Brothers: The True History of a Fight Against Odds

BROTHERS
THE TRUE HISTORY OF A FIGHT AGAINST ODDS
HORACE ANNESLEY VACHELL
LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET 1905
FIRST EDITION . . May 1904 Reprinted . . June 1904 Reprinted . . August 1904 Reprinted . . November 1904 Reprinted . . December 1904 Reprinted . . The same month Reprinted . . January 1905
Copyright in the United States of America by Horace Annesley Vachell
TO ALL MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE STRIVEN: TO THE STRONG WHO HAVE ATTAINED THEIR GOAL, TO THE WEAK WHO HAVE MADE THE RUNNING FOR THE STRONG, AND IN PARTICULAR TO THOSE WHO HAVE CONFRONTED ILL-FORTUNE, ILL-HEALTH, AND DISAPPOINTMENT WITH FORTITUDE AND SERENITY, I DEDICATE THIS BOOK
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
A DRAMA IN SUNSHINE JOHN CHARITY THE PROCESSION OF LIFE LIFE AND SPORT ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE THE SHADOWY THIRD THE PINCH OF PROSPERITY
PREFATORY NOTE
It is likely that the brothers in this book will be recognised by some readers who may indict the good taste of revealing a secret guarded jealously during many years. To these let it be said that the brother who attained to the highest honours and dignities of his profession earnestly desired that the truth concerning certain incidents in his earlier career should be told in a biography. A desire he was constrained reluctantly to forego. The story of the Samphires satisfies adequately enough the exigencies of a peculiar case. The many are not concerned; the few will discern truth through the thin veil of fiction.
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