# The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 04

Author: Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7589

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Caxtons%3A+A+Family+Picture+Lytton&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

I was always an early riser. Happy the man who is! Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness. The youth of Nature is contagious, like the gladness of a happy child. I doubt if any man can be called "old" so long as he is an early riser and an early walker. And oh, youth!--take my word of it-- youth in dressing-gown and slippers, dawdling over breakfast at noon, is a very decrepit, ghastly image of that youth which sees the sun blush over the mountains, and the dews sparkle upon blossoming hedgerows.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-caxtons-a-family-picture-volume-04-7589/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-caxtons-a-family-picture-volume-04-7589/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-caxtons-a-family-picture-volume-04-7589/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-caxtons-a-family-picture-volume-04-7589/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-caxtons-a-family-picture-volume-04-7589/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-caxtons-a-family-picture-volume-04-7589/chapters/6/index.md)