Marion Harland: 14 books

ONE breezy May day, such a little while ago that it is hardly safe to name the year, a New Jersey ferry “car-boat” was so far behind her time that the 12.30 train for Fairhill left without waiting for her.

Finding true love is seemingly a life-long challenge for Malcomb Argyle, the heir-apparent of his family estate. And which of the various devious characters will eventually assume the title role? Written in 1860 by the Mrs. Mary Virginia (Hawes) Terhune, a.k.a Marion Harland, (1830 – 1922),...

WHEN I began the MS. of this book, it was with the intention of including it in the “Common Sense in the Household Series,” in which event it was to be entitled, “FAMILIAR TALKS FROM AFAR.”

"Through long, long years, to seek, to strive, to yearn for human love,—and never quench that thirst; to pour the soul out winning no return—O'er fragile idols, by delusions nursed,—On things that fail us, reed by reed, to lean, to mourn the changed, the far-away, the dead, to send our troubled spirits through the unseenIntensely questioning for treasures fled."

Example in this ebook   DEDICATION. To my Brother and Sister. It is meet that those whose sympathy has been dew and sunshine to the nursery plant, should watch over its transplantation into the public garden. And as this Dedication is the only portion of the book...

One breezy May day, such a little while ago that it is hardly safe to name the year, a New Jersey ferry “car-boat” was so far behind her time that the 12.30 train for Fairhill left without waiting for her. Ignorant, or incredulous of the untoward happening, the passengers rushed for and through the...

A recipe a day for lunch dishes, first published in 1902.