Excerpt from Harry Lauder, at Home and on Tour Some people can read romance in everything a degree removed from the commonplace, but in the story Of Harry Lauder's life unfolded in these pages there is very little of the romantic as the word is generally under stood. Here indeed, there is always more of fight than of favour, a deal more Of pluck than of luck. Certainly Lauder's genius was ever-present, making fame and fortune possible to him, but how many geniuses succumb in the struggle, lacking the essential quality Of determination, and die, un known and unsung? Harry Lauder is, I repeat, a genius, but he has nursed and fostered his natural endowments until to-day he is hailed wherever he goes as the outstanding figure in the profession which he adorns. 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.