Excerpt from The Modern Chesterfield: A Selection of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son This edition of the famous letters was inspired by words of Dr. Johnson, written so long ago that the United States of America was at the time declaring her Independence. The original edition had just been published, and some comment was due from the choleric Doctor, notwithstanding his aversion to their author. History has embalmed his words. 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.