Author : Christian Gottlob Barth
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330946640
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (466 download)
Book Synopsis The Raven's Feather: A Story for Children (Classic Reprint) by : Christian Gottlob Barth
Download or read book The Raven's Feather: A Story for Children (Classic Reprint) written by Christian Gottlob Barth and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Raven's Feather: A Story for Children One beautiful afternoon in May, in the year 1780, a boy, fifteen years of age, was standing on Blackfriars' Bridge, in London, gazing intently on the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, in its immediate vicinity. A fresh east wind had driven away the smoky clouds which usually hover over the city, and the sun was just setting in the west over St. James's. The boy was cleanly but poorly clothed, and looked pale and wan, as if he had had but little food; and such was really the case. His father, a German mechanic, had come to London to seek employment. After many fruitless endeavours, he at last succeeded, but in less than six months died. His mother had died in Germany some time before; and poor Severin, the only child, was now quite alone in a foreign land. His father had only left sufficient money to allow of his being decently buried, and the few friends he had acquired during his short stay in London had neither the means nor the inclination to take care of the orphan boy. For three days he had not had a regular meal, and he felt thankful that a kind-hearted baker had once given him a small piece of bread. But poor Severin had learned what many rich people do not understand, he had learned to pray. 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.
