Excerpt from All About the Merry Tales of Gotham The reasons that prompted me to take up the present work may be thus set forth First, a predilection for local history, etc., which must otherwise have found an outlet in some kindred study. Second, the circumstance that the wide-famed Tales, once to be found scat tered broadcast over these islands, in chap book form are not now obtainable, except in bibliographical works dealing with them among divers other matters, and even these works are mostly or entirely out of print. Third, the tales have never yet been edited, or even seriously looked into, so far as I can find, by one acquainted with the history, etc., of the neighbourhood to which they relate. 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.