Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Excerpt from Little Blue-Eyes: And Other Field and Flower Stories The little Blue-eyes had a secret to keep. I mean those little Blue-eyes on the green bank which people call Speedwell - those beautiful little fellows that peep at you so cunningly as you pass from among the yel low buttercups, and the long weeds, and the twisting brambles underneath the hedge. They had a secret to keep. You would never have thought it. You would have felt sure that they had nothing in the world to trouble themselves about; but that from day-dawn to sunset they only had to shine out, and look pretty, and be as good-tem pered as possible. This part of their duty2 little blue-eyes down the lane. 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.

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