Cavalry Life Or Sketches And Stories In Barracks And Out 1 PDF Download

Excerpt from Cavalry Life, Vol. 1 of 2: Or Sketches and Stories in Barracks and Out I have received orders from my publishers to write a Preface to the collection of sketches now to be offered to the public. A Preface! What an order! I would as soon write another volume; it certainly would be the easier task of the twain. It has to be done, of course; but how, I don't know. I never wrote a Preface in my life. I have not the least idea how to set about it; though I am in an utter agony of apprehension, lest defects in this absolute necessity should "mull" the effect of the whole. I have consulted a friend on the subject, who says: "Pooh! if you can write a book full of sketches, you can write a Preface;" and he says it as glibly as if it is nothing more difficult than an acceptance of a dinner invitation, and can be dashed off at a moment's notice. 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.