Whenshereturnedalmostthefirstthingwedidwastobeginthestoryof "LittleLordFauntleroy." Irecalldistinctlythetimeandplacewhenwereadthefirstchaptersofthefascinatingchild'-washingafterluncheon, , thegrasshoppersswarmedaboutusandfastenedthemselvesonourclothes, andIrememberthatmyteacherinsisteduponpickingthemalloffbeforewesatdown, , , , , andthereadingwasconstantlyinterrupted; butassoonasIthoroughlycomprehendedthesituation, Ibecametooeagerlyabsorbedinthestorytonoticemerewords, , .
Afterward, atmyeagerrequest, , andIreaditagainandagain, untilIalmostknewitbyheart; andallthroughmychildhood "LittleLordFauntleroy" , becausetheyareinsuchvividcontrastwithmyvague, mutableandconfusedmemoriesofearlierreading.
From "LittleLordFauntleroy" ,orinwhatorderIreadthem; butIknowthatamongthemwere "GreekHeroes," LaFontaine's "Fables," Hawthorne's "WonderBook," "BibleStories," Lamb's "TalesfromShakespeare," "AChild'sHistoryofEngland" byDickens, "TheArabianNights," "TheSwissFamilyRobinson," "ThePilgrim'sProgress," "RobinsonCrusoe," "LittleWomen," and "Heidi," —Ididnotknowwhethertheywerewellwrittenornot; , "LittleWomen" , Ihadtolookbetweenthecoversofbooksfornewsoftheworldthatlayoutsidemyown.
Ididnotcareespeciallyfor "ThePilgrim'sProgress," whichIthinkIdidnotfinish, orforthe "Fables." IreadLaFontaine's "Fables" firstinanEnglishtranslation, , andIfoundthat, inspiteofthevividwordpictures, andthewonderfulmasteryoflanguage, , .
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