Excerpt from Sharpe's London Magazine: A Journal of Entertainment and Instruction for General Reading; With Elegant Wood Engravings; May, 1845, to October, 1846<br><br>When such a publication as this has reached the completion of its second Volume, the time for proclaiming the purpose for which it was established, and the objects which it seeks to effect, would appear to have gone by. It must have been less succes~ful in embodying its views and aims than, we trust, we shall be found to have been, if these are not now sufficiently understood by its habitual readers, to render any detailed exposition of them unnecessary.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.