Excerpt from Handbook of Fictitious Names: Being a Guide to Authors, Chiefly in the Lighter Literature of the Xixth Century, Who Have Written Under Assumed Names; And to Literary Forgers, Impostors, Plagiarists, and Imitations Our original intention was that this should be a hand book for popular use; consequently, as a rule, we prea tend to no scientific detail. Those who desire such must seek it elsewhere; and yet we hope the erudite bibliograph, though he may learn nothing from these pages, will find much wherewith to refresh his memory. One object we have endeavoured never to lose sight of. 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.