Books with title Up the Down Staircase

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ... in what estimation she held authors. She would have to turn from the social conditions of Paraguay to a feeble comedy which never could be produced; and from transcribing old Latin from old books, and the senile annotations of a dotardly professor, to the vacuities of a young novelist busily engaged in sweating out witty conversations that set her teeth on edge. She did not dare to make a mistake: her employers charged fifteen pence a thousand words, with the guarantee that the work should be done by erudite gentlewomen. So obviously there was no room for mistakes, whatever the weather, whatever Barbara's feelings, however early the electric lights should begin to swiggle in the draught between the window and the door. Barbara, on the whole, was happy. The worst handwriting was at last to be read, and some of the ingenuity needed recoiled upon her in the shape of complacency. The feeblest manuscript underwent transformation in type, and seemed as though Barbara's contempt had straightened its back. And she felt so heroically and specially Barbara Gretton at the end of the day that the consciousness was worth all her toil. She forgot Amberley: she remembered only how splendid it was to be Barbara Gretton. Nobody but Amberley had ever seemed to question that splendour; and at the end of each day Amberley sank very far into the background under her disdainful disregard. Amused at her, indeed! Helpless! A stronger will! She swept the phrases aside. It was only when she was really tired, in those moods of low mental vitality which are well known to professors of psychology, that the phrases crowded upon her. That was because they had been so cumulative, and so unexpected. They had been, in a way, so unerring, expressed with so much simple conviction, by people ...

Twelve-year-old Mary Hayes can't stand her orphanage. But when an attempted escape doesn't go quite as well as she'd hoped, Mary fears she'll be stuck in the Buffalo Asylum for Young Ladies forever. The very next day, a mysterious woman named Madame Z appears at the orphanage requesting to adopt Mary. The matron's all too happy to get the girl off her hands. Soon, Mary is fed a hearty meal, dressed in a clean, new nightgown and shown to a soft bed with blankets piled high. She can hardly believe she isn't dreaming! But when Mary begins to explore the strange town nearby, she learns a terrifying secret about Madame Z's identity. If Mary is not careful, her new home might just turn into a nightmare.

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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.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ <title> On The Staircase<author> Frank Swinnerton<publisher> George H. Doran Company, 1914<subjects> History; General; History / General

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.