Excerpt from Autobiography of Henry Taylor, 1800 1875, Vol. 1 of 2: 1800 1844 This work was begun in 1865, continued as leisure served till 1877, and then privately printed for com munication to a few friends. Any readers who may reach the last pages will find that it was intended only for posthumous publication and till the end of 1884 no other was contemplated. I mention this because, had it been otherwise, it might have been somewhat differently written. But publication in the 85th year of a man's life comes rather near to posthumous publication; and, after a little revision. 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.