Excerpt from The Parent's Assistant, or Stories for Children, Vol. 3 of 6: Containing the Bracelets, And, the Little Merchants Nothing so much contributed to pre serve a spirit of emulation in this little society as a small honorary distinction. Given annually, as the prize of succes ful application. The prize this year was peculiarly dear to each individual, as it was the picture of a friend whom they all dearly loved - it was the picture of Mrs. Villars in a small bracelet. It wanted neither gold, pearls, nor precious stones, to give it value. 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.