Excerpt from Flowers for Children Einrich ludwig lived in a na'rrow dirty court in the city of Hamburgh, in Ger many. The sun never came there, and no green tree was to be seen. It is a great evil to Spend Child hood in such a dismal home; but all over the world there are thousands of poor chil dren, who never see the beautiful things which God made for all creatures to enjoy. Poor little Heinrich his father was a drunk ard; and sickness and trouble had so chang ed. His mother, that she was sometimes stupid and crazy. At such times, she would Sit with her head leaning on her hands all the life-long day, and no one could get a word from her. Little Heinrich did not know. 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.