Christmas Stories, Vol. 1 of 2: From "household Words" and "all the Year Round"

Excerpt from Christmas Stories, Vol. 1 of 2: From "Household Words" And "All the Year Round" This is a sagacious remark. We are in a world not realised, and common sense has long bullied us out of any serious attempt to realise some Of its phenomena. Dickens was always much interested in stories which seem to suggest the existence Of supernormal human faculties, but he also lived in an age when spiritualistic quackeries were lead ing even distinguished men through a wilderness of night mares' nests. He therefore very judiciously kept a stern watch over his own mystical tendencies, and we Often Observe the contest between his sentiments and his common sense. Even to Forster, after all, he expresses his doubt as to whether he Should regard his experience at Genoa as a dream, or an actual Vision. 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.