Masston a Story of These Modern Days, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Masston a Story of These Modern Days, Vol. 1 of 2<br><br>"Let me not live...<br>After my flame lacks oil, to be the snuff<br>Of younger spirits, whose apprehensive senses<br>All but new things disdain; whose judgments are<br>Mere fathers of their garments; whose constancies<br>Expire before their fashions." - All's Well that Ends Well.<br><br>In the ancient town of Masston, in the county of Folkshire, there lived not long ago a race of workmen who were not ashamed of their work. On the contrary, they derived an active pleasure from it. When they were not whistling or singing over it they were thinking about it, for it was a kind of work which demanded sympathy as well as skill.<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.