Excerpt from The Sea and the Sailor: Notes on France and Italy, and Other Literary Remains When the fragments and manuscripts of Mr. Colton were put into the hands of the Editor, it was supposed that an entertaining volume Of Miscellanies could be made up, with little to do on the compiler's part but to select, combine, correct, and put to press. It was soon found, however, that none Of the manuscripts, except portions Of the poems, had ever been at all adjusted, or put into shape for publication. All the diamonds in them were diamonds in the rough, and the gold was either in quartz, or scattered through clay and sand. The work to be done, therefore, was that both Of the miner and the lapidary. The shaft here Opened has proved a productive one, and we think it rare for the merely post humous remains of a literary Naval Chaplain to yield so rich a vein. The part we have called The Sea and the Sailor is made up mainly Of two manuscripts, without a name, in the shape Of Sermons, or Addresses, which it is supposed Mr. Colton was in the habit of using, or having recourse to. 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.