Excerpt from Essays, Tales, Etc IN bringing out a second edition of Essays, Tales, Etc, I have thought the opportunity favor able to add some other matter - Essays on Labour; Health versus Temperature; a few Tales; four Letters to the Mayor; Addresses on Early Closing, and Trade Protection; which I trust may find as much favor as those previously printed. The letters addressed to the Mayor, on the Sanitary Condition of Liverpool, whilst of local interest, still deals with the question of health of houses generally. It will be seen that the injury that is sustained by those who dwell in damp houses is enormous. I have thought it well to print these letters, as, possibly, likely to help the cause of sanitary progress, by provoking discussion. A Paper on National Banking, also, considers the question of panics, in relation to the Operation of the present Bank Act. At this time the subject is of no little interest to those engaged in commerce. All so occupied, -may reasonably be asked to well consider a question on which public Opinion will, some day or other, have to pronounce its judgment. 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.

The Beast is an animal You'd better lock the Gate Or when it's dark, It comes for you Then it will be too late Alys was the only one to see the soul eaters when they came to her village. The others were sleeping. They never woke up... Now, an orphan, Alys knows the full danger of the soul eaters. She's heard the nursery rhymes the chidren sing about the twin sisters who feed on souls. She's seen people disappear into the fforest and never come back. So why, then, does she find herself mysteriously drawn to the fforest? Is she what everyone around her says she is? A witch? Alys soon finds herself on a journey that will take her to the very heart of the fforest. There she must decide where true evil lies. And face the thing they call ... The Beast. A fairy tale with a difference: shivery, dark, and deeply satisfying. 'Read it if you loved The Handmaid's Tale' - Entertainment Weekly