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Excerpt from The Lotus, 1902 N putting the we wish to say first of all that we are conscious of the many mistakes in it and the many respects in which it might be far better. We feel, how ever, that the diiculties with which we have had to contend are in some measure an excuse for the imperfections of this little book. We launch it on its career in the hope that it may afford. 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.