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The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner novel. A total of 251 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Entire Works of Charles Dudley Warner.by Charles Dudley Warner.PREFACE TO JOSEPH H.
The Entire Works of Charles Dudley Warner.by Charles Dudley Warner.PREFACE TO JOSEPH H. TWICh.e.l.l It would be unfair to hold you responsible for these light sketches of a summer trip, which are now gathered into this little volume in response to the usu
- 201 Evelyn had lived hitherto with little comprehension of her peculiar position. That the world went well with her, and that no obstacle was opposed to the gratification of her reasonable desires, or to her impulses of charity and pity, was about all she kne
- 202 "Well, I'll tell you some more. You know my tutor is English. McDonald says she believes he is the most learned man in eighteenth-century literature living, and his dream is to write a history of it. He is poor, and engaged all the time teaching
- 203 The naming of the book had been almost as difficult as the creation. His first choice had been "The Lily of the Valley," but Balzac had pre-empted that. And then he had thought of "The Enclosed Garden" (Hortus Clausus), the t.i.tle of
- 204 Lord Montague was evidently getting uneasy, for his attention was distracted from the occupation of feeding."No, don't go Lord Montague, an old friend, Mr. Burnett.""Much pleased," said his lords.h.i.+p, looking round rather inqui
- 205 "But he has no influence. He is nothing socially," said Carmen."Neither is a wolf or a cyclone. But I don't care to talk about him.Don't you see, I don't want to be bothered?"While these great events were taking place Ph
- 206 "That is a long time," Evelyn answered, but still without looking up.But when they rose the color mounted to her cheeks, and Philip thought that the glorious eyes turned upon him were full of trust."It is all your doing," said Carmen,
- 207 "You!" she repeated."It is only this, Mrs. Mavick," and Philip spoke calmly, though his blood was boiling at her insulting manner--"it is only this--I love your daughter.""And you have told her this?""No, never
- 208 For Philip there was in these days no such consolation. It was a man's way not to seek any, to roll himself up in his trouble like a hibernating bear. And yet there were times when he had an intolerable longing for a confidant, for some one to whom h
- 209 "Why," said Philip, half amused at the conceit and yet complimented by the recognition of his talent, "I don't know anything about railroads --how they are run, cost of building, prospect of traffic, engineering difficulties, all that-
- 210 This clever woman never showed more courage or more tact than in this campaign, and was never more agreeable and fascinating. She was even popular. If she was not accepted as a leader, she had a certain standing with the leaders, as a person of vivacity a
- 211 Mr. Mavick was meditating. It was a mighty unpleasant business. But he was getting tired of conflict. There was an undercurrent in the lives of both that made him shrink from going deep into any domestic difference.It was best to yield."Well, Carmen,
- 212 These reports of the Mavick ball had a peculiar interest for at least two people in New York. Murad Ault read them with a sardonic smile and an enjoyment that would not have been called altruistic. Philip searched them with the feverish eagerness of a mai
- 213 "Oh, is that all?" And Mrs. Mavick spoke as if her mind were relieved."What could you expect from such a sudden proposal to a young girl, almost a child, wholly unused to the world? I should have done the same thing at her age. It will look
- 214 Philip shook his head. The conversation was not taking the turn that was congenial to him. The ball seemed to him a kind of maelstrom in which all his hopes were likely to be wrecked. And here was his old friend, the keenest-sighted woman he knew, looking
- 215 And it was love, simple, trusting love, that put courage into her sinking heart."Mother, it is very hard. I love you; I could die for you. I am so forlorn. But I cannot, I dare not, do such a thing, such a dreadful thing!"She spoke brokenly, exc
- 216 "For the Mavicks. I don't mean for Mrs. Mavick--I hear she is a worldly and revengeful woman--but for the girl. It must be dreadful to turn her out of all the surroundings of her happy life. And I hear she is as good as she is lovely. Think what
