Comedies of Courtship

Comedies of Courtship

The Wheel of Love, published in Scribners Magazine during the past year, and The Lady of the Pool, both protected by American copyright, are here printed for the first time in book form. The four other stories appeared without their authors consent or knowledge, with their titles changed beyond recognition, and combined with other unauthorized material, in a small volume printed by an American firm. They are here given for the first time in their proper form and by my authority. AT first sight they had as little reason for being unhappy as it is possible to have in a world half full of sorrow. They were young and healthy; half a dozen times they had each declared the other more than common good-looking; they both had, and never knew what it was not to have, money enough for comfort and, in addition that divine little superfluity wherefrom joys are born. The house was good to look at and good to live in; there were horses to ride, the river to go a-rowing on, and a big box from Mudies every week. No one worried them; Miss Bussey was generally visiting the poor; or, as was the case at this moment, asleep in her arm-chair, with Paul, the terrier, in his basket beside her, and the cat on her lap. Lastly, they were plighted lovers, and John was staying with Miss Bussey for the express purpose of delighting and being delighted by his fiancie, Mary Travers. For these and all their mercies certainly they should have been truly thankful. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 24985
Author: Hope, Anthony
Release Date: Apr 4, 2008
Format: eBook
Language: English