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Time and Human Life are the staple subjects of the followingpages. These are great matters for so small abook, and may remind you of the philosophical scheme ofcompressing the world into a nutshell. Now, although wehave as yet no means of determining exactly what relationthis latter idea has to truth,—it is certain that the rapidmultiplication of books incessantly presses upon us, that“condensation is the result of time and experience, whichreject what is no longer essential.” Such is the treatmentadopted in the present volume, in which, by focusing greattruths from the Living and the Dead, is sought to be exemplifiedthe moral couplet:

As a companion volume to Things not Generally Known,it is hoped that Things to be Remembered may be as popularlyreceived as its predecessor. To render the presentwork more directly of practical application, the sketchesof character which it contains have been drawn in greatmeasure from our own time, so as to give the book a currentinterest. Meanwhile, historic gossip has not beeneschewed; but its piquancy has been sparingly used.

viThe present is, in many respects, a more reflectivevolume than its predecessor: for it is scarcely possible toillustrate the Ages of Man without

This is one of the byways of the book: its highwaylies through the crowded city, and upon “the full tide ofhuman affairs;” and the Experiences here set down are, incommon parlance, original, and have been chiefly garneredthroughout a long life, in which truthful observation hasbeen the cardinal aim.

With these few words of introduction, I commend toyour indulgence this volume of Things to be Rememberedin Daily Life, in the hope that its contents may be consideredworthy of the reminiscence.

      London, March 1863.

ERRATUM.

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