Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve · leaf 42
ess, he lost the use of one of his legs andthus became unable to run about as before, or evento stand. Soon afterward he was sent to his grand-fathers farm at Sandy-Knowe, where it was thoughtthat the country life would help him. There he spenthis days in listening to lively stories of Scotsmenwho… … Sir Walter Scott 27 much of interest about him that he could not He stilland would try so hard to move himself about thatat length he became able to rise to his feet and evento walk and run. Except for his lameness, he grew so well andstrong that when he was about eight years old hewas placed with…
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