Excerpt from Recollections of a Happy Life We received but little encouragement. Mrs. Hobson, in full health and vigor not withstanding her seventy odd years, was actively engaged in various pursuits, both grave and gay. She had not time she had nothing of interest to say - there are so many memoirs not worth reading. Finally, Mrs. Richard Aldrich conceived the happy idea of putting into verse a Peti tion, a petition which, signed by twenty-four of Mrs. Hobson's friends, was sent to her, in the spring of 19073. 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.