# The Garies and Their Friends Author: Webb, Frank J., 1828-1894; Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 [Author of introduction, etc.] Genre: Category: Novels Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11214 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Garies+and+Their+Friends+Webb&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary It was at the close of an afternoon in May, that a party might have been seen gathered around a table covered with all those delicacies that, in the household of a rich Southern planter, are regarded as almost necessaries of life. In the centre stood a dish of ripe strawberries, their plump red sides peeping through the covering of white sugar that had been plentifully sprinkled over them. Geeche limes, almost drowned in their own rich syrup, temptingly displayed their bronze-coloured forms just above the rim of the glass that contained them. Opposite, and as if to divert the gaze from lingering too long over their luscious beauty, was a dish of peaches preserved in brandy, a never-failin... ## Chapters - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 36](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/36/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 31](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/31/index.md) - [Chapter 34](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/34/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 33](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/33/index.md) - [Chapter 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/29/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/28/index.md) - [Chapter 32](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/32/index.md) - [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/26/index.md) - [Chapter 35](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/35/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/27/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 30](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/30/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/23/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/25/index.md) - [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/24/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-garies-and-their-friends-11214/chapters/22/index.md)