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  • Young Americans Abroad: Being a Family Flight by Four Young People and Their Parents Through France and Germany

    Edward Everett Hale

    Paperback (Forgotten Books, Feb. 16, 2019)
    Excerpt from Young Americans Abroad: Being a Family Flight by Four Young People and Their Parents Through France and GermanyIn Jacob Abbott's travelling directions the instructions for finding a lost' boy are these: Look for him where the monkeys are. These directions Phil remembered. But there were no monkeys within a mile of the pier. Phil thought Of the steerage passengers.He ran down the pier to the place where they were buying their tin mugs, and the rest of their outfit.For, if you be a child of the public, and travel in the steerage, Europe requires none of the long preparations which luxury exacts. If you. Are SO fortunate as to travel as the masses do, you say at eleven o'clock, I think I will go across, and see the Old folks I You take an Eight Avenue car up-town, for five cents; you run to the ticket Office on the pier, as if it were the ferry to Jersey City, and you buy your ticket there. There is a woman handy at a bench, who will sell you a tin mug, a towel if you need, a basin if you are particular, and a brush and comb if you are luxurious; and having bought these, you go on board. AS you cross the gangway, the man in charge cries, All ashore! The landsmen leave the ship, and you cross the ocean and see your father. For the Homers, alas because they were more luxurious, more prepara tion had been necessary and so it was that they had lost Tom, and that Phil was in search of him.But Phil's first dive for Tom was wrong. He was not buying a tin cup nor a wash-basin.Here's your nice oranges, seven for a Shilling, said a stout woman holding an orange in one hand, and opening a paper box with another.Phil did not lose his temper, but asked if a little boy had bought oranges. Not a boy had been near the place.Phil looked for an Officer. Nobody but the uniformed men of the steamer were to be seen. They were amused, interested. But stupid; and spoke no language to any purpose, but French.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.
  • Young Americans Abroad: Being a Family Flight by Four Young People and Their Parents Through France and Germany

    Edward Everett Hale

    Hardcover (Forgotten Books, Feb. 16, 2019)
    Excerpt from Young Americans Abroad: Being a Family Flight by Four Young People and Their Parents Through France and GermanyIn Jacob Abbott's travelling directions the instructions for finding a lost' boy are these: Look for him where the monkeys are. These directions Phil remembered. But there were no monkeys within a mile of the pier. Phil thought Of the steerage passengers.He ran down the pier to the place where they were buying their tin mugs, and the rest of their outfit.For, if you be a child of the public, and travel in the steerage, Europe requires none of the long preparations which luxury exacts. If you. Are SO fortunate as to travel as the masses do, you say at eleven o'clock, I think I will go across, and see the Old folks I You take an Eight Avenue car up-town, for five cents; you run to the ticket Office on the pier, as if it were the ferry to Jersey City, and you buy your ticket there. There is a woman handy at a bench, who will sell you a tin mug, a towel if you need, a basin if you are particular, and a brush and comb if you are luxurious; and having bought these, you go on board. AS you cross the gangway, the man in charge cries, All ashore! The landsmen leave the ship, and you cross the ocean and see your father. For the Homers, alas because they were more luxurious, more prepara tion had been necessary and so it was that they had lost Tom, and that Phil was in search of him.But Phil's first dive for Tom was wrong. He was not buying a tin cup nor a wash-basin.Here's your nice oranges, seven for a Shilling, said a stout woman holding an orange in one hand, and opening a paper box with another.Phil did not lose his temper, but asked if a little boy had bought oranges. Not a boy had been near the place.Phil looked for an Officer. Nobody but the uniformed men of the steamer were to be seen. They were amused, interested. But stupid; and spoke no language to any purpose, but French.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.
  • The Song of Hiawatha

    Edward Everett Hale

    Hardcover (Palala Press, May 24, 2016)
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
  • Six of one by half a dozen of the other: An every day novel

    Edward Everett Hale

    Paperback (University of California Libraries, Jan. 1, 1872)
    This book was digitized and reprinted from the collections of the University of California Libraries. It was produced from digital images created through the libraries’ mass digitization efforts. The digital images were cleaned and prepared for printing through automated processes. Despite the cleaning process, occasional flaws may still be present that were part of the original work itself, or introduced during digitization. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found online in the HathiTrust Digital Library at www.hathitrust.org.
  • Christmas Eve and Christmas Day: Ten Christmas Stories

    Edward Everett Hale

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, )
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  • Atlantic Tales: A Collection of Stories From the Atlantic Monthly

    Edward Everett Hale

    Hardcover (Forgotten Books, Jan. 17, 2018)
    Excerpt from Atlantic Tales: A Collection of Stories From the Atlantic MonthlyOh, the fun we had the next morning in shaving his beard to my pattern, cutting his hair to match mine, and teaching him how to wear and how to take off gold-bowed Spectacles! Really, they were electro-plate and the glass was plain (for the poor fellow's eyes were excellent). Then in four suc cessive afternoons I taught him four speeches. I had found these would be quite enough for the supernumerary-sepoy line of life, and it was well for me they were. For though he was good-natured, he was very shiftless, and it was, as our national proverb says, like pulling teeth to teach him. But at the end of the next week he could say, with quite my easy and frisky_air, I. Very well, thank you. And you? This for an an swer to casual salutations.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.
  • Ten Times One Is Ten: The Possible Reformation

    Edward Everett Hale Hale

    Paperback (hansebooks, March 20, 2017)
    Ten Times One Is Ten - The Possible Reformation is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1871. 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.
  • The Only True Mother Goose Melodies

    Edward Everett Hale

    Hardcover (BiblioLife, )
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  • Ten Times One Is Ten: The Possible Reformation

    Edward Everett Hale Hale

    Paperback (hansebooks, March 20, 2017)
    Ten Times One Is Ten - The Possible Reformation is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1871. 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.
  • A Family Flight Over Egypt and Syria

    Edward Everett Hale

    Paperback (Forgotten Books, May 18, 2017)
    Excerpt from A Family Flight Over Egypt and SyriaA great many languages are spoken in New York, but there is not the same chance to exercise them, when one is settled down at home, as in the friction of travel.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.
  • A Family Flight Over Egypt and Syria

    Edward Everett Hale

    Hardcover (Forgotten Books, Feb. 2, 2018)
    Excerpt from A Family Flight Over Egypt and SyriaA great many languages are spoken in New York, but there is not the same chance to exercise them, when one is settled down at home, as in the friction of travel.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.