In "Rosa's Quest," the protagonist Rosa likely embarks on a journey, both literal and metaphorical, to find the "Beautiful Land." The narrative may follow Rosa as she encounters various challenges, learns valuable lessons, and discovers the true meaning of beauty, happiness, and fulfillment.Anna Potter Wright's writing style in "Rosa's Quest" is likely characterized by its moral teachings, allegorical elements, and exploration of spiritual themes. The novel may offer readers insights into ...

“Don’t forget to write at once.” Young and alone, Rose Galbraith is about to embark on a long voyage from New York to Scotland when she encounters Gordon McCarroll, a former classmate. His generous bon voyage gift gives her connection to her homeland and the courage to go into the unknown. Once on land again, Rose is whisked away to the formidable Warloch Castle. Unimpressed by the wealth of her mother’s family, the girl of meager means can’t help but f...

"Don't lose your logic, 'cause there's no harm in mixin' logic and religion. If religion is any good it'll stand logic. Remember the Lord knowed what He was a-doin' and He ain't abandoned His children.Bob McCartney was a Newfoundlander born and bred and had left with his ancestors in Ireland the gift of blarney. Bob had become all animation as he told of the finding of his friend. If I had not known that Bob was a man who never showed his feelings, except in most o...

Short story, one of Wiggins' best. According to Wikipedia: "Kate Douglas Wiggin ( 1856 - 1923) was an American children's author and educator. Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin was born in Philadelphia, and was of Welsh descent. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the Silver Street Free Kindergarten). With her sister in the 1880s she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. She was also a writer of children's books, the best known being The Birds'...

October moonlight shone clearly on the solitary tree draped with gray moss scarred by lightning and warped by wind looking like a venerable warrior whose long campaign was nearly done; and underneath was posted the guard of four.

The first black writer in America to attain national prominence and establish an international reputation, Paul Laurence Dunbar is noted for his works written in black dialect. However, Dunbar also wrote in conventional English, producing sensitive and compelling poetry and fashioning innovative fiction. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Dunbar’s complete works, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

A snowbound schoolmaster in the remote Glen of Quharity opens a window onto a world of hardship, humor, and stubborn endurance. Cut off by winter, he shares his lonely schoolhouse with hens, a cat, and hungry birds, then turns a frozen encounter at the burn into a little drama of instinct and rescue, as a weasel and a water-hen fight for life. From that isolated glen, the book moves into Thrums, a small Scottish weaving town where steep streets, crooked houses, and crowded squares hold tog...

Excerpt: "She remembered that sudden stab at her heart at the old lady's broken words, "He will be going away, lassie," and her cheek flamed hot again. "It is all nonsense," she repeated angrily, and there being no one to contradict her, she said it again with even greater emphasis. But suddenly she sat down, and before long she found herself smiling at the memory of the old lady's proud cry, "Could not? Ay, he could."" This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom c...

In "Elsie's Womanhood," readers continue to follow the life and experiences of Elsie Dinsmore, the main character introduced in the earlier books of the series. As Elsie grows older, the novel explores her journey from adolescence into womanhood, focusing on the challenges, triumphs, and moral dilemmas she faces along the way.Throughout the book, Martha Finley delves into themes such as faith, virtue, family relationships, and societal expectations, all of which are central to Elsie's char...

All ten volumes of the the Wit and Humor in America series. First published in 1907, this large collection includes short humorous prose and verse by such writers as Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Carolyn Wells, James Whitcomb Riley, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Bill Nye, Bret Harte, and John Philip Sousa.

There are no beginnings of art in Italy. The old civilizations of Etruria, Rome, and Byzantium never perished entirely; and upon their surviving traditions “Christian Art” was built. Old pictorial ideas and old decorative motives were absorbed, rearranged, and worked over again and again in conjunction with theological dogma until in the Thirteenth Century, largely owing to the beautiful character, ideals, and influence of St. Francis, to the intellectual teachings of Dante, and to the fer...

Sam Kimper hurried through a new street, sparsely settled, crossed a large vacant lot, tramped over the grounds of an unused foundry, and finally went through a vacancy in a fence on which there were only enough boards to show what the original plan had been. A heap of ashes, a dilapidated chicken-coop, and a forest of tall dingy weeds were the principal contents of the garden, which had for background a small unpainted house in which were several windows which had been repaired with old h...