Excerpt from The Works, Vol. 7: Revised Corrected by the Author, With an Introductory Preface In regard to the plot and the conduct of the present work, I have very little to say; they will develop themselves sufficiently to the reader as he goes on, if he is induced to peruse it to the end. Nevertheless, there were some difficulties inseparable from the story, as I had conceived the plan, in regard to which Imay be permitted to offer a few words of explanation. In depicting the career of a young man, setting out unrestrained, at the age of one-and-twenty. 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.