Arthur henry ward (48 Ergebnisse)

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fair-Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The January 1954 issue of the Saint Detective Magazine, vol 1, no. 5. Contents include The Revolution Racket by Leslie Charteris (Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin), It Couldn't Be Murder by Philip Wylie, Death Goes to the Post by Brett Halliday (Davis Dresser), The Man Who Killed Blackbirds by Sax Rohmer (Arthur Henry "Sarsfield" Ward), Hair of His Head by John Creasey, Ghosts of Havana Harbor by E Phillips Oppenheim, He Sat Down to Wait by August Derleth, and others. Light edge wear. There is celo tape around the edges of the covers and on the spine. The internals are clean and tight. A fair to good copy.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Fair-Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The August 1955 issue of the Saint Detective Magazine, vol 4, no. 2. Contents include The Golden Frog by Leslie Charteris (Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin), Johnny One-Eye by Damon Runyon, The Turn of the Tide by C S Forester, The Potsherd of Anubis by Sax Rohmer (Arthur Henry "Sarsfield" Ward), The Port of Peril by Van Wyck Mason, The Key by Michael Innes, and others. Light edge wear. Fading to the spine. The back cover is present but loose. The internals are clean and tight. A fair to good copy.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. PBO - Paperback Original. Gold Medal Book #k1458. Mystery, suspense. Light to moderate edge & overall wear. Light soiling and creasing. A good to very good copy.

Stapled. Zustand: Fair-Good. No Jacket. None Stated. # 12 of a fantasy & horror digest from the early 1950s.Appears to primarily reprint stories of the 1920s & 1930s. Stories by Sax Rohmer (In the Valley of the Sorceress from Tales of the Sorceress), Manly Wade Wellman, Robert E Howard (The Blonde Goddess of Balsagoth), M R James, Bassett Morgan, Miles J Breuer, Walter Kubilius, Lord Dunsany (TheWondrful Window from the Book of Wonder), & Clark Ashton Smith. GGA cover. Edge wear with loss along the fore edges of the covers. Damp stains to the fore edges of the covers that have a gradually diminishing affect on the first 40 pages and last few pages. Toning to the pages. A fair to good copy.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Don Mills, 1980; white illustrated paper covers; mild corner wear; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; 60 pages.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Vol 21 # 111 of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, February 1953. Contains stories by Sax Rohmer (Narky), Edmund Crispin (The Name on the Window), Ellery Queen (A Lump of Sugar), and others. Minimal wear at the edges. Light browning to the cover at the spine & and the edges of the pages. A nice, sharp copy. A very good or better copy.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. PBO - Paperback Original. Gold Medal Book #105. Moderate edge & overall wear, heavier along the spine hinges. Laminate is peeling in places. First few pages, through p. 24, slightly offset. A good to very good copy.

Stapled. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. A later pulp.Vol 12 # 5. Includes "The War of the Worlds" (Wells - book length novel) and "Tcheriapin" (Rohmer). Cover by Lawrence; interior illustrations by Lawrence & Finlay. Top right 2" x 2.5" torn off. Edge wear and light soiling. small loss at the top of the spine. Damp stain at the lower right edge that carries throughout the book. An OK copy. Lawrence (illustrator).…

Stapled. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. The April 28, 1934 issue of Collier's The National Weekly. Fiction and articles include part 1 of 12 The Trail of Fu ManChu, a novel by Sax Rohmer, and others. Condition issues include: four small round damp spots on the front cover. A very good copy with a serial installment by a prominent & collectible author. Van Doorn Morgan, (cover) (illustrator).…

Stapled. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The June 21, 1930 issue of Collier's The National Weekly. Fiction and articles include Two Brave Hearts ("a love story in a grim setting"), a short story by Sax Rohmer, The Heavyweight Peerage, an article by Grantland Rice promoting Frank Fitzsimmons as the greatest heavyweight fighter of all time, and others. Condition issues include the front cover loose at the bottom staple; a 1" x 6.5" damp stain in vertical strips at the spine and in the center of the pages from page 22 through the end, more prominent in the back; and soiling and edge wear to the back cover. Overall a good copy. E M Jackson (cover), John Richard Flanagan (Two Brave Hearts) (illustrator).…

