This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ..."If that time ever comes, I shall make ample provision for Dick; not in our home, of course, Uncle Richard would hardly expect that; but it will be where I can see him often." "The carriage is ready, Miss Swift," said Mary's voice at the door. Mrs. Alvord went away to put on her cloak, and Miss Virginia was left alone. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ..."If that time ever comes, I shall make ample provision for Dick; not in our home, of course, Uncle Richard would hardly expect that; but it will be where I can see him often." "The carriage is ready, Miss Swift," said Mary's voice at the door. Mrs. Alvord went away to put on her cloak, and Miss Virginia was left alone. She stood for a moment, lost in thought, then slowly crossing the room, she took from a slender vase two halffaded white roses which Dick had brought her a day or two before, and fastened them among the pink ones at her breast. CHAPTER IX. AN ANCESTRAL PORTRAIT. It was all very well for Dick to promise to keep Beelzebub within reasonable limits. The promise had been made in all sincerity; but Dick had reckoned without his host. Beelzebub contrived a thousand ways to elude his master's vigilance, and the only time that he was out of mischief was during the few hours of the night when he lay asleep in his locked cage. It was all very well for Miss Virginia to say that Mr. Tudor-Ffrancis must never know that she was harboring a monkey in her beautiful home. The Anglo-American had scarcely survived the shock of Dick's appearing, and it was doubtful whether his sensitive nerves wouLl endure the announcement of Beelzebub's advent. He was devoting himself to Miss Virginia with the deliberate intention of one day winning her for his wife. He loved her; that is, he liked her as well as it was possible for his self-conscious nature to like any one. Her fortune would be a welcome addition to his own, and slie herself would be in all respects an admirable wife for him to introduce to London society. It was with this idea well fixed in his mind that he had come over to New York and, a little later, presented himself at Miss Virginia's ...
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First edition (no additional printings listed). Original blue and stamped gilt pictorial cloth (head and shoulders of a boy with floral design in dark blue), 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches, glossy paper, 280 pp, illustrated with frontispiece and two additional plates by Frank T Merrill. Hardcover, fair to good, no dustjacket. Some soil and smudges on cloth, spine darkened with approximately 1/8th inch fraying at head and foot, corners bumped with a bit of cardboard exposed there. Internally, shaken, rear hinge cracked, additional open hinge cracks between the gatherings, paper age yellowed, some stray smudges, approximately 3 to 4 inch tears on a half dozen or so leaves, contemporary previous owner's gift inscription, 1/4 inch wax drop on first free front endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked. One of this prolific author's scarcer titles. Children's; literature; Victorian.
