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Excerpt from The History of Sandford and Merton: Intended for the Use of Children I have only to add, that the book is intended to form and interest the minds of children alone; it is to them I have written it is from their applause I shall estimate my success; and if they are uninterested in the work, the 'praises of a hundred reviewers ill not console me for my failure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.