Our Annual Execution, Preceded by A Word on the Annuals

Excerpt from Our Annual Execution: Preceded by a Word on the Annuals The publishers of these prints allow that the taste is execrable which renders such abomina tions popular, but the public will buy nothing else, and the public must be fed. The painter, perhaps, admits that he abuses his talent (that noble gift of God, which was given him for a better purpose than to cater for the appetites of faded debauchees); but he must live, and he has no other resource. Exactly the same excuse might be made by Mrs. Cole. 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.