diff options
Diffstat (limited to '9382.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | 9382.txt | 1025 |
1 files changed, 1025 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/9382.txt b/9382.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3d1f57e --- /dev/null +++ b/9382.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1025 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Grandma's Memories, by Mary D. Brine + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Grandma's Memories + +Author: Mary D. Brine + +Release Date: August 15, 2004 [EBook #9382] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GRANDMA'S MEMORIES *** + + + + +Produced by Juliet Sutherland, David Widger and PG Distributed +Proofreaders + + + + + + +GRANDMA'S MEMORIES + +BY MARY D. BRINE + +_Author of "Grandma's Attic Treasures_" + +DEDICATED TO THOSE +DEAR ONES WHOSE FACES ARE TURNED +TOWARD THE SUNSET + +_ILLUSTRATED_ + + +1888. + + + + +LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. + + +Frontispiece _Walter Pag_ + +"Only a lullaby, gentle and low" + +"Grandma's a maiden" + +'lo Grandma's girl-life comes some woe" + +"The young head is lain" + +"Grandma now is a bride" + +"On the sunny young head" + +"Soft and low is the little one's breath" + +"Learns that sweet lesson so old and so new" + +"As he looks in my face" + +"'Mid the farewells that are merry, yet sad" + +"On Grandma's thin cheek falls a kiss" + +"Draws near the old chair, and sits close at her side" + +"The gift of a grandchild" + +Headpiece--"Evening and the Bells" _A. W. Parsm_ + +Head and Tailpiece--Vignettes _R A. Bell_ + + + + + +GRANDMA'S MEMORIES. + + + +[Illustration] + + +GRANDMA'S MEMORIES. + + +The mantle of evening is veiling the sky, +And over the landscape its soft shadows lie; +The old year is passing, a new year will reign, +Ere earth shall awaken to day-dawn again. + +Dear Grandma has folded her knitting away, +And muses alone at the close of the day; +While the old clock ticks solemnly off, one by one, +The moments yet left to the year almost done. + +Out from the shadows fast filling the room, +Out from the dying year's gathering gloom, +Many sweet pictures of past happy years +Come flitting again with their hopes and their fears. + +On the broad hearthstone the dull embers glow, +The old year's last hours are quiet and slow; +But back to the Past, with its pleasures and pain-- +Of the Present unmindful, she wanders again. + +She is seeing dear faces, and clasping the hand +Of many a friend in the shadowy land, +And the ghosts of old years she has watched in and out, +Come forth from the shadows and hedge her about. + +Hark! What is that stealing thro' silence and gloom, +To fill with sweet melody Grandma's lone room? +What brings that fond smile, and dispels every trace +Of sadness and tears on the dear, aged face? + +[Illustration] + +Only a lullaby, gentle and low, +Which a mother, while rocking her babe to and fro, +Croons over and over, for baby alone, +Till far into dreamland his spirit hath flown. + +Only the lullaby all mothers love, +Listened to daily by angels above; +The dear, quaint old song which will ever seem best +To sing to our babies and lull them to rest-- + + +_The Lullaby_. + +[Illustration: Music Sheet detail:] + +"Hush, my babe, lie still and slumber, +Holy angels guard thy bed; +Heavenly blessings without number +Gently fall upon thy head." + +Crooning it softly, and crooning it low, +Rocking and nestling with--"By-baby-O!" +Loving the melody known the world o'er, +And adding sweet words that our baby loves more. + +So sings this mother to baby to-night, +While nearer and nearer the dream-angel bright +Is hovering 'mid shadows, till baby ere long +Lies slumbering, and hushed is the lullaby song. + +While mother takes up a new duty, and so +From one to another will busily go. +But the dear aged heart in the room just beyond, +Still lingers and rests amid memories fond. + +The strains of the lullaby bear her away +O'er the lapse of long years to her own childhood's. +She is living again 'neath her babyhood's skies +Where sunshine is dancing before her blue eyes. + +[Illustration: Grandma's a maiden] + +She sees her dear mother, and hears the sweet voice, +Whose fond, tender tones made her young heart rejoice, +She climbs to the arms ever patient to bear +The wee, tired toddler, and all burdens share. + +How well she recalls the sweet hour of rest, +When nestling her head on that dear mother's breast, +She sank into slumber, lulled gently and low, +By the strains of the soft old-time lullaby--O! + +Again does she listen to every fond word +That love on the lips of the singer hath stirred; +The "By-oh, my baby!" which mother knows best, +Will comfort and soothe the young child to its rest. + +And Grandma forgets the deep lines on her face, +Which tell of the years--the years long flown apace; +She does not remember that Time has left snow +On the head that was golden so long, long ago. + +[Illustration] + +She is only a child as she listens to-night-- +With a sense of the old childish rest and delight-- +To the voice of the mother who so long ago +Sat singing to _her_ in the firelight's glow-- + +[Illustration: tune in G major and words: By, by, O baby! baby by O!] + +But childhood is merged into girlhood at last, +(The sweet years of "baby-life" vanish so fast!) +And Grandma's a maiden, so dainty and fair, +Of girlhood's bright visions content with her share. + +How merrily now glide the hours away! +And yet, as comes oft on a fair Summer's day, +A cloud that o'ershadows its fairness, e'en so +To Grandma's girl-life now and then comes some woe + +[Illustration] + +To grieve and to wound it, and hide from blue eves +The still deeper blue of the beautiful skies; +And how many times, just for comfort and rest, +The young head is lain upon mother's dear breast! + +And tho' she's no longer the "baby," yet see, +The mother's arms clasp her all pityingly, +And turning once more to the "lullaby--O!" +She sings to her girl all so sweetly and low, + +The nursery melody known the world o'er, +As she soothes, pets and comforts the young heart so sore. +Yes, Grandma is only a young girl to-night, +As she muses alone in the dim firelight. + + * * * * * + +The picture has changed, Grandma now is a bride, +The