Excerpt from Walks in South Lancashire and on Its Borders: With Letters, Descriptions, Narratives, and Observations, Current and Incidental Ah! Fair Hope! I am thankful; thankful for the humblest of God's gifts, and my book is one of them. Thankful am I' also, for thy words of advice, but I dare not cast my book upon the waters. N 0, fair Hope; one soplin the mouth is worth two in the mill pond. Encouraged however, by thee, I again venture forth, my little pen-work in hand. The booksellers I cannot 'deal with largely, the sops being too few for both them and me. I must, therefore, as hath been my wont, do much of my business myself, and sell my pen-work wherever I can find a market. To my humble brothers of the anvil, the loom, and the jenny, will I offer it; and they will read it, well pleased, when they have sat down from their night-toil, and have wiped the sweat from their brow, and have partaken the homely meal. It will be to them, what thou, Oh Hope, hast been to me; a comforter in adversity; a star in mid-gloom; a well in their desert journey; a soother of life; a putter-away of evil broodings. 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.