Excerpt from Girl of the Commune As president of the Musical Society he was full of tact, and acted the part of general conciliator in all the numerous squab bles, jealousies, and heart - burnings incidental to such associa tions. In every one of the numerous Offices he filled he gave unbounded satisfaction, and the only regret among his fellow townsmen was that he had on three occasions refused to accept the honor of the Mayoralty, alleging, and with a fair show of reason, that although ready at all times to aid to the utmost in any movement set afoot for the advantage of the city, it was impossible for him to spare the time required to perform prop erly the duties of Mayor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at 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.