Excerpt from Hurry-Graphs: Or Sketches of Scenery, Celebrities Society, Taken From Life The following papers, though never before published in a volume, have appeared in the Journal, of which the author is Editor. They were "editorials" - "articles" written, that is to say, at one sitting, and printed from ink scarce dry. This will justify the name under which they appear - hurry-graphs - for the invention of which much wanted word, the author begs pardon till it comes into general use. One other apologetic difference between this and books written at leisure: - the subjects have been chosen from nearness at hand, or from their occupancy of public attention at the moment, or from being apt to the interest or conversation of the passing hour. Some allowance should be made, perhaps, for the journalist who thus takes topics as they come, and writes without the advantage of prepared taste or previous attention. One extraneous value may attach to these sketches. They are copies from the kaleidoscope of the hour. They are one man's imprint from parts of the world's doings at one place and time. 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.