Excerpt from The Pardoner's Wallet The essays brought together in the Pardoner's Wallet have at least a certain community of interest. They treat of aspects of human nature which, while open to friendly criticism, are excusa ble. If the author sometimes touches upon the foibles of his betters, he at least has the grace to know that they are his betters. 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.