Excerpt from Lincoln Literary Collection: Designed for School-Room and Family Circle And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying Here is a story-book Thy Father has written for thee. Come, wander with me, she said, Into regions yet untrod And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God. And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse. 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.