Excerpt from The Beaux of the Regency, Vol. 1 It may be objected that most of the works mentioned are accessible; but the author believes, rightly or wrongly, that the majority Of the memoirs of the dandies' contemporaries, containing as they do so much that is stale and unprofitable, have been long since relegated to the limbo of forgotten things. For ordinary purposes these scores of, for the most part, dreary reminiscences have no value even for students, and, save here and there by some intrepid explorer, have been ignored, except perhaps by the diligent con tributors to the Dictionary of National Biography. It is surprising how many compilers of diaries and reminiscences have failed to put on record their impressions of their friends' characters, appearance, and eccentricities, forgetting that what was familiar to them would be unknown to future generations; and even when people are introduced into the journals, the references are all too frequently valueless as, for example. 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.