Excerpt from Scribner's Monthly, Vol. 8: An Illustrated Magazine for the People; May, 1874 October, 1874 Here a scholar, looking Solemn, Till the girl in azure slip, Blunders up a crooked column, Catches breath and spells the word, Pisa's own Italic tower, Flits up the Class like any bird, Done in slate in half an hour, Cheeks in bloom with honest blood. 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.

Strange History of the American Quadroon: Free Women of Color in the Revolutionary Atlantic World

Excerpt from New Dominion Monthly: May, 1874 I always thought my father loved me. He looked at me sometimes as if he did, and he has naturally fine eyes. There seemed a deep tenderness in them that made me'feel uneasiness beneath their glance. But then it was a sort of guesswork after all, till one day he told me, in so many words, that he loved me better than him self. He said he could willingly give up every hope of happiness or success in the world, or life itself, if it were demanded, for my success or happiness. And he told me if ever I had doubted his love never to doubt it again; but to remember that if all the world turned away from me, I had still one human friend. And, said he, with an archness that sits naturally upon him, if a young fellow has one good Friend in Heaven and one friend on earth, he has something to be thankful for. 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.