Excerpt from Tales Told Out of School Speaking, therefore, as a mathematician, I have to say that about ninety per cent. Is Simple, unvarnished truth. The remaining one-tenth would not have been fiction, but for the propriety of veiling certain incidents, lest unhappily the feelings of some one might have been wounded. This is particu larly true of two of the sketches. Of the remainder, the only fiction lies in the proper names. Some time ago, a friend wrote me giving proof that he had identified every person and incident named. This was rather disquieting, but I hope no harm was done. 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.