Excerpt from The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1797, Vol. 1: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most Exquisite Essays and Jeux D'esprits, Principally Prose, That Appear in the Newspapers and Other Publications; With Explanatory Notes and Anecdotes of Many of the Persons Alluded To HE idea of this compilation was fnggetieil by the great value that has frequently been fet upon collections of {craps cut out of newli papers - the title, by that of a French book, of a nature fomewhat fimilar. 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.