Excerpt from The Past at Our Doors, or the Old in the New Around UsThe idea of breakfast in historic times in England did not usually correspond in the least to what we now understand by the word. It partook rather of the nature of a mere snack, such as is still customary on the Continent and in the East, its purpose being merely to afford some tri¿e of food to sustain the strength, and in this way actually to break the long fast which continued from overnight till the principal meal was served.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.