The Holy Cross and Other Tales
by Eugene Field
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About This Book
1901. The Holy Cross; The Rose and the Thrush; The Pagan Seal-Wife; Flail, Trask, and Bisland; The Touch in the Heart; Daniel and the Devil; Methuselah; Felice and Petit-Poulain; The River; Franz Abt; Mistress Merciless; The Platonic Bassoon; Hawaiian Folk Tales; Lute Baker and His Wife Em; Joel's Talk with Santa Claus; and The Lonesome Little Shoe. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
Chapters (25)
- "Presently the whole company was moved by a gentle pity." Drawn by S. W. Van Schaik.
- THE WORKS OF EUGENE FIELD Vol. V THE WRITINGS IN PROSE AND VERSE OF EUGENE FIELD
- THE HOLY CROSS AND OTHER TALES
- CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK 1911
- DEDICATED WITH LOVE AND GRATITUDE TO ROSWELL MARTIN FIELD
- NOTE.
- INTRODUCTION ALAS, POOR YORICK!
- THE HOLY CROSS
- THE ROSE AND THE THRUSH
- THE PAGAN SEAL-WIFE[1]
- FLAIL, TRASK, AND BISLAND
- THE TOUCH IN THE HEART
- DANIEL AND THE DEVIL
- METHUSELAH
- FÉLICE AND PETIT-POULAIN
- THE RIVER
- FRANZ ABT
- MISTRESS MERCILESS
- THE PLATONIC BASSOON
- HAWAIIAN FOLK TALES
- I THE EEL-KING
- II THE MOON LADY
- LUTE BAKER AND HIS WIFE EM
- JOEL'S TALK WITH SANTA CLAUS
- THE LONESOME LITTLE SHOE
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