Excerpt from Slams of Life: With Malice for All, and Charity Toward None; Assembled in RhymeMost of these verses, I understand, have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers who are to be con gratulated upon their good taste, but who may not be mentioned here because of the obnoxious publicity which would accrue to them thereby. The author tells me that he has had great difficulty in keeping these magazines and newspapers pacified. They hound him day and night for his imperishable work and he spends a miserable existence tossing little hunks to first one and then the other, as they feed fish to the seals in the circus.There are some verses included which have never before seen the light of day. The author says they are good. We shall see.Acknowledgements are made to Noah Webster for the use of some of his words.My favorite author upon completing the collection of these verses asked me to write this foreword. As he modestly put it: I know of no one who could possibly do it half so well.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.