Sweethearts at Home

Sweethearts at Home

THE EDITOR'S CHAPTERS I II SWEETHEART'S DIARY I. SWEETHEART OBJECTS II. PURPLE "THINKS" III. PRESENTS IV. MISS POLLY PRETEND V. PRINCIPIA VI. TORRES VEDRAS VII. TORRES THE SECOND VIII. HUGH JOHN'S PEOPLE IX. THE NEW SHOP X. NIPPER NEGLECTS HIS BUSINESS XI. ELIZABETH XII. FIGS AND FIG-LEAVES XIII. "UNTO US AS A DAUGHTER" XIV. THE HARVEST FAIR XV. QUIET DAYS XVI. HUGH JOHN, AMBASSADOR PLENIPOTENTIARY XVII. THE LITTLE GREEN MAN XVIII. THE BEAD CURTAIN XIX. THE DISCONTENT OF MRS. NIPPER DONNAN XX. TREACHERY! XXI. ADA WINTER AND "YOUNG MRS. WINTER" XXII. AN EVENING CALL XXIII. HONOR THY DAUGHTER! XXIV. CISSY'S MEANNESS XXV. "NOT EVEN HUGH JOHN!" XXVI. HAUNTS REVISITED XXVII. SIR TOADY RELAPSES XXVIII. TWICE-TRAVELED PATHS XXIX. HOME-COMING XXX. SOME DISCLAIMERS It was at Neuchtel, under the trees by the lake, that I first became conscious of what wonderful assistance Sweetheart might be to me in my literary work. She corrected me as to the date upon which we had made our pilgrimage to Chaumont, as to the color of the hair of the pretty daughter of the innkeeper whom we had seen therein her way quite a Swiss Elizabeth Fortinbras. In a word, I became aware that she had kept a diary. Sweetheart, like her nearest literary relative, began with "poetry." That was what we called it then. We have both revised our judgments since. Only Sweetheart has been more wise than I should have been at her age. She has resisted temptation, and rigorously ruled out all verse from the Diary as at present published! This is wonderful. I published mine. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 34230
Author: Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
Release Date: Nov 7, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English