Excerpt from Harry Lorrequer No small satisfaction has it been to me occasionally to hear that out of the over-abundance of my own buoyancy and lighthearted ness - and I had a great deal of both long ago - I have been able to share with my neighbor and given him part of my sunshine, and only felt the warmer myself. A great writer - one of the most elo quent historians who ever illustrated the military achievements of his country - once told me that, as he lay sick and care-worn after a fever, it was in my reckless stories of soldier life he found the cheeriest moments of his solitude; and now let me hasten to say that I tell this in no Spirit of boastfulness, but with the heartfelt gratitude of one who gained more by hearing that confession than Harry Lorrequer ever acquired by all his own. 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.