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Excerpt from Salmagundi, or the Whimwhams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. And Others, Vol. 1 The book, in fact, is every way in place in company with the series of Mr. Irving's writ ings. It was not all of his composition, to be sure, nor did it receive that care of revision at his hands, bestowed upon his other composi tions in his latest editions; but, without separating his part from the rest, and making every allowance for inexperience of style, we may readily enough detect throughout its pages the genius of Washington Irving. 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.