Excerpt from The Dublin University Magazine, Vol. 21: Literary and Political Journal; January to June, 1843 Meanwhile, time rolled ou - and whether Mr. O'leary had died of the whale feast, or been himself eaten by his godson, no one could conjecture; and his name would speedily have been lost among the rust of ages, had not the volume announced by him attracted the attention of certain hook sellers in remote districts, and their country orders how and then kept dropping in for these Loiterings, which the publishers were obliged to confess had never been written. 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.