Excerpt from The Penman, Vol. 1: April, 1948 B R I G I blanken horn: 's essay, Hansi, was rated distinguished in the Virginia state contest last spring. In her first attempt at writing, G L A D Y S james recounts a true experience of her father. Nancy bailey, who hails from North Carolina, wrote Milly in her junior year. Jane blake, whose favorite pastime is writ ing, gives us First Date Dora. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.