The Golden House
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A dreary little group was trudging along a Swedish highroad one bright October morning. It was a union between north and south, and like many other unions, not altogether founded on love. The bear, the prominent member of the party, was a Swede, and a Swede in a very bad humour. The iron ring in his torn nose, and the stout stick in the hand of one of his Italian masters, showed very plainly that he needed stern discipline. Now he dragged at the strong rope attached to the iron ring, and held back, moving his clumsy legs as if his machinery were out of order, or at least as if goodwill were la...
Chapters (42)
- THE GOLDEN HOUSE
- LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK THOMAS NELSON AND SONS 1903
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- Nono and the princess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece. Nono's gift to Alma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vignette. "He thrust out both hands as if throwing gifts in lavish profusion" The baptismal service "The first verse of a hymn was dictated to him" The model house Frans admonished "She had seen the hand-organ man from the window"
- THE GOLDEN HOUSE.
- CHAPTER I. BLACK EYES AND BLUE.
- "He thrust out both hands, as if throwing gifts in lavish profusion."
- CHAPTER II. KARIN'S FLOCK.
- CHAPTER III. ANEHOLM CHURCH.
- The baptismal service.
- CHAPTER IV. NO SECRETS.
- CHAPTER V. AN ARTIST.
- CHAPTER VI. THE BOYS.
- CHAPTER VII. A YOUNG TEACHER.
- CHAPTER VIII. IN ALMA'S ROOM.
- "The first verse of a hymn was dictated to him."
- CHAPTER IX. KARIN'S FÊTE.
- The model house.
- CHAPTER X. THE LITTLE COTTAGE.
- CHAPTER XI. THE SLIDE.
- CHAPTER XII. A PEDESTRIAN TRIP.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE PRINCESS.
- CHAPTER XIV. WHERE?
- CHAPTER XV. THE BIRTHDAY GIFT.
- CHAPTER XVI. SPECTACLES.
- Frans admonished.
- CHAPTER XVII. QUESTIONINGS.
- "She had seen the hand-organ man from the window."
- CHAPTER XVIII. NONO'S PLANS, AND PLANS FOR NONO.
- CHAPTER XIX. PIETRO.
- CHAPTER XX. THE OPENED DOOR.
- The 'Royal' Libraries
- Of Reward Books in Uniform Bindings.
- The 'Royal' Two Shilling Library.
- The 'Royal' Eighteenpenny Library.
- The 'Royal' Shilling Library.
- Tales of Adventure.
- THREE BOOKS BY ELIZA F. POLLARD.
- "Red Rose" Library of Choice Books.
- The "Coronet" Series.
- Favourite Books for the Nursery.
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