Books with title Saxe Holm's Stories

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When Draxy Miller's father was a boy, he read a novel in which the heroine was a Polish girl, named Darachsa. The name stamped itself indelibly upon his imagination; and when, at the age of thirty-five, he took his first-born daughter in his arms, his first words were--"I want her called Darachsa." "What!" exclaimed the doctor, turning sharply round, and looking out above his spectacles; "what heathen kind of a name is that?" "Oh, Reuben!" groaned a feeble voice from the baby's mother; and the nurse muttered audibly, as she left the room, "There ain't never no luck comes of them outlandish names."

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.

Excerpt from Saxe Holm's StoriesWhat! Exclaimed the doctor, turning sharply round, and looking out above his spectacles; what heathen kind of a name is that?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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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.

Here is the 350 pg privately owned hardcover by Helen Hunt Jackson from Scribner, Armstrong and Co., and copyrighted 1874. This is the 1st Series of stories and including: Draxy Millers Dowry, Elders Wife, Whose Wife Was She, One-Legged Dancers, How One Woman Kept Her Husband and Ester Wynns Love Letters. The book has no dust cover. The green boards with gold gilt lettering/decoration have moderate corner/edge wear/bump and rub/color lift, yet they remain overall intact and presentable. Inside, there is an inscription dating the book to 1873 on the front fly leaf, scattered foxing and spotty stain to some of the pages and a previous owners stamp, yet the pages remain very readable, tear free and the binding though a bit cocked is intact.

Excerpt from Saxe Holm's StoriesThe gentle summer breeze stirred the grass blades on the upper edge of the trench, and part ing them, showed one tall four - leaved clover. With an exclamation of delight, Karl dropped his musket, picked the clover, fastened it in the band of his cap, and lifting up the cap, imprudently waved it to the right and left, calling down the line Good luck, boys The four leaf of clover!The next Karl knew, it was night - dark, star less, chilly night. He was alone; a dreadful silence, broken now and then by more dreadful groans, reigned all around. He was naked; he could not move; terrible pains were racking his breast. Something was firmly clutched in his right hand, but he could not lift his arm to see what it was neither could he unclasp his hand.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.