The Story of Peter Lawley
Unknown Author
Paperback
(Forgotten Books, June 25, 2012)
Every thing looked strange to Peter; he could not well make out what was going on, so many voices were saying lessons at the same tune ;and when he saw what hard letters he had to learn, he almost wished himself back again in the forge. Presently, however, he heard boys younger than himself go through their lessons without any trouble, which made him think he should soon be able to do as well, and when it came to his turn, he said the letters, one after the,% other, as they were called out by the teacher, without making any mistakes. When he went home, he had many things to talk about, and he tried to recollect the names of the letters in his lesson, and say them over to his little brother who sat in his usual place on the floor. This went on for some time, and before many weeks Peter had got over the first difficulties, and knew the names of all the letters. But this was not the best of it; his mother kept up the habit of sending him to school, with hands and face clean, and his clothes as tidy as possible. A good habit in one thing often leads to a good habit in another, and after a time the Lawleyts house began to look cleaner ;the ashes were not let to lie for a week under the grate, and the chairs and stools, and pots and pans were sometimes set away in their right places. The clothes of the two girls and the little lame boy did not look so ragged as formerly, and if they were patched, they were, at least cleaner than they used to be.(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