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Excerpt from The Adventures of Poor Puss: In Two PartsAh that such a notion had never been taken up! Interrupted the other, many a time havei suffered fi'omsuch a supposition, and that of our always faihng'on ourlegs is. Another equally as bad for us, I can speak feelingly of this also, for though I have often been. Tossed in the air by the boys in our'haouse, and as frequently fell on my back as my legs, they will not be convinced'that there ...

Excerpt from The Perambulations of a Bee and a Butterfly: In Which Are Delineated Those Smaller Traits of Character Which Escape the Observation of Larger SpectatorsThe ¿attering pictures of men and manners, which are drawn in most of the present publications for youth, can alone be well ap' plied, when they are considered not as what mankind are, but what they ought to be, and, indeed, we may. Search'. The world through before we find their l...

Excerpt from The Twin Sisters: A Tale for YouthThe following work is intended to display the benefits of devotion, which are illustrated 'in the lives of two very young persons, whose pursuits were not the vanities Of the world, but the true and lasting pleasures of religion, and time well spent.There are few, even of those who do not study to live by its rules, that are not Willing to acknowledge the efficacy of religion in the hour of death,...

Excerpt from The History of Elizabeth Woodville, or the Wars of the Houses of York and LancasterThe person and education of the infant king Were committed to the care of Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, who was afterwards a Cardinal, and of Thomas, Duke of Exeter, his brother: these were the uncles of the late King.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks...

Excerpt from The Twin Sisters: A Tale for YouthThe following work is intended to display the benefits of devotion, which are illustrated 'in the lives of two very young persons, whose pursuits were not the vanities Of the world, but the true and lasting pleasures of religion, and time well spent.There are few, even of those who do not study to live by its rules, that are not Willing to acknowledge the efficacy of religion in the hour of death,...

Excerpt from The History of Elizabeth Woodville, or the Wars of the Houses of York and LancasterThe person and education of the infant king Were committed to the care of Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, who was afterwards a Cardinal, and of Thomas, Duke of Exeter, his brother: these were the uncles of the late King.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks...

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Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

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Excerpt from The School-Fellows: A Moral Tale, for Young Ladies The following sheets were composed when the death of the lam'ented prin cess charlotte had thrown a gloom over every object, and sorrow sat upon every countenance. At such a time, the mind naturally reverts to past events. The few anecdotes which I have recorded of her early days, are from my own recollection, which has ever been awake to what concerned so amiable and illustrious...

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Excerpt from The History of William Selwyn IT is my intention in this to point out how far our happiness, as to this life, depends on Our con nesions in it, the ed'ucationwe re ceive, and our mutual endeavours to' promote the happiness of each other. In the characters of Madame Du harre, and her daughter Madeline, my. Readers will perceive a contrary disposition, and While the independ ent ideas they possessed were gnot A 2iv preface. About ...

Excerpt from The Adventures of Poor Puss: In Two PartsAh that such a notion had never been taken up! Interrupted the other, many a time havei suffered fi'omsuch a supposition, and that of our always faihng'on ourlegs is. Another equally as bad for us, I can speak feelingly of this also, for though I have often been. Tossed in the air by the boys in our'haouse, and as frequently fell on my back as my legs, they will not be convinced'that there ...

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