Excerpt from The Stolen Child: A Tale of the Town The object of this Work is to describe the expression of natural feeling in situations not common; yet the story is founded on fact, and more ingenuity has, in consequence, been necessarily exerted to conceal circumstances, than would have been requisite had the tale been entirely derived from invention. As in all the works of the Author, he has endeavoured to give portraits in his principal characters, and he does not think he has failed in the likenesses in this volume, though the public may have a different opinion, not knowing the originals. The incidents may be fictitious - they are not intended to be altogether so; and certainly some attention will be paid to ascertain, hereafter, how far criticism may be correct in its views concerning them. 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.