Excerpt from Russell Ryder For many years Mrs. Russell Ryder had made a practice in summer, of stationing herself at the half-door of the dining-room during churning hour. This afforded her an unobstructed view of the thoroughfares upon which she delighted to watch the movements of the travellers, and at the same time enabled her to enjoy the exhilarating breezes, always welcomed by one undergoing phys ical exertion. 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.