Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from James Burn, the Beggar Boy: An Autobiography, Relating the Numerous Trials, Struggles, and Vicissitudes of a Strangely Chequered Life, With Glimpses of English Social, Commercial, and Political History, During Eighty Years, 1802-1882
The third epoch of the Author's life may be said to have been ruled by a series Of con?icting circumstances, over which he appeared to have had little or no control however, the reader will not fail to observe that the same determination of character which saved him from moral shipwreck in early life, still enabled him to weather the storms of adversity in more advanced years. On the whole, the narrative will be found to be a series of natural incidents arising out of their various causes, and the Author has made no attempt either to heighten their colour, or enhance their importance. Much of the re?ective matter in this volume will be appreciated, or otherwise, according to the preconceived Opinions of those into whose hands it may fall. The Author has only to add, that his notions of men and things, whether right or wrong, have been produced by much rubbing with the world, and in the meantime, they are the honest expressions of his mind.
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