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Excerpt from The Catfish Quite early in life George Tracy discovered that if he were to be reasonably happy and prosperous he must pretend. It is often said that children live in a world of imagination. That may be true, but George Tracy's constant endeavor was to climb out of his own world of reality in order to gain precarious foothold in the world of make-believe created by other people. If he had known the word, he would have said that hi...

Excerpt from The Happy Medium and Other Stories A Heavy mist was rolling in from the sea when Darnell set out from Porthia to walk across country to Porthlew, on the other coast, where he proposed to spend the remaining fortnight of his holiday. He had chosen his route in order to examine certain prehistoric survivals, the Men Scryfa or "Written Stone" and the Mên an Tol or "Stone with a Hole" which, together with cromlechs, monoliths, stone ...

Excerpt from The House on the SandsThe soldiers had captured London's imagina tion as completely as if they were indeed a hostile army come to take possession of the spoils of war. London thought in khaki. Nobody knew or cared how many or how few were the soldiers figures meant nothing, London was filled with soldiers, submerged in khaki.As the traffic died and people gathered in the streets and at windows, it would have been seen that all the...

Excerpt from Love With HonourThree per cent to-day. That is thirty-nine pounds a year, three pounds five a month, fifteen shillings a week. Yes, one can live on fifteen shillings a week.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 reconstru...

Excerpt from The Column: A NovelApropos of interrupted Caspar, without mercy. Well, to be plain, if girls will bathe at all hours of the day and in the public sea, so to Speak, what can you expect Not that I would say a word against bathing, I always made the woman give Emily seven dips, until I found out that her children were down with measles. However But I thought Miss Hastings always bathed under the Folly - nobody ever goes there. Johnni...

Excerpt from A Spanish Holiday James, I said we are going to Bilbao. For the purposes of our expedition anything that happens between our point of landing and Bilbao simply doesn't exist. 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 r...

Excerpt from Now George Cobden, embarrassed with clubs, walked behind us along the dyke in the ¿owing air and I felt him questioning the combination of grey ¿annel coat, cord breeches, gaiters, and a deer stalker while he pleasantly hoped that I had enjoyed my walk. His intelligent asides upon local colour and character showed that he had charitably mistaken me for a painter or a writer, and wanted to be friendly in either case. Let it be sai...

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Excerpt from Sermons: Preached Before the University, and in Other Place Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 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 rec...

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