Excerpt from Adrift Iwon't tell you exactly in what part of the valley ridge-croft Farm is situated; but some time, when you grow sick enough of railroad travel, and crowded watering-places, and steam boats, and the garish display of sea-side resorts, to make you pine for the quiet and loveliness of nature that is as yet untainted by the utter vul garity of social progress, you cannot do better than to travel by easy stages, loitering where it is most beautiful, when you wist, through this picturesque valley}; and should you, while ex ploring its borders for wilder and more romantic scenery, come across vthe place I describe, you will be sure to recognize it. 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.