Excerpt from A Salad of Stray Leaves In mixing a Salad, I imagine it is necessary to select ingredients which, though counteractive, shall be concordant, and soothing as well as stimulating, and in such just proportions that no individual element shall preponderate, and the flavour of none be lost; and, again, as to the vinegar and oil which constitute the indispensable vehicle in the composition of this dish, I recognise the wisdom of the familiar counsel that a miser should contribute the former and a spendthrift the latter solvent, and that the whole conglomerate should then be handed to a maniac to stir. 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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Excerpt from Stray Leaves To the patronage of my friends and a generous public, I beg leave to present the following pages, earnestly hoping they may be received with the same kind regard as the little volume entitled Arcadian Leaves, published in 1857 and 1858; though, as a literary production, I am well aware they possess but little merit, but trust they may serve to while away a passing hour, when more weighty matter would be distasteful; and my readers will have the pleasing assurance, that while they favor the circulation of these Poems, they will be shedding sunbeams on the dark and lonely path of her who is deprived of one of Gods choicest gifts - namely, that of sight. And feeling that further preface is unnecessary, I respectfully submit them to the kind perusal of all who may feel interested. 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.

Excerpt from Stray Leaves From the Book of Nature That pebble was Life's first offspring on earth. The Spirit of God moved on the waters, and life was breathed into the very gases that were hid in the heart of the vapory globe. They parted in love, they parted in hate; they fled and they met. Atom joined atom; loving sis ters kissed each other, and this love, the great child of that Spirit on earth, brought forth its first fruit, the peh ble! Other stones also arose; out of the dark chaos new brothers were seen to appear, and countless friends stood by the side of the first comer. Warmth spread through their limbs, electric currents shaped and fashioned them into ever new forms, and they were joined into families and races each in his kind. 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.