On the afternoon of a lowering day in the November of 1798, a square-rigged vessel—a brig of some three hundred and fifty tons—was seen in the offing, about twelve miles distant from the bluff, rocky headland of Rohallion, on the western coast of Carrick, beating hard against a head-wind and...
On the afternoon of a lowering day in the November of 1798, a square-rigged vessel—a brig of some three hundred and fifty tons—was seen in the offing, about twelve miles distant from the bluff, rocky headland of Rohallion, on the western coast of Carrick, beating hard against a head-wind and...
Two years after coming out of a coma, Catherine finds out that she has a daughter who her snobby parents thought was an embarrassment and sent to live with her father. Now Catherine wants a relationship with her child, even while her daughter's father thinks she's just like her parents. And maybe...
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Margaret Oliphant's saga of a family of three brothers, and their fames and fortunes.
Margaret Oliphant's saga of a family of three brothers, and their fames and fortunes.
Margaret Oliphant's saga of a family of three brothers, and their fames and fortunes.
The Heir Presumptive and the Heir Apparent by Mrs. Oliphant
This juvenile dime novel, first published in 1892, tells the story of “Cavalry Curt,” a Union scout trying to survive in Confederate territory during Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Mara Morland, a young woman whose brother is both a Confederate soldier and an old school friend of Curt. Much...
The swallows were enjoying the beauty of the evening as much as living things could do. They were darting this way and that in the bright, soft sunshine; now flying high, now low, and ever seeming drawn by irresistible attraction towards the shining surface of the water, which lay smiling and...
“——Make a fool of yourself, like Vane.” “I am not so sure that is fair to Vane,” said John; “no one can go through what he did, and keep perfectly sound.” “I’ll leave it to the crowd,” said the Major; “what say you, boys?” All were unanimous. There was no excuse for a...
An Art Shop in Greenwich Village by Ray Cummings