Author: Thomas F. De Voe

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-19

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 9780265484180

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Excerpt from Market Book, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing a Historical Account of the Public Markets in the Cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Brooklyn; With a Brief Description of Every Article of Human Food Sold Therein In my case, being found here, so much out of my line, I do not know under which, or how many, of the above heads to place myself; and I must therefore leave the reader to judge, and determine my position from his own estimate of my merit. For several years, the unemployed hours from my business, or rather profession, had hung heavily on my mind, and to fill them up satisfactorily, was a thought I had often indulged in. To be sure, at times, there were no leisure hours, not one of the twenty-four, but what were needed for rest; and again, one, two, three, and sometimes four, could be employed in doing something, either useful or wasteful; but what to do, was the question. I knew I had some knowledge, which business and observation had given me; but I also knew that I was very deficient in learning, or at least of knowing how to ex press myself, satisfactorily to myself. So I thought to improve, or at least to inform myself, even at this late day; but the reader may say, An old scholar is not an apt one-and so I found it. I had the disadvantage of not knowing which end to begin with, but went headforemost into what appeared to me to be the most agree able to my feelings. 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.

Download or read book Market Book, Vol. 1 of 2 written by Thomas F. De Voe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Market Book, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing a Historical Account of the Public Markets in the Cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Brooklyn; With a Brief Description of Every Article of Human Food Sold Therein In my case, being found here, so much out of my line, I do not know under which, or how many, of the above heads to place myself; and I must therefore leave the reader to judge, and determine my position from his own estimate of my merit. For several years, the unemployed hours from my business, or rather profession, had hung heavily on my mind, and to fill them up satisfactorily, was a thought I had often indulged in. To be sure, at times, there were no leisure hours, not one of the twenty-four, but what were needed for rest; and again, one, two, three, and sometimes four, could be employed in doing something, either useful or wasteful; but what to do, was the question. I knew I had some knowledge, which business and observation had given me; but I also knew that I was very deficient in learning, or at least of knowing how to ex press myself, satisfactorily to myself. So I thought to improve, or at least to inform myself, even at this late day; but the reader may say, An old scholar is not an apt one-and so I found it. I had the disadvantage of not knowing which end to begin with, but went headforemost into what appeared to me to be the most agree able to my feelings. 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.