Standard Novels, Vol. 1 of 1 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Standard Novels, Vol. 1 of 1 My Publisher has requested me to prepare a Preface for a new edition of "The Country Curate," which he is about to introduce into The Standard Novels. Little is, however, left for me to say respecting the origin of these Tales, in addition to the short account which I considered it necessary to give in the Advertisement to former editions. They are all founded on real occurrences; though the reader will easily understand that, in most cases, the amount of truth is, as compared to the amount of fiction, like Falstaff´s "hap´orth of bread to his gallons of sack." The original of the Poacher was (and, for aught I know to the contrary, still is,) an old man in the parish of West-well, in Kent, by name Joe Skinner. His cottage, which I have visited a hundred times, corresponded both in its internal and external appearance to that described in the text; and to the accurate resemblance of his personal habits to those of the imaginary Simon Lee there is not a gamekeeper in all the country round who is unable to bear witness. 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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