Excerpt from The New London Jest Book Sense) important character, has been in prepara tion for a considerable time past. A large portion of the materials were collected some years ago; but other engagements supervened, and the work was laid aside, and almost forgotten. Circum stances, into which it is not perhaps necessary to enter, seemed favourable, about a twelvemonth since, to a resumption of the undertaking, such as it was; but it was doomed to a second postpone ment. However, as it usually happens in these cases, the book has been a gainer by the delay. The Editor has had Opportunities of reviewing his. 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.