Excerpt from Cecil, the Orphan, Vol. 1: Or the Reward of Virtue; A Tale for the Young The beautiful little story of Cecil the Orphan, was originally published in French. It has enjoyed great popularity, and is, deservedly. A favorite volume with the young, on both sides of the Atlantic. The attention of the Editor was first drawn to it, as contributed bv a friend to the columns of a religious journal under his charge. He was struck with the peculiar simplicity and truthfulness of the narrative, and the attractive style in which it illustrates the value of moral and religious principle in the young. As the different chapters passed through the press, a few alterations were made, in order to adapt the story more fullv to the class of readers for whom the republication was made. 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.