A Last Century Maid and Other Stories for Children (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Last Century Maid: And Other Stories for Children These explanations are made to satisfy the historic instincts of any grown persons who may chance to scan these pages, as the author cher ishes the hope that, however practical the world may become, there will always be children ready to follow unquestioningly the guidance of the humblest teller of tales; children to whom a sea shore in the kingdom of Bohemia, or a forest peopled with Titania and her fairy train, will seem no more wonderful than the daily mysteries of wood and field, the awakening of the butterfly, the blooming of the flower, or the flight of the bird through the air. For such children, and for Such only, have these stories of the last century and this been written. 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.