Linen (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Linen AN author's Introduction to a modern work savours very much of being a futile anachronism. At the outset, it must seem imposing mercilessly upon the good nature of his reader when the author, after spending his thoughts and energies over several hundred pages, considers it necessary to emphasise his personality in an explanation for having done so. It suggests a paradox too, when, as in the present case, the Introduction is written subsequently, instead Of previously, to the work proper. 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.