They All Do It, Or Mr. Miggs of Danbury and His Neighbors

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Excerpt from They All Do It, Or Mr. Miggs of Danbury and His Neighbors: Being a Faithful Record of What Befell the Miggses on Several Important, Together With a Full Account of Stirring Events in the Neighborhood in the IntervalsIt is the custom for an author to preface his volume with an apology for appearing before the public. In this case, an apology is needed, I fear, for the author not appearing ere this. It is four years since I came to you in book-shape: the absence was unavoidable. When "Life in Danbury" was published, I believed it would be the last, as it was the first, compilation of writings I should make. Even in the flush of its great success I did not waver in this belief. In the intervening years I have been frequently solicited to bring out a similar book, but steadily refused. A "similar" work was not desirable. I wanted something different, something much better, for a second book, and enough material for this purpose was not at hand. It required time to accumulate.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.