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Excerpt from Pride and His PrisonersYet let me make an exception. There was one spot which reserved to itself the unenviable privilege of looking gloomy all the year round. N ettleby Tower, a venerable edifice, stood on the highest sum mit of a hill, like some stern guardian of the fair country that smiled around it. The tower had been raised in the time of the Normans, and had then been the robber-hold of a succession of fierce barons, who, f...

Excerpt from Pictures of St. Peter in an English HomeHarold, when at school, wrote pretty constantly both to his father and to Lady Laurie, and little Robin had occasionally a letter all to himself, of which he was very proud, and to which he always wrote a reply in very round text-hand, garnished with many' a blot, giving the last news of his pigeons.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books....

Excerpt from The Robbers' CaveSi, signore, answered the Calabrese, pointing onwards with his whip to a small irregularly built house, which seemed wedged between two masses of rock overgrown with cactus, and which was so much of the colour of the cliffs, that one might fancy that it had grown out of them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Excerpt from Wings and Stings: A Tale for the YoungWere going to enjoy haymaking, as something which they hastily scramble over, eager to get to what is beyond. Such being the case, I think it best to make my preface as short, my stile as small as possible, not being offended if some of my friends should skip over it at one bound. To the more sober readers I would say, If you look for some fun in the little field which you are going to enter, ...

Excerpt from The Forlorn HopeThough twenty years Of happy life have been passed, Gloria looks scarcely eighteen. Both her parents were taken before their little one was Old enough to know her loss, and kind friends made the beautiful golden haired orphan their darling and pet. Girlhood had been a happy time, for Gloria had been a favourite amongst her school-companions, and her bright, energetic spirit had made her a kind of leader amongst the...

Excerpt from Ned Franks: Or, the Christian's Panoply Surely you are too young to give up the navy, my friend. Idleness would be no bless ing to a fine strong lad such as you seem to be, you may have many years before you yet of good service to the Queen. 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 wo...

Excerpt from Rescued From Egypt Themselves of but little value. I would only ask of myreaders not to pass over those portions of the volume which alone are of permanent interest. If any of the lessons contained in the history of Moses be conveyed to the memory and the heart, it matters little how soon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This boo...

bTitle:/b Pride and its Prisoners. By A. L. O. E. [i.e. Miss C. Tucker.]br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include aroun...

bTitle:/b The Spanish Cavalier. A story of Seville. By A. L. O. E., etc. [i.e. Miss C. Tucker.]br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its co...

bTitle:/b Haunted Rooms. A tale. By A. L. O. E. [i.e. Miss C. Tucker.]br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around ...

Excerpt from Pride and His Prisoners Yet let me make an exception. There was one spot which reserved to itself the unenviable privilege of looking gloomy all the year round. N ettleby Tower, a venerable edifice, stood on the highest sum mit of a hill, like some stern guardian of the fair country that smiled around it. The tower had been raised in the time of the Normans, and had then been the robber-hold of a succession of fierce barons, who,...

Excerpt from Pomegranates From the Punjab: Indian StoriesWord into our stammering lips - to give us zeal, power, and success! And plead for the many here upon whom light is beginning to break, but who shrink from taking up the heavy heavy cross which confession of Christ must bring! We missionaries see something of their struggles and sufferings, perhaps through the medium of my little book you may also be able to form a somewhat better idea o...

Excerpt from The Mine, or Darkness and Light "Well, all that I can say, " exclaimed Arthur, passionately, "is, that I wish that I had never seen this place. I wish with all my heart that I had never left school!" "What! not even for the holidays?" said Phemie. "Holidays!" repeated the boy, in a tone of bitter irony, pausing a moment in his occupation of shaping a fragment of wood, with a very blunt knife, into a form meant to represent that ...

Excerpt from Claudia The object which I have had before me in writing the following tale, has been to show the distinction between the intellectual and the spiritual, and the insufficiency of mental powers, even though they be of a high order, either to render their possessor wise unto salvation, or to make him a fit instrument to accomplish a lofty mission amongst men. I am painfully aware that I have not carried out my design as I would hav...

Excerpt from A Wreath of Indian Stories The following stories have been written by A. L. O. E. since her arrival in India, for the use of native readers. It is deemed most desirable by those who thoroughly know the people, that their minds should be trained in the first principles of morality, as well as of religion, by means of amusing fictions, as they are particularly fond of stories. A. L.0. E.desires, therefore, to devote her pen to the ...

Excerpt from A Braid of Cords I have gathered a few cords from the Scripture Treasury, and twined them together into one braid, setting the dark against the light, the black beneath the golden. May He whom I humbly seek to serve, bless this my little work, and deign to make it useful to those who may glance on my Braid Of Cords. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.f...

Excerpt from Hebrew Heroes: A Tale Founded on Jewish History There are few portions of the world's history which, to my own mind, afford subjects of such thrilling interest as that which I have selected for the groundwork of the following story. I have tried, in the main, to adhere closely to facts, though I have ventured somewhat to compress the length of time which actually elapsed between the rising against Syrian tyranny at Modin, and the...

Excerpt from The Rambles of a Rat Let not my readers suppose that in writing The Rambles of a Rat I have simply been blowing bubbles of fancy for their amusement, to divert them during an idle hour. Like the hollow glass balls which children delight in, my bubbles of fancy have something solid within them, - facts are enclosed in my fiction. I have indeed made rats talk, feel, and reflect, as those little creatures certainly never did, but th...