Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Rose Leaves
Did you ever read. Fern Leaves by Fanny Fern? It has been years and years since Ipossessed a copy of this book, but it holds a sacred place in my memory and I regret if you have not read it for you have missed a delightful treat. It is not a large volume and contains only short stories, but the most pathetic and heartfelt stories ever told, and before you have completed the book, your heart is throbbing with more love for your fellow men; with higher aims and purposes, and you feel as though you would love' to take the heart-broken Mother, the sobbing child in your arms and Whisper Words of 'comfort to them. This is the impression I have carried from this book since my childhood. I read it again and again, little dreaming that some of the stories portrayed onits pages were prophetic visions of my future life. Its pages were an inspir ation to me and I Would hie away' to the attic in the old home, 'amidst its marvelous contents of antique furniture, old portraits, and dust-covered trunks and boxes to think and dream, and often was my childish voice lifted in prayer that some day I might be able to write abook, for I felt there could be nothing sweeter in life, no goal more desirable to reach than to be able to yield the pen as forcibly as did this author, and send out to the world such entrancing thoughts. Childhood days have long since passed, middle age drawing to a close, and now as I am nearing the sunset of life I shall attempt to put those thoughts on paper and fulfill those dreams of my childhood. 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.