Books with author John Luther

Excerpt from Billy-Boy: A Study in ResponsibilitiesMore ill and went at once to bed. I left him with the promise that the next morning we would hunt together, and that more attention should be paid to his net. I apologized for having been too busy that day with the birds. I fancied that this was the cause of his strange humor my neglect of him.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 Fox-WomanBack to the painting for a moment again, if you please; for this, to Western notions. Was the most permanent of his two occupations. We should probably have called one work - the other play. But to Marn shida neither of them was work, nor yet exactly play. He would not have been able quite to explain it. But they were distinct parts of his life, as breathing and eating were. If you took them away, or either of them, he would very likely have died. Yasakuji went a little further with the rather esoteric matter.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.

First edition, first issue: top edge gilt, pcitorial endpapers as called for. Nudelman A23 The frontispiece is the same as the cover insert. The illustrated endpapers and the line drawings throughout are by Robert McQuinn. The frontis piece and plates are by Jessie Willcox Smith. Lacking plates at page 17 & 27. All illustrations first appeared, as did the text, in Collier's Magazine, Dec. 30, 1905. Worn at the edges, especially spine ends and corners. Some scattered smudges finger-tips? through the text block. 10 , 74 pages. cloth, color insert on front cover, four white birds and oval rules, titling in gilt, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers. 8vo..

Excerpt from Heimweh: The Siren, the Loaded Gun, Liebereich, "Iupiter Tonans", "Sis" Thor's Emerald, GuileThen came the children, and John began to talk and act and think like a very proper father - even though Betsy laughed at him.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.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.