Excerpt from The Story of an Irishman Had the means Of giving himself up to the writer's calling. He had had the honour Of conversing with Sir Walter Scott, when the great novelist paid his Visit to Ireland; he had met Thomas Moore, and had some personal acquaintanceship with Lady Morgan, and Gerald Griffin, and the Rev. Francis Mahony, the Roman Catholic clergyman, who won fame under the assumed name of Father Prout. My father was well acquainted with Latin and Greek, more especially with Greek, a language for which he had an intense affection, and he was familiar with most Of the great classical authors. Among Latin poets he was especially attracted by Horace, and he Often suggested the quaint and humorous idea that Horace ought to have lived in the days when the tobacco plant had found its uses, and that some Of Horace's poems seemed as if they might have been composed while their author was enjoying the soothing and inspiring delights of a comfortable pipe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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