Excerpt from The Guidon, Vol. 3: March-April, 1907<br><br>Some incidents not connected with the childhood of Dickens are of interest in themselves. There is. David Copperfield' s early home life, the happy even ings Spent in the comfortable little sitting room, David romping with his mother while Peggoty, his devoted nurse, sits by darning. She seems to have an endless supply of stockings that need mending, for never was she seen resting without her wax candle, work box, and a stocking to darn. There is the visit to Yar mouth, a little fishing village where Peggoty's brother lives. Peggoty and David, bidding an affectionate farewell to his mother, start out in the carrier's cart. Barkis is the name of the carrier, whose horse is prob ably the laziest ih the world shuffling along with his head bent down as if he delighted in being slow, while his master sits in very much the same position, his figure drooping forward sleepily, an arm on each knee and no idea of conversation other than whistling. Even his proposal to David's nurse consisted of the one sentence, Barkis is willin' from which she was to understand that he wished her to marry him. Even this masterpiece of literature took him many weeks in composing.<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.