Books with author Mrs,Lang

Excerpt from The Book of Princes and PrincessesAll the stories about Princes and Princesses in this book are true stories, and were written by Mrs. Lang, out of old books of history. There are some children who make life difficult by saying, first that stories about fairies are true, and that they like fairies; and next that they do not like true stories about real people, who lived long ago. I am quite ready to grant that there really are such things as fairies, because, though I never saw a fairy, any more than I have seen the little animals which lecturers call molecules and ions, still I have seen people who have seen fairies - truthful people. Now I never knew a lecturer who ventured to say that he had seen an ion or a molecule. It is well known, and written in a true book, that the godmother of Joan of Arc had seen fairies, and nobody can suppose that such a good woman would tell her godchild what was not true - for example, that the squire of the parish was in love with a fairy and used to meet her in the moonlight beneath a beautiful tree. In fact, if we did not believe in fairy stories, who would care to read them? Yet only too many children dislike to read true stories, because the people in them were real, and the things actually happened. Is not this very strange? And grown-ups are not much wiser. They would rather read a novel than Professor Mommsen's 'history of Rome'!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.

All the stories about Princes and Princesses in this book are true stories; and were written by Mrs. Lang; out of old books of history. There are some children who make life difficult by saying; first that stories about fairies are true; and that they like fairies; and next that they do not like true stories about real people; who lived long ago. I am quite ready to grant that there really are such things as fairies; because; though I never saw a fairy; any more than I have seen the little animals which lecturers call molecules and ions; still I have seen people who have seen fairies—truthful people. Now I never knew a lecturer who ventured to say that he had seen an ion or a molecule. It is well known; and written in a true book; that the godmother of Joan of Arc had seen fairies; and nobody can suppose that such a good woman would tell her godchild what was not true—for example; that the squire of the parish was in love with a fairy and used to meet her in the moonlight beneath a beautiful tree. In fact; if we did not believe in fairy stories; who would care to read them? Yet only too many children dislike to read true stories; because the people in them were real; and the things actually happened.

Pickwick. Charles Dickens, at the age of twenty-four, had written nothing worth mentioning for publication, except the set of papers, mainly contributed to the Evening Chronicle, called Sketches by Boz. Meanwhile, Messrs. Chapman and Hall had been in communication, through Mr. Charles Whitehead, with Dickens, whom they wished to secure as a contributor to a Library of Fiction. 1T hey had also dealings with Mr. Seymour, an artist whose forte was the designing of cockney sporting plates.1 Such things were then popular, and may still be seen on the walls of smokingrooms in country houses. The vein probably worked itself out in Leech s Mr. Jorrocks and Mr. Briggs. Seymour wanted to go on drawing this sort of caricature; Mr. Chapman wanted it to be accompanied by letter-press, and his partner, Mr. Hall, conveyed this desire to Dickens. There was to be a monthly something,1 containing the adventures of a cockney sporting club. Dickens was, as he said, no sportsman, and preferred to let his pen run at its pleasure among English scenes and people.11 Seymour soriginal cover of the Pickwick Papers shows Mr.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org