Excerpt from Hell Up to Date: The Reckless Journey of R. Palasco Drant, Newspaper Correspondent, Through the Infernal Regions, as Reported by Himself; With Illustrations What do we do? We shy valuable bric-a-brac at a comet fiend. We curse a chronic book bor rower. We feel a malicious desire to give a society bore a long, lingering kick. Pessimism we hate. But of what avail is all this? To follow the pre cedent laid down by Dante seems never to have occurred to any one. In this book, however, we have revived the old ...
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Excerpt from Hell Up to Date: The Reckless Journey of R. Palasco Drant, Newspaper Correspondent, Through the Infernal Regions, as Reported by Himself; With Illustrations What do we do? We shy valuable bric-a-brac at a comet fiend. We curse a chronic book bor rower. We feel a malicious desire to give a society bore a long, lingering kick. Pessimism we hate. But of what avail is all this? To follow the pre cedent laid down by Dante seems never to have occurred to any one. In this book, however, we have revived the old retaliatory method adopted by the immortal poet. But the principal reason for this second exploration was to learn if the region of fire was the same as of old, or whether it kept pace with the triumphal march of progress. The author found it right in line. Even Hell is now run on the broad, American plan. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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