Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Young Patroon, or Christmas in 1690: A Tale of New-York
The following story was written prior to its very recent predecessor on the publish er's table, The First of the Knickerbock ers, but having been prepared with more especial reference to the holidays, its publi cation has been deferred for the purpose of bringing it within the influence of that charmed season. This explanation is made, partly be cause the writer is unwilling to subject himself to the charge of offering to the public a hastily written work, and partly because he homes to escape that closer criticism, which is usually and appropriately applied to an author's second book. 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.
