Excerpt from In a Series of Familiar ShetchesHappy the writer whose magical pen should so touch these concealed glories as to cause them to flash vividly before the startled eye, and thus constrain the dullness and blindness of millions to give place to a clear and perfect vrsronlr Open his eyes that he may see! Prayed the solemn prophet in behalf of his mystified and confused servant. And when the prayer was heard, and the scales fell, and he saw clearly, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.