Excerpt from Devereux, Vol. 1 of 3: A Tale Children of an after century, between you and the being who has traced the pages ye behold - that busy, versatile, restless being - there is but one step - but that step is a century! His now is separated from your now by an interval of three generations While he writes, he is exulting in the Vigour of health and manhood - while ye read, the very worms are starving upon his dust. This commune between the living and the dead - this intercourse between that which breathes and moves, and fig - and that which life animates not, nor mortality knows - annihilates falsehood, and chills even self-delusion into awe. Come, then, and look upon the picture of a past day, and of a gone being, without apprehension of deceit - and as the shadows and lights of a checkered and wild existence flit before you - watch if, in your own hearts, there be aught which mirrors the reflection. 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.