Excerpt from The Journals of Madam Knight, and Rev. Mr. Buckingham: From the Original Manuscripts, Written in 1704& 1710 It is to be regretted that the brevity of the work should have allowed the author so little room for the display of the cultivated mind'and the brilliant fancy which frequently betray themselves in the course of the narrative; and no one can rise from the perusal without wishing some hap py chance might yet discover more full delinea tions of life and character from the same practised hand., Subjects so closely connected with our selves ought to excite a degree of curiosity and interest, while we are generally so ready to open our minds and our libraries to the most minute details of foreign governments, and the modes and men of distant countries, with which we can have only a collateral connection. 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.