More Reminiscences of an Old Bohemian (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from More Reminiscences of an Old Bohemian It has happened this way: More than one of the many flattering reviewers of my Days and Ways of an Old Bohemian, some four years ago, remarked that no doubt I could fill another volume with stories of my exceptionally varied experiences of life. Now, recalling those friendly suggestions, I realise that, when writing such a book and covering a period of sixty years with no diary or previously prepared notes to rely on, one is apt to overlook many incidents and people as interesting as those remembered at the time. In fact, I find that I have sufficient material for a second book, which I trust will be as well appreciated as the other. By the way, the word "Bohemian" in the title of my other book may have suggested that my reminiscences relate only to Bohemia, in the common acceptation of the term, whereas the word was used in its general sense, that of a man who has led a wandering life and therefore had a variety of experiences. Unconventionality, the main characteristic of Bohemianism, is not a strong point in my temperament, but I must have been unconventional when, as a child of eight, and learning Latin - most of it now forgotten - I made my first attempt in literature by addressing a love-poem to a young lady, some twelve years my senior, in which I rhymed her Christian name, Letitia, with "kingfisher," and with no legitimate excuse for associating that bird with the condition of my heart or the object of my affections. Then, too, I made my first proposal of marriage when I was sixteen, to a plump young German governess who played the zither. 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.
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