Excerpt from John Bunyan and the Gipsies Surely the strange and unfortunate Gipsy race and its various Off-shoots have not sinned beyond the forgiveness Of the rest Of their fellow-creatures, so that what represents a relatively-large body of British subjects cannot be acknowledged even by name; leaving to others to look upon or associate with them as each member of the native race may see fit. One would naturally think that the inhabitants Of Great Britain would at least take some little interest in what might be called their coloured population; and hold in respect some of its members who could doubtless tell us much that is interesting on the subject Of the Gipsies, SO that that should not be a reproach to them which would be a credit to others. TO do so, and have the people, in some form or other, acknowledged, is due to the spirits of research and philanthropy that characterize this age. I admit that there are many difficulties attending a movement of this kind. These I have explained fully on previous occasions, and I need not repeat them here. 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.