, Etched, and Drawn on Wood (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Pilgrims of the Thames in Search of the National! The Designed, Etched, and Drawn on Wood If Romance is the forte of an author, whenever he makes up his mind to sit down to write a book, he may, if circumstances require it, exclaim, with the Lord Byron, "I want a Hero?" However, fortunately for us, we are not left in that predicament, we have not to "lean upon our elbows, " lost, as it were, in cogitation, neither have we any thing to do with Romance in any shape whatever. No! our castles are not of the "Otranto" build, nor do we deal in matters like the "Mysteries of Udolpho, " it not being our intention to speak in - parables! Corridors and subterraneous passages, likewise, are not necessary to illustrate our characters, as it will be seen they do not depend upon stage effect - abrupt entrances! awful exits! trapdoors! or blue tire, and ghosts and grinning I spectres are much too frightful to be introduced for the amusement of our readers! Therefore, nothing of the phantasmagoria kind will be attempted, reality being the decided object in view, and our heroes and heroines are to be met with every day in the public walks of life! sometimes on board of steamers, at others inside, or on the tops of stage-coaches, and not unfrequently to be seen on the outsides of horses. They are flesh and blood to the very touch, and words are not put into their mouths like puppets! but they speak for themselves, either good, bad, or indifferent! 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.