Excerpt from The Tale of Mr. Tubbs<br><br>Thomas, of course, was not allowed to go to a school where young hooligans who yelled, kicked things and had dirty nails, might con taminate his manners and principles; but he received a most excellent education at home, his maternal parent possessing an awesome familiarity with algebra and being actually able to joke in Greek. It was the only lan guage she ever did joke in, but this ability gave her a great hold on her son's imagination. He was not particularly intellectual himself, and the union of jesting with Greek appeared to him a miracle.<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.