Excerpt from Epitaphs: An Unique Collection of Post Mortem Comment, Obituary Wit, and Quaint and Gruesome Fancy Present day conditions of public feeling, aided by an almost universal censorship conducted by cemetery authorities, has practically ended the manufacture of absurd epitaphs. In compiling a work Of this kind it is therefore obvious that the major part of its contents are, to say the least, not modern. Also that some Of the collection has previously appeared in previous publications. 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.