Excerpt from Memorials of Thomas Hood, Vol. 1 of 2 The next letter was commenced at the end of the last, but was not Concluded till the March of this year. 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.

Excerpt from Memorials of Thomas Hood, Vol. 1 of 2: Collected, Arranged, and Edited by His Daughter, With a Preface and Notes by His Son IN submitting the following memorials to the public, my sister and myself would wish, at the first outset, to warn those who think to find in them fine biographical writing, that the book is not for them. We have seen too many great men fail in that art, and we feel no desire to emulate them. Our own part in this work is small, being restricted to such explanations and amplifications as were necessary to connect the letters, to which we have added, here and there, characteristic anecdotes, to which reference is made in them. 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.

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Excerpt from The Works; Thomas Hood, Vol. 10: Comic and Serious, in Prose and Verse, With All the Original Illustrations, With Memorials Prefixed Some years have elapsed since the appearance of the first st edition of the Memorials of Thomas Hood. The rapidity with which that edition was exhausted might perhaps be urged as an argument for the earlier arrangement of the fresh issue. It was felt, however, that the work, especially in that portion which treated of Hoods earlier life, was incomplete, and that there was a probability of an accession of further materials throwing a light on that period. The justice of the conjecture has been proved by the important additions now made to the information about his early career. And if an excuse be needed for the delay in the production of this issue, it will be found in the fact that most interesting details have been supplied, even while the sheets were going through the press. 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.