My dear Miss Smith, I have been waiting to answer you till I had read far enough on in your storyx to be able to judge, and now being within a quire and a half of the end, I think I can do so. I think the history of the elder Juliet very original and excellent and I like that about young Josie very much likewise, she is a very winning buoyant creature, but indeed I ... continue reading

My dear Madam

I well remember the apprentice system in Devonshire (where to this day they call farm boys apprentices though I don’t believe they are so) I believe it was a good thing that the system was done away with for the farmers were apt to be very harsh with them. My grandfather, as a magistrate had continually to hear complaints about their being flogged. The people who might have done them good seldom had ... continue reading