"As you are an American, it is reasonable to presume that you desire to learn quickly; as you are youthful, it is certain that you earnestly wish to look pretty in the saddle, and as you are a youthful American, there is not a shadow of a doubt that your objections to authoritative teaching will be almost unconquerable, and that you will insist upon being treated, from the very beginning, as if your small head contained the knowledge of a Hiram Woodruff or of an Archer."

Gwendolyn had dolls, riding lessons, toys, everything except love. She watched other children playing and wished she could join them. Then one day she became very ill, and in a wild delirium all the made-up monsters her nurses used to scare her with came into her dreams and she fought them one by one. In the end, she found her way to claim the love of a father and a mother who had neglected her for their own concerns.

"In the Riding-School; Chats with Esmeralda" by Theo. Stephenson Browne. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.