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Excerpt from The Capital of the Tycoon, Vol. 1 of 2: A Narrative of a Three Years’ Residence in Japan
The age of formal dedications and stilted prefaces has long passed away, and it may safely be assumed that they ceased to be written, because the public ceased to read them. As Often happens in like cases, all parties gained by the arrangement; and I have no intention whatever of reviving an obsolete custom. Yet something in the nature of an introduction is Often a great advantage both to the writer and the reader; and I think in the present instance the latter will turn the pages over with more satisfaction, if the circumstances under which the book has been written and the principal Objects kept in view by the writer are first understood.
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The age of formal dedications and stilted prefaces has long passed away, and it may safely be assumed that they ceased to be written, because the public ceased to read them. As Often happens in like cases, all parties gained by the arrangement; and I have no intention whatever of reviving an obsolete custom. Yet something in the nature of an introduction is Often a great advantage both to the writer and the reader; and I think in the present instance the latter will turn the pages over with more satisfaction, if the circumstances under which the book has been written and the principal Objects kept in view by the writer are first understood.
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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Rutherford Alcock
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780265421796
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.1 cm
Page Count - 517
Paperback
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ISBN - 9781333154622
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
Page Count - 519
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