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The Eastwoods lived in an old house in one of the south-western suburbs of London. It was one of those houses which dating only from the prosaic age of Queen A nne, have come to be picturesque in their way which they were never intended to be and are comfortable, which they were intended to be, to a degree rarely attained by all our modern efforts. What advances we have made since then in every way! And yet all Belgravia did not hold a house so thoroughly good for living in, so pleasant, so modest, so dignified, and so refined, as the big brick house, partly whitewashed, partly retaining its native red, lichened all over with brown and yellow mosses, in which, at the outset of this VOL. I.(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

Excerpt from Innocent, Vol. 1 of 3: A Tale of Modern LifeThe Eastwoods lived in an old house in one of the south-western suburbs of London. It was one of those houses which dating only from the prosaic age of Queen Anne, have come to be picturesque in their way - which they were never intended to be - and are comfortable, which they were intended to be, to a degree rarely attained by all our modern efforts. What advances we have made since then in every way!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.

Excerpt from Innocent, Vol. 1 of 3: A Tale of Modern LifeThe Eastwoods lived in an old house in one of the south-western suburbs of London. It was one of those houses which dating only from the prosaic age of Queen Anne, have come to be picturesque in their way - which they were never intended to be - and are comfortable, which they were intended to be, to a degree rarely attained by all our modern efforts. What advances we have made since then in every way!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.