Excerpt from The Gleaner, Vol. 3: June, 1903 On't you please relate a story? Asked the little brown - eyed Nell, As she climbed her grandpa's arm-chair, To the place she loved so well. Something 'b0ut the ghosts or goblins, And of queens and princes, too; Or of witches, giants and fairies, Or how George the dragon slew. Yes, do, grandpa, chimed in Bessie, As she took his wrinkled hand; Tell us of the days Of knighthood, Of King Arthur and his band. Or 'bout some historic battle, And how men of valor fought; How they saved the flag of glory, And the negroes' freedom sought. Ah, my children, said the old man, As he fondly smoothed their curls, You must firstly make the promise That you won't be naughty girls; That you'll be real still and listen Carefully to what I say, While I take a backward journey To the years long passed away. 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.