Excerpt from Our Little One: The Little Shoe, Little Feet, Little Footsteps Vi! Of the dear child's own self. It brings to mind all the joyous flutter of parental hearts when the little one's first step was taken, and all the keen solicitude about a fall when the first short journey was adventured. What music in those foot falls on the stairs, and behind grandpapa's chair! But whenn the young pilgrim's feet have been Withdrawn from earth for a walk in Paradise, What tenderness these precious relics! The more worn they are, the dearer every mark is a line of beauty. 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.