Excerpt from Carmina Minima This knot of "unconsidered Trifles" (which certainly Autolycus himself would not care to "snap up") was intended only for private circulation, - as a keepsake and memorial of old and sweet friendships; of cordial acquaintances; and of abounding hospitalities. The old saying however recurred to me; - "There be many that do know the Lord Mayor's Jester; but whom the Lord Mayor's Jester doth not know: " and so, I, in my late public capacity of lecturer, may possess numerous unrecognized friends among my audiences, who might desire to retain some small memento of one, who claimed, at all events, the merit of an honest zeal and assiduity in administering to their intellectual demands and recreation: - I therefore determined upon the usual, open form of publication. The compositions themselves are casual thoughts, scattered at long intervals, over more than a half century of varied, busy, and every-day mental employment. They accurately fulfil the present intention of their author concerning them; since, being "Trifles," they betoken his "Respect" in this, their presentation. 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.