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Excerpt from Through the Long Night, Vol. 2 of 3Such ties as Anthony might have had out there in the Wild West-such loves as might have brightened his life and softened the ruggedness of his self-elected path - were either buried beneath the church-yard clay, or had been washed away by some great tidal wave of change - estrangement - who knows what? In any case, there was no reason why he should not give his thoughts, his dreams, his fancies t...

Excerpt from Grasp Your Nettle, Vol. 2: A NovelIt was an apartment which could hold only one person, two would have knocked their heads together, nor was there accommodation for even a servant so Madame Trébuchet had a femme de journée for half the day, and when two o'clock came was independent and alone.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is...

Excerpt from With a Silken Thread and Other Stories, Vol. 2 of 3When he said this, squaring his shoulders and thrusting out his chest, while using that tone of affected humility which is used by some prosperous men boasting of their prosperity under the guise of bewailing their lower condition, Charley wondered - as indeed he had often wondered in these later years how he ever came to love Alick Farmer, false, boastful, cruel, as he had always...

Excerpt from At Night in a Hospital: Reprinted by Permission From "Belgravia" For July, 1879Most Of us have been through the wards Of a hospital by day, but few have been admitted as visitors in the night. This valuable privilege and rare experience were granted to one other and myself, both taken in the skirts Of a dear and gracious lady, the wife of one Of our leading physicians, and herself well known for her zeal in hospital work and sanit...

Excerpt from With a Silken Thread and Other Stories, Vol. 1 of 3That does not however include sanction, even though I have put my own feelings aside to meet your wishes.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 the work, pres...

Excerpt from Lizzie Lorton of Greyrigg: A NovelHe might be seen daily stretching his lean legs in long strides over the mountains, but as he generally avoided the high road and wandered o¿' among the crags and mountain tops, his tremendous walks were not occasion for much intimate intercourse with his neigh bors. By many he was looked upon with a little distrust, as not all there off at side, as they called it, a few believed him not quite can...

Excerpt from The Girl of the Period, and Other Social Essays, Vol. 1 of 2So many false reports followed the appearance of these essays, that I am grateful to the authorities of the Saturday Review for their present permission to republish them under my own name, even though the best of the day has a little gone by, and other forms of folly have been flying about since these were shot at. The essays hit sharply enough at the time, and caused so...

Excerpt from With a Silken Thread and Other Stories, Vol. 3 of 3But though her husband lsaac had been in a certain sense a failure in that he had been a short-lived man when scarcely well into his forties dying of consumption, for all his six foot one and three quarters in his stock ing feet, his breadth of square-set shoulder, and fist like a shoulder of mutton as they used to say - yet Mattie had never thought of mending her broken life by t...

Excerpt from Ione, Vol. 1 of 2And when She said this she glanced with gentle malevolence at her aunt Maria, the invalid.Maria pulled her lace ruf¿es well over her hands, smoothed the bright rose-coloured coverlet of her couch, and made a feint to put back her feathery ringlets with the tips of her taper fingers, in the ele gant way for which she was famous.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic b...

Excerpt from Dulcie Everton, Vol. 1 of 2Good-tempered and unselfish, contented with home and not longing for change with a conscience kept scrupulously bright, yet not morbidly introspective nor afraid of.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 ...

Excerpt from My Love, Vol. 2 of 3The morning after the picnic Randolph Mac kenzie was mooning about the garden at Der went Lodge, by no means in a joyous frame of mind. Something about that noisy rollicking yesterday had left a bitter taste in his mouth, and he was conscious Of a' feeling of disappoint ment and dissatisfaction for which he could find neither a name nor the cause.For one thing indeed, he was sorry that his little cousin had not...

Excerpt from The Storm's GiftMartin had sought out an old candle lantern, and held it up to his eyes to make sure he had it lighted.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 the work, preserving the original format whilst rep...

Excerpt from My Love, Vol. 3 of 3Here! - of all places in the world, this! The widow started at the sound of Colonel Moneypenny's voice as if he had been a spirit called from out the infinite by the spell of her desire. She looked up with a frightened and bewildered face. The guard which she usually maintained with so much care was suddenly broken down, and she was as confused and overcome as any other woman might have been. Had she been a mer...

Excerpt from Sowing the Wind, Vol. 3 of 3: A NovelGoing into lodgings and looking about them did not seem a very definite prospect to Isola but her husband had nothing more precise to propose, so she had to make out the details as she best could.And while she was making them - arranging in her own mind what ought to be given for the lodgings, and what their food ought to cost weekly, and how she should manage with baby not to let St. John be p...

Excerpt from Sowing the Wind, Vol. 2 of 3: A NovelThose bright days to come seemed to have already partially dawned upon the widow, for since her first unlucky loss, and the wide blank of friendlessness into which she had plunged on her arrival, She had not had to bear either poverty or loneliness. Richard Norton's mys terious supplies kept her well provided, so that at least the bitter pang of immediate want was spared her, and She was too we...

Excerpt from Through the Long Night, Vol. 1 of 3Preaching down a daughter's heart was not a difficult task to a mother like Mrs. Clanricarde. Circumstances compelled her conduct and character strengthened her resolve, and, when conditions and feelings are in accord, there we have that triple wall of brass which no human power can break down.We will enumerate the conditions and circumstances which made the mother preach down her daughter's hear...

Excerpt from Through the Long Night, Vol. 3 of 3When Anthony came home rather late from his magisterial duties at that distant town, he found his household in consternation. Mrs. Harford, they said, had gone for a walk before luncheon and had not returned. No one had seen her save the nurse, who, as she passed the window - called into the inner room by the cry of the awakening child - caught a glimpse of her young mistress standing on the uppe...

Excerpt from An Octave of Friends: With Other Silhouettes and StoriesThese stories and sketches were written in the days of crinoline, croquet, and the violent purples. Of the then new aniline dyes. The stories somewhat betray their date, but the sketches are still true of the people one daily meets in Vanity Fair. Like all caps made for types, not individuals, they fit as well to - day as yesterday. The various archaic little touches which co...

Excerpt from An Octave of Friends: With Other Silhouettes and StoriesThese stories and sketches were written in the days of crinoline, croquet, and the violent purples. Of the then new aniline dyes. The stories somewhat betray their date, but the sketches are still true of the people one daily meets in Vanity Fair. Like all caps made for types, not individuals, they fit as well to - day as yesterday. The various archaic little touches which co...

Excerpt from About UlsterLeland, speaking of the introduction of civility into Ireland by the Plantation of Ulster, says, these six northern counties comprised a tract of country covered with woods, where robbers and rebels found a secure shelter, desolated by war and famine, and des tined to be waste without the deliberate and vigorous interposition of the English Government.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands o...