Download or read book Merrie England in the Olden Time, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by George Daniel and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Merrie England in the Olden Time, Vol. 1 of 2 Gentle Reader, we are old enough to have on joyed, and young enough to remember many of the amusements, wakes, and popular drolleries of Merrie England that have long since submitted to the teeth of time and razure of oblivion. Like Parson Adams, we have also been a great traveller in our books! Reversing the well known epi gram, Give me the thing that's pretty, smart, and new All ugly, old, odd things, I leave to you. 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.