Excerpt from Mary Midthorne The children of the place had their own name for the severely grey brick house that stood at the top of the hill overlooking the town. They called it "The Giant's Castle." Not because it was inhabited by a creature of unusual stature or one of prodigious strength, but because childish fancy is so prone to identify visible aspects with those inspired by the imagination. The house, profoundly insistent in its dominance of the youthful vision, was not far removed from that which their tender intellects were pleased to consider a fitting abode for certain stupendous personages whose acquaintance they had made, as have all other children whose education has not been stunted by cross and unfeeling parents, - through the medium of fairy books and weary nurse maids tales. Their small but vivid imaginations seized upon this prim and unusually peaceful abode as a perfect illustration of what an ogre's castle ought to be, and no amount of persuasion in the shape of realism could dull that impression until they outgrew the delights and fears of nursery literature. The fact that two very small children lived in "The Giant's Castle," quite without fear of being devoured by the master thereof, militated not a whit against the juvenile fancy of Corinth-by-the-Sea, notwithstanding liberal playground and Sunday-school association. The real occupants of the house were not taken into account. 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 format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Mary Marston: A Novel IT was an evening early in May. The sun was low, and the street was mottled with the shadows of its paving-stones smooth enough, but far from evenly set. The sky was clear, except for a few clouds in the west, hardly visible in the daz -zle of the huge light, which lay among them like a liquid that had broken its vessel, and was pouring over the fragments. The street was almost empty, and the air was chill. The spring was busy, and the summer was at hand; but the wind was blowing from the north. 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 format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Mary Moreland: A Novel Up at the house he had no habits. Where everything is uncongenial and one gets away as fast as possible, one doesn't have fixed customs, unless it be that of clearing out. 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 format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

George Barr McCutcheon (1866-1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include a series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions (1902), a play and several films. Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series, he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting. His works include: Castle Craneycrow (1902), The Sherrods (1903), The Day of the Dog (1904), Beverly of Graustark (1904), The Purple Parasol (1905), Jane Cable (1905), Nedra (1905), Cowardice Court (1906), The Flyers (1907), The Daughter of Anderson Crow (1907), The Husbands of Edith (1908), The Man from Brodney's (1908), Brood House (1910), Mary Midthorne (1911), Anderson Crow, Detective (1920), Viola Gwyn (1922), and Kindling and Ashes (1926).

Excerpt from Mary Minds Her Business By that time Mary, his wife, had presented him with one of the two greatest gifts that a woman can ever bestow, and presently a sign was painted over the shop. 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 format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.