Books with author C. David Stephens

Excerpt from The Young Moose-Hunters: A Backwood's StoryAmerica, meaning the United States, is a great country for self made men, so called. Our people rather dote on that sort of man. It is a nice topic to fire the juvenile mind with, - this being a self made man. When the average poor boy comes to try for it, he is apt to find it a stern task.To fight his way against everything, even hunger itself, is doubt less an indication of pluck, yet is it anything save a pleasant pastime for the luckless youth who gives the indication.That little upstairs room, with its one window, bare floor, and rusty stove; its two crippled chairs and starved little cupboard, that rarely could Show more than half a dry loaf of Wheat bread and a pint jug of molasses; its unpainted, uncovered table, on which lay half-a dozen second-hand text-books of Virgil, Caesar, Xenophon, all intimate ly associated with a certain void within the waistband, well, it is not quite an enjoyable recollection, though a very vivid one. Those were times that tried not only our souls, but our stomachs as well. And with youngsters of fifteen or thereabouts, the stomach pleads strongly.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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 The Young Moose-Hunters: A Backwood's StoryAmerica, meaning the United States, is a great country for self made men, so called. Our people rather dote on that sort of man. It is a nice topic to fire the juvenile mind with, - this being a self made man. When the average poor boy comes to try for it, he is apt to find it a stern task.To fight his way against everything, even hunger itself, is doubt less an indication of pluck, yet is it anything save a pleasant pastime for the luckless youth who gives the indication.That little upstairs room, with its one window, bare floor, and rusty stove; its two crippled chairs and starved little cupboard, that rarely could Show more than half a dry loaf of Wheat bread and a pint jug of molasses; its unpainted, uncovered table, on which lay half-a dozen second-hand text-books of Virgil, Caesar, Xenophon, all intimate ly associated with a certain void within the waistband, well, it is not quite an enjoyable recollection, though a very vivid one. Those were times that tried not only our souls, but our stomachs as well. And with youngsters of fifteen or thereabouts, the stomach pleads strongly.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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Excerpt from Off to the Geysers: Or the Young Yachters in Iceland, as Recorded by "Wade"During this time we read Heat, a Mode of Motion, and Fragments Of Science, by Tyn dall; The Descent of Man, and Origin of Species, by Darwin; Prof. Huxley's Lay Ser mons and also the first four volumes Of Ban croft's History of the United States These, besides papers, magazines, &c.I call your attention to these studies, only to illustrate to you our mode of self-education. In it the yacht figures but as a single feature. We have become yachters to avoid the tedious, vegetable life of a college.We have thought your Introduction to the sec ond volume 9 liable to mislead. Set us right before your readers in this particular, if possible.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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 Off to the Geysers: Or the Young Yachters in Iceland, as Recorded by "Wade"During this time we read Heat, a Mode of Motion, and Fragments Of Science, by Tyn dall; The Descent of Man, and Origin of Species, by Darwin; Prof. Huxley's Lay Ser mons and also the first four volumes Of Ban croft's History of the United States These, besides papers, magazines, &c.I call your attention to these studies, only to illustrate to you our mode of self-education. In it the yacht figures but as a single feature. We have become yachters to avoid the tedious, vegetable life of a college.We have thought your Introduction to the sec ond volume 9 liable to mislead. Set us right before your readers in this particular, if possible.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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 Lynx-Hunting, Vol. 4: From Notes by the Author of "Camping Out"A Winter Sunrise. - The spruce-woods. - Our Party. Doctor. Grip. A moose-sled. Our Supplies. Rackets. The Doctor on Rackets for the First Time. The Military Road. Winter Scenery. Rackets on a Steep Hill side. - A lynx-trail. Deer at a Distance. A Frozen Lake. Camping. An Old pine-fire. Pitch-wood. Our First Night in the Woods.T was half-past seven o'clock, the morning of the 9th of January, 1871. We were a merry company; albeit our noses, ears, and toes were a little frosty. We had just been set down at the end of the road, far up in Somerset County (maine), bag and baggage; and the horse-sled which had taken us up from the settle ment five miles below was now just disappearing among the spruces, twenty rods down the snowy trail, on its return. We were fairly launched on the wilderness.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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 Lynx-Hunting, Vol. 4: From Notes by the Author of "Camping Out" A Winter Sunrise. - The spruce-woods. - Our Party. Doctor. Grip. A moose-sled. Our Supplies. Rackets. The Doctor on Rackets for the First Time. The Military Road. Winter Scenery. Rackets on a Steep Hill side. - A lynx-trail. Deer at a Distance. A Frozen Lake. Camping. An Old pine-fire. Pitch-wood. Our First Night in the Woods. T was half-past seven o'clock, the morning of the 9th of January, 1871. We were a merry company; albeit our noses, ears, and toes were a little frosty. We had just been set down at the end of the road, far up in Somerset County (maine), bag and baggage; and the horse-sled which had taken us up from the settle ment five miles below was now just disappearing among the spruces, twenty rods down the snowy trail, on its return. We were fairly launched on the wilderness. 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.

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