Excerpt from A Hero of the Afghan Frontier: Dr. Pennel's Life for Boys Here are not many families that can look back upon such a long and unbroken line as that of the Pennells. The family belonged originally to Cornwall, and dates back before the time of William the Conqueror, and they afterwards settled in Devonshire. Many of his ancestors made their mark in the world, holding high positions under Government. Among the girls chief interest is attached to Rosamund, known as the beautiful Miss Croker. She was celebrated for her beauty, and her portrait, at the age of seventeen, painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence, is a well-known picture. 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.