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Excerpt from Up the Hill and OverIf there were no one about - but there was some one about. Further down the slope, and stretched at full length upon it, lay a small boy. Near the small boy lay a packet of school books.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 House of WindowsThis had been the announcement on the handbills, and apparently the demand for slaughtered ribbons had been bloodthirsty, for now the clerks were straightening up, knee-deep, so to speak, in corpses of the slain.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 Bo...

Excerpt from Fires of DriftwoodAbout 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 repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such a...

Excerpt from The Shining Ship: And Other Verse for ChildrenLL day I see the ships sail in, the sun upon their spars, And silently at night they pass between me and the stars. Oh, many, many ships there be, From Biscay Bay and China Sea! But never comes a ship for me, Across the ¿ooding bars.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproductio...

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Excerpt from The House of Windows He pointed smilingly to the motor by ll not this car do? It is much quicker. Me to drive you. Not hesitate. She knew quite well the. 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 technology to digitally reconstruct the work, ...

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature projects provide content to tredition. To support their good work, tredition donates a portion of the proceeds from e...

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature projects provide content to tredition. To support their good work, tredition donates a portion of the proceeds from e...

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature projects provide content to tredition. To support their good work, tredition donates a portion of the proceeds from e...

Excerpt from Up the Hill and Over "From Wimbleton to Wombleton is fifteen miles, "From Wombleton to Wimbleton is fifteen miles, "From Wombleton to Wimbleton, "From Wimbleton to Wombleton, "From Wombleton - to Wimbleton - is fif - teen miles!" The cheery singing ended abruptly with the collapse of the singer upon a particularly inviting slope of grass. He was very dusty. He was very hot. The way from Wimbleton to Wombleton seemed suddenly...

Excerpt from The Window-Gazer It was interesting. But it was really very cold. The professor, who had suffered much from sciatica owing to an injury of the left leg, remembered that he had been told by his medical man never to allow himself to shiver, and here he was, shivering violently without so much as asking his own leave. And the fog crept closer. He put out his hands to push it back - and immediately his hands were lost too. Really, mu...

Excerpt from Mist of Morning Head for the front door, tails for the back!" David flipped a copper into the air and watched it fall with pretended calm. "Heads it is! Guess I would have gone to the front door anyway." This was pure bluff but it served to stiffen his courage. He knew it was no light thing for a small boy to ring the front door bell at the house of the Widow Ridley. Boys had tried it before but they had only pulled the handle a...

Excerpt from The Shining Ship: And Other Verse for Children LL day I see the ships sail in, the sun upon their spars, And silently at night they pass between me and the stars. Oh, many, many ships there be, From Biscay Bay and China Sea! But never comes a ship for me, Across the ¿ooding bars. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a rep...

Excerpt from The House of Windows In the bustling Stores of Angers and Son, the ribbon counter, so lately the storm centre of a throng of struggling shoppers, was slowly resuming its normal aspect. The shimmering piles of ribbons, which had collapsed under the onslaught of frenzied women, were being deftly rebuilt by the weary clerks. Order was emerging out of chaos, and something like neatness reigned once more in the glass cases and on the ...

Excerpt from Fires of Driftwood 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 technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original...

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...