Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Rural Repository, or Bower of Literature, 1830-31, Vol. 7: Devoted Exclusively to Polite Literature, Comprised in the Following Subjects: Original and Select Tales, Essays, American and Foreign Biography, Travels, Notices of New Publications, Original and Select Poetry, Amusing Miscellany, &C. &C Face my own 1 exclaimed Florian, shud dering at the suggestion. God forbid! 1 shall take good care to avoid it.' 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.