The Mansion - and 18 more Henry van Dyke tales - van Henry Dyke

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 CONTENTS

PREFACE             4

THE WEDDING-RING     5

MESSENGERS AT THE WINDOW 11

THE COUNTERSIGN OF THE CRADLE         16

HALF-TOLD TALES: THE KEY OF THE TOWER         23

HALF-TOLD TALES: THE RIPENING OF THE FRUIT 25

HALF-TOLD TALES: THE KING'S JEWEL     28

THE MUSIC-LOVER         31

HUMORESKE     35

HALF-TOLD TALES: AN OLD GAME            46

HALF-TOLD TALES: THE UNRULY SPRITE 48

HALF-TOLD TALES: A CHANGE OF AIR     52

THE NIGHT CALL              55

THE EFFECTUAL FERVENT PRAYER            65

THE RETURN OF THE CHARM     74

HALF-TOLD TALES: BEGGARS UNDER THE BUSH  78

HALF-TOLD TALES: STRONGHOLD             81

HALF-TOLD TALES: IN THE ODOUR OF SANCTITY 85

THE SAD SHEPHERD        91

THE MANSION 102