James M. Bailey
They All Do It; Or Mr. Miggs of Danbury and His Neighbors: Being a Faithful Record of What Befell the Miggses on Several Important; Together With a ... in the Intervals
Hardcover
(Forgotten Books Jan. 20, 2018)
Excerpt from They All Do It; Or Mr. Miggs of Danbury and His Neighbors: Being a Faithful Record of What Befell the Miggses on Several Important; Together With a Full Account of Stirring Events in the Neighborhood in the IntervalsThe contents of the first book were almost entirely selected from the issues of The News in the year immediately preceding, and many of the articles were fresh in the mind of the general reader. This was dreadfully unpleasant 5 but it was unavoidable. Again the volume was largely composed of short paragraphs, which may have been good enough in their way, but, from their brevity, made the reading a trifle hummocky, and tended somewhat to mar the symmetry of the plot.I like to see the plot of a book all right, even if the binding is a little lame.The selections for this volume cover a period of four years. From the abundance of material in that time furnished, a careful and conscientious choice has been made. It is a compilation pf sketches and essays with out paragraphs and, from beginning to end, not one of its fair pages is sullied by _a pun.It is just such a book as I have often awaked in the night and wished the other had been, but which was.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.
- ISBN
- 048436295X / 9780484362955
- Pages
- 338
- Weight
- 20.8 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 0.8 in.
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