Excerpt from My Place in the Shade: And Various Verse The author of these verses makes no pretence to pose as a poet, nor does he possess the audacity to designate these pages as poetry. The highbrows of poetry will find much to criticize and little to commend. Many of these verses have been given to the public and have been gladly welcomed by the common people who have expressed themselves that they have been helped by their reading. Now the author's philosophy of literature is the expression of helpfulness in simplicity of language. This is why another volume of verse is sent forth to run the gauntlet of the watchdogs and guardians of poesy. 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.