Excerpt from The Ladies of Bever Hollow, Vol. 1 of 2: A Tale of English Country Life There are some traits in one of the ladies of Bever Hollow that may remind a few of one Whom they loved and lost, but Whose circumstances had no resemblance to those of the fictitious character, except that she bore a wasting, fatal illness, With fortitude and cheerfulness. Advantage is taken, however, of her position as a sufferer, to speak sundry words of counsel and comfort to those in like case, though the accidents of her story are only useful to heighten the interest. 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.