Black Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Early Reprint. 314 Pp. Black Cloth. Reprint, With 1939 Date On Title Page. A Clean, Solid, Unmarked Copy, Wear, Frayed Along Top Edge Of Spine With A Few Points Of Fraying Along Bottom Edge Of Spine. Signature And Bookplate Of Bruce Bryan, Noted Archeologist And Long Time Employee Of The Southwest Museum (And Writer For Weird Tales Pseudonymously). Signed by Bruce Bryan.…

Stapled. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The June 29, 1929 issue of Collier's The National Weekly. Fiction and articles include part 9 of 12 of The Day the World Ended, a novel of sinister intrigue by Sax Rohmer, The Inventions of Professor Lucifer G Butts, A. K., a cartoon Rube Goldberg and others. Condition issues include the ghost of a math problem - "436 - 218 = 215" - written in pencil on the front cover. Clearly, they need more practice! A very good copy with a serial installment by a prominent and collectible author. E M Jackson (cover) (illustrator).…

Stapled. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The September 18, 1937 issue of Collier's The National Weekly. Fiction and articles include part 4 of 9 of Appointment With Death, a Hercule Poirot mystery by Agatha Christie (precedes book publication), part 6 of 6 (conclusion) of Heartbroken Melody, a novel by Kathleen Norris, The Jade Serpent, a short story by Sax Rohmer, Rule by Power, a short story by Ernest Haycox, and others. Cover art by Jorj Harris. Condition issues include wear along the top edge of the back cover. A very good copy with fiction by prominent and collectible authors. Jorj Harris (cover) (illustrator).…

Zustand: Sehr gut. Original hardcover binding, 210 pages, spine slightly sunned, small tear at the bottom of the spine, otherwise very good condition. Rohmer famously created Chinese villain Dr Fu Manchu, here the part where it is revealed, the the power basis of Fu-Manchu lies within Tibet. Early edition. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 95 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations, color map ; 26 cm. Contents: Descriptive account of the parishes of Jamaica Columbus and Jamaica Later history Sport in Jamaica The Blue Mountains of Jamaica The climate of Jamaica Statistical information about Jamaica.…

First paperbound printing. 434 S., 4 Bl. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 Gr.-8°, Okartoniert, Einband mit geringen Gebrauchsspuren, Besitzvermerk auf vorderem Vorsatz, ansonsten sehr gut.

