The Wanderings of a Pen and Pencil (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Wanderings of a Pen and PencilMonmouth was a bare and ludicrous figment. We ourselves disbelieve the legend of King Cole and the fiddlers, and have small faith in the humpback and early teeth of Richard of Gloucester. We believe there was once a time when the poor were more tenderly provided for than at the present period, but we shake our heads at Robin Hood and the prophecies of Nixon without any fear of being assassinated by the common people. We have aimed boldly at difficulties. We have tried to please ourselves, the Public, our readers, and the kind and loving strangers who ministered to our comfort and instruction upon the road. Many think we have said fierce words of certain institutions, and of some unrighteous practices and misappropriations. We plead an involuntary and impetuous hatred of injustice, which, we are sorry to say, after long experience, more frequently produces warmth and hue upon our own cheeks than such effect, in case of the parties accused. At all times it will be gratifying to amend our faults, by attention to the suggestions and corrections of persons better informed than ourselves. Inad vertently we may have blundered frequently. We repeat our recommenda tion of these Wanderings, not as any token of our ability, but as a stimulus and humble example to men of full leisure and acknowledged capacity. Modestly and courteously, we present the book to the Public at large with its foil of imperfection, and trust it will be received with a disposition to make allowances for intention, for rapidity, hindrance, and eccentricity.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.