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Message:: [QUOTE="Pat P, post: 1639833, member: 201"]The part of the text included in your photo appears in this book from 1834 and apparently was written by a Mrs. Sherwood. I didn't compare the two versions word for word, but did see one word that is different in the two publications even though the story otherwise seems the same. So my guess is that your book may be from the same era, with a published story appearing in a magazine, either in whole or in part, or maybe as a serial? The book in the link below may possibly have more clues... <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6fsKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA29&dq=%22excepting+his+grammar%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiY9P2Xw9fnAhVEh-AKHS0FCmcQuwUwAHoECAAQBw#v=onepage&q=%22excepting%20his%20grammar%22&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6fsKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA29&dq=%22excepting+his+grammar%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiY9P2Xw9fnAhVEh-AKHS0FCmcQuwUwAHoECAAQBw#v=onepage&q=%22excepting%20his%20grammar%22&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=6fsKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA29&dq="excepting+his+grammar"&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiY9P2Xw9fnAhVEh-AKHS0FCmcQuwUwAHoECAAQBw#v=onepage&q="excepting his grammar"&f=false</a>[/QUOTE]