Excerpt from Nome and Seward Peninsula: History, Description, Biographies and Stories I never was a success as a money getter, but as I grow older I realize more fully the truth and wisdom of the old Jew's advice to his son: Young man, get money. My attempt to follow this advice did not leave me adequate time to rewrite and edit all of the material in this volume, and a part of the matter does not please me. But what ever demerit the book may have from a writer's point of view, it is up to the book-maker's standard. I did not stint in the selection of paper. And the engraver, printer, pressman and binder have done their work well. 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.