At the Sign of the Van

Excerpt from At the Sign of the Van: Being the Log of the Papyrus, With Other Escapades; In Life There was once a man who had a large number of valuable and interesting opinions which he wished to get before the public. The most convenient way that occurred to him, - having in view the intractability of editors, - was to start a magazine of his own. There were, of course, difficulties in the way, but these were finally overcome by the man burning to discharge his mind of the said valuable and interesting opinions. Accordingly, the man wrote out all his valuable and interesting opinions and published them in the first number of his magazine. There he stopped; perpetual writer's, cramp and inspissation of ideas set in. While his friends were sending in their valuable and interesting criticisms, he wisely decided to get out of the publishing business. 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.