Complete
edition of
The Mansion
by Henry van Dyke with 18 more of his short stories and many illustrations. Originally published as
The Unknown Quantity: a book of romance and some half-told tales
, it is a great treasury of wholesome tales for young and old.
"They are like etchings in which more is suggested than is in the picture. For this reason they are called Half-Told Tales, in the hope that they may mean to the reader more than they say."
All students of thought should get this historic book. This 1913 edition is provided in a slim volume with full text at an affordable price.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE 4
THE WEDDING-RING 5
MESSENGERS AT THE WINDOW 11
THE COUNTERSIGN OF THE CRADLE 16
HALF-TOLD TALES: THE KEY OF THE TOWER 23
HALF-TOLD TALES: THE RIPENING OF THE FRUIT 25
HALF-TOLD TALES: THE KING'S JEWEL 28
THE MUSIC-LOVER 31
HUMORESKE 35
HALF-TOLD TALES: AN OLD GAME 46
HALF-TOLD TALES: THE UNRULY SPRITE 48
HALF-TOLD TALES: A CHANGE OF AIR 52
THE NIGHT CALL 55
THE EFFECTUAL FERVENT PRAYER 65
THE RETURN OF THE CHARM 74
HALF-TOLD TALES: BEGGARS UNDER THE BUSH 78
HALF-TOLD TALES: STRONGHOLD 81
HALF-TOLD TALES: IN THE ODOUR OF SANCTITY 85
THE SAD SHEPHERD 91
THE MANSION 102