Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Woodland Elf And now, as has been said. She was lost and most earnestly did she long for the fare which she had scorned at noontime, for she had eaten practically nothing since breakfast and, to add to her discomfort, her feet were sore with walking and her hands and dress were torn by the briars through which she had forced her way while seeking a path back to the camp. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.