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Excerpt from The Web of TimeThe footfall came nearer, firm and steady, too - at which the anxious face lighted up, but a moment later it was gone, and silence reigned again. The baby seemed, in some mysterious way, to share the disappointment, in any case, it became suddenly quiet, the big blue eyes gazing up at the mother's. The unfathomed depths, as such depths are prone to do, seemed to start some hidden springs of thought in the woman's mi...

Excerpt from The Handicap: A Novel of Pioneer DaysThe man who asked the question seemed very much in earnest about it and his tone, which, by the way, was distinctly Irish, implied that considerable hung upon the answer.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...

Excerpt from The Attic Guest: A Novel This story, which the authoress herself entitled "The Attic Guest, " would probably have never been given to the world but for an incidental visit which I paid to a certain manse. It was then and there that the following chapters, now first presented to the public, were entrusted to my hands. The hands which placed the manuscript in my own were those of a lady of much charm, modest, cultured, winsome, and...

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important...

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