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Excerpt from Master Humphrey's Clock, Vol. 3 of 3 IF the object an author has had, in writing a book, cannot be discovered from its perusal, the probability is that itis either very deep, or very shallow. H0ping that mine may lie somewhere between these two extremes, I shall say very little about it, and that, only in reference to one point. No account of the Gordon Riots, having been to my knowledge introduced into any Work of Fiction, and the subject presenting very extraordinary and remarkable features, I was led to project this Tale. 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.