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Excerpt from The White Shield: StoriesHE editor takes great pleasure in being able to give to the public another volume from the pen of the lamented author - Myrtle Reed. These fascinating bits of fiction re¿ect the characteristics of the writer, the same vivid imagination, the quick transition from pathos to humour, the facility Of utterance, the wholesome sentiment, the purity of thought, the deli cacy Of touch, the spontaneous wit which end...

Excerpt from The Myrtle Reed Year Book: Epigrams and Opinions From the Writings and Sayings of Myrtle ReedThe enormous popularity of Myrtle Reed has been explained by one admirer as arising from her beautiful and helpful philosophy. Another believes that the popularity of her stories is due to their sweetness and light, their wholesomeness of purpose, their gentle humour, and the genuinely human touch that is their dominant note.About the Publ...

Excerpt from Old Rose and SilverShe lighted the tall candles that stood upon the mantel-shelf, straightened a rug, moved a chair, and gathered up a handful of fallen rose-petals on her way to the window. She was about to draw down the shade, but, instead, her hand dropped slowly to her side, her fingers unclasped and the crushed crimson petals ¿uttered to the ¿oor.Outside, the purple dusk of Winter twilight lay soft upon the snow. Through an O...

Excerpt from Later Love Letters of a MusicianI can see you now as you stood at the gate when I turned to look back after the last good-bye. I can see the mist of sorrow in your sweet eyes and your dear hands reach ing out to mine. Your fingers were on my heart-strings then, and it seemed as if I could not go.I wonder, after all, if we have had what the world calls a home - if it has not rather been a regained and glorified Eden. At the beginni...

Excerpt from Love Affairs of Literary MenThe experience is a common one, but, nu fortunately, there are few of us who take it so much to heart, and at the distance of two centuries it is difficult to believe that Swift's life was made up entirely Of disappointments.While he was at the University he decided never to marry, as many a youth has done before and since his time. Like the others, he changed his mind, in the due course of events, and ...

Excerpt from The Myrtle Reed CookbookThe breakfast habit is of antique origin. Presumably the primeval man arose from troubled dreams, in the first gray light of dawn, and set forth upon devious forest trails, seeking that which he might devour, while the primeval woman still slumbered in her cave. Nowadays, it is the lady herself who rises while the day is yet young, slips into a kimono, and patters out into the kitchen to light the gas ¿ame ...

Excerpt from A Weaver of DreamsTurning aside from the general direction of traffic, the road narrowed as it approached solitude. Dust gave way to firm brown earth, and ferns grew thickly upon both sides of it, where in the Spring, clusters of violets turned eyes of heavenly blue toward shining skies. Wild roses ran riot among the ferns, Spending prodigally of their divine incense when the pink-and-white censers swung in the passing breeze. The...

Excerpt from Sonnets to a LoverHE eyes of one shall open on the morn Where sunrise fires stain white peaks afar, Another in the valley, where no star Breaks on the gloom, of sea and midnight born, And where the poppies riot through the corn The one, unshod, may pass with wound nor scar The other's struggling hands no gates unbar, Thus one shall have the rose and one the thorn.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands o...

Excerpt from Later Love Letters of a MusicianAnd then, as a nun to the cloister, comes the Angel of Memory. Her light feet make no sound and upon her grey wings lies the Dew of Forgetfulness. For it is she who is the guardian of the soul.Give her but a little time and she will sift out all the pleasure from thy pain, all the sweetness from thy sorrow, and all the love from thy life. Heart-aches are forgotten, tears lose their bitterness, and l...

Excerpt from Flower of the DuskHE pines, darkly purple, towered against the sunset. Behind the hills, the splendid tapestry glowed and ¿amed, sending far messages of light to the grey East, where lay the sea, crooning itself to sleep. Bare boughs dripped rain upon the sodden earth, where the dead leaves had so long been hidden by the snow. The thousand sounds and scents Of Spring at last had waked the world.About the PublisherForgotten Books p...

Excerpt from Love Letters of a MusicianI don't know just how to tell you what I feel to-night, for 1 am little more than a boy and pretty badly confused, even for me. Your letter is all kindness and I can't tell you how much I appreciate it, though I cannot see what you have done that should make you ask me to forgive you. 1 have known for a long time how much I cared for you, but I thought I could manage to keep it to myself. I knew that to t...

Excerpt from At the Sign of the Jack O' LanternHer home-coming! How often she had dreamed of it, never for a moment guessing that it might be like this! She had fancied a little house in a suburb, or a cosy apartment in the city, and a lump came into her throat as her air castle dissolved into utter ruin. She was one of those rare, unhappy women whose natures are so finely attuned to beauty that ugliness hurts like physical pain.About the Publ...

Excerpt from Threads of Grey and GoldHE proverbial good resolutions Of the first of January which are usually forgotten the next day, the watch services in the churches, and the tin horns in the city streets, are about the only formali ties connected with the American New Year The Pilgrim fathers took no note Of the day, save in this prosaic record: We went to work betimes, but one Judge Sewall writes With no small pride Of the blast of trumpe...

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Excerpt from The Spinster Book F the proper study of mankind is man, it is also the chief delight of woman. It is not surprising that men are conceited, since the thought of the entire population is centred upon them. 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...

Excerpt from A Spinner in the Sun Ghost-like, a long white chiffon veil trailed behind her, too securely fastened to her hat to be blown away. Even in the night, she watched furtively and listened for approaching footsteps, -one hand holding the end of her veil in such a way that she might quickly hide her face. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

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Reed (1874-1911) was an American author, poet, journalist and philanthropist who wrote a number of bestsellers and even published a series of cookbooks under the pseudonym Olive Green. This work, subtitled Studies in Unnatural History, received a warm letter of appreciation from President Theodore Roosevelt when it was published in 1904. This edition is illustrated throughout by the American artist and writer, Peter Newell, who built a reputat...