title: The Book of Royal Useless Information: A Funny and Irreverent Look at the British Royal Family Past and Present
author:  Noel Botham 
description: <b>Noel Botham</b> is the author of the ever-popular Useless Information series. <b>Bruce Montague </b>is an actor and has written numerous plays and musicals for the stage and BBC and scripts for Hollywood.
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  Agnes Grey
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  By Anne Bronte
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER I—THE PARSONAGE
  
  
  All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be
  hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity, that the dry, shrivelled
  kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut. Whether this
  be the case with my history or not, I am hardly competent to judge. I
  sometimes think it might prove useful to some, and entertaining to others; but
  the world may judge for itself. Shielded by my own obscurity, and by the lapse
  of years, and a few fictitious names, I do not fear to venture; and will
  candidly lay before the public what I would not disclose to the most intimate
  friend.
  
  
  My father was a clergyman of the north of England, who was deservedly
  respected by all who knew him; and, in his younger days, lived pretty
  comfortably on the joint income of a small incumbency and a snug little
  property of his own. 