Jeux D'esprit (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Jeux D'esprit<br><br>To claim the merit of completeness for a collection like the present would be an attempt even more absurd than hopeless: the wit and humour of a hundred years would fill a library with volumes of this kind. I have aimed only at a characteristic selection - gathering often but a stray blossom where a whole flower-bed courted, the plucking. Now and then I have thought proper to condense an original, as in the exquisite but somewhat lengthy "Rovers" of Canning and Frere; and now and then I have omitted from a long letter the parts unsuitable for my purpose.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.