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Excerpt from The Joyous Story of TotoThe cottage was painted red, with white win dow-casings, and little diamond-shaped panes of glass in the windows. Up the four walls grew a red rose, a yellow rose, a woodbine, and a clem atis, and they all met together at the top, and fought and scratched for the possession of the top of the chimney, from which there was the finest view, so foolish are these vegetables.About the PublisherForgotten Books pub...

Excerpt from The Wooing of Calvin ParksIf that ain't a said Calvin Parks, I never see one, that's all.He drove into the yard, and clambered rather slowly out Of his wagon. He was a tall, light-limbed, active-looking man, but the wheels seemed to be in his way.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 wor...

Excerpt from The PiccoloStill I toot away on it. Children, come and dance with me! Merry moments you Shall see Life's a jinking jollity.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...

Excerpt from Elisiner, or the Mysteries of an Old Stone Mansion: A Historical Story Founded Upon FactsIf a warp is to be drawn into a loom, what is it without filling? Why, good for nothing, of course. Hence, if writers have the firm earthwork of facts to build their story upon - facts, whether past or present-even if far back in the dim shadow of Oblivion, there will be barriers to stumble across, and o'erleap. Our motto is: Let each and ever...

Excerpt from Up to Calvin'sWhat's all these motions I hear of up to Calvin's? Asked Eph Peters.Si the storekeeper leaned back against his shelves and adjusted the straw between his teeth. Ructions? He repeated, what kind of motions? Anything new?New enough to me! Said Eph. What's he got up there? A hospital, or an asylum, or what?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forg...

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...

Nautilus is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and ...

Excerpt from The Green Satin GownWho ever wore such a queer-looking thing? I wore it myself, dear, once upon a time, yes, I did! Perhaps you would like to hear about it, while you mend that tear in your muslin. Sit down, then, and let us be cosy.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 B...

Excerpt from Two Noble Lives: Samuel Gridley Howe, Julia Ward HoweMY father, Samuel Gridley Howe, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, November 10, 1801. He came of good Colonial stock on both sides, his grandfather, Edward Compston Howe, having been one Of the Indians of the Boston Tea Party, while his mother's uncle, Richard Gridley, was a gallant soldier and engineer, who served at Louisburg in 1745, fortified Bunker Hill the night before the...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough...

Excerpt from Rosin the Beau: A Sequel to "Melody" And "Marie"When people ask me where I hail from, our good, neighbourly, down-east way, I answer From the Androscoggin, and that is true enough as far as it goes, for I have spent many years on and about the banks of that fine river, but I have told you more than that. You know something of the little village where I was born and brought up, far to the northeast of your own home village. You kno...

The story of our country really began way back in the history of England in the year 1215 when King John of England was forced by some of his barons to sign a document called the Magna Carta. This document, among other things, prevented the king from taxing the barons without their consent. King John had driven England nearly to bankruptcy because he spent so much money to fund his continual participation in the Crusades. (The Crusades were a ...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough...

Excerpt from The Piccolo Still I toot away on it. Children, come and dance with me! Merry moments you Shall see Life's a jinking jollity. 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 forma...