Excerpt from Dream Life for Children A very sad face indeed had dear little Charlie this morning. Out into the great world he looked and longed; but no, there was no hope, no sun shine; and Charlie's lovely blue eyes almost filled with tears; and little gasps came un willingly from his throat; and he clutched Eliza tightly with his left hand to make sure that the housekeeper hadn't spirited her away also. Eliza was not his little sister, for Charlie had no little sister, nor little brother, and no mother, and almost no father - or so it seemed to Charlie, for his father was usually away when he was awake. So a very sad little boy he had reason to be, only that he was healthy, and bright and sunny in temperament, and was used to his lonely life; and with Tom and Eliza for company he was generally happy. But Tom was gone! And Eliza had so little to say. Now, Eliza was - yes, you've guessed it, a doll. 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.