N. W. Gilbert
Willoughby's Wisdom: A Story of New England Country Life in by-Gone Days
Hardcover
(Forgotten Books Sept. 18, 2017)
Excerpt from Willoughby's Wisdom: A Story of New England Country Life in by-Gone Days
Let no reader imagine that a new literary character has come upon the stage. The writing of a simple, short story, in prose or song even though it should be conceded to have been written in respectable verse by no means makes a man of letters. And this is strictly an amateur performance. One, it is true, into which I have put considerable effort, it having occupied a large part of the little leisure I have had for a number of years. And it has helped to while away many an otherwise sad and lonely hour. If it shall do as much for my readers, even in the aggregate, it will not have been written in vain.
My motives have been, to produce a readable story, that somebody might get interested in, and also to put on record some phases of social and religious life in rural New England a half century ago, which have since disappeared, or are now rapidly passing away.
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Let no reader imagine that a new literary character has come upon the stage. The writing of a simple, short story, in prose or song even though it should be conceded to have been written in respectable verse by no means makes a man of letters. And this is strictly an amateur performance. One, it is true, into which I have put considerable effort, it having occupied a large part of the little leisure I have had for a number of years. And it has helped to while away many an otherwise sad and lonely hour. If it shall do as much for my readers, even in the aggregate, it will not have been written in vain.
My motives have been, to produce a readable story, that somebody might get interested in, and also to put on record some phases of social and religious life in rural New England a half century ago, which have since disappeared, or are now rapidly passing away.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This 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.
- ISBN
- 1528283821 / 9781528283823
- Pages
- 246
- Weight
- 17.12 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.98 x 0.63 in.
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