Excerpt from Crumbs From the Round Table: A Feast for Epicures A. Preface is generally more or less apologetic. The humility with which authors invite attention to the fruits of their labors is proverbial. They seem to regard the public as a creature Of some what savage, but not altogether ungenerous, instincts, whom it is prudent to conciliate by a show of self-distrust, before venturing within reach of its paw. For my own part, however, I utterly despise the Uriah Heep style of self-introduction; and, therefore, this little volume is tendered to the reading world without the Obse quioua bow with which some very humble writers put forth their lucubrations. 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.