The Handbook Of Swindling

Excerpt from The Hand-Book of Swindling The Editor llas disciplined himself to receive with becoming moderation the tremendous ex pression of national gratitude consequent on the publication of this valuable work - the pro duction of the late estimable captain barabbas whitefeather. It was discovered among many other papers accidentally left at the lodgings of the deceased, and placed in the hands of the Editor by the executors of the lamented and - if a novel epithet may be applied to liim, - talented author. 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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