Stapled. Zustand: Fair-Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The July 16 & 30, 1932 issues of Collier's The National Weekly. Fiction and articles include parts 9 & 11 of 12 of Hot Water, a novel by P G Wodehouse, part 11 of 12 (7/16) of The Mask of Fu ManChu, a novel by Sax Rohmer, The Real Lindbergh (7/16), an article W B Courtney - the man who hired him, Come on In! (7/16), an article by Elizabeth Dickson about olympic swimmer Eleanor Hold and overcoming the fear of water, part 1 of Wife for Sale (7/30), a novel by Kathleen Norris,The Iron Captain (7/30), an article by George Creel about John Smith's adventurous life before Pocahontas, and others. Condition issues include: 7/16 - a damp stain at the bottom of pages 2/3, soiling & browning to the back cover; and7/30 - soiling, edge wear & spine roll to the front cover, dog ears to the lower corner through page 27, soiling to the top corner of page 5/6, soil spots to pages 11 - 14, and soiling, browning & edge wear to the back cover. A fair to good set with serial installments by a prominent & collectible author plus an interesting set of period articles. E M Jackson (cover), John Richard Flanagan (The Mask of Fu ManChu) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Literary Classics Edition xiv, 655 p. illus. (facsim) 17 cm. LCCN 43051076 OCLC 944648 LC PS507 .W64 Dewey 810.82 ; grey-green boards with blue designs and lettering, in color dustjacket ; Contents: [1.] American fiction. The devil and Daniel Webster/ Stephen Vincent Bene?t -- Tom Whipple / Walter D. Edmonds -- The murders in the Rue Morgue / Edgar Allan Poe -- Missionary journeys / Willa Cather -- The duke and the daupin come aboard / Mark Twain -- The outcasts of Poker Flat / Bret Harte -- A preacher goes to war / John W. Thomason, Jr -- Uncle Remus / Joel Chandler Harris -- A last will / Williston Fish -- One arrowhead day / Harry Leon Wilson -- The skylight room / O. Henry -- Rupe Collins / Booth Tarkington -- Our new telephone / Ruth Gordon -- Some like them cold / Ring Lardner -- At the end of the car line / Ben Hur Lampman -- The Japanese / Ogden Nash -- Fifty grand / Ernest Hemingway -- The waltz / Dorothy Parker -- You mean common / Arthur Kober -- Address Unknown / Kressman Taylor. -- [2.] American verse. -- Paul Revere's ride / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- The Concord hymn / Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Death and General Putnam / Arthur Guiterman -- Home, Sweet Home / John Howard Payne -- To Helen / Edgar Allan Poe -- Annabel Lee / Edgar Allan Poe -- Battle hymn of the republic / Julia Ward Howe -- Nancy Hanks / Rosemary Bene?t -- Ethiopia saluting the colors / Walt Whitman -- As toilsome I wandered Virginia's woods / Walt Whitman -- Little boy blue / Eugene Field -- The last leaf / Oliver Wendell Holmes -- A visit from St. Nicholas / Clement C. Moore -- American laughter / Kenneth Allan Robinson -- Plain language from truthful James / Bret Harte -- Little Willie / Eugene Field -- The mystery of Gilgal / John Hay -- I hear America singing / Walt Whitman -- The old man and Jim / James Whitcomb Riley -- John L. Sullivan, the strong boy of Boston / Vachel Lindsay -- Afternoon on a hill / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Miniver Cheevy / Edwin Arlington Robinson -- I have a rendezvous with death / Alan Seeger -- my sweet old etcetera / e. e. cummings -- Two-volume novel / Dorothy Parker -- Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight / Vachel Lindsay -- The maid-servant at the inn / Dorothy Parker -- The death of the hired man / Robert Frost -- Lament / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Mending wall / Robert Frost -- Early moon / Carl Sandburg -- Stopping by woods on a snowy evening / Robert Frost -- Grass / Carl Sandburg -- Shenandoah Road / E.B. White -- Aged four / Mildred Focht -- Mr. Flood's party / Edwin Arlington Robinson -- To fight aloud is very brave / Emily Dickinson -- Song in exile / Alice Duer Miller -- Scum o' the earth / Robert Haven Schauffler -- My city / James Weldon Johnson -- Farewell, my friends / Clarence Day. -- [3.] American fact. -- The declaration of independence -- A letter from Franklin to Washington -- Under a cloud of sail / Richard Henry Dana -- Where I lived and what I lived for / Henry David Thoreau -- The hunting camp / Francis Parkman -- The only one / Maude Barnes Miller -- The death of John Quincy Adams / Carl Sandburg -- For us, the living / Alexander Woollcott -- The second inaugural address / Abraham Lincoln -- The Confederate army / John W. Thomason, Jr -- The first G.A.R. parade / Lloyd Lewis -- Three speeches / Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr -- The Trawnbeighs / Charles M. Flandrau -- Thanksgiving proclamation / Wilbur L. Cross -- Mary White / William Allen White -- A wedding notice from the Fountain inn tribune / Robert Quillen -- A letter from Nicola Sacco to his son -- Mon pays / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Coon hunt / E.B. White --A visit to London / Frank Sullivan -- The turtle / Ogden Nash -- The Norse travel again / W.L. White -- First fig / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- A talk to young men / Robert C. Benchley -- P.S. he got the job / Anonymous -- The new colossus / Emma Lazarus -- Inscription on the tomb of the unknown soldier ; FINE/VG. Julian Brazleton (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st American edtion, 1st printing ; 487 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm ; ISBN: 0517547457; 9780517547458; National Library: 014878580 LCCN: 82-12196 ; LC: PR5812; Dewey: 828/.809 ; OCLC: 8587824 ; purple cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; Contents: Poems -- Requiescat - Ravenna -- Wasted days -- Madonna mia -- Sonnet to liberty -- The arlot's ome -- On the sale by auction of Keat's love letters -- The new remorse -- To my wife, with a copy of my poems -- The Sphinx -- The ballad of Reading Gaol -- Poems in prose -- The disciple -- The artist -- Prose fiction -- Lord Arthur Savile's crime -- The happy prince -- The nightmare and the rose -- The remarkable rocket -- The selfish giant -- The birthday of the Infanta -- The picture of Dorian gray -- Plays -- Lady Windermere's fan -- Salome -- The importance of being Earnest -- The Gribsby episode -- Lectures and essays -- The Irish poets of '48 -- Impressions of America -- Pen, pencil and poison -- The soul of man under socialism -- Phrases and philosophies for the use of the young -- Letters - De Profundis -- To Robert Ross from Reading Prison -- To the Daily Chronicle -- The case of Warder Martin : some cruelties of prison life -- To Robert Ross from Berneval, France -- To the Daily Chronicle -- Prison reform -- To Robert Ross from Rome ; "Critical introduction and background information accompany selections of Wilde's writings that includes The Selfish Giant, Lady Windermere's Fan, The Importance of Being Earnest, and The Picture of Dorian Gray" ; large, heavy volume ; nick on corner of dustjacket, else FINE/FINE. Book.…

