Vest-Pocket Series of Standard and Popular Authors

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Excerpt from Vest-Pocket Series of Standard and Popular Authors: Library of Congress, United States of America Belshazzar is King, will long keep his memory green. Who that ever came habitually into his presence can forget'the tones of his voice, the ten derness in his gray retrospective eyes, or the touch of his sympathetic hand laid on the shoulder of a friend! The elements were indeed so kindly miyed in him that no bitterness or rancor or jealousy had part or lot in his composition. No distin guished person was ever more ready to help for ward the rising and as yet nameless literary man or woman who asked his counsel and warm-hearted suffrage. His mere presence was sunshine to a new-comer into the world of letters and criticism, for he was always quick to encourage, and slow to disparage anybody. Indeed, to be lzumcm onlv en titled any one who came near him to receive the gracious bounty of his goodness and courtesy. He made it the happiness of his life never to miss, whenever opportunity occurred, the chance of con ferring pleasure and gladness on those who needed kind words and substantial aid. 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.