Amanda Minnie Douglas
Published: 2015-07-09
Total Pages: 386
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Excerpt from Hannah Ann: A Sequel to a Little Girl in Old New York New Year's came in with a ringing of bells and firing of pistols. Four years more, and the world would reach the half-century mark. That seemed very ancient to the little girl in Old New York. They talked about it at the breakfast-table. "Do you suppose any one could live to sec nineteen hundred?' asked the little girl, with wondering eyes. Father Underhill laughed. "Count up and see how old you would be, Hanny," he replied. "Why, I should be - sixty-five." "Not as old as either grandmother," said John. "If the world docs n't come to an end," suggested Hanny, cautiously. She remembered the fright she had when she was afraid it would come to an end. "It is n't half developed," interposed Benny Frank. "And we haven't half discovered it. 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.