Author : W. Chambers
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781331490142
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Chambers's Miscellany, Vol. 9 by : W. Chambers
Download or read book Chambers's Miscellany, Vol. 9 written by W. Chambers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chambers's Miscellany, Vol. 9: Of Instructive Entertaining Tracts An anecdote related of him when he was about fourteen years of age, indicates the extreme restlessness and activity of his mind as a boy. Once having accompanied his mother on a visit to a friend in Glasgow, he was left behind on her return. The next time, however, that Mrs Watt came to Glasgow, her friend said to her You must take your son James home; I cannot stand the degree of excite ment he keeps me in; I am worn out for want of sleep. Every evening before ten o'clock, our usual hour of retiring to rest, he contrives to engage me in conversation, then begins some striking tale, and, whether humorous or pathetic, the interest is so over powering, that the family all listen to him with breathless attention, and hour after hour strikes unheeded.' This wonderful faculty of story-telling, which robbed the Glasgow lady of her sleep, Watt pre served throughout his life to a degree unparalleled perhaps except in Sir Walter Scott. 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.