Excerpt from Princess Ilse<br><br>Then the Lord had compassion upon the poor earth, and allowed the clear light of heaven to penetrate the grey vault of clouds, and commanded the waters to seek their homes in the valleys. But neither brook nor stream could have regained its former bed had not troops of good angels care fully conducted each into its right path.<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.