HAPTER I. The Dodds were dead. For twenty year they had slept under the green graves of Kittery churchyard. The townfolk still spoke of them kindly. The keeper of the alehouse, where David had smoked his pipe, regretted him regularly, and Mistress Kitty, Mrs. Dodd's maid, whose trim figure always looked well in her mistress's gowns, was inconsolable. The Hardins were in America. Raby was aristocratically gouty; Mrs. Raby, religious. Briefly, then, we have disposed of- 1. Mr. and Mrs. Dodd (dead). 2. Mr. and Mrs. Hardin ...
Read More
HAPTER I. The Dodds were dead. For twenty year they had slept under the green graves of Kittery churchyard. The townfolk still spoke of them kindly. The keeper of the alehouse, where David had smoked his pipe, regretted him regularly, and Mistress Kitty, Mrs. Dodd's maid, whose trim figure always looked well in her mistress's gowns, was inconsolable. The Hardins were in America. Raby was aristocratically gouty; Mrs. Raby, religious. Briefly, then, we have disposed of- 1. Mr. and Mrs. Dodd (dead). 2. Mr. and Mrs. Hardin (translated). 3. Raby, baron et femme. (Yet I don't know about the former; he came of a long-lived family, and the gout is an uncertain disease.) We have active at the present writing (place aux dames)- 1. Lady Caroline Coventry, niece of Sir Frederick. 2. Faraday Huxley Little, son of Henry and Grace Little, deceased. Sequitur to the above, A HERO AND HEROINE. CHAPTER II. On the death of his parents, Faraday Little was taken to Raby Hall. In accepting his guardianship, Mr. Raby struggled stoutly against two prejudices: Faraday was plain-looking and sceptical. "Handsome is as handsome does, sweetheart," pleaded Jael, interceding for the orphan with arms that were still beautiful. "Dear knows, it is not his fault if he does not look like-his father," she added with a great gulp. Jael was a woman, and vindicated her womanhood by never entirely forgiving a former rival. "It's not that alone, madam," screamed Raby, "but, d-m it, the little rascal's a scientist, -an atheist, a radical, a scoffer! Disbelieves in the Bible, ma'am; is full of this Darwinian stuff about natural selection and descent. Descent, forsooth! In my day, madam, gentlemen were content to trace their ancestors back to gentlemen, and not to-monkeys!" "Dear heart, the boy is clever," urged Jael. "Clever!" roared Raby; "what does a gentleman want with cleverness?" CHAPTER III. Young Little WAS clever. At seven he had constructed a telescope; at nine, a flying-machine. At ten he saved a valuable life. Norwood Park was the adjacent estate, -a lordly domain dotted with red deer and black trunks, but scrupulously kept with gravelled roads as hard and blue as steel. There Little was strolling one summer morning, meditating on a new top with concealed springs. At a little distance before him he saw the flutter of lace and ribbons. A young lady, a very young lady, -say of seven summers, -tricked out in the crying abominations of the present fashion, stood beside a low bush. Her nursery-maid was not present, possibly owing to the fact that John the footman was also absent. Suddenly Little came towards her. "Excuse me, but do you know what those berries are?" He was pointing to the low bush filled with dark clusters of shining-suspiciously shining-fruit. "Certainly; they are blueberries." "Pardon me; you are mistaken. They belong to quite another family." Miss Impudence drew herself up to her full height (exactly three feet nine and a half inches), and, curling an eight of an inch of scarlet lip, said, scornfully....
Read Less
Add this copy of Condensed Novels to cart. $4.93, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2015 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.
Add this copy of Condensed Novels to cart. $6.43, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2013 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.
Add this copy of Condensed Novels to cart. $7.20, very good condition, Sold by Small World Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rochester, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1902 by P. F. Collier & Son.
Add this copy of Condensed Novels to cart. $7.23, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2017 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.
Add this copy of Condensed Novels & New Burlesques, Volume 5, Argonaut to cart. $7.99, good condition, Sold by Firefly Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Kutztown, PA, UNITED STATES, published by P. F. Collier & Son.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Used Good. Firefly Bookstore sells items online and in our store front. We try to add images and descriptions when we can, but if you need additional information or photos of the books we list, please contact us.
Add this copy of Condensed Novels to cart. $10.65, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2022 by Alpha Edition.
Add this copy of Condensed Novels to cart. $15.00, Sold by Jeffrey Marks Rare Books, ABAA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rochester, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1871 by James R. Osgood and Company.
Edition:
1871, James R. Osgood and Company
Hardcover
Details:
Edition:
Reprint of 1867 edition with two new stories
Publisher:
James R. Osgood and Company
Published:
1871
Alibris ID:
8200150023
Shipping Options:
Standard Shipping: $4.99
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Spine chipped at extremities and faded; tight and sound. 212 pp. 12mo, BAL 7255.
Add this copy of Condensed Novels of Bret Harte-the Two Series Complete to cart. $15.61, very good condition, Sold by Halcyon Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from LONDON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1903 by Chatto & Windus.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very good. Chatto & Windus: London, 1903. Uniformly bound in burgundy leather. Gilt blocked lettering to spine. Gilt foreedges. Internal pages bright and clean. Binding firm. ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL.
Add this copy of Condensed Novels to cart. $18.81, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bensenville, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by HardPress Publishing.
Add this copy of Condensed Novels and Other Papers to cart. $19.00, very good condition, Sold by Brian Bauld (B-Line Books) rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Amherst, NS, CANADA, published by Elibron.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Near Fine. Facsimile of the 1867 G. W. Carleton London edition, including 4pp of adverts. About new but for curled front edge.; Elibron Classics; 307 pages.
