Excerpt from The Autobiography of a Beggar Boy: In Which Will Be Found Related the Numerous Trials, Hard Struggles, and Vicissitudes of a Strangely Chequered Life; With Glimpses of Social and Political History Over a Period of Fifty Years The first division of the book will introduce the Author in the character of a wandering vagrant. It will be seen, that when he was cast upon his own re sources, he was placed in circumstances of extreme danger, being exposed to the twofold temptations of poverty and bad company. It may be said that he overcame the difficulties of his truly critical position by the energy and determination of his character. 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.