Excerpt from The Battle of London Life: Or Boz and His SecretaryThis man was our hero's amanuensis pro tem., and as he is destined to play no inconsiderable part in our history, a pen and ink portrait of him, taken from life, may not be unacceptable.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.

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