Excerpt from The Golden Bottle: Or the Story of Ephraim Benezet of KansasI feel that some apology is due to the public for the following book.I am well aware that it is without that polish and elaboration which should always distinguish literary work. It was hurriedly written, much Of it on my knee, in railroad cars, and at country hotels, in the intervals between campaign speeches. It scarcely as pires to be called a work. It is what they denominate in England a skit.It is the outgrowth Of the great political struggle now going on, in this year Of grace, 1892, in the United States; and it is intended to explain and de fend, in the thin disguise of a story, some Of the new ideas put forth by the People's Party; and which concern, I sincerely believe, all the peoples of the civilized world. I have a hope that the interest Of the golden bottle may not end with the events which gave it birth.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.

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