Excerpt from The Life of John Carter The following narrative is published not only as a record of a remarkable physical phenomenon, or as a case which has excited a just sensation amongst Artists no less than throughout the medical world of Great Britain, but as the record of a life that, taken from whatever point of View it may, can hardly fail to strengthen and encourage all who read it. The whole story of john Carter and the development of his genius as an artist is so brimful of interest and incident, so wonderful, so unprecedented, so Simple, and so true, withal, that it is believed it will not only amuse, but perhaps benefit many. 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.