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Excerpt from A History of France: From the Conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar Continued to the Year 1878, With Conversations at the End of Each Chapter You know that your father and I have no wish more at heart than to promote the improvement and happiness of our children. I shall therefore have real pleasure in complying with your wishes, as far as my powers and Opportunities will permit; but you must give me more time for my task than, in your impatience, you seem willing to allow: for I shall have many books to read and refer to; and the more, because the French literature abounds with memoirs, which are not less entertaining, nor indeed instructive, than regular histories. Be assured, however, that I will do my best to make my little compilation worth your acceptance; and that, if I fail, it will not be for want of industry, nor from a want of desire to give you. Pleasure - Accept the prayers and best wishes of your father and mother for your health and happiness, with the kind love of your sister, and believe me ever, mv dear Richard. 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.