Excerpt from Fitz Clarence: A Poem<br><br>The name of the hero, Fitz Clarence, is one the au thor's fancy happened to stumble on. It would have been less royal, and certainly much more American, had he happened to select some such name as Job Dickey, or John Thompson, and he has had half a mind to change his hero's name; but, upon consideration that he (the hero) has arrived almost to manhood's years, the author has con cluded to let him bear the name which his more youthful fancy selected.<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.