Yankee Jumbles, or Chimney Corner Tales of 19th Century Events, Comprising Subjects of Fact, Fun and Fiction (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Yankee Jumbles, or Chimney Corner Tales of 19th Century Events, Comprising Subjects of Fact, Fun and FictionWhen a large part of the precious information gained from reading this book would be lost, if the present is not employed to preserve such a heritage to the hu man race. Genealogies are mostly of local interests, unless the subjects are of world wide notoriety like Adam, Moses, Samson, Mark Twain, Carrie Nation and others of like repute. It is hoped this work will not be confined by lines of latitude or longitude, but that instructive food may be gathered from these pages in all climes, and light be shed to illumine a world ly ing in darkness. There is to be no windup with a wedding or funeral, there are no tales of woe, intended to lacerate hearts or to fill eyes with scalding tears. While there may be many silly things to incur the dis approval of some, it is hoped there may be enough of interest to encourage the reader to give the work as a whole a merciful criticism. While some may enjoy this and others that, it must take its chances as did the specimen work of the painter, that pleased nobody and everybody.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.