Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Dublin University Magazine, Vol. 51: A Literary and Political Journal; January to June, 1858 What matter; it was your's once. Your ancestors owned it for hundreds and hundreds of years; and if you're not there now, neither is he himself where he ought to be. 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.