- 217 Philip had given his word. Evelyn would tolerate no concealments; she was just that simple-minded in her filial notions.The girl, however, had one comfort, and that was the knowledge of Philip through Miss McDonald, whom she saw frequently, and to whom ev
- 218 "No? But you will. I have known lots of people who said they never would change. They all did. No, you need not protest. I believe in you now, or I should not be drinking tea with you. But you must be tired of an old woman's gossip. Evelyn has g
- 219 FORTRESS MONROE When Irene looked out of her stateroom window early in the morning of the twentieth of March, there was a softness and luminous quality in the horizon clouds that prophesied spring. The steamboat, which had left Baltimore and an arctic tem
- 220 "I haven't the faculty of seeing things in the dark, Mrs. Cortlandt. Oh, there's the mother!" And the shrill voice of Mrs. Benson was heard, "We was getting uneasy about you. Pa says a storm's coming, and that you'd be a
- 221 Expectancy was the word when our travelers stepped out of the car at Cape May station. Except for some people who seemed to have business there, they were the only pa.s.sengers. It was the ninth of June. Everything was ready--the sea, the sky, the delicio
- 222 "No; I have been to exhibitions, and I thought I should prefer to take New Orleans by itself some other time. You found the people hospitable?""Well, they were not simply hospitable; they were that, to be sure, for father had letters to som
- 223 "Did it never occur to your highness that they may prefer to be comfortable rather than picturesque, and that they may be ignorant that they were born for artistic purposes?" It was the low voice of Miss Lamont, and that demure person looked up
- 224 There is no haze, but all outlines are softened in the silver light. It is like a dream, and there is no disturbance of the repose when a family party, a woman, a child, and a man come down to the sh.o.r.e, slip into a boat, and scull away out by the ligh
- 225 "Not exactly. Mr. Forbes--that's my friend--says she's a beauty. But if you don't mind, Penelope, I was going to ask you to be a little civil to them.""Well, I'll admit she is handsome--a very striking-looking girl. I�
- 226 Mr. King, who saw that something had occurred, was quick-witted enough to reply jestingly in French, as they moved away, but he asked, as soon as they were out of ear-shot, "What is it?""Nothing," said the girl, recovering her usual se
- 227 King was unprepared for such a pa.s.sionate outburst. It was like a rift in a cloud, through which he had a glimpse of her real life. Words of eager protest sprang to his lips, but, before they could be uttered, either her mood had changed or pride had co
- 228 "So do I," retorted the girl; "and if the Pilgrims landed in such a vulgar, ostentatious spirit as this, I'm glad my name is not on the tablet."The party were in a better mood when they had climbed up Burial Hill, back of the meet
- 229 Love and moonlight, and the soft lapse of the waves and singing? Yes, there are girls down by the landing with a banjo, and young men singing the songs of love, the modern songs of love dashed with college slang.The banjo suggests a little fastness; and t
- 230 Why not? He has perfect manners; he knows the world--that is a great point, I can tell you, in the imagination of a girl; he is rich; and he is no end obliging.""How long has he been here?""Several days. They happened to come up from t
- 231 For he is going to marry Yum-Yum-- Yum-Yum!"This pleasantry pa.s.sed entirely over the head of Irene, who had not heard the "Mikado," but King accepted it as a good omen, and forgave its impudence. It set Mr. Meigs thinking that he had a ri
- 232 "So Miss Benson was expecting you!" said Mrs. Farquhar, who was walking with King. It is enough to mention Mrs. Farquhar's name to an habitue of the Springs. It is not so many years ago since she was a reigning belle, and as noted for her wit and spark
- 233 Meigs."The room was thinning out. King found himself in front of a row of dowagers, whose tongues were still going about the departing beauties."No mercy there," he heard a lady say to her companion; "that's a jury for conviction every time." What c
- 234 "You must listen, Irene. I love you--I love you."She turned her face towards him; her lips trembled; her eyes were full of tears; there was a great look of wonder and tenderness in her face."Is it all true?"She was in his arms. He kissed her hair, her
