Excerpt from Memoir of George Edmund Street, R. A., 1824-1881 My father's home life - the more intimate side of his character - is hardly touched upon. Such as it is, I trust the Memoir may have some interest for those whose personal acquaintance with its subject will enable them to fill up the picture. 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.