Excerpt from Newton Dogvane, Vol. 1 of 3: A Story of English Country Life Affairs than those of his neighbours, he had managed to get together a decent amount of worldly goods, and was generally reported to be a safe man; a man whose word was as good as his bond - and that is no light meed of praise in these degenerate times Mr. Dogvane never speculated out of his business, and not very largely in it. He had married early an estimable woman, and that one word describes her better than a page of eulogy. Mr. Newton Dogvane, to whose exploits we shall more particularly direct our attention, had commenced his education at a commercial academy in the neighbourhood of Highgate Degrees. 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.