Excerpt from Oregon Literature However, beyond a crude and imperfect collection of excerpts from the writings of these people, published a few years ago by the author of this volume, no attempt has been made to place before the public any exhibit of their literature. The ready sale that attended the first edition, and the demand that apparently exists for a more pretentious work on the subject, occasioned the present publication. In this new edition the scope of work has been so in creased as to include contributions from gifted writers who have more recently come into prominence on ao count of use of choice English as it is spoken and written in the extreme West. But be it said that the interesting task of selecting nuggets amidst a Klondyke of literary gems was somewhat incumbered with the con stant fear that in the delightful search many of the most valuable specimens may have been overlooked. Bearing this in mind, the author believes that enough have been gathered and are here presented to convince the reader that in the realm of literature, no state so young as Oregon has done better. J B, H. 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.