The passage in “Susan Yates” runs thus:
“Sometimes indeed, on a fine dry Sunday, my father would rise early, and take a walk to the village, just to see how goodness thrived, as he used to say, but he would generally return tired, and the worse for his walk.”
Mr. Lucas points out that Charles Lamb’s father came from Lincolnshire, and that the saying was probably his.
Isaac Taylor, the father, was the author of several moral and instructive tales for youth.
Jefferys Taylor, the brother of Jane and Ann, wrote Æsop in Rhyme (1820); Harry’s Holiday (1822); and other books for children.
(a) Some of Mrs. Sherwood’s most popular books were: Little Henry and his Bearer (her first book) c. 1815; The History of Henry Milner (4 parts) 1822-1836; The Little Woodman and his Dog Cæsar (1819).
Many of the chap-books were written for stock illustrations.