Little Hans and His Bible-Leaf (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Little Hans and His Bible-Leaf Thus happily and comfortably were they living together in the count's castle, when suddenly the countess fell ill and died. The loss was a very heavy one for the major, who had loved his good and gentle wife most devotedly. For a long time he was plunged into the deepest melancholy. Even the good sergeant could find no means to console and support him, and still less could the little Hans, his only son, who tried with his childish prattle to soothe his dear father's heavy grief. Years passed away without bringing about any change in the major's condition. Sorrow hung like a dark cloud over the castle, which had Once been the abode Of joy and smiling content. 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.