Excerpt from A Plain Tale From Malines, Aug. 1914: Being the Authentic Story of Florimond Cleirens, Refugee From Malines, Now in Oxford As one who reached Oxford roofless and a stranger, and now is comfortably lodged, and enjoys the privilege of the generous friendship of so many prominent citizens, I cannot let this little book go forth without offering my heartfelt thanks to those ladies and gentlemen of Oxford to whom this change is due to the Misses Huxley, who met me and my family on our arrival and installed us in our new home; to Miss Cook, who has done so much for our comfort; to the good friends I meet at the Clarendon Hotel; to the officers, nurses, and men at the Base Hospital; and to His Worship the Mayor of Oxford who, as President of the Belgian Refugee Committee, has, with his generous coadjutors, won-the admiring gratitude of all Belgians in Oxford. 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.