Excerpt from Stephen, M. D A little boy, of some ten years old, lifted his head, which had been bent down over a book, and looked at the speaker expectantly but in silence. He was a fair faced child, comely and rosy, even although certainly neither face nor form bore the tokens of being full fed. And his clothes were much worn, thin and patched: His mother eyed him a minute silently, as he lay there on the floor over his book; contrasting perhaps the somewhat slight, delicate frame and very worn dress, from which the protecting nap was long since gone, with the chill November rain which was coming down outside with good will. 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.