Our Village 我们的村子

OUR VILLAGE 1 OUR VILLAGE MARY RUSSELL MITFORD 更多好书请点击 www.uus8.org OUR VILLAGE 2 Introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie I. There is a great deal of admirable literature concerning Miss Mitford, so much of it indeed, that the writer of this little notice feels as if she almost owed an apology to those who remember, for having ventured to write, on hearsay only, and without having ever known or ever seen the author of 'Our Village.' And yet, so vivid is the homely friendly presence, so clear the sound of that voice 'like a chime of bells,' with its hospitable cheery greeting, that she can scarcely realise that this acquaintance exists only in the world of the might-have-beens. For people who are beginning to remember, rather than looking forward any more, there certainly exists no more delightful reading than the memoirs and stories of heroes and heroines, many of whom we ourselves may have seen, and to whom we may have spoken. As we read on we are led into some happy bygone region,--such as that one described by Mr. du Maurier in 'Peter Ibbetson,'--a region in which we ourselves, together with all our friends and acquai......