Books with author Heinrich Hoffmann

Excerpt from Slovenly Peter Reformed: Showing How He Became a Neat ScholarAnd clips with shears the thumbs away; Of those who would not still abide, Whilst their mammas to comb them tried, Who would not let their nails be cut, Until at last so long they got, That from the hands away they stretched, Until the floor below they reached.Child! Were it beautiful to see, Just such a picture drawn of thee?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.