Excerpt from An Incomplete Genealogy of the Fowler Family I attributed the lack of interest in our family history upon the part of our ancestors to a lack of vanity and 'so I stand self-accused of the fault of Narcissus - I only trust that my glances into the placid mirror of the Past will disclose facts that will as thoroughly justify my vanity as his was justified. And now a word in regard to the vanity of a genealogy that term may be and has often been applied to such family records - but not always justly. Is it vanity to record the good deeds done by those who have, borne our name before us? Is it more of a vanity than the historian expresses for a whole nation when he compiles his enormous tomes of history? I think not - and yet if the argument prevail I can but hope that vanity may flourish to this extent in our fam ily - that it may be more in evidence hereafter than hereto fore, leading to an occasional revision and publication of our family history. 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.