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Henry Wood

Victor SerenusHenry Wood Victor Serenus It is only the finite that has wrought and suffered; the infinite lies stretched in smiling repose.—Emerson. PREFACE It seems unnecessary to suggest that this book is entirely independent of the conventional lines of the modern realistic novel. To any who h...

The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood The Channings: A Story CHAPTER I. – THE INKED SURPLICE The sweet bells of Helstonleigh Cathedral were ringing out in the summer’s afternoon. Groups of people lined the streets, in greater number than the ordinary business of the day would have brought forth; some paci...

Verner's PrideMrs. Henry Wood Verner's Pride CHAPTER I. RACHEL FROST The slanting rays of the afternoon sun, drawing towards the horizon, fell on a fair scene of country life; flickering through the young foliage of the oak and lime trees, touching the budding hedges, resting on the growing grass...

The Shadow of AshlydyatMrs. Henry Wood The Shadow of Ashlydyat PART THE FIRST “Over him rushed, like a wind that is keen and cold and relentless,Thoughts of what might have been, and the weight and woe of his errand,All the dreams that had faded, and all the hopes that had vanished,All his life h...

Mildred Arkell. Vol. 3 (of 3)Mrs. Henry Wood Mildred Arkell: A Novel. Vol. 3 (of 3) CHAPTER I. DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND—A SURPRISE It happened on that same second of December that Mr. Littelby took his place for the first time as conductor of the business of Mynn and Mynn. He had arrived at Eckford th...

Mildred Arkell. Vol. 2 (of 3)Mrs. Henry Wood Mildred Arkell: A Novel. Vol. 2 (of 3) CHAPTER I. THE SCHOOL-BOY'S LOVE A brilliant evening in July. The sun had been blazing all day with intense force, glittering on the white pavement of the streets, scorching the dry and thirsty earth; and it was n...

Mildred Arkell. Vol. 1 (of 3)Mrs. Henry Wood Mildred Arkell: A Novel. Vol. 1 (of 3) CHAPTER I. WHICH IS NOTHING BUT AN INTRODUCTION I am going to tell you a story of real life—one of those histories that in point of fact are common enough; but, hidden within themselves as they generally are, are ...

It May Be True, Vol. 3 (of 3)Mrs. Henry Wood It May Be True, Vol. 3 (of 3) CHAPTER I. IS THERE A FATE IN IT? "The grief of slighted love, suppress'd,Scarce dull'd her eye, scarce heav'd her breast;Or if a tear, she strove to check,A truant tear stole down her neck,It seem'd a drop that, from his ...

Trevlyn HoldMrs. Henry Wood Trevlyn Hold: A Novel CHAPTER I THOMAS RYLE The fine summer had faded into autumn, and the autumn would soon be fading into winter. All signs of harvest had disappeared. The farmers had gathered the golden grain into their barns; the meads looked bare, and the partridg...

Johnny Ludlow, Second SeriesMrs. Henry Wood Johnny Ludlow, Second Series I. LOST IN THE POST Many a true tale has been told of the disappearance of money in passing through the post. Sometimes the loss is never cleared up, but remains a mystery to the end. One of these losses happened to us, and ...