Excerpt from Henry Acton, Vol. 1: And Other Tales Association gives to all Objects of memory their value; and few lands have ever worn a dearer or lovelier charm than this my native one. Many waters have I been tost over, in storm and repose, but never have I given my sails with such buoyancy to the winds as I was wont to do in my days Of boyhood. Every scene of that boyhood seems but of yesterday; but as they now arise before me, with what different caleu lations do I look upon them! Not that I value them less, but that I rather prize them more. They bore a stamp and character peculiar to themselves. 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.