Excerpt from The Little Drummer: Or Filial Affection; A Story of the Russian Campaign Whatever may be the merits or demerits of this little book, the translator feels as sured that nothing will be found, on the one hand, to excite horror, or on the other, to instil into the youthful mind those false notions concerning what is called the Glory of War, which the present age so rightly and universally condemns. 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.