All in a garden fair; the simple story of three boys ... - University Library

82 ALL L\ A GARDICX FAIR.
lively travels, in wliicli tlie ^vriters, being
Frenchmen, looked out perpetually for dramatic
situations ;
biographies, also Avritten by French-
men, and tlicrefore compiled ^vith a view to
tahleaux ; history, which is full of splendid
scenes ; and tales, especially the tales of Erck-
mann-Chatrian. Next, they learned that there
are other forms of life besides business life in
the City ;
this was an immense stride in know-
ledge ; and other occupations besides making
money by buying cheap and selling dear, and
other men and women besides the people of
the City. They got all kinds of ideas, with
vague ambitions ; they forgot their poverty
and the very small and humble debut into life
which was before them ;
thuir hearts glowed in
thinking of the ureat deeds of the men who
had gone before them, and the splendid things
which they, too, would achieve. In the course
of time there grew up in both the boys a dim
and shadowy ^"isi()ll of a great and wonderfid
future opening out for all the world ; what it
was they did not know, nor did they inquire ;