This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 edition. Excerpt: ...wagon and walked along the street. We had not gone far when we saw an old woman standing by a table, on which were gin-gercakes and a keg of beer, and tumblers to drink it from. We thought she must be a very nice person, for she asked all the country people to have some of her cakes and beer, which many of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 edition. Excerpt: ...wagon and walked along the street. We had not gone far when we saw an old woman standing by a table, on which were gin-gercakes and a keg of beer, and tumblers to drink it from. We thought she must be a very nice person, for she asked all the country people to have some of her cakes and beer, which many of them did. We looked wistfully, I dare say, as we saw the beer foaming up in the tumblers, and the hungry men breaking open the round, yellow cakes. " Come, dears, won't you have some too?" she said, filling two tumblers, and reaching them toward us. " What good folks there are m town!" we thought, and, thanking her, we drank the beer, and were turning away, when all at once she seized us each by the arm, saying, " What do you mean, you little wretches! would you steal my beer?" We fancied ourselves thrust into a dark jail, and starving to death, for we were almost frightened out of our senses, and, laying on the table all the money we had, we ran back to the market wagon as fast as we could, glad to escape with our lives. The horses were harnessed, and Peter was waiting for us to go and buy the new dresses; but we could buy no new dresses, nor anything else, for the woman had kept all our money; and so we learned that people may offer us beer, or anything else, and expect to be paid for it after all. Peter had just taken up the reins to start home, saying, we were little fools to give her all the money, when Aunt Wilton came along, carrying a basket not larger than my two hands. She said we must go home with her, but it seemed to me she did n't want us to go all the time. When she went on, Peter said we must go and get some breakfast, or we would be sick, and if she did n't want us, why, he did n't care. So, feeling uncomfortable, and the more...
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Used-G. 291 pages, patterned endpapers. Slight spine lean, corners mildly rolled, gilt on spine and front of brown pictorial boards rubbed-mostly gone on spine, edge soiling, binding stressed. Despite the claim to be illustrated on the front, there is only a frontis. Scarce. Text is clean.
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Good. Cover has some faint staining/brown spots/warping from moisture. Moderate wear, more heavily worn at top and bottom of spine and corners of cover. Page edges have small black (paint or ink) flecks, otherwise pages are clean but age toned. Binding is tight. No dust jacket. Pictures available upon request.
