Excerpt from Table Talk: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things I have succeeded in the execution of it, must be left to others to decide. I am also afraid of having too frequently attempted to give a popular air and cfl'ect to subtle distinctions and trains Of thought; so that I shall be considered as too metaphysical by the careless reader, while by the more severe and scrupulous in quirer my style will be complained of as too light and desultory. To all this I can only answer that I have done not what I wished but the best I could do; and I heartily wish it had been better. A collection made in this manner for a foreign European market by the author himself, may also serve as the best intro duction (the one nearest the writer's wishes were he living) of a series of his works to the American public. The second part alluded to was never published at Paris, but it is not difficult to supply it on similar principles Of selection, from the various scat tored writings of the author. This will be attempted in the second part of the Table Talk, to be published immediately, with no fear of the result in the production of a brilliant volume of Essays. The volumes of the Round Table, and Sketches and Essays, published by the author's son, will be left untouched for. 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.