F Hopkinson Smith: 26 books

Southern romance of a double estrangement between father and son and two lovers.

The scene of this story is laid in a sea-faring town called Barnegat, where Jane Cobden and her sister Lucy have been born and bred. They are the last of their race, and are looked upon as the aristocrats of the village.

The introduction tells us of the title: "This collection of stories has been labelled "The Veiled Lady" as being the easiest way out of a dilemma; and yet the title may be misleading. While, beyond doubt, there is between these covers a most charming and lovable Houri, to whom the nightingales...

Felix O'Day is a Quixotic Irishman who sacrifices his title and fortune to save his father from disgrace. Then he has to come to New York to find his foolish young wife who has run away and who makes trouble all along the line. The scene is laid in New York. While Felix commands the entire sympathy...

Tale of an indomitable Irish woman who carries on against all odds the business of her stevedore husband

The veiled lady of Stamboul -- Loretta of the shipyard -- A coat of red lead -- Miss Murdock --"special" -- The beguiling of Peter Griggs -- Miss Jenning's companion -- Sam Joplin's epigastric nerve -- Miss Buffum's new boarder -- Captain Joe and the "Susie Ann" -- "Against orders" -- Muggles's supreme moment

Nor does the list by any means end here. Rough sea-dogs, with friendly feelings toward Other dogs, crop up, as well as brave Titans who make derricks of their arms and fender-piles of their bodies. Here, too, are skinny, sun-dried Excellencies with a taste for revolutions, well-groomed club swells with...

A beautiful and charming tale of a womans love for her departed husband. The work brilliantly depicts the struggles that a woman has to undergo if she has to survive in the world. With her love for her family as her driving force the protagonist suffers and triumphs against odds. Spell-binding!