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 48
odthe opportunities of learning which I neglected inmy youth: that through every part of my literarycareer I have felt pinched and hampered by my ownignorance: and that I would at this moment givehalf the reputation I have had the good fortune toacquire, if by doing so I could rest the… … Sir Walter Scott 31 years apprenticeship. Though it may seem sur-prising, in view of his former indolence, it is truethat he gave himself to his work with great industry.At the same time, however, he continued to readstories of adventure and history and other similarworks with as much zest as ever,…
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