Lanterna Rally

Author: Willis T. Hanson Jr.

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-12

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9781331227564

Excerpt from The Early Life of John Howard Payne: With Contemporary Letters Heretofore Unpublished My interest in the early life of John Howard Payne dates from the day when chance threw into my possession a volume of letters concerning which Payne wrote as follows: - London, August 20, 1819. I have determined this day to begin and transcribe in as regular succession as possible all the copies of letters now in my possession, although there are many which can serve no purpose but that of recalling the recollection of events by which they were produced. While several of the volumes containing his letters after 1819 have for some time been known, the first and most important seems to have escaped even the most energetic of Payne's biographers. Transcribed with the greatest amount of care and neatness, these early letters form a volume which is truly unique. It is Payne's own story of his life, his struggles, his thoughts and his ambitions during that period of which heretofore so much has been guessed at, and so little known. 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.