Excerpt from How It Looks Here was no thought of presenting them in book form when the short, illustrated sketches here given were begun. They were devised merely as one of the lighter features of the editorial page of the C/zz'cago filial], and have been so continued. The idea was but to exhibit whimsically the effect of translation into literal designs common figures of speech - no new device. That they illustrate in a broader way some of the peculiarities of the English we use is but an accidental result. The ...
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Excerpt from How It Looks Here was no thought of presenting them in book form when the short, illustrated sketches here given were begun. They were devised merely as one of the lighter features of the editorial page of the C/zz'cago filial], and have been so continued. The idea was but to exhibit whimsically the effect of translation into literal designs common figures of speech - no new device. That they illustrate in a broader way some of the peculiarities of the English we use is but an accidental result. The responsibility for the appearance of these fancies in the present garb must rest with the publisher. From whom the suggestion came. Stanley w'aterloo. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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