The Girls Own Paper
The afternoon post had come in, and the Vicar of Renton stood in the large bay window of his library reading his budget of letters. He was a tall, thin man, with a close shaven face, which had no beauty of feature, but which was wonderfully attractive all the same. It was not...
MY DEAR DOROTHY.--You do not often favour me with your correspondence, so that I was particularly pleased and flattered by the receipt of your letter asking for my opinion, as a...
1. CHAPTER I.The afternoon post had come in, and the Vicar of Renton stood in the large bay window of his library reading his budget of letters. He was a tall, thin man, with a close shaven...
2. CHAPTER II."Put that book down. What are you reading? _The History of a Good Little Girl._ Oh, I know; and there was a naughty boy, who tied a string across the stairs, and the grannie tum...
4. PART I.The name porcelain is derived from the Italian _porcellana_, signifying a cowrie shell, on account of the delicate translucent glaze on its surface. At how early a date the manu...
3. CHAPTER I.It has been suggested that the experiences of some English people in search of and on a ranch in California might be of interest to others, especially, perhaps, to those who are...