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Shy with children of his own age, Peter makes friends of unlikely creatures: a small gray cat named Martin Luther who presents him with a litter of kittens, or a Red Admiral butterfly, which Peter believes is a fairy, or at the very least a good omen. And so it is -- as Peter grows to manhood he continues to pursue the Red Admiral and finds his life's vocation, painting, and his love, Anne.

Excerpt from Two Shall Be BornWhat on the outside was a castle, - a turreted, gray, picturesque pile bulking immense and mysterious on low hilltops, with a sweep of black forest behind and a thin, marshy country before, - on the inside was something like last year's nut that the squirrels and the little boring beetles have finished with. It had borne the brunt of savage centuries, of Russian, German, Polish, and Lithuanian aggressions and repr...

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Excerpt: ...courier." His master patted him affectionately. "Come, Miss Smith. By the way, that isn't your real name, though. Your name is Woman-in-the-Woods. Mine is-" "Fortunatus." He raised his brows. "I was about to say 'Man-who-is-Hungry, '" he finished, pleasantly. "I once knew an Indian named Tail-feathers-going-over-the-Hill. It taught me the value of being explicit as to one's name. Here, you shall have the cup, and I'll drink out of ...

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...

When Father De Rance brought in an injured man into his house, little did he know that it was no one other than the famed burglar, Slippy McGee. But rather than turn the man to the authorities, Father De Rance decides to give him a second chance. Under a false identity, Slippy becomes a new and reformed man. But when the fate of a young girl is threatened by immoral men, Slippy must decide whether or not to use his burglarizing talents once ag...

When Sophy Smith inherits a house from her Great-Aunt Sophronisba Scarlett, there is one condition. She must live in it. If she tried to sell it or rent it, she would forfeit all rights to the entire estate. So with great trepidation, Sophy Smith, along with her dear friend, Alicia, moves from the busy New York life to the slow drawn out days of South Carolina. Despite hearing music when there was no musician and suggestions that the house was...

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Excerpt from Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man Doubted, d yet held fast to a faith no doubt could o'ermaster. Won an lost: and I know it was all a part of the Game. 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 reconst...

Excerpt from The Purple Heights, Vol. 1 The tiny brown house cuddling like a wren's nest on the edge of the longest and deepest of the tide-water coves that cut through Riverton had but four rooms in all, - the kitchen tacked to the back porch, after the fashion of South Carolina kitchens, the shed room in which Peter slept, the dining-room which was the general living-room as well, and his mother's room, which opened directly off the dining-...

Excerpt from Where the Young Child Was and Also the Spirit of the House, the Youngest, Officer, Linden Goes Home, the Little Brown House, That Makes, the World Go Round For permission to reprint the stories comprising this volume thanks are due to the following. 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 histo...

Excerpt from A Woman Named SmithGeorge Smith, was a ruddy English ship-chandler who pitched upon Boston for a home, and lived with his family in the rooms above his shop, and my grandmother Smith dropped her aitches' with the cheerful ease of one to the manner born, bless her stout old Cockney heart! I can remem ber her hearing me my spelling-lesson of a night her spectacles far down on her old button of a nose, her white curls bobbing from un...

Excerpt from Two Shall Be Born What on the outside was a castle, - a turreted, gray, picturesque pile bulking immense and mysterious on low hilltops, with a sweep of black forest behind and a thin, marshy country before, - on the inside was something like last year's nut that the squirrels and the little boring beetles have finished with. It had borne the brunt of savage centuries, of Russian, German, Polish, and Lithuanian aggressions and re...

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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...