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The Young Deliverers of Pleasat Cove is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1872.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newl...

Excerpt from The Child of the Island GlenThe child OF the island glen incidentally brings to view the shrewdness of those men who laid the foundations of our commerce, their dexterity in suiting means to ends, the indomitable energy with which they grappled to opportunities ¿ung ia their path by the advent of foreign wars and the irregularities of trade, while perils and obstacles that would have crushed persons of laxer fibre, only roused the...

Excerpt from The Cruise of the CascoTee cruise OF the casco shows that noble natures are often more exposed to the arts of the designing, by reason of their inexperience of evil and consequent freedom from suspicion, and also with equal clearness that pure mo tives, warm affections, trust in God, are by no means incompatible with the greatest enter prise and the most undaunted courage.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of th...

Excerpt from Forest Glen: Or, the Mohawk's FriendshipHere we behold the strange spectacle of the Quaker tilling his land, and pursuing his ordinary duties, while his more belligerent neighbor sleeps with the ri¿e with in reach of his hand, sits in the house of God with the weapon between his knees, goes armed in the funeral procession, which is often attacked, the mourners killed, scalped, and ¿ung into the grave of the corpse they were about ...

Excerpt from The Young Deliverers of Pleasant CoveCourage to dare, fortitude to endure, enterprise to accumulate, and prudence to retain, are quali ties that, however valuable in themselves, when in excess impart, to character a coloring dry, hard, and even render it repulsive. But if be neath the exuberance of young life we detect the germs of those sympathies that, travelling beyond the limits of self, recognizing the com mon bond that links...

Excerpt from Elijah Kellogg, the Man and His Work: Chapters From His Life and Selections From His WritingsThis book makes no pretence of expounding thee doctrines of the theologian or analyzing the methods of the artist. It is simply a remembrancer of a quaint and winning man for his intimate friends and parishioners, for the boys who have delighted in his stories, for the sailors whose lives he saved from shipwreck, for the college students w...

Excerpt from Lion Ben of Elm IslandIF the writer ever tasted unalloyed happiness, it has been when exciting to manly effort a noble boy, whose nature responded to the impulse as a. Generous horse' leaps under the pressure of the knee.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses st...

Excerpt from The Sophomores of Radcliffe: Or, James Trafton and His Bosom FriendsThat portion of student life termed the sopho more year has obtained an unenviable notoriety. The sudden change that then takes place in all the relations of college life, the elation cousse quent upon passing at one stride from a sub ordinate to a higher position, and the college traditions connected with this period, all con spire to make it a trying one to yout...

Excerpt from Arthur Brown: The Young CaptainBenefits conferred usually excite gratitude, and sometimes, when the donors have passed away are repaid, with interest, to their posterity.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct ...

Excerpt from The Fisher Boys of Pleasant CoveSo poor at his majority that he borrowed an axe with which to earn the first dollar, and compelled to observe the most rigid economy, a practice that, ripening into a habit of life, often proves a slow poison to every generous emotion, he yet passed the ordeal unscathed, and made a liberal use of property obtained by dint of labor and at the peril of life.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes...

Excerpt from The Unseen Hand: Or James Renfew and His Boy HelpersHe comes to us as an orphan and the inmate of a workhouse, ¿ung upon the world, like a dry leaf on the crest of a breaker, his mind a blank devoid of knowledge, save the idea of the Almighty and the commands of the Decalogue, whose force, in virtue of prior possession, held the ground and kept at bay the evil in¿uences by which he was sur rounded. And in consequence of thus holdi...

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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 A Strong Arm and a Mother's Blessing IN the story of Arthur Lenox we present to our young friends no impossible nor fictitious character. His success in life was not the result of some felicity of position, neither due to any of those Opportunities that war, speculation, or some peculiar contingency in society, at times presents to aspiring minds. We are called, on the other hand, to follow step by step the progress of a lad who...

Excerpt from The Ark of Elm Island This volume of the Elm Island Stories chronicles the success of Lion Ben, in his bold endeavor to supply, by inventive shrewd ness, the lack of money, and make his lumber. 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 work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techno...

Excerpt from The Fisher Boys of Pleasant CoveSo poor at his majority that he borrowed an axe with which to earn the first dollar, and compelled to observe the most rigid economy, a practice that, ripening into a habit of life, often proves a slow poison to every generous emotion, he yet passed the ordeal unscathed, and made a liberal use of property obtained by dint of labor and at the peril of life.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes...

The Mission of Black Rifle is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1876. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publish...

Lion Ben of Elm Island is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1875. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes t...

Excerpt from The Child of the Island Glen The Child of the Island Glen incidentally brings to view the shrewdness of those men who laid the foundations of our commerce, their dexterity in suiting means to ends, the indomitable energy with which they grappled to opportunities flung in their path by the advent of foreign wars and the irregularities of trade, while perils and obstacles that would have crushed persons of laxer fibre, only roused ...