A Pickle For The Knowing Ones: 1802 Classic

The book is “a curious and unique production,” as the preface states, and indeed it is.

To me the appendix that followed was the icing on the cake. It contained poems, letters, and “A curious Sermon, by the Rev. Mr. Hyberdin, which he made at the request of certain thieves that robbed him on a hill near Hartlgrow, in Hampshire, (England) in their presence and at that instant.”

Two years ago I came across a post or comment mentioning Timothy Dexter and how his rivals tried to bankrupt him many times, but in the end resulted in him acquiring much wealth.

“People jokingly told him to “ship coal to Newcastle”. Fortuitously, he did so during a Newcastle miners' strike, and his cargo was sold at a premium. On another occasion, practical jokers told him he could make money by shipping gloves to the South Sea Islands. His ships arrived there in time to sell the gloves to Portuguese boats on their way to China.”
—https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Dexter

When I found out that he had written a book, I was determined to get hold of it, and now was the right time to read it.

“The book contains 8,847 words and 33,864 letters, but without any punctuation and with unorthodox spelling and capitalization.”
—The synopsis.

So I didn't try to understand or decipher what Dexter was trying to say. I read it for fun and enjoyed reading most of it.

There is not much more to add, except to leave you with an excerpt from the book:

“To man kind at Large I Never had the honour to be Long I meane to that onerabel mesonek Order I Noked once once twise three times & the gohst Apeared sade thou shall Not enter be Cose I have toue much knowledge in my head—I sopose had I bin one then should bin to keep open Dors for thives & Robers”
—WONDER OF WONDERS!, A Pickle For The Knowing Ones