Excerpt from In Bohemia With Du Maurier: The First of a Series of Reminiscences Mesmerism and a trifle more in my new book, said du Maurier to me some time before he published his Trilby and that remark started us talking of the good Old times in Antwerp, and overhauling the numerous draw ings and Sketches in which he so vividly depicted the incidents of our Bohemian days. It seemed to me that some of those drawings Should be published, if only to Show how my now SO popular friend commenced his artistic career. In order that they Should not go forth without explanation, I wrote the following pages. 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.