# Evenings at Home; Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened

Author: Aikin, John, 1747-1822; Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825

Genre: Category: Short Stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53323

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Evenings+at+Home%3B+Or%2C+The+Juvenile+Budget+Opened+Aikin&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

George and Harry, with their tutor, one day in their walk, were driven by the rain to take shelter in a blacksmith’s shop; and the shower lasting some time, the boys, in order to amuse themselves, began to examine the things around them. The great bellows first attracted their notice, and they admired the roaring it made, and the expedition with which it raised the fire to a heat too intense for them to look at. They were surprised at the dexterity with which the smith fashioned a bar of iron into a horseshoe; first heating it, then hammering it well on the anvil, cutting off a proper length, bending it round, turning up the ends, and lastly, punching the nail-holes. They watched the whol...

## Chapters

- [Scene II.—_The inside of the cottage. An old man sitting by the hearth.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/evenings-at-home-or-the-juvenile-budget-opened-53323/chapters/3/index.md)
- [PART II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/evenings-at-home-or-the-juvenile-budget-opened-53323/chapters/2/index.md)
- [PART 1.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/evenings-at-home-or-the-juvenile-budget-opened-53323/chapters/1/index.md)