Melchior's Dream and Other Tales - Couverture rigide

Juliana Horatia Ewing, Horatia Ewing; Juliana Horatia Ewing

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1421847493 ISBN 13 : 9781421847498

Editeur : 1st World Library - Literary Society, 2007

Synopsis

Well, father, I don't believe the Browns are a bit better off than we are; and yet when I spent the day with young Brown, we cooked all sorts of messes in the afternoon; and he wasted twice as much rum and brandy and lemons in his trash, as I should want to make good punch of. He was quite surprised, too, when I told him that our mince-pies were kept shut up in the larder, and only brought out at meal-times, and then just one apiece; he said they had mince-pies always going, and he got one whenever he liked. Old Brown never blows up about that sort of thing; he likes Adolphus to enjoy himself in the holidays, particularly at Christmas. The speaker was a boy-if I may be allowed to use the word in speaking of an individual whose jackets had for some time past been resigned to a younger member of his family, and who daily, in the privacy of his own apartment, examined his soft cheeks by the aid of his sisters' "back-hair glass."

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Many things contribute to make it so ;among which is the fact of the personal blessing to herself, in having been permitted to see the day ;to have been spared, that is, to watch over her child in infancy, and now to see her entering life upon her own account. But a more uncommon privilege is the one granted to me on the present occasion, of introducing a daughter into the literary world ;and the feelings of pride and pleasure it calls forth, are certainly not less powerful than those created by the commoner occurrence. It is my comfort also to add that these are not overclouded by any painful anxiety or misgiving. There may be differences of opinion as to the precise amount of literary merit in these tales ;but viewed as the first productions of a young author, they are surely full of promise; while their whole tone and aim is so unmistakably high, that even those who criticize the style will be apt to respect the writer.
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Melchior's Dream : and other Tales is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1862. 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 contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: 1st World Library - Literary Society
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1421847493
• ISBN 13: 9781421847498
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Éditeur: 1stworld Library
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible