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Excerpt from Doris and Theodora Among the notes furnished for this story by a long-ago resident of Santa Cruz, were some which drew so graphic a picture of life upon the Island in its halcyon days, that the temptation to give them to the possible readers of the story is almost irresistible, especially as they tell of a phase of life which has vanished, never to return either there or elsewhere. "Your map will show you a number of islands in ...

Excerpt from Ways and MeansSome lose not only joy, but memory Of how it felt not love that was so dear Lose only, but the steadfast certainty That once they had it. Doubt comes on, then fear, And after that, despondency. - jean ingelow.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 ...

Excerpt from The Queen's Body-Guard: A Story of American Life for Girls "Gray distance hid each shining sail By ruthless breezes borne from roe, And lessening, lading, faint, and pale. My ships went forth to sea." - George Arnold. Any one happening into Mrs. Stanley's cosy back parlor, on a certain February afternoon, nearly a dozen years ago, would have doubted, at first, whether he had interrupted a council of war, or a treaty of peace. M...