Excerpt from A Grape From a Thorn IT has come to the knowledge of the author of A Grape from a Thorn that some pain has been given to the friends of the late Count d'albam'e from the impression they have been under that he was the original of a certain personage pourtrayed in the novel. This is altogether a misconception the author did not know the Count even by sight, nor, so far as he is aware, had that gentleman any feature of character in common with the Mr. Edwards of the story. Moreover, lest the very misapprehension should arise which has taken place, and which he sincerely deplores, the author was careful to point out (page 210) that others besides the Count have claimed to be the last of the Stuarts, and that Mr. Edwards was one of them. 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.