Review of reviews and world's work . is indeed ter-rible. David borrows books from an insane old school-master and his mind develops rapidly. The children are kept in ignorance of the fact that theirfather had left them money, and they are taught byHannah to suppose that they are paupers and dependentupon her bounty for the wretched crust that she permitsthem to have. Poor Reuben meanwhile is struggling inthe gall of bitterness because his conscience upbraids him for the bad treatment that the children receive, and for hisfailure to carry out in good faith his promises to the dyingSandy. At le
Review of reviews and world's work . is indeed ter-rible. David borrows books from an insane old school-master and his mind develops rapidly. The children are kept in ignorance of the fact that theirfather had left them money, and they are taught byHannah to suppose that they are paupers and dependentupon her bounty for the wretched crust that she permitsthem to have. Poor Reuben meanwhile is struggling inthe gall of bitterness because his conscience upbraids him for the bad treatment that the children receive, and for hisfailure to carry out in good faith his promises to the dyingSandy. At length matters reach a crisis, and David runs awayto make his fortune at Manchester, promising after a yearor two to send for Louie, she alone being in the secret ofhis departure. In Manchester he has the good fortune tobecome assistant to a bookseller; and his growth is as-tonishingly rapid in the knowledge of literature and inthe dealers knowledge of rare books and desirable edi-tions. Thomas Purcell, the bookseller, is a prosperous. JIRS. HUMPHRY WARD. man, but of hard and uncompromising character. He is?a devout Baptist, tyrannical and intolerable. Before leaving the farm, David has been through Christian Brethren revival meetings, and has hadreligious experiences, which, however, have only resultedin sharp reaction. In Manchester he has gotten hold ofRosseau, Diderot, and the French infidel philosophers, hasquickly espoused their notions, and quite heartily despiseseverybody who still lingers in the chains of is a vegetarian; and he dines at a vegetarian restau-rant kept by a versatile and mercurial character, oneAdrian OConnor Lomax (who, by the way, had marriedPurcells sister and had always been on terms of the mostdeadly enmity toward Purcell). Through this LomaxDavid Grieve has begun to attend secularist me^etings onSundays in the Manchester Science Hall. This imgodli-ness vexes the righteous Purcell, and ho determines atlength to dismiss David from his e
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