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Excerpt from The Early Poems and Sketches of Thomas Hood: Including "the Odes and Addresses to Great Men," Etc;, Etc;, Etc The present collection of the Early Poems and Sketches of the late Thomas Hood, has been issued to meet the growing demand for, and appreciation of the writings of a man, now universally acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most genial of modern humorists. Although the contents of the present volume are included in the Complete Edition of Hood's Works, it was believed that a smaller and less expensive series would be acceptable to a wider class of readers. Early Poems, &c., the two series of Whirns and Oddities, and the Serious and Comic Poems have been arranged for that purpose, as People s Editions. There is another reason attaching more especially to the present volume, that may be of interest to the reading public, in the fact that these authorised editions are the only ones edited and revised by his children, and in which they have any substantial interest. The law of Copyright remains in the samestate of copywrong as when my father lived and wrote so energetically upon its shortcomings. Con sequently, by the lapse of years, some of his works will erelong be at the mercy of those he so aptly called Bookarzem. To the grievances and injuries of the Copyright law, so ably and humorously chronicled by my father, he might have added that of his heirs being reduced in protection of their just rights to the level of vendors of quack medicines, in advertising the original as the only genuine article, and as he says, It must be an ungrateful generation, that in its love for cheap copies, can lose all regard for 'the dear originals l' 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.