Excerpt from New York Evening Tales, or Uncle John's True Stories About Natural History, Vol. 3 Ha, ha, ha I'm glad to hear it. I am certain I have told you no stories but what I am willing all the World should read. You, certainly, have said nothing here that would look foolish in print. I Wish all children before they speak, would only think how what they were going to say would appear, if it should be printed. 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.