Excerpt from Motherless Ellen, or the Orphan Children: With Their Correspondence<br><br>Samuel, the eldest son, was now six teen; and having finished his studies, had been for several months employed in his father's counting-room. Julia, two years older, had also left school, and was the companion and assistant of.her mother. Catharine who was next to Samuel, and Henry who was several years younger, together with Harriet and Frances, aged nine and Seven years; attendedday-schools in the neighbourhood.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.