Excerpt from Homer's Iliad: A Burlesque Translation The plan of restoring this valuable, humorous and excellent translation of the first twelve books of the Iliad, keeping within the bounds of decency, is so clearly set forth in Mr. Smith's letter to our Mr. Gebbie, that we quote it below in full. We accepted our editor's proposal and the public have now the result in the published work purified. 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.