Edith Wharton
Published: 2017-09-12
Total Pages: 192
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Excerpt from The Touchstone The title of this little book' calls for a word of ex planation from me. In the United States the story appears as T he Touch stone. While it was passing through the press over here, I was informed that a novel under this name was already in circulation. In accordance with the usual rule of courtesy and convenience which is observed in such matters, I decided to alter the title, and wrote at once to the author, asking permission to call her book The Touch of a Vanished Hand. As the author was travelling in Italy, a month elapsed before I received a reply, by telegraph, instructing me to adopt another title which unfortunately has also been forestalled. Meanwhile the sheets had all been printed ofl', when I was informed that a novel was published in 1889 called The Touch of a Vanished Hand. In telegraphing, the author gives me no address, and as a decision has to be made without further delay, I have ventured to give the book the title which it now bears - A Gift from the Grave; and I hope that no other claimant to this will now arise. 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.