Which Is the Wiser: Or People Abroad; A Tale for Youth

Excerpt from Which Is the Or People Abroad; A Tale for Youth Her life, from her very cradle, had been strange and unhappy. In her childhood she had belonged to wretchedly poor people, who were' connected with the theatre in Berlin; her parents they certainly could not have been, for she was subjected by them to every possible want and misery. Her earliest recollection was of standing at the theatre-doors to beg, and of being forbidden, on pain of severe punish ment, from returning home, unless she brought with her money; to above a certain amount. She was born with extraordinary musical faculties; fortunately, however, this was not discovered by the persons who had possession of her, early enough for her to be exhibited as an infant to them she was useful only to beg; but many and many a night she forgot her miserable duty - forgot even the pain ful infliction which was the certain consequence of such a neglect, in listening to the glorious strains of some favourite singer, from the half-open doors of the opera. Occasionally, also, she crept in unobserved, or was permitted to enter by some good-natured, music-loving door-keeper, who, sympathising in the wretched child's passion for his favourite art, over looked the small, but otherwise all-important fact, of her having neither money nor ticket. 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.