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Title: The Land of Long Ago
Author: Eliza Calvert Hall
Illustrator: G. Patrick Nelson
Beulah Strong
Release Date: May 2, 2010 [EBook #32203]
Language: English
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CoverTHE LAND OF LONG AGO
HERE'S A PICTURE O' HENRIETTA'S HOUSE,
CHILD.
"'HERE'S A PICTURE O' HENRIETTA'S HOUSE,
CHILD.'"
Frontispiece, See Page 119.ToList
frontpage Title Decoration
The Land of
Long AgoBy
Eliza Calvert Hall
Author of
"Aunt Jane of Kentucky"
Illustrated by
G. Patrick Nelson
&
Beulah Strong
Boston
Little, Brown, & Company
1909Copyright, 1907, 1908, 1909,
By Cosmopolitan Publishing Company.
Copyright, 1909,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved
Published, September, 1909
Printers
S.J. Parkhill & Co., Boston, U.S.A.TO
My Children,
MARGERY, ALEXANDER, THOMAS, AND CECILIA,
I Dedicate this Book
chapters Title Decoration
CHAPTERS
PAG
E
I. A Ride to Town 1
The House that Was a Wed
II. 37
ding Fee
The Courtship of Miss Amar
III. 75
yllis
IV. Aunt Jane Goes A-Visiting 109
The Marriage Problem in Go
V. 143
shen
VI. An Eye for an Eye 171
VII The Reformation of Sam Am
207207
. os
VII
In War Time 235
I.
IX. The Watch Meeting 271
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ILLUSTRATIONS
Fron
"'Here's a picture o' Henrietta's house
tispi
, child'"
ece
"I know the delicate differences and r Pag
esemblances between the odors of in e
dividual roses" 14
"
Miss Penelope and Miss Amaryllis
80
"'One morning she concluded she'd s "
traighten out Henry's trunk'" 148
"It was the time of the blooming of th "
e wistaria" 174
"'The glass broke into a hundred piec "
es'" 229"'David! Jonathan! My boys! Where a "
re you?'" 257
"Reverently she laid the heavy calf-bo "
und volume across her knees" 290
PROLOGUE
We are so near to those who dwell
In the dear land whereof I tell!
Sometimes when we are far astray,
Their spirit-hands may guide our way;
And if we would but pause to hear,
What whispered words of tender cheer
Might come on those fine airs that blow
From the strange Land of Long Ago!
The scenes are changed, but we and they
Are actors in the same old play.
Their blood is in our throbbing veins;
Their hopes and joys, their griefs and pains,
Bind us fore'er to squire or churl,
To stately dame or laughing girl,—
Those shades that wander to and fro
In the dim Land of Long Ago.
Then let the present hour go by.Turn back awhile, and you and I
Through quiet garden paths may stray
Where blooms the rose of yesterday,
May meet brave men and women fair
[viii] Who sang life's song to simple air;
Mark how their homely virtues glow!—
O pleasant Land of Long Ago!
I
A RIDE TO TOWN
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