As the Sparks Fly Upward (Classic Reprint)
Author: Cyrus Townsend Brady
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Published: 2015-07-13
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9781331314738
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from As the Sparks Fly Upward I may as well admit the obvious: I am a confirmed Prefaceteer, or, since I am coining a word, shall I say Prefateer? - one who writes prefaces. I think it can not be gainsaid that I am guilty of more prefaces - and books! - than any other living author. And the end is not yet! Having done something, I can not resist the temptation to talk about it - as the hen cackles when she lays an egg. Publishers, critics, possibly readers also, object to the preface; but most illogically, I think. They say nobody reads a preface nowadays. Granted for the sake of the argument! But if so, what harm can result from something that nobody reads? Well, it pleases me to be prefatory, so here goes. This, gentle reader - book following, I mean, not preface present - is neither a sea story, nor an adventure tale, nor a romance of war, civil or uncivil. 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.
