Family Reminiscences (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Family Reminiscences I always in my own mind connected my grand father's death with a little scene of which I was Witness during his stay with us and which impressed me greatly. He and I had been to Visit my mother's grave together. We were coming away, when before we reached the little churchyard gate, he turned round and looking towards the grave we had just left, but as it seemed beyond it, over the budding meadows to the clear spring horizon, he took off his hat and smiled the most beautiful smile I have ever seen on any human face. It was exactly as. Though someone he loved had called him. I was too much awed and impressed to speak to him, and after a minute or two he turned back again and we left the churchyard together. But I never forgot that moment or the unearthly expression of his face. 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.