Excerpt from Expositions of Great Pictures<br><br>The boy is enjoying the well-known privilege of an only child. He is sitting on his mother's knee as upon a throne. He sits there as if no one had a right to it but himself. He is as silent as his mother, and as lost in thought. He looks older than he is, gazing upon you with that seriousness which is often to be found in a child's face. It is only when you notice his feet that you can guess his age. He has still the habit of playing with his toes as he did when he was a babe. His size, beauty, and quiet consciousness of power, foreshadow his increase in Wisdom and stature, and his growth in favour with God and man.<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.