Excerpt from The Old Snuff House of Fribourg Treyer: At the Sign of the Rasp Crown No; 34 St. James's Haymarket, London, S. W.; 1720, 1920 The only period for which apology is now needed is from the date of commencement, always considered to be 1720 to 1764. The earliest book in existence is dated r764 and contains reference to a previous book, but that is all there is now to go upon. Matters learnt from hearsay which I think extravagant, I have left out entirely, at the cost, perhaps, of making the story less interesting. Where facts and dates are stated without any doubts expressed, it may be taken that there is direct evidence to prove what is stated, and the Firm will only be too pleased at any time to show anyone interested the books from which these facts are obtained. 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.