Lewie - Or, The Bended Twig

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Lewie, by Cousin CicelyThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Lewie Or, The Bended TwigAuthor: Cousin Cicely AKA Sarah Hopkins Bradford (b. 1818)Release Date: March 3, 2005 [EBook #15244]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LEWIE ***Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Graeme Mackreth and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team.[Illustration: BROOK FARM (Frontispiece)]LEWIE;OR,THE BENDED TWIG.BY COUSIN CICELY, AUTHOR OF THE "SILVER LAKE STORIES," ETC. ETC."Train up this child for me, and I will give thee thy wages." "Mother! thy gentle hand hath mighty power, For thou alone may'st train, and guide, and mould, Plants that shall blossom with an odor sweet, Or like the cursed fig-tree, wither and become Vile cumberers of the ground."AUBURN AND ROCHESTER: ALDEN & BEARDSLEY. 1856.Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by ALDENBEARDSLEY & CO. In the Clerk's Office for the Northern District of NewYork.Preface.It seems to be thought that a preface or introduction of some sort is absolutely necessary to a book; why, I do not know,unless it be that it looks rather abrupt to begin one's story without a word as to the why or wherefore of its being written.This ...