The Mansion - and 18 more Henry van Dyke tales

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 CONTENTSPREFACE             4THE WEDDING-RING     5MESSENGERS AT THE WINDOW 11THE COUNTERSIGN OF THE CRADLE         16HALF-TOLD TALES: THE KEY OF THE TOWER         23HALF-TOLD TALES: THE RIPENING OF THE FRUIT 25HALF-TOLD TALES: THE KING’S JEWEL     28THE MUSIC-LOVER         31HUMORESKE     35HALF-TOLD TALES: AN OLD GAME            46HALF-TOLD TALES: THE UNRULY SPRITE 48HALF-TOLD TALES: A CHANGE OF AIR     52THE NIGHT CALL              55THE EFFECTUAL FERVENT PRAYER            65THE RETURN OF THE CHARM     74HALF-TOLD TALES: BEGGARS UNDER THE BUSH  78HALF-TOLD TALES: STRONGHOLD             81HALF-TOLD TALES: IN THE ODOUR OF SANCTITY 85THE SAD SHEPHERD        91THE MANSION 102