Author: Thomas Ingoldsby

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-09

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 9780428630928

Excerpt from The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels You tell me that a generous and enlightened Public has given a favourable reception to those extracts from our family papers, which, at your sug gestion, were laid before it some two years since 5 and you hint, with all possible delicacy, that a second volume might not be altogether unacceptable at a period of the year when auld warld stories more especially in request. With all my heart, -the old oak chest is not yet empty in addition to which I have recently laid my hand upon a long ms. Correspondence of my great uncle, Sir Peregrine Ingoldsby, a cadet of the family, who somehow contrived to attract the 'notice of George the Second, and received from his honour-giving hand the accolade of knighthood. To this last-named source I. 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.