Arlo Bates: 23 books

This unique work of fiction presented in the form of a year-long diary draws a wonderfully three-dimensional portrait of a woman named Ruth Privet. Though not a saint in the religious sense of the word -- indeed, Ruth has a great deal of disdain for theological dogmatism -- she has dedicated her life...

pubOne.info present you this wonderfully illustrated edition. It was certainly not strange that Prince Vance was so stupefied with astonishment that he sat for a full half-hour foolishly staring before him, without an effort to move a muscle or to stir from his seat. Indeed, it is probable that any other...

A young woman named May Calthorpe has become obsessed with a novel called Love in a Cloud -- and she's taken her interest in the book one step further by striking up a correspondence with the book's anonymous author. What begins as a harmless literary crush soon snowballs into a madcap comedy of errors.

In spite of Jean-Jacques and his school, men are not everywhere, especially in countries where excessive liberty or excessive tiffin favors the growth of that class of adventurers most usually designated as drummers, or by a still more potent servility, the ruthless predatory instinct of certain bold...

An American author, educator and newspaperman.   Contents Mr. Jacobs (1883) Talks on the study of literature (1897) The Philistines (1888) A Book o' Nine Tales (1891) Albrecht (1890) The Diary of a Saint (1902) Love in a Cloud (1900) The Pagans (1884) Prince Vance: The Story of a Prince...

These talks were given in the autumn of 1894 as a course on Advanced English Composition in the Lowell Free Classes, and that they are now printed is largely due to the fact that they were so well received by those who then heard them. In preparing them, I consulted whatever books upon composition...

What happens when a bohemian artist finds himself thrust into the upper echelons of high society? Painter Arthur Fenton woos heiress Edith Caldwell with the express purpose of living the high life and turning her aristocratic friends into patrons of his art. But after he has succeeded in winning her...

A charming collection of short stories, dealing with ghosts, magic, and other-worldly events that even the faint of heart will enjoy.