Excerpt from Platform, Press, Politics Play: Being Pen and Ink Sketches of Contemporary Celebrities From the Tone to the Thames, Viâ Avon and IsisA friendly "Punch" Reviewer, when noticing one of my earliest contributions to the periodical press after the beginnings of slow recovery from an illness brought on by twenty-five years overwork, kindly wished me "health and happiness, " humorously adding, "All will look forward now to what Mr. Escott cannot look forward to himself, - his reminiscences." This suggestion I have ventured to take seriously. Of that interpretation this volume is the result.I can only hope that my kindly critic of the "London Charivari" will not find reason to regret his original mention of the idea, or the public, my best and steadiest friend throughout my career, to resent my literal and practical adoption of the complimentary proposal.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.