Excerpt from The Sere and Yellow Leaf: Thoughts and Recollections for Old and Young Tains and valleys of North Wales, where I have had the privilege of reading it, in its quiet simplicity and healthfulness and refreshment. So when an old friend, as I trust the authoress will allow me to call her, described the book to me, and asked me to say a few words by way of preface, I found it impossible to refuse, and so agreed to prove my rule (as other rules are proved) by an exception. The purpose of the little book cannot be better set forth than in words which I quote from its own pages: This is no manual for sickness, but simply an attempt at help ful thoughts as to how best our decline of life may be made profitable to our juniors (p. Many a one, tempted to mourn over waning powers of usefulness, may find here hints which may brighten and invigorate declining years. As in the ex. 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.