Conduct of Life Books
From a College Window
Arthur Christopher BensonTwelve of the essays included in this volume appeared in the Cornhill Magazine. My best thanks are due to the proprietor and editor of the Cornhill Magazine for kind permission and encouragement to re..
The Cruise of the Training Ship
Upton SinclairThe orlop on board a man-of-war of the Monongahela type is, it may be well to know, a place in the bow below the level of the berth deck. It is subdivided into small storerooms and has a narrow hallwa..
Eunice and Cricket
Elizabeth Weston TimlowJohnnie-goat was a very celebrated character in the neighborhood. He belonged to a livery-stable that was on the square back of the Wards. He was famous for eating off his rope and running away. He wa..
Cousin Lucy at Play
Jacob AbbottThere was a box, or chest, of a somewhat singular character, in the house where Lucy lived; it was called the marble box. It was not really made of marble; it was made of wood; but then it was painted..