Excerpt from The Autobiography of William Jerdan: With His Literary, Political and Social Reminiscences and Correspondence During the Last Fifty Years It has been held that my narrative, as far as it has gone (the sequel being unknown), tends to the disparagement of the literary class or profession, and has consequently not only provoked the animadversions of members of that class or profession, but the ruse of carrying the war into the supposed enemy's quarters, and charging me with in gratitude where I ought to have been exceedingly thankful for the success accorded to me. 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.