Excerpt from Memoir of Charles Lathrop Winslow, Who Was Born in Ceylon, January 12, 1821, and Died in New York, May 24, 1832: With an Appendix, Containing Brief Notices of His Grandfathers and Parents A taste for reading was then less common than it is now, and when formed, was often improper ly directed; but it was more sound and health ful than that arising from too'highly stimulating works of fiction, which destroy the appetite for solid reading. 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.