Excerpt from Autobiography of William Jerdan: With His Literary, Political, and Social Reminiscences and Correspondence During the Last Fifty Years "The stranger much of various life had seen, Been poor, been rich, and in the state between; Had much of kindness met, and much deceit, And all that man who deals with man must meet." - Crabbe. There has been much written against my opinion, as frequently stated in the preceding volumes of this work, that those who entirely depend upon the pursuits of literature for subsistence and fortune are in a worse position, generally, than any other class who bring similar talents and attainments into the market, and address their abilities to other professional avocations. 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.