Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Poet's Bazaar, Vol. 1 of 3: From the Danish of Hans Christian Andersen
The grandmother of our poet plays an important part in the history of his childhood. She had the care of the garden of the hospital; and here the intelligent boy, who was suscepti ble of the most vivid impressions, and who frequently spent entire days with the old lady, listened with heart and soul to the fables and ghost stories which were related to him by the inmates of the hospital, and had his mind filled with superstitious and religious images. It is told of him, that one day he went out with his mother and some other children to glean on a property, the steward of which was well known to be morose and ill-natured, and who per ceived them at their employment. The rest fled at his approach; he alone stood his ground, and with his childish, naive exclamation, How dare you beat me when God can see you? He softened the severe man, whose stick was already lifted against him. 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.
