Excerpt from The Dedication of Books to Patron and Friend: A Chapter in Literary History Few desires can be more natural than that of an author to link the name of a friend of patron with the work of his own mind. When this end only is aimed at and it is earned out with taste and feeling, the result must. 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.