Excerpt from Owen Gladdon's Wanderings in the Isle of Wight It was no small treat to the young people to hear Owen Gladdon relate to them a long tale, for he Was very happy in his narrations, and knew well how to entertain his young relatives. They loved him, and felt that he loved them; for he faithfully reproved, and affectionately en couraged them as the case required, and then, no one was more ready to help them in their difficulties, and asslst them in their sports. 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.