Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and Men (Classic Reprint)Fb&c Limited, 15 հոկ, 2017 թ. - 314 էջ Excerpt from Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and Men After my reading the Persian Tales (and I had been reading Dryden's Fables just before them) I had some thoughts of writ ing a Persian Fable; in which I should have given full loose to description and imagination. It would have been a very wild thing, if I had executed it, but might not have been entertaining - The same. 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. |