choice of her heart proudly stands at her side; +She is living again the sweet life of those days +When she first knew a husband's devotion and praise. + +[Illustration: Grandma now is a bride] + +To the faded old cheek springs again the warm blush, +The old years are young with the spring-time's soft flush, +The dear, dim blue eyes borrow youth's ardent glow, +As fast thro' her brain old-time memories flow. + +But ah! a light footstep within the lone room +Hath scattered the dream; loving eyes pierce the gloom, +A lithesome young figure at Grandma's side kneels, +A firm youthful hand into Grandma's hand steals. + +"Ah, Grandma, my Grandma, the smile on your face +Is proof that some pleasure has there left its trace; +Now, what were your thoughts? for I know they were far +Away from the _Present_, as earth from yon star? + +"My baby is sleeping, I've nothing to do, +Let me sit in the gloaming, dear granny, with you; +The clock will soon ring us the hour of nine, +Please talk to _me_, Grandma, of dear auld lang syne." + +[Illustration] + +On the sunny young head Grandma's aged hand lies, +As she meets with her own the young mother's blue eyes, +For dear to her soul is this grandchild so fair, +Who has borrowed _her_ youth in her soft eyes and hair. + +"Ah, child, down the vista of 'dear auld lang syne,' +Full soon will the torches of memory shine +For you, tho' life's summer seems scarcely begun, +And your head is yet golden 'neath morn's golden sun. + +"For Time flies so fast; listen, dearie, I, too, +Feel that Summer again. A young mother like you, +I am holding _my_ baby all close to my breast, +And with the old lullaby lull her to rest. + +"I can feel once again, as I rock to and fro, +The weight of the dear little head. Soft and low +Is the little one's breath on the cheek which I press +'Gainst her sweet baby-lips in a loving caress-- + +"As I sing o'er and o'er the quaint lullaby song +(That will never grow wearisome tho' life be long), +And watch the sweet drowsiness creeping apace, +Till sleep holds the wee one in tender embrace. + +[Illustration:] + +"_Soft and low is the little one's breath_ +While yet I am crooning so softly and low-- + +[Illustration: Music G major and words: By, by, O baby, by, by baby] + +Unheeding the moments as swiftly they fly, with +By, by, O baby, dear baby by. + +"Oh' the deep peace which can never be known, +Can never be felt, save by 'mother' alone! +As clasping, and folding, so close to her heart, +The helpless young life of her own life a part-- + +"She dreams as she sings, of a future so fair, +Awaiting the child of her love and her care! +And welcomes the visions that day after day +With baby's sweet presence will nestle and stay. + +"Time passes, my _baby_ has suddenly flown, +And left me a daughter to maidenhood grown. +As _I_ did, e'en so does my bonny maid do, +And--learns that sweet lesson so old and so new. + +"For _her_ comes a day when the wedding bells ring, +And my darling to other than 'mother' must cling. +Like mother, like daughter,' 'like father, like son,' +'Tis an adage will live till all living be done." + +Grandma pauses a moment. Her listener cries, +With a sweet look of sympathy in her young eyes: +"And then you were lonely, poor Grandma! I know, +But so was--my _great_ grandmama, long ago." + +A smile lights the dear, aged face, and again +Grandma takes up her story. "Yes, dearie, but then +It wasn't for long, because, darling, you see, +A gift _I_ once gave was soon given to me. + +[Illustration: "_Learns that sweet lesson so old and so new_"] + +"The gift of a grandchild as fair and as sweet +As the baby _my_ mother's heart bounded to meet; +Oh, how my fond prayers 'rose in gratitude true, +For the blessings of daughter and granddaughter too! + +"It seems but to-day! Oh, how proud am I now +As I lay welcome kisses on baby's wee brow! +A _Grandmother, I?_ How the bright years have flown +Since I was a child scarce to maidenhood grown! + +"And now in my arms, looking up in my eyes, +With orbs that are bluer than June's sunny skies, +Behold my own grandchild! Ah, verily, youth +'On double wings flies,' Grandpa says in good truth, + +"As he looks in my face where no longer the rose +In my once dimpled cheeks in its loveliness grows, +And marks the white locks mingling faster each day +With the brown that old Time is fast stealing away. + +[Illustration: "_As he looks in my face_"] + +"And I, as he kisses our grandchild so fair, +Note how soon has vanished the once raven hair +That crowned his dear head on the day when he came +To endow me with all his possessions and name. + +"So we grow old together, my husband and I, +Walking steadily on 'neath life's changeable sky, +As 'Grandpa' and 'Grandma' to little ones dear, +Who come round our hearthstone with comfort and cheer. + +"And dearly I love the wee darlings to hold, +And cuddle, and close to my warm heart enfold +The dear precious forms, singing low o'er and o'er, +The lullaby song I have sung long before. + +"The song which has sung their own mother to rest, +The song which hushed _me_ on _my_ dear mother's breast, +The song which belongs to the years long gone past, +But which _mother_-love thro' all time will hold fast + +"And now comes a day when another fair bride +From babyhood grown, stands so proudly beside +The man of her choice; and her sweet eyes of blue +Are glowing with happiness tender and true. + +"Within Grandma's arms for a moment she stands, +Then bows her bright head 'neath the trembling old hands +Uplifted to bless her, as Grandma's heart prays +That heaven may keep her thro' long sunny days. + +"To father and mother sweet kisses of love, +And prayers that God send truest peace from above; +Thus 'mid the farewells that are merry, yet sad, +My grandchild has entered _her_ new life so glad. + + * * * * * + +"And lo! on this night while old Grandma is sitting +Alone in the gloaming, while moments are flitting +And bearing on wings that are sure and so fast +The year that now _is_, to the years that are past-- + +[Illustration: "_'Mid the farewells that are merry yet sad_"] + +"A sweet voice comes softly within my lone room, +And sweet words float tenderly in thro' the gloom, +As sings my dear grandchild so gently and low, +To my little _great_-grandchild the 