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Excerpt from Burton's Gentleman's Magazine and American Monthly Review, 1888 No'rnmo can be more gratifying to an Editor, at the close of each suc ceeding volume of his work, than to be able to state the proud conscious ness of increased success, and the probability of a still more extended pa tronage to the volume about to commence. We feel so'satisfied with the behaviour of our friends towards our periodical bantling, that we have de termined to extend our liabilities - to become owner as well as editor - and risk an increased expenditure in the conduct of our favorite work. We have. 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.