Books with title The Home Of The Echoes

A 1918 collection of short stories about the War. "Three nice old ladies and a criminal, who is even nicer, are discussing the war over a cup of tea. The criminal, who is the hostess, calls it a dish of tea, which shows that she comes from Caledonia; but that is not her crime." Written by J. M. Barrie, the Scottish novelist and dramatist who is best known for inventing the character of Peter Pan.

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Excerpt from The Home of the EchoesRangitua, the tawny young son of Tutanekai the brave, and of Hinemoa the fair - both of them renowned in Maori story-stood on a projecting shelf of rock, overlooking one of those wild and desolate ravines that characterize the romantic ranges of Waikato. Hurrying in front of his father, the supple-sinewed stripling had scrambled to the dizzy eminence that he now so proudly oc cupied, and called back to Tutanekai, who was still engaged on the difficult and painful ascent. To the lad's astonishment, his voice came back to him from a dozen difierent directions. A moment later father and son were perched together on the over hanging rock, surveying the panorama of rugged grandeur spread out before them.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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Echoes of the War includes: The Old Lady Shows Her Medals; The New Word; Barbara's Wedding; and A Well Remembered Voice. Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM was a Scottish author and dramatist, most recognized in the present as the author of Peter Pan. He was born and studied in Scotland but emigrated to London, where he composed numerous outstanding stories and dramas. There he encountered the Llewelyn Davies boys, who motivated him to pen of an infant boy who has enchanting ventures in Kensington Gardens contained in The Little White Bird, later to create Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a fairy drama of a timeless boy and a common girl, Wendy, who have excitements in the world of magic taking place in Neverland. Even though he still makes stories well, Peter Pan outdone his other writings, and is attributed with disseminating the name Wendy. The playwright privately took on the Davies boys in the wake of the passing of their parents. He became a baronet by George V, and a member of the Order of Merit in the 1922 New Year Honours. Before he died, he handed the privileges to the Peter Pan plays to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, which remains to be of help from them. He understood that he dreamed to have a profession as a novelist. Although, his family tried to convince him to take a vocation in the ministry. He worked in a job advertisement established by his sister in The Scotsman, he then became a staff journalist on the Nottingham Journal. He later came back to Kirriemuir. He contributed to the St. James's Gazette, a London newspaper, making use of his mother's tales of the town where she was raised. The editor "liked that Scotch thing" very much that Barrie transpired making a series of these tales.

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