Excerpt from William Harrison Ainsworth and His Friends, Vol. 1 of 2One of the most noteworthy features of a very pleasant task has been the courteous and readily - given assistance of all those whom it was necessary for me to approach, both friend and stranger, but, indeed, the widespread interest in my work has been remarkable, and I take this opportunity of warmly acknowledging it.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.