Excerpt from John Todd and How He Stirred His Own Broth-Pot: A Tale Worth Telling Some critics say that in no case A book should be without preface, As always something, less or more, Which bears the name should go before. Not even a pamphlet or Zibellas Should be without one, as they tell us. But if an author hath not got Wherewith to make one, then why not 9 Why should he, if so pinched or placed, Not let his book go unprefaced? When thus nonplussed, to take the pains Of cudgelling his barren brains, In hope of beating ...
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Excerpt from John Todd and How He Stirred His Own Broth-Pot: A Tale Worth Telling Some critics say that in no case A book should be without preface, As always something, less or more, Which bears the name should go before. Not even a pamphlet or Zibellas Should be without one, as they tell us. But if an author hath not got Wherewith to make one, then why not 9 Why should he, if so pinched or placed, Not let his book go unprefaced? When thus nonplussed, to take the pains Of cudgelling his barren brains, In hope of beating out what may Pass for a preface in its way, But which would not the public make The wiser, were a grand mistake. And lest I should fall into it, All prefacing I must omit. 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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