Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things
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About This Book
Henry Jackson van Dyke (November 10, 1852 - April 10, 1933) was an American author, educator, and clergyman. *Biography* Henry van Dyke was born on November 10, 1852, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Poly Prep Country Day School in 1869, Princeton University, in 1873 and from Princeton Theological Seminary, 1877. He served as a professor of English literature at Princeton between 1899 and 1923. Van Dyke chaired the committee that wrote the first Presbyterian printed liturgy, The Book of Common Worship of 1906. In 1908-09 Dr. van Dyke was a lecturer at the University of Paris.By a...
Chapters (25)
- FISHERMAN'S LUCK AND SOME OTHER UNCERTAIN THINGS
- FISHERMAN'S LUCK
- THE THRILLING MOMENT
- TALKABILITY
- A PRELUDE AND THEME WITH VARIATIONS
- I. PRELUDE—ON AN OLD, FOOLISH MAXIM
- II. THEME—ON A SMALL, USEFUL VIRTUE
- III. VARIATIONS—ON A PLEASANT PHRASE FROM MONTAIGNE
- A WILD STRAWBERRY
- LOVERS AND LANDSCAPE
- A FATAL SUCCESS
- A NORWEGIAN HONEYMOON
- WHO OWNS THE MOUNTAINS?
- A LAZY, IDLE BROOK
- I. A CASUAL INTRODUCTION
- II. A BETTER ACQUAINTANCE
- III. THE SECRETS OF INTIMACY
- THE OPEN FIRE
- I. LIGHTING UP
- II. THE CAMP-FIRE
- III. THE COOKING-FIRE
- IV. THE SMUDGE-FIRE
- V. THE LITTLE FRIENDSHIP-FIRE
- VI. ALTARS OF REMEMBRANCE
- A SLUMBER SONG FOR THE FISHERMAN'S CHILD
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