Excerpt from Memories of the Months As the shadows lengthen, the man becomes more and more garrulous. 'la jeunesse a lui reparait, ' quoth Alexandre Dumas, apportant tous ces souvenirs suaves, qui sont plutot des parfums que des pensees.' Courtesy and forbearance on the part of his friends provide him with an audience, nor does he spare them, spin ning interminable yarns, sometimes of very indifferent texture. 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.