Excerpt from The Book of New York: Forty Years' Recollections of the American Metropolis Delay in the publication of this work has been due, somewhat, to serious illness, but in a much greater degree to obstacles cast in my way for obtaining material for sketches of friends and distinguished persons I desired to include in the volume. My illness was acute, and, at one time, grave. The tension under which I suffered was relieved not so much by medicine as by a cold-blooded des patch from Mr. Marcy, couched in this language: ...
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Excerpt from The Book of New York: Forty Years' Recollections of the American Metropolis Delay in the publication of this work has been due, somewhat, to serious illness, but in a much greater degree to obstacles cast in my way for obtaining material for sketches of friends and distinguished persons I desired to include in the volume. My illness was acute, and, at one time, grave. The tension under which I suffered was relieved not so much by medicine as by a cold-blooded des patch from Mr. Marcy, couched in this language: For God's sake, Chambers, keep alive until the book is finished; after that, use your own discretion. That message came to me at St. Augustine, Fla where I was in bed under orders to remain there; but it galvanized me into action. It had the effect of bringing me back to New York on the first Clyde steamer from Jacksonville. Publishers, as well as corporations are soulless: but I always have respected the man who drives. I was a driver many years, myself. When I set out to write my recollections of an active life in this city, the task appeared easy. All I had to do was to turn to my stenographer and say, Begin! But I soon discovered that a large part of my intimate knowledge of political and professional men, especially of my employers, was contained in privileged conversations and written communications. Among more than a thousand letters on my files, many were barred by professional ethics. Not a confidence has been violated. Some incidents herein set down may jar the feel ings of friends or enemies, but the fault is not mine. 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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