Excerpt from A Struggle for Fame, Vol. 1 of 3: A Novel The 17 October, 1854; a dull, cloudy morning, a mist of rain making everything damp and uncomfortable, a raw wind blowing off the Channel, Morecambe Bay looking its dreariest, the Irish steamer, very late, just in, laden with passengers and cattle; the former in time to hear the London express had gone, the latter frightened and troublesome, already giving assurance - subsequently, no doubt, amply - fulfilled that the work of debarkation would not be light or easy. 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.