Excerpt from John Fletcher Hurst: A Biography One bright morning, not far from New Year's Day, 1901. while Bishop Hurst and the writer were engaged on the usual batch of mail and miscellaneous chit-chat on the work of the day, a restful pause in a long stretch of dictation gave opportunity for a short stroll from his high desk around the sunlit study on the third floor of 1207 Connecticut Avenue. Picking up one of a lot of letters, put aside as those which could wait, he read it rapidly through. As he came to a passage similar to many others received, and referring to the story of his life as some time to be written, he turned half way around and, with a quizzical look out of the corners of his lustrous eyes and with a smile that softened the severity of the task imposed and relieved the somber suggestion of the possible close of his active career, but which sealed the commission for this biography, said, "I expect I must look to you for that." Reluctance to think the time near when it would be proper to engage in a service so unwelcome gradually gave place to the conviction that the preparatory gathering and sifting of materials should be begun. This was already in progress when in September, 1901, his sickness in London gave unmistakable evidence of the approaching end. When to the personal request of the Bishop was added, in the spring of 1902, that of his children of full age, the work was carried on with more vigor and in such time as could be found in the intervals of other necessary labors. 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.

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