Excerpt from Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress: With a Preface, Notes, and Appendix The fancy will be'the sole arbitress of the trifling disputes of mankind. From a wish to throw every. Possible light on the history of an Art, which is destined ere long to have such influence upon the affairs Of the world, I have, for some time past, been employed in a voluminous and elaborate work, entitled 2' A Parallel between Ancient and Modern Pugilism, which is now in a state Of considerable forwardness, and which. 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.