Books with author Richard Middleton

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Published in 1912, one year after Middleton's death, this volume collects some of the best specimens of his prose. Contents An enchanted place -- A railway journey -- The magic pool -- The story-teller -- Admirals all -- A repertory theatre -- Children and the spring -- On nursery cupboards -- The fat man -- Carol singers -- The magic carpet -- Stage children -- Oxford and Cambridge -- Harold -- On digging holes -- Real cricket -- The boy in the garden -- Children and the sea -- On going to bed -- Street organs -- A secret society -- The price of peace -- On children's gardens -- A distinguished guest -- On pirates -- The flute player -- The wool-gatherer -- The peril of the fairies -- Drury Lane and the children -- Children's drama -- Childhood in retrospect -- The folly of education -- On common sense.

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When elder brothers insisted on their rights with undue harshness, or when the grown-up people descended from Olympus with a tiresome tale of broken furniture and torn clothes, the groundlings of the schoolroom went into retreat. In summer-time this was an easy matter; once fairly escaped into the garden, any climbable tree or shady shrub provided us with a hermitage. There was a hollow tree-stump full of exciting insects and pleasant earthy smells that never failed us, or, for wet days, the tool-shed, with its armoury of weapons with which, in imagination, we would repel the attacks of hostile forces. But in the game that was our childhood, the garden was out of bounds in winter-time, and we had to seek other lairs. Behind the schoolroom piano there was a three-cornered refuge that served very well for momentary sulks or sudden alarms. It was possible to lie in ambush there, at peace with our grievances, until life took a turn for the better and tempted us forth again into the active world.

When elder brothers insisted on their rights with undue harshness, or when the grown-up people descended from Olympus with a tiresome tale of broken furniture and torn clothes, the groundlings of the schoolroom went into retreat. In summer-time this was an easy matter; once fairly escaped into the garden, any climbable tree or shady shrub provided us with a hermitage. There was a hollow tree-stump full of exciting insects and pleasant earthy smells that never failed us, or, for wet days, the tool-shed, with its armoury of weapons with which, in imagination, we would repel the attacks of hostile forces. But in the game that was our childhood, the garden was out of bounds in winter-time, and we had to seek other lairs. Behind the schoolroom piano there was a three-cornered refuge that served very well for momentary sulks or sudden alarms. It was possible to lie in ambush there, at peace with our grievances, until life took a turn for the better and tempted us forth again into the active world.

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HIGH QUALITY FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION: Middleton, Richard: The Day Before Yesterday : Facsimile: Originally published by London : T.F. Unwin in 1912. Spec. Coll. copy is part of a collection (Collection 1605). To page this item, use the collection record; to find the collection record, search the title: Nitka collection of fantastic fiction. Item is in box 133. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt. Book will be printed in black and white, with grayscale images. Book will be 6 inches wide by 9 inches tall and soft cover bound. Any foldouts will be scaled to page size. If the book is larger than 1000 pages, it will be printed and bound in two parts. Due to the age of the original titles, we cannot be held responsible for missing pages, faded, or cut off text.

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