'lullaby--O.' + +"Which, catching my senses as idly they stray +On the pinions of memory, bears me away +To the far-distant realms of my own childhood's shore, +Where the quaint old-time melody greets me once more. + +"Aye! dearie, 'tis hard when one's memory is straying-- +And back 'mongst the old scenes so fondly delaying-- +'Tis hard to wake up to the fact that old age +In life's book of years will soon turn the last page. + +"Yet, dearie, I look on your young, happy face, +All tender with motherhood's newly-taught grace, +And realize, indeed, that Time steadily flies, +Nor lingers to dally 'neath youth's joyous skies! + +[Illustration:"_On Grandma's thin cheek falls a kiss_"] + +"But speed as he may, be it never so fast, +The thoughts which go winging their way to the Past +Are swifter than Time, as you'll learn on some day +When you, like your Grandma, are wrinkled and grey." + +On Grandma's thin cheek falls a kiss soft and sweet, +Ere the young mother hastens with step all so fleet, +To quiet her baby, whose startled grieved cry +Can only be hushed with the old lullaby-- + +[Illustration: Words and music: +"Hush, my babe, lie still and slumber, +Holy angels guard thy bed."] + +Crooning it softly, and crooning it low, +Till again into slumber-land baby will go, +While Grandma still sits in the shadowy room +And smiles as the lullaby floats thro' the gloom. + +Now, as she sits thinking and smiling the while, +Behold! Grandpa enters, and answering her smile +(Which even the gloom from his eyes cannot hide), +Draws near the old chair, and sits close at her side. + +Their hands steal together; dear hands, which have clung +Thro' weal and thro' woe from the years which were young +Till now, when by age made unsteady and weak, +They yet tell the love which e'en lips may not speak. + +"Dear heart!" murmurs Grandpa, "I'm thinking to-night-- +As I look at the heavens with starlight so bright-- +And note how the moments so surely and fast, +Will bring us the close of the year almost past-- + +"I'm thinking how like to old age it does seem, +And how o'er life's evening for you and me gleam +The stars of God's mercies, to guide on their way +The souls which are speeding towards heaven's glad day." + +"Ay, John," answers Grandma, "like children are we +In the 'arms everlasting' just longing to be; +Full soon you and I will be summoned to rest, +And close tired eyes on the dear Father's breast." + +[Illustration] + +Still softly and sweetly from out the next room +Still floating and lingering 'mid shadow and gloom-- +The sound of the soft murmured "lullaby--O!" +Is heard, while the mother sings gently and low-- + +[Illustration: Music Sheet detail: +"Hush, my babe, lie still and slumber, +Holy angels guard thy bed."] +And Grandpa and Grandma draw nearer together, +And on Grandpa's shoulder lies Grandma's grey head, + +As closely he holds to his fond aged heart +The wife from whose love he holds no thought apart. +And so, while their fancies to auld lang syne cling, +They lift their old voices, and quaveringly sing + +Way thro' to its end the dear lullaby song, +So dear to them both for the years long agone, +And straight from their hearts doth the melody flow, +Tho' the tremulous notes are so faltering and slow. + +[Illustration: Music Sheet detail: +"Hush, my babe, lie still and slumber, +Holy angels guard thy bed; +Heavenly blessings without number +Gently fall upon thy head."] + +And now the sweet music hath reached other ears; +The baby's young mother the lullaby hears, +And, beckoning _her_ mother, they presently stand +Within the dim doorway, and hand clasping hand-- + +They listen and smile--yet with tears in their eyes-- +To the soft notes which out from the shadows arise +From the hearts that old Time with his years and his-- +Could not rob of the sunshine of long, long ago + +The clock is still ticking the moments away; +'Tis but a short time ere the old King must lay +His sceptre, his crown, and his burdens aside, +That the new King may come with the world to abide. + +And still the old grandparents quietly sit, +Unmindful of moments, tho' fast they may flit +Towards the hour of midnight, till gently at last +Their daughter reminds them that "bedtime is past." + +"Ay, daughter," says Grandma, "'tis late without doubt, +But father and I'll see this dear old year out; +It has been a kind year, fraught with peace from above, +And it brought us a dear great-grandbaby to love. + +"It has borne us thro' duties, or sorry or glad, +And helped us find balm when our spirits were sad; +It found us together in health and in peace, +And leaves us together tho' _its own_ life must cease. + +[Illustration] + +"And so we will watch it fade softly from earth, +And welcome the New Year to which God gives birth +And may the dear Lord who for our sakes was born, +Send blessings anew on the New Year's glad morn." + +Now hark! for the bells in the old tower's steeple +Ring out with a clang to the world and its people; +And merrily sounding afar and anear, +Proclaim the glad tidings, "The New Year is here!" + +And from other steeples the noise is resounding, +As jubilant bells the same story are sounding; +And so 'mid the clanging, the poor old year dies, +And the new youthful year opens wondering eyes + +_And so does the baby_! So frightened is he, +His shrill cry rings out with the bells' jubilee, +And quick to his side the young mother has sped, +To bend o'er her baby's her own golden head + +While Grandpa and Grandma are listening to hear, +'Mid the clanging of bells, the young voice sweet and clear, +Which tenderly lays on the New Year the song +Of the dear "Old-time lullaby" cherished so long + +So softly it floats thro' the shadowy gloom +Which tenderly broods o'er the old fashioned room, +Where Grandma and Grandpa, while steeple bells ring, +Again lift their tremulous voices and sing-- + +[Illustration: Musical score G major, text follows:] + +"Hush, my babe, lie still and slumber, Holy +angels guard thy bed, Heavenly .. blessings +without number Gently fall upon thy head." + +[Illustration] +CRADLE HYMN. +_By Isaac Watts, D.D._ + +Hush, my dear! Lie still, and slumber! +Holy angels guard thy bed! +Heavenly blessings, without number, +Gently falling on thy head. + +Sleep, my babe! Thy food and raiment, +House and home, thy