Francis Hopkinson Smith
The Novels, Stories and Sketches of F. Hopkinson Smith: Colonel Carter and Other Tales of the South
Hardcover
(Forgotten Books Feb. 22, 2018)
Excerpt from The Novels, Stories and Sketches of F. Hopkinson Smith: Colonel Carter and Other Tales of the South
HE dinner was at the colonel's, an old fashioned, partly furnished, two story house nearly a century old which crouches down behind a larger and more modern dwelling front ing on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock tower of Jefferson Market.
The street entrance to this curious abode is marked by a swinging wooden gate opening into a narrow tunnel which dodges under the front house. It is an uncanny sort of passageway, mouldy and wet from a long-neglected leak overhead, and is lighted at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.
On sunny days this gruesome tunnel frames from the street a delightful picture of a bit of the yard beyond, with the quaint colonial door and its three steps let down in a welcoming way.
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HE dinner was at the colonel's, an old fashioned, partly furnished, two story house nearly a century old which crouches down behind a larger and more modern dwelling front ing on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock tower of Jefferson Market.
The street entrance to this curious abode is marked by a swinging wooden gate opening into a narrow tunnel which dodges under the front house. It is an uncanny sort of passageway, mouldy and wet from a long-neglected leak overhead, and is lighted at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.
On sunny days this gruesome tunnel frames from the street a delightful picture of a bit of the yard beyond, with the quaint colonial door and its three steps let down in a welcoming way.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This 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.
- ISBN
- 0666173907 / 9780666173904
- Pages
- 290
- Weight
- 19.04 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.98 x 0.69 in.
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