- 235 "You mean provincial life. Everybody knows everybody else.""Well," King retorted, with some spirit, "it is not a place where people pretend not to know each other, as if their salvation depended on it.""Oh, I see; hospitable, frank, cordial-all tha
- 236 The intimacy between Mrs. Bartlett Glow and Irene increased as the days went by. The woman of society was always devising plans for Irene's entertainment, and winning her confidence by a thousand evidences of interest and affection. Pleased as King was w
- 237 XIV NIAGARA In the car for Niagara was an Englishman of the receptive, guileless, thin type, inquisitive and overflowing with approval of everything American--a type which has now become one of the common features of travel in this country. He had light h
- 238 The railway along the sh.o.r.e of Lake Ontario is for the most part monotonous. After leaving the picturesque highlands about Lewiston, the country is flat, and although the view over the lovely sheet of blue water is always pleasing, there is something b
- 239 Late in the gloomy afternoon King went down to the office, and the clerk handed him a letter. He took it eagerly, but his countenance fell when he saw that it bore a New York postmark, and had been forwarded from Richfield. It was not from Irene. He put i
- 240 After that they were ready for the Signal Station. This is a great attraction. The sergeant in charge looked bored to death, and in the mood to predict the worst kind of weather. He is all day beset with a crowd craning their necks to look at him, and bot
- 241 T. R. L.WAs.h.i.+NGTON IRVING I PRELIMINARY It is over twenty years since the death of Was.h.i.+ngton Irving removed that personal presence which is always a powerful, and sometimes the sole, stimulus to the sale of an author's books, and which strongly
- 242 III MANHOOD--FIRST VISIT TO EUROPE Irving's health, always delicate, continued so much impaired when he came of age, in 1804., that his brothers determined to send him to Europe.On the 19th of May he took pa.s.sage for Bordeaux in a sailing vessel, w
- 243 "In the mean time I saw Matilda every day, and that helped to distract me. In the midst of this struggle and anxiety she was taken ill with a cold. Nothing was thought of it at first; but she grew rapidly worse, and fell into a consumption. I cannot
- 244 Irving, in a burst of indignation that overcame his habitual shyness, "do you seize upon such a disaster only for a sneer? Let me tell you, sir, it is not now a question about Jimmy Madison or Jimmy Armstrong.The pride and honor of the nation are wou
- 245 "I have been somewhat touched by the manner in which my writings have been noticed in the 'Evening Post.' I had considered Coleman as cheris.h.i.+ng an ill-will toward me, and, to tell the truth, have not always been the most courteous in m
- 246 "Our journey through La Mancha was cold and uninteresting, excepting when we pa.s.sed through the scenes of some of the exploits of Don Quixote. We were repaid, however, by a night amidst the scenery of the Sierra Morena, seen by the light of the ful
- 247 During the ten years preceding his mission to Spain, Irving kept f.a.gging away at the pen, doing a good deal of miscellaneous and ephemeral work.Among his other engagements was that of regular contributor to the "Knickerbocker Magazine," for a
- 248 "The person of this ill.u.s.trious old gentleman was formed and proportioned, as though it had been moulded by the hands of some cunning Dutch statuary, as a model of majesty and lordly grandeur.He was exactly five feet six inches in height, and six
- 249 "'This cavalier [he observes] was from the far island of England, and brought with him a train of his va.s.sals; men who had been hardened in certain civil wars which raged in their country. They were a comely race of men, but too fair and fresh
- 250 "The officious Mateo interrupted my meditations and destroyed in an instant the cobweb tissue of my fancy. With his usual zeal he had gathered facts concerning the scene, which put my fictions all to flight. The heroine of my romance was neither young no
- 251 "'The seal of Solomon will open the way for thee.'"The student issued forth from the tower much more gayly than he had entered. The wall closed behind him, and remained solid as before."The next morning he repaired boldly to the m