Excerpt from Blotted Out Here is no doubt about it! The soft sighing western wind that comes slowly along the valley, bending the flowers' heads, and freshen ing them into brighter beauty; the golden, gracious atmosphere of this gorgeous July day; the general air of satisfaction which hangs over indolent everything - each and all of these fail in producing a better effect upon me. 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.