Excerpt from Rousseau No student of Rousseau's writings can omit to own Specially his obligations to the studies of St Marc Girardin, and the masterly work of Mr. Morley. Some recent publications have thrown further light on the life of Rousseau, and of these I have made use. A brochure, edited by Professor E. Ritter ('la Famille de Jean Jacques: Documents ine'dits.' Geneva, supplies several details of family history, and corrects several errors in the earliest part of the 'confessions, ' which was written from memory not unaided by imagina. 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.