Books with title The Stranger's Gift

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Excerpt from The Stranger's GraveTm: original manuscript from which the following narrative has been com piled, was presented to the Editor, some thirty years ago, by a common friend of his and Mr. Townsend. A short introduction, which forms the ground-work of the first five chapters, is in the hand-writing of the late excel lent Vicar (or rather Perpetual Curate, for the living of Wetheral is no more than a Perpetual Curacy) of Wetheral, - whilst the disjointed tale, with Which he has taken no other liberty than merely to throw it into language of his own, appears to have been pennedby the ill-fated hero himself. The Editor has given it to the public, be cause he conceives that in spite of the horrible event upon which it hinges, it may not be useless to the young and the thoughtless; as it will warn them against the encouragement of any pas sion or propensity, the indulgence of which is in contradiction to the moral law of their Creator.After this declaration, the reader will not, perhaps, be surprised to learn, that the Editor is somewhat more than a sexagenarian. His age, indeed, falls very little short of the limits assigned by the hard of Sion to our mortal ex istence; and as he is a bachelor, and has been for the last forty years a sort of wanderer upon the face of the earth, many curious and interesting scraps of private history have necessarily comeinto his possession. These he has late ly taken it into his head to arrange and throw into order, for old age has at length damped his ardour for travelling, by depriving him of sufficient strength of body to endure its fatigues. But his mind is still active. If, therefore, the following specimen of his discoveries be favourably received by the public, he will not fail, provided life be Spared to him, to lay others, from time to time, before it. If otherwise, his papers' shall be committed to the flames; and he and they shall perish together, leav ing no trace behind them that they ever existed.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.

Excerpt from The Stranger's GraveTm: original manuscript from which the following narrative has been com piled, was presented to the Editor, some thirty years ago, by a common friend of his and Mr. Townsend. A short introduction, which forms the ground-work of the first five chapters, is in the hand-writing of the late excel lent Vicar (or rather Perpetual Curate, for the living of Wetheral is no more than a Perpetual Curacy) of Wetheral, - whilst the disjointed tale, with Which he has taken no other liberty than merely to throw it into language of his own, appears to have been pennedby the ill-fated hero himself. The Editor has given it to the public, be cause he conceives that in spite of the horrible event upon which it hinges, it may not be useless to the young and the thoughtless; as it will warn them against the encouragement of any pas sion or propensity, the indulgence of which is in contradiction to the moral law of their Creator.After this declaration, the reader will not, perhaps, be surprised to learn, that the Editor is somewhat more than a sexagenarian. His age, indeed, falls very little short of the limits assigned by the hard of Sion to our mortal ex istence; and as he is a bachelor, and has been for the last forty years a sort of wanderer upon the face of the earth, many curious and interesting scraps of private history have necessarily comeinto his possession. These he has late ly taken it into his head to arrange and throw into order, for old age has at length damped his ardour for travelling, by depriving him of sufficient strength of body to endure its fatigues. But his mind is still active. If, therefore, the following specimen of his discoveries be favourably received by the public, he will not fail, provided life be Spared to him, to lay others, from time to time, before it. If otherwise, his papers' shall be committed to the flames; and he and they shall perish together, leav ing no trace behind them that they ever existed.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.

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

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Excerpt from The StrangerHere was a shout of alarm. A scream of brakes hard down. And a cloud of dust as the heavy motor-car slithered to a stop.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.

Excerpt from The StrangerHere was a shout of alarm. A scream of brakes hard down. And a cloud of dust as the heavy motor-car slithered to a stop.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.

This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR?d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. 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.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Charlotte is heading to a tiger sanctuary to do some voluntary work as part of her travels. But a fellow traveller working at the sanctuary starts to make her feel uncomfortable and she decides to ask Otto to visit her, pretending to be her boyfriend. When things start going wrong at the sanctuary, Charlotte fears a vendetta against her could be to blame. As tigers come under attack from poachers, the local authorities threaten to replace the sanctuary's management. Mark the journalist reappears, ostensibly covering the poaching crisis, but also delving into the background of the traveller who is making Charlotte's life a misery. But by now Otto and Charlotte's 'fake' relationship seems to be developing into something a little more serious… and how will Mark, and Otto's ex, Jen, feel about that?

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.