Janice Meredith a Story of the Amer-Ican Revolution
Paul Leicester Ford
Paperback
(Forgotten Books, July 13, 2012)
My dear George, Into the warp and woof of every hook an author weaves much that even the subtlest readers cannot suspect, far less discern. To them it is but a cross and pile of threads interlaced to form a pattern which may please or displease their taste. But to the writer every filament has its own association :H ow each bit of silk or wool, flax or tow, was laboriously gathered, or was blown to him ;when each was spun by the wheel of his fancy into yarns ;the colour and tint his imagination gave to each skein; and where each was finally woven into the fabric by the shuttle of his pen. No thread ever quite detaches itself from its growth and spinning, dyeing and weaving, and each draws him back to hours and places seemingly unrelated to the work. And so, as I have read the proofs of this hook I have found more than once that the pages have faded out of sight and in their stead I have seen Mount Pisgah and the French Broad River., or the ramp and terrace of Biltmore House, just as I saw them when writing the words which served to recall them to me. With the visions, too, has come a recurrence to our long talks, our work among the books, our games of chess, our cups of tea, our walks, our rides, and our drives. It is therefore a pleasure to me that the book so naturally gravitates to you, and that I may make it a remembrance of those past weeks of companionship, and an tarnest of the present affection of PAUL LEICESTER FORD.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whil