Excerpt from The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: With the Author's Life and Character; Notes Historical, Critical, and Explanatory; Tables of Contents, and Indexes; More Complete Than Any Preceding Edition The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift have been universally admired, and have passed through many editions, both in England and Ireland. How they have been received in Scotland, appears from the quick sale of four Scotch editions since the year 1752. A fifth one is now-offered to the public, which it is hoped will meet with a favourable reception. As this edition is partly upon a different plan, more complete, and illustrated with a far greater number of notes, than any that hath yet appeared in England; we think it necessary to give an account of the method used in conducting it. 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.