Books with author John R. Reid

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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.

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 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.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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 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.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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.

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Dear readers, The four short stories you read in this book The Forgotten Cry are, frankly speaking, not purely imaginary and the characters found in them have soul and breath, for they have been created out of what I have seen, heard, or read somewhere. The Forgotten Cry is the ocular reality I had experienced in a South Indian coastal village just after the giant tsunami waves of 2004 had mercilessly washed away the coastal lives in plenty, the fishermen in particular. Jeya I have portrayed here had to undergo untold afflictions in her aunt's house after she had lost her parents and brothers. A little delight plus contentment I have in disclosing her ordeals to the world and I hope the readers will definitely experience the same sort of feelings for this girl as I had once had. Alone at Midnight is the triumphant fulfillment of my ardent longing for the boy, Sam, as to how I could help him after he had rushed to my speeding car, alone at midnight, on a deserted highway. His wet-cheeked face prevailed in my 'inward eye'for a long time. And how he has been geared up to put an abrupt end to the beastly acts of his father is solely fictional The Guardian Angel is partly based on the tidings heard from one of my cronies that a stranger had appeared in their village and been staying in the cathedral precincts for a few days and whose identity was unknown and all the rustics were terribly afraid of him. A Page in my Diary is evolved out of the dismal tidings I collected from a local daily. Usually, we are in haste to judge the fellow beings around us and, later on, we do feel grieved or repented for our erring acts. Of course, a little unnatural tinge has been added to enhance the reading curiosity of the readers. The school teacher, being an ethical man, feels guilty for the professional sin perpetrated to one of his students, Daniel, and finds a remedy to his guilt as his conscience demands.Wish you all an ardent reading.R.John johnrajayyan@gmail.com

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ... it looks as if raised over the graves of the slain. The moor is very bleak, and a circular patch is dyked off with turf and hemmed in by a wood of young firs. Towards evening, as the shades deepened and the ground darkened, and the impenetrable mystery of the fir woods was intensified, the scene spoke more powerfully of the battle which left many of our kilted heroes on the field cold and stiff. We will let the shade deepen into night, and under the curtain of night leave the scene and its sadness, while we seek to have glimpses of other places made sacred to us by other associations. CHAPTER VII. On our way from Inverness to the west we went out of the train at the Muir of Ord, of cattle-market fame. It was the day for the sale of sheep, and we saw many little lots under the guardianship of shepherds and collie dogs; eager buyers were going from group to group, judging their respective merits--now taking a hold of a sheep to feel his weight, and noting the quality of his fleece. The market was principally composed of lambs of varied breed and from many diverse parts of the country. Showers were frequent. I was not in a position to judge regarding the character of the market in any particular, The Cotion. but was quite satisfied that in skilful hands it afforded scope for a good telling picture. I came out again at Conon Station, having a desire to see some of the little bits on the river. The river abounds in such bits as the subject of the engraving, and has many finer; but the painter who would desire to do justice to this theme would do well to ask permission to visit the grounds from the proprietress, and thus privileged, go deliberately day after day earnestly to study his subject. There are fine trees and lovely bendings of the river; some of the tr...