Excerpt from The Original Poems and Others The Miss Bandboxes, and Aunt and Niece, which, I believe, is the entire catalogue of them, she lived in a world wholly of her own creation, with as deep a feeling of reality as life itself could afford. These amusements lasted from the age of three or four till ten or twelve. About the latter time her favourite employment in playtime was whipping a top, during the successful spinning of which she composed tales and dramas, some of which she after wards committed to paper.' None of these early efforts have been given to the world; but a copy of Jane's verses apologizing when she was nine for the inferior quality of her collected work (due possibly to the demands made on her attention by the obstinacy of her top), is printed in The Family Pen. 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.