Books with author John Dillon

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Gorgeous little first bible w/ both Old and New Testament stories. Includes all of the standard Bible stories usually included in children's Bible's, as well as other stories. Thirty Old Testament stories, thirty-five from the New Testament. Each page illustrated with bright, colorful drawings. Pages are gold edged, and book is closed with a ribbon tie.

Thrilling stories of actual experiences of girls who were lured from innocence into lives of degradation by men and women engaged in a regularly organized WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC.Showing the evils of the DANCE HALL with the usual saloon or bar attachment and the easy steps by which young girls are led to their downfall.Based upon investigations and reports made by a committee of prominent women appointed by the MAYOR OF CHICAGO, to help fight the evils of public dance halls and the work of white slave traders.Showing also that the accursed liquor traffic is the means by which the horrible white slave traffic is enabled to secure its thousands of innocent victims and flourish.These stories of actual occurrences are told by conscientious men who have taken many risks to secure the facts, to aid the organizations and leagues and individuals who are working earnestly to save girls, to clean out the vice districts, to secure laws that will punish the fiends, both men and women, engaged in white slavery, and more than all else to warn fathers and mothers, and through them the sons and daughters of the land, against the dangers and pitfalls which are spread for the unenlightened.

Podgy the Porpoise and his thoughtful sea friends Scritch the Crab and Inky the Squid will enthrall your children and you! For children, this book provides beautiful illustrations—a porpoise lounging in an armchair that floated down from above; life lessons—when the porpoise rescues the crabs, they return the favor; and great suspense—when the porpoises orchestrate a harrowing rescue! For adults, it contains an imaginative and thoughtful perspective of life beneath the sea—when the crabs try to free the porpoise from the net “soon the noise of the crabs’ clipping claws began to get quite loud”; encouragement—“They knew full well what it was to be captured and had a deep well of tenderness and compassion for those who had experienced similar hardship. Not only had they pity for her but they had done something about her plight. It only goes to prove that all it needs is one good deed to start off a chain of like help and compassion”; Or...Freedom! It had always been within his reach, if only he had told someone of his plight; someone who could have been caring enough to do something about it! There must be many unfortunate creatures in the Universe and, it can only be hoped that they will now take strength from his happy release and tell someone of their needs”; humor—“piece of Cod which passeth all understanding!”; poetic description—Soon they heard a “gentle low and thrumming noise, rather like the noise made by the lowest string of a double bass being stroked.” Or...his cries gave way to the “sudden screaming of tortured wood.” Or...“The tears in their eyes were not only of sadness for there was an awful lot to be thankful for and joy claimed her share in the falling tears. This truly is a book that you will enjoy reading over and over to your children, as well as to yourself.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.