friends provide; +All without thy care or payment, +All thy wants are well supplied. + +How much better thou'rt attended +Than the Son of God could be, +When from heaven He descended, +And became a child like thee! + +Soft and easy is thy cradle: +Coarse and hard thy Saviour lay, +When His birth-place was a stable, +And His softest bed was hay. + +Blessed Babe! What glorious features,-- +Spotless fair, divinely bright! +Must he dwell with brutal creatures? +How could angels bear the sight? + +Was there nothing but a manger, +Cursed sinners could afford, +To receive the Heavenly Stranger? +Did they thus affront the Lord? + +Soft, my child! I did not chide thee, +Though my song might sound too hard; +'Tis thy mother sits beside thee, +And her arm shall be thy guard. + +Yet to read the shameful story, +How the Jews abused their King; +How they served the Lord of Glory, +Makes me angry while I sing. + +See the kinder shepherds round Him, +Telling wonders from the sky! +Where they sought Him, there they found Him, +With His Virgin-Mother by. + +See the lovely Babe a-dressing: +Lovely Infant, how He smiled! +When He wept, His Mother's blessing +Sooth'd and hush'd the Holy Child. + +Lo, He slumbers in a manger, +Where the horned oxen fed! +Peace, my darling, here's no danger; +There's no ox a-near thy bed. + +'Twas to save thee, child, from dying, +Save my dear from burning flame, +Bitter groans and endless crying, +That thy blest Redeemer came. + +May'st thou live to know and fear Him, +Trust and love Him all thy days; +Then go dwell for ever near Him, +See His face, and sing His praise! + +I could give thee thousand kisses! +Hoping what I most desire; +Not a mother's fondest wishes +Can to greater joys aspire! + + + + +[Illustration] +_L'ENVOI._ + +_Dear aged friends, and loved ones who have turned +Your faces toward the glowing sunset sky, +While far below on paths that ye have trod, +Life's mingled lights and shadows softly lie: +May Peace be with you as you journey on +To reach the summit of life's shadowed hill, +And tho' the way seem toilsome here and there, +May Hope and Faith your hearts with courage fill. +Bear with you, as you go, our grateful prayers +For your dear lives by heavenly mercy spared +So long to us who love you, and with whom +Life's burdens, great or small, your love hath shared. +The crimson glory of the sunset sky +Lies all about you, and falls gently down +Upon your dear, grey heads, as tho' our Lord +Hath wished already His loved saints to crown. +Lift up your tired eyes "Unto the hills +Whence cometh help," for lo! the Father stands +To give you greeting, and to welcome you-- +When night brings rest--with tender, gracious hands._ + +M. D. B. + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Grandma's Memories, by Mary D. Brine + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GRANDMA'S MEMORIES *** + +***** This file should be named 9382.txt or 9382.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/9/3/8/9382/ + +Produced by Juliet Sutherland, David Widger and PG Distributed +Proofreaders + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, +set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to +copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to +protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project +Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you +charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you +do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the +rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose +such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and +research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do +practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is +subject to the trademark license, especially commercial +redistribution. + + + +*** START: FULL LICENSE *** + +THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE +PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK + +To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free +distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work +(or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project +Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project +Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at +https://gutenberg.org/license). + + +Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic works + +1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to +and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property +(trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all +the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy +all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. +If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the +terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or +entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. + +1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be +used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who +agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few +things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works +even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See +paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement +and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works. See paragraph 1.E below. + +1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" +or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the +collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an +individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are +located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from +copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative +works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg +are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project +Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by +freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of +this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with +the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by +keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project +Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. + +1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern +what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in +a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check +the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement +before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or +creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project +Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning +the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United +States. + +1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: + +1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate +access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently +whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the +phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project +Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, +copied or distributed: + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + +1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived +from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is +posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied +and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees +or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work +with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the +work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 +through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the +Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or +1.E.9. + +1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted +with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution +must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional +terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked +to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the +permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. + +1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm +License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this +work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. + +1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this +electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without +prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with +active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project +Gutenberg-tm License. + +1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, +compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any +word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or +distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than +"Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version +posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.org), +you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a +copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon +request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other +form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm +License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. + +1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, +performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works +unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. + +1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing +access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided +that + +- You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from + the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method + you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is + owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he + has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the + Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments + must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you + prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax + returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and + sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the + address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to + the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." + +- You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies + you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he + does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm + License. You must require such a user to return or + destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium + and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of + Project Gutenberg-tm works. + +- You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any + money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the + electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days + of receipt of the work. + +- You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free + distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. + +1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set +forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from +both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael +Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the +Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. + +1.F. + +1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable +effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread +public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm +collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain +"Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or +corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual +property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a +computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by +your equipment. + +1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right +of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project +Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project +Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all +liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal +fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT +LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE +PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE +TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE +LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR +INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH +DAMAGE. + +1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a +defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can +receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a +written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you +received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with +your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with +the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a +refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity +providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to +receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy +is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further +opportunities to fix the problem. + +1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth +in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS' WITH NO OTHER +WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO +WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. + +1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied +warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. +If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the +law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be +interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by +the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any +provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. + +1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the +trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone +providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance +with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, +promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, +harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, +that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do +or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm +work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any +Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. + + +Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm + +Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of +electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers +including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists +because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from +people in all walks of life. + +Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the +assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's +goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will +remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project +Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure +and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. +To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation +and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 +and the Foundation web page at https://www.pglaf.org. + + +Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive +Foundation + +The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit +501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the +state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal +Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification +number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at +https://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg +Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent +permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. + +The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. +Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered +throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at +809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email +business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact +information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official +page at https://pglaf.org + +For additional contact information: + Dr. Gregory B. Newby + Chief Executive and Director + gbnewby@pglaf.org + + +Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg +Literary Archive Foundation + +Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide +spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of +increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be +freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest +array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations +($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt +status with the IRS. + +The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating +charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United +States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a +considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up +with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations +where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To +SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any +particular state visit https://pglaf.org + +While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we +have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition +against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who +approach us with offers to donate. + +International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make +any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from +outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. + +Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation +methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other +ways including including checks, online payments and credit card +donations. To donate, please visit: https://pglaf.org/donate + + +Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works. + +Professor Michael S. Hart was the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm +concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared +with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project +Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. + + +Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. +unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily +keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. + + +Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: + + https://www.gutenberg.org + +This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, +including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary +Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to +subscribe to our email newsletter to hear about new eBooks. |