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Hoping that you may find your visit to the Old World both pleasant and profitable, and wishing you a safe return, I remain, sir, Yours truly, G. FRANK UNDERWOOD. HOPING THAT YOU MAY FIND YOUR VISIT TO THE OLD WORLD BOTH PLEASANT AND PROFITABLE AND WISHING YOU A SAFE RETURN I REMAIN SIR YOURS TRULY G FRANK UNDERWOOD
agement--I owe all my taste for reading. Until I was about ten years of age, I perfectly detested the idea of taking a book into my hands. At about this time my mother procured "Poor and Proud," which she commenced reading to me; and finding me a good deal interested, she contrived to stop reading at one of the most interesting points in the story, when, giving me the book, she said that perhaps I would like to read on and see what came next. And I read on and on, becoming more and more interested in the story, until I had finished the book. Seeing me interested in your works, others were procured for me; and in reading those I often met with something which would rouse in me a desire to read history, until at last a taste for reading was formed, which a lifetime will not gratify. Thus you see I have especial reason for gratitude that you should ever have written stories for boys. Not that I believe myself to be the only one, but one of the many who have been benefited in the same way. OOD MOTHER'S JUDICIOUS MANAGEMENT I OWE ALL MY TASTE FOR READING UNTIL I WAS ABOUT TEN YEARS OF AGE I PERFECTLY DETESTED THE IDEA OF TAKING A BOOK INTO MY HANDS AT ABOUT THIS TIME MY MOTHER PROCURED POOR AND PROUD WHICH SHE COMMENCED READING TO ME AND FINDING ME A GOOD DEAL INTERESTED SHE CONTRIVED TO STOP READING AT ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING POINTS IN THE STORY WHEN GIVING ME THE BOOK SHE SAID THAT PERHAPS I WOULD LIKE TO READ ON AND SEE WHAT CAME NEXT AND I READ ON AND ON BECOMING MORE AND MORE INTERESTED IN THE STORY UNTIL I HAD FINISHED THE BOOK SEEING ME INTERESTED IN YOUR WORKS OTHERS WERE PROCURED FOR ME AND IN READING THOSE I OFTEN MET WITH SOMETHING WHICH WOULD AROUSE IN ME A DESIRE TO READ HISTORY UNTIL AT LAST A TASTE FOR READING WAS FORMED WHICH A LIFETIME WILL NOT GRATIFY THUS YOU SEE I HAVE A SPECIAL REASON FOR GRATITUDE THAT YOU SHOULD EVER HAVE WRITTEN STORIES FOR BOYS NOT THAT I BELIEVE MYSELF TO BE THE ONLY ONE BUT ONE OF MANY WHO HAVE BEEN BENEFITED IN THE SAME WAY
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