In the old forest of Englewood in Cumberland lives Honestus, once a prosperous farmer, whose family, flocks and barns were carried off or burned by raiders from across the Scottish border. Now a hermit, he takes in two lost children abandoned in the woods and teaches them through fables of lambs and wolves, while the mystery of their father and uncle unfolds.
A tiny Newcastle penny chapbook of 1807, a glimpse of what ordinary children read two centuries ago. Download the free EPUB.