The Master: Being in Part, Copied from the Minutes of the School for Novelists, a Round Table of Good Fellows Who, Long, Since, Dined Every Saturday at the Sign
Irving Bacheller
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(Forgotten Books, July 25, 2012)
Mr. Willis Brooks Hawkins, of the many careless nights we had known together at the old Lanthorne Club, which held its sessions in a very odd and ancient house on Monkey Hill, and later in the old tavern farther south, where once the redoubtable Captain Kidd loved to light his pipe and drink his grog and coffee. We spoke of the boys and men who had sat with us at meat before its ample fireside of Crane, Field, Masson, Nye, Tarkington, Garland, Gaines, Gilder, Howells, Stedman and Stoddard, some of whom were then beginning their work. As our talk went on I told of my plan for this tale, and particularly of a quarrelsome old sea Cap nwho had pushed into my study at odd times and bullied me, busy as I had been with better people, into hearing him.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at