Excerpt from My Literary Life Destinies of other compelling personalities. It is to be regretted that she did not begin this task earlier in her old age: we might then have had a complete picture of the times in which she lived, instead of these desultory fragments, which are of necessity merely a harbinger of what she really knew and had seen. It is to be regretted also that she is not here herself to tone down some of her more pungent remarks and criticisms, hastily thrown off in bitter moments such as come to us all. Mrs. Linton's pen was ever harsher than her speech, and those who loved and knew her have the right to emphasize this fact - even. 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.