The Annual

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Excerpt from The Annual: Being a Selection From the Forget-Me-Nots, Keepsakes and Other Annuals of the Nineteenth Century The enterprising brain of Mr. Rudolph Ackermann, in its time, conceived many ingenious and varied ideas. Ever since he abandoned his native Saxony, to establish himself as a print-seller in the Strand, he had never stood still for a moment. He was among the first to use gas as an illuminant in his shop. He had patented a method for rendering cloth and paper waterproof. He had patented a movable carriage axle of his invention. He had designed Lord Nelson's funeral car. He had built a factory, he had set up a press. He had instituted the monthly Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions and Manufactures. He had published the works of Dr. Syntax, Ephraim Hardcastle, and Geoffrey Gambado. He had introduced the art of lithography into England. He had secured the services of Rowlandson, Prout, Nash and Pugin. His literary evenings, on Wednesdays in March and April, were famous. What was there left for him to do? The century was already in its early twenties, when a new idea occurred to Mr. Ackermann. 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.