Excerpt from The World Went Very Well Then, Vol. 1 of 3 I beg to express my best thanks to Mr. William Ingram, who has most generously placed at my disposal, for reproduction, the drawings of Mr. Forestier, made originally for the Illustrated London News, ' where this story first appeared. I'have also to thank Mr. Charles Eden for kindly pointing out and correcting for me cer tain slips due to the fact that the writer of this narrative, Luke Anguish, was a landsman, though a painter of ships. Those who wish to know the foundation of the story will find it in the Chronicles of Deptford and on a tombstone in the Church of St. Nicolas. 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.