Excerpt from The Show Folks Without atternpting any Broad Grins upon the subject, or even calling in the aid of the Wagsof yet laugh ing at the frowns Of the great Blue Beard, on theatrical affairs, 1 have, John Bull like, although perfectly unknown to you, Sir, dedicated MY Random Records respecting a young artist Of great promise, who, had his life been spared, would, in all probability, have become an ornament to that profession, Of which, in the' distin guished character Of the president Of the royal academy, you have been selected as the head. 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.