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Amelia Barr

Winter Evening TalesAmelia E. Barr Winter Evening Tales PREFACE In these "Winter Evening Tales," Mrs. Barr has spread before her readers a feast that will afford the rarest enjoyment for many a leisure hour. There are few writers of the present day whose genius has such a luminous quality, and th...

Christine: A Fife Fisher GirlBarr Amelia E. Christine: A Fife Fisher Girl CHAPTER I FISHERS OF CULRAINE The hollow oak our palace isOur heritage the sea. Howe’er it be it seems to me’Tis only noble to be good.Kind hearts are more than coronetsAnd simple faith than Norman blood. Friends, who have ...

I, Thou, and the Other One: A Love StoryBarr Amelia E. I, Thou, and the Other One: A Love Story CHAPTER FIRST THE ATHELINGS “The Land is a Land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven.”Beyond Thirsk and Northallerton, through the Cleveland Hills to the sea eastward, and by ...

All the Days of My Life: An AutobiographyBarr Amelia E. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography / The Red Leaves of a Human Heart CONFIDENCESThis is to be a book about myself but, even before I begin it, I am painfully aware of the egotistical atmosphere which the unavoidable use of the persona...

Scottish sketchesAmelia E. Barr Scottish sketches CRAWFORD'S SAIR STRAIT CHAPTER I Alexander Crawford sat reading a book which he studied frequently with a profound interest. Not the Bible: that volume had indeed its place of honor in the room, but the book Crawford read was a smaller one; it was...

Playing With FireBarr Amelia E. Playing With Fire CHAPTER I THE MINISTER'S FAMILY An high priest clothed with doctrine and with truth. – Esdras I: 5:40. Glasgow is the city of Human Power. It is not a beautiful city, but the gray granite of which it is built gives it a natural nobility. There is ...

A Reconstructed MarriageBarr Amelia E. A Reconstructed Marriage CHAPTER I A PROSPECTIVE MOTHER-IN-LAW As it was Saturday morning, Mrs. Traquair Campbell was examining her weekly accounts and clearing off her week's correspondence; for she found it necessary to her enjoyment of the Sabbath Day tha...

The Squire of Sandal-Side: A Pastoral RomanceAmelia E. Barr The Squire of Sandal-Side: A Pastoral Romance CHAPTER I. SEAT-SANDAL "This happy breed of men, this little world." "To knowThat which before us lies in daily lifeIs the prime wisdom." "All that are lovers of virtue … be quiet, and go a-a...

The Lion's WhelpAmelia E. Barr The Lion's Whelp / A Story of Cromwell's Time BOOK I The Hour and The Man "Unknown to Cromwell as to me,Was Cromwell's measure or degree. * * * * * He works, plots, fights, in rude affairs,With 'squires, lords, kings, his craft compares,Till late he learned, through...

The Paper Cap. A Story of Love and LaborAmelia E. Barr The Paper Cap / A Story of Love and Labor TO SAMUEL GOMPERSTHE WORKER’S FRIEND THIS STORY OF LABOR’S FORTY YEARS’ STRUGGLE FOR THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED This is the Gospel of Labor,Ring it, ye bells of the Kirk,The Lord ...