Books by ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE
For Young Readers THE BOYS' LIFE OF MARK TWAIN HOLLOW TREE
Small books of several stories each, selected from the above
For Grown-ups DWELLERS IN ARCADY MARK TWAIN'S LETTERS MARK
The Story of an Abandoned Farm
Albert Bigelow Paine Author of " from van-dweller to commuter "
Thomas Fogarty
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER ONE I All my life I had dreamed of owning a brook
II Ghosts like good architecture
III Our debt to William C. Westbury
IV Those were lovely days
CHAPTER TWO I We carried down a little hair trunk
II Cap'n Ben has an iron door-sill
III The thought of going back to "six rooms and improvements"
IV The soft feet of the rain on the shingles
V Elizabeth's ideas were not poetic
VI Our last night in the barn was not like the others
CHAPTER THREE I At the threshold of the past
II Paper-hanging is not a natural gift
III There is nothing I wouldn't do for a bee a reasonable bee
IV There was a place we sometimes visited to see the trout
CHAPTER FOUR I There is compensation even for moving
II There is work about making apple-butter
III Lazarus's downfall was a matter of pigs
IV Westbury had advised against wheat
V Deer wild deer on our own farm!
CHAPTER FIVE I But Sarah was biding her time
II We often cooked by our fireplace
III Under the spell of the white touch
IV The difficulty was to get busy
CHAPTER SIX I The magic of the starlit tree
CHRISTMAS CAROL By Edwin Waugh
II Westbury dropped in
III No animal except man digs and plants
IV Then came Bella and Gibbs
CHAPTER SEVEN I We planted a number of things
II Out of the blue
III "Ah, the bonny cow!"
IV Strawberries and trout. How is that for a combination? I
CHAPTER EIGHT I Fate produced a man who had chickens to sell
II I planted some canterbury-bells
III And how the family did grow up!
IV And then one eventful day
V Was it the spirit of our garden?
Title: Dwellers in Arcady
Author: Albert Bigelow Paine
Language: English
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E-text prepared by Annie McGuire
