Excerpt from Corn in the Blade: Poems, and Thoughts in Prose A preface is too often an insincere apology for what the writer would have done much sooner, if he. Could have secured the services of a Publisher. The author of this unassuming volume, in present ing it to the public, only does what he has desired and intended to do, and therefore, the brief state ment of a few facts will answer his purpose. In the revisal and arrangement of his composi tions, the author has been greatly aided by timely suggestions from his esteemed friend, C. B. Conant, Esq., of this city. 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.