THE LANDHOLDERS ASSISTANT AND LANDOFFICE GUIDE

ISBN: 9780265903322 Géneros: GB Sinópsis: Excerpt from The LandHolders Assistant And LandOffice Guide Being an Exposition of Original TitlesAs to the style of what may be called composition in this mixed per formance it would not be worth noticing except for the purpose of avert ing a criticism upon the familiarity and apparent egotism which may per haps be found to characterize it On this point I will only say that what may look like egotism has proceeded in reality from a very different sen timent This book is presented merely as a compilation and in the in troductory and connecting discourses in which the compiler has to speak in his own person I have not thought myself entitled to use the formal style of an author but speaking also as a public officer I have pursued that unstudied mode of expression which I should use if called upon in that character to explain the proceedings of my office So many things moreover are advanced upon my own observation or opinion and the weight attached to them is so directly referable to the source from Which they proceed that it would have been difficult to keep my self in any des gree out of view and therefore I have not attempted itIn regard to the matter of this compilation I have fulfilled I believe literally all that was promised in my prospectus except in the article of conveyance concerning which I have only inserted a few laws without at tempting any comment upon them and have omitted the forms which would have swelled the book to an inconvenient size and encreased the expence already far beyond my original calculation so as to leave no chance of remuneration for my labour Ihave substituted what appeared more to the purpose and this with the further consideration that I have greatly exceeded the number of pages proposed will I trust be accept ed as an equivalentAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a repro