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Excerpt from The Life of Herodotus Drawn Out From His Book Custom, however, and the wishes of my respected Publisher, induce me to say a few words respecting the little work I have translated. They might have been more, but that I have already made my observations (perhaps too liberally and sometimes too freely) in my occasional notes. I shall be dealing honestly with the readers of this Translation if I at once confess that the title of the book. 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.