Tales From Blackwood, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from Tales From Blackwood, Vol. 2: New Series OU ask me to tell you, my grandchildren, some thing about my own share in the great events that happened fifty years ago. 'tis sad work turn ing back to that bitter page in our history, but you may perhaps take profit in your new homes from the lesson it teaches. For us in England it came too late. And yet we had plenty of warnings, if we had only made use of them. The danger did not come on us unawares. It burst on us suddenly, 'tis true but its coming was foreshadowed plainly enough to open our eyes, if we had not been wil fully blind. We English have only ourselves to blame for the humiliation which has been brought on the land. Venerable old age! Dishonourable s.s. - II. 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.