The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow, Vol. 1 of 2: A Tradition of Pennsylvania
Robert Montgomery Bird
Hardcover
(Forgotten Books, Jan. 18, 2018)
Excerpt from The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow, Vol. 1 of 2: A Tradition of PennsylvaniaHear me, but don't believe me, after you have heard - says Calderon, the Spanish dramatic poet, with a droll spirit of honesty, only equalled by the English Burton, who concludes the tale of the Prebend, in his Anatomy of Melancholy, by ex claiming, You have heard my tale; but, alas! It is but a tale, - a mere fiction: 'twas never so, never like to be, - and so let it rest. We might imitate the frankness of these ancient Worthies, in regard to the degree of credit which should be ao corded to our tradition; but it would be at an ex pense of greater space and tediousness than we care to bestow upon the reader. We could not declare, in the same Wholesale way, that the folu lowing narrative is a mere fabrication, for such iti is not; while to let the reader into the secret, and 1 point out the different facts (for facts there are) that are interwoven with the long gossamer web of fiction, would be a work of both time and labour.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.