Author : T. C. De Leon
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0267278969
Belles, Beaux and Brains of the 60's (Classic Reprint) by T. C. De Leon Pdf
Excerpt from Belles, Beaux and Brains of the 60's My publishers ask for my preface. What readers I reach will thank me for having forgotten it. It has been said that a book Without a preface is a salad Without salt. Possibly: but a salad that carried with each plate a recipe for its every ingredient and condiment, might fail of digestion. The literary kitchen is not always appetizing, however dainty its perfected products may, appear. The preface is that defunct bore of Greek drama Chorus exhumed to interrupt the action. The book that needs that is apt to prove a pretty bad one} for'the preface tells Why a book is written and at what it aims. The latter is indubitably to instruct or entertain, and to sell. Should these motors be reversed? The volume that does neither of these, without its own advice, will needs gather dust upon the trade shelves. 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.
