There, too, where the sunshine and the shadow, looking as natural as life.
"My dear child, thou hast done wonders!" cried his mother.
The good lady was in an ecstasy of delight.

And well might she be proud of her boy; for there were touches in this picture which old artists, who had spent a lifetime in the business, need not have been ashamed of.
Many a year afterwards, this wonderful production was exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.
When Benjamin was quite a large lad he was sent to school at Philadelphia.

Not long after his arrival he had a slight attack of fever, which confined him to his bed.

The light, which would otherwise have disturbed him, was excluded from his chamber by means of closed wooden shutters.

At first it appeared so totally dark that Ben could not distinguish any object in the room.