author - "Thomas Chandler Haliburton"

We Left New York In The Afternoon Of -- Day Of May, 184-,
And Embarked On Board Of The Good Packet Ship "Tyler"
For England. Our Party Consisted Of The Reverend Mr.
Hopewell, Samuel Slick, Esq., Myself, And Jube Japan, A
Black Servant Of The Attache.

I Love Brevity--I Am A Man Of Few Words, And, Therefore,
Constitutionally Economical Of Them; But Brevity Is Apt
To Degenerate Into Obscurity. Writing A Book, However,
And Book-Making, Are Two Very Different Things: "Spinning
A Yarn" Is Mechanical, And Book-Making Savours Of Trade,
And Is The Employment Of A Manufacturer.