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CONTENTSTHE LANDLORD AT LION'S HEADPart I.I.II.III.IV.V.VI.VII.VIII.IX.X.XI.XII.XIII.XIV.XVI.XVII.XVIII.XIX.XX.XXI.XXII.XIII.XXIV.XXV.XXVI.Part II.XXVII.XXVIII.XXIXXXX.XXXI.XXXII.XXXIII.XXXIV.XXXV.XXXVI.XXXVII.XXXVIII.XXXIXXL.XLI.XLII.XLIIIXLIVXLV.XLVIXLVII.XLVIIIXLIX.L.LI.LII.LIII.LIV.LV
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THE LANDLORD AT LION'S HEAD
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CONTENTSI.THE FATHER, by William Dean HowellsII.THE OLD-MAID AUNT, by Mary E. Wilkins FreemanIII.THE GRANDMOTHER, by Mary Heaton VorseIV.THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, by Mary Stewart CuttingV.THE SCHOOL-GIRL, by Elizabeth JordanVI.THE SON-IN-LAW, by John Kendrick BangsVII.THE MARRIED SON, by Henry JamesVIII.THE MARRIED DAUGHTER, By Elizabeth Stuart PhelpsIX.THE MOTHER, by Edith WyattX.THE SCHOOL-BOY, By Mary Raymond Shipman AndrewsXI.PEGGY, by Alice BrownXII.THE FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, by Henry Van Dyke
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I.THE FATHER, by William Dean HowellsII.THE OLD-MAID AUNT, by Mary E. Wilkins FreemanIII.THE GRANDMOTHER, by Mary Heaton VorseIV.THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, by Mary Stewart CuttingV.THE SCHOOL-GIRL, by Elizabeth JordanVI.THE SON-IN-LAW, by John Kendrick BangsVII.THE MARRIED SON, by Henry JamesVIII.THE MARRIED DAUGHTER, By Elizabeth Stuart PhelpsIX.THE MOTHER, by Edith WyattX.THE SCHOOL-BOY, By Mary Raymond Shipman AndrewsXI.PEGGY, by Alice BrownXII.THE FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, by Henry Van Dyke
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ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
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I. Venice in VeniceII. Arrival and first Days in VeniceIII. The Winter in VeniceIV. Comincia far CaldoV. Opera and TheatresVI. Venetian Dinners and DinersVII. Housekeeping in VeniceVIII. The Balcony on the Grand CanalIX. A Day-Break RambleX. The MouseXI. Churches and PicturesXII. Some Islands of the LagoonsXIII. The ArmeniansXIV. The Ghetto and the Jews of VeniceXV. Some Memorable PlacesXVI. CommerceXVII. Venetian HolidaysXVIII. Christmas HolidaysXIX. Love-making and Marrying; Baptisms and BurialsXX. Venetian Traits and CharactersXXI. SocietyXXII. Our Last Year in VeniceIndex
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Fleet Street and St. Dunstan's Church
The Carriages Drawn up Beside the Sacred Close
Sunday Afternoon, Hyde Park
Rotten Row.
A Block in the Strand.
St. Paul's Cathedral.
Westminster Abbey.
The Horse Guards, Whitehall
Westminster Bridge and Clock Tower.
A House-boat Ox the Thames at Henley.
The Crowd of Sight-seers at Henley
The Tower of London.
St. Olave's, Tooley Street.
London Bridge.
The Ancient Church of St. Magnus.
The East India House of Charles Lamb's Time.
Church of the Dutch Refugees.
Bow-bells (st. Mary-le-bow, Cheapside).
Staple Inn, Holborn.
Clifford's Inn Hall.
Ancient Church of St. Martins-in-the-fields.
Hyde Park in October.
Thames Embankment.
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MRS. JOHNSON
DOORSTEP ACQUAINTANCE
A PEDESTRIAN TOUR.
BY HORSE-CAR TO BOSTON
A DAY'S PLEASURE
A ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE
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JUBILEE DAYS
SOME LESSONS FROM THE SCHOOL OF MORALS.
FLITTING
“But I Suppose This Wine is Not Made of Grapes, Signor?”
“Looking About, I Saw Two Women.”
“The Young Lady in Black, Who Alighted at a Most Ordinary Little Street.”
“That Sweet Young Blonde, Who Arrives by Most Trains.”
“Frank and Lucy Stalked Ahead, With Shawls Dragging From Their Arms.”
“They Skirmish About Him With Every Sort of Query.”
“A Gaunt Figure of Forlorn and Curious Smartness.”
“The Spectacle As We Beheld It.”
“Vacant and Ceremonious Zeal.”
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A MODEST LIKING FOR LIVERPOOL
SOME MERITS OF MANCHESTER
IN SMOKIEST SHEFFIELD
NINE DAYS’ WONDER IN YORK
TWO YORKISH EPISODES
A DAY AT DONCASTER AND AN HOUR OUT OF DURHAM
THE MOTHER OF THE AMERICAN ATHENS
ABERYSTWYTH, A WELSH WATERING-PLACE
LLANDUDNO, ANOTHER WELSH WATERING-PLACE
GLIMPSES OF ENGLISH CHARACTER
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THE LEATHERWOOD GOD
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Nancy Stood Staring at Her, With Words Beyond Saying In Her Heart—words That Rose in Her Throat and Choked Her
“You Believe, Maybe, That You Would Be Struck Dead if You Said the Things That I Do; But Why Ain't I Struck Dead?”
“It'smyCloth! I Spun It, I Wove It, Every Thread! It's All We've Got for Our Clothes This Winter!”
“NowYou Can See How It Feels to Have Your Own Husband Slap You.”
She Had Begun to Wash his Wound, Very Gently, Though She Spoke So Roughly, While he Murmured With the Pain and With The Comfort Of The Pain
They Swarmed Forward to the Altar-place and Flung Themselves on the Ground, and Heaped The Pulpit-steps With Their Bodies
“And he Went Down Ag'in, and when He Come up Ag'in, His Face Was All Soakin' Wet, Like He'd Been Crying Under the Water”