Personal Reminiscences (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Personal Reminiscences<br><br>If reasons for the existence of some books are occasionally sought by their readers, the class of books to which this volume belongs generally presents " its own excuse for being." The world demands it. "The world," says stalwart Christopher North, "would seem to have a natural right to know much of the mind, morals, and manners of the chosen few - as they exhibited themselves in private life, - whose genius may have delighted or enlightened it, - to know more than in general can have been revealed in their works. It desires this, not from a paltry and prying curiosity, but in a spirit of love, or admiration, or gratitude, or reverence. It is something to the reader of a great poet, but to have seen him, to be able to say 'Virgilium tan-tutn vidi.' How deeply interesting to hear a few characteristic anecdotes related of him by some favored friend! To have some glimpses, at least, if not full and broad lights, given to us into his domestic privacy and the inner on-goings beneath what, to our imaginations, is a hallowed roof!<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.