Books with author William ( Editor ) Patten

Ten volume set, subtitled "A Library for Boys and Girls." v. 1 Fairy and Wonder Tales; v. 2 Folk Tales and Myths; v. 3 Tales from Greece and Rome; v. 4 Heroes and Heroines; v. 5 Stories That Never Grow Old; v. 6 Old Fashioned Tales; v. 7 Stories of Courage and Heroism; v. 8 Animal and Nature Stories; v.9 Stories of Today; v. 10 Poems, Guide and Indexes.

CONTENTS La Morte Amoreuse, by Theophile Gautier The Red Room, by H. G. Wells The Phantom 'Rickshaw, by Rudyard Kipling The Roll-Call of the Reef, by A. T. Quiller-Couch The House and The Brain, by Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton The Dream-Woman, by Wilkie Collins Green Branches, by Fiona Macleod A Bewitched Ship, by W. Clark Russell The Signal-Man and A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens The Four-Fifteen Express, by Amelia B. Edwards Our Last Walk, by Hugh Conway Thrawn Janet, by Robert Louis Stevenson The Spectre Bridegroom, by Washington Irving The Mysterious Sketch, by Erckmann-Chatrian Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe and The White Old Maid, by Nathaniel Hawthorne Wandering Willie's Tale, by Sir Walter Scott

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Excerpt from Among the Humorists and After-Dinner Speakers, Vol. 1: A New Collection of Humorous Stories and AnecdotesA mountaineer of one of the back counties of North Carolina was arraigned with several others for illicit distilling. Defendant, said the court, What is your name?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.

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Excerpt from Among the Humorists and After-Dinner Speakers, Vol. 3: A New Collection of Humorous Stories and Anecdotes I promised to keep mum, and she cleared out. After dinner, as I was smokin', along with Cap'n Jonadab, on the side piazza, a horse and buggy drove in at the back gate. A young chap with black curly hair was pilotin' the craft. He was a stranger to me, wore a checkerboard suit and a bonfire necktie, and had his hat twisted over one ear. Altogether he looked some like a sunflower goin' to seed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.