Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from This Work-a-Day World, Vol. 1
George Hesketh was the elder son of a mer chant in the city of London, a young gentleman of popular manners, who sang a good song, told a good story, dressed well, looked well, and was always ready to lend his name to an embarrassed friend. The young couple set up house at Cotham on their marriage: that ancient town being a convenient central point in the northern circuit which Hesketh Co. Travelled for orders. The Firm had a name for a long esta blished and extensive wholesale trade in such goods as were then in general use amofigst cordwainers, but the fluctuations of fashion, and other circumstances as well, were already im pairing its prosperity. 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.
