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Excerpt from George Cruikshank's Omnibus: Illustrated With One Hundred Engravings on Steel and Wood WE have been entreated by a great many juvenile friends to tell 'em all about Engraved Preface in No. I. And entreaties from tender juveniles we never could reatst. So, for their sakes, we enter into a little explanation concerning the great matters crowded into our Preface.' All children of a larger growth are, therefore, warned to skip this page if they please - it is not for them, who are, of course, familiar with the ways Of the world - but only for the little dears who require a Guide to the great Globe they are just beginning to inhabit. Snowman. Now then, my little masters and missis, run home to your mammas, and cry till they give you all a shilling apiece, and then bring it to me, and I'll show you all the pretty pictures. 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.