[Transcriber's note: spelling and grammar oddities have been preserved as printed]
BIGFOOT JOE
And Others
Figments of Fancy, Written
Hand-set in Type, &
Printed, by
H BEDFORD-JONES
Done At Lakeport
MCMXX
To The KING
Most Gracious Sovereign,
I beg leave to approach Your Royal Person with an humble Offering, glean'd from long acquaintance with Your Majesty's subjects. A Work, which owes it's Rise, it's Progress, and Completion to this Source, is hence with all Humility proffered to Your Sacred Majesty. That Providence may long preserve the blessings of Your Reign to this Profession and Nation, is the constant prayer of,
May it please Your Majesty,
Your Majesty's most humble and devoted
Servant and Subject,