Stapled. Zustand: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The February 28, March 7, 14, 21 & 28, 1936 issues of Collier's Magazine. Contents include parts 1 - 5 of 12 of The Invisible President (President Fu Manchu), a novel by Sax Rohmer (Arthur Henry "Sarsfield" Ward), parts 5 - 9 of 10 of Life Begins So Soon, a novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Bernard DeVoto, The Professor's Son (2/28), The Cruelest Man in the World (3/14), and Berlin Dinner Party (3/28), short stories by Quentin Reynolds, Hello, London! (3/7), a short story by Leona Dalrymple, Born to Conquer (3/21),a short story by Ernest Haycox, The Best All Around, a short story by Heywood Broun, and others. Condition issues include: 2/28 - an irregular 1.375" x .875" chip to the bottom corner of the back cover; 3/7 - missing pages 27 (ads)/28 (the fist page of It Can't be Done, an article by Jim Marshall, & 37/38 (ads), pages 41/42 are loose but present; 3/14 - the cover is loose at the bottom staple; 3/21 - missing pages 27/28 (ads) and 49/50 (ads and possibly The Queen's Choice by Gouverneur Morris); 3/28 - missing pages 23/24 (ads) and 65/66 (ads). A good to very good set with some flaws, however none affecting the most important story, Rohmer's The Invisible President. A heavy, oversize set that will require additional postage. Alan Foster, Barbara Schwinn, Howard Butler, George De Zayas, C C Beall (covers) (illustrator).…

Stapled. Zustand: Good - Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. The April 28, May 5, May 12, May 19, May 26, June 2, June 9, June 16, June 23 & July 7, 1934 issues of Collier's The National Weekly. Fiction and articles include parts 1 - 9 & 11 of 12 The Trail of Fu Manchu, a novel by Sax Rohmer, Whiskey Ships, an article about bootlegging by air from the Grand Bahamas (5/12), Sing, Champ, Sing (6/2), He Grew Up Late (6/9), and The Old Gentleman (6/23), articles by Quentin Reynolds, When California Builds a Bridge (5/12), an article about the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge by George Creel, How Ryan Got Out of Russia (5/19), a Jorkens short story by Lord Dunsany (Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany), Ride to the River (5/26) and The Reckless Dusk (6/16), short stories by Ernest Haycox, The Dixie Menace (5/26), a short story by Leona Dalrymple, Behind the Veil (6/2), a short story by Harold Lamb. As It Was Written (6/2), a short story by Pulitzer Prize winner MacKinlay Kantor, Jail Breaker (7/7), a short story by W R Burnett, Don't Send Flowers (7/7), a short story by Philip Wylie, Fortune's Toy (7/7), an ethnic themed short story by Roark Bradford, The Court of Last Guess (7/7), an article by Ray Tucker anticipating the Supreme Court's consideration of Roosevelt's New Deal programs, and others. Cover art by Van Doorn Morgan (4/28), George de Zayas (5/5), Howard Butler (5/12), Louis Fancher (5/19), George C Delano (5/26), C C Beall (6/2) Arthur Crouch (6/9 & 6/23), Janice Wathen (6/16) & Ronald McLeod (7/7). Condition issues include: 4/28 - mild darkening along the top edge of the front cover; small loss at the top of the spine, short closed tear at the middle of the fore edge of pages 36 - 66; 5/5 - nothing significant; light soiling to the bottom corner of the front cover at the spine; 5/19 - nothing significant; 5/26 - Light edge wear to the front cover with a 1" x 7.75" "Kentucky" shaped chip to the fore edge, a small chip to the bottom corner of the front cover with roughness following through page 19, light wear to the bottom edge of the back cover; 6/2 - "reserved for binding" stamp on the front cover, roughness to the spine, fore edge trimmed slightly (does not affect the text except for a few ads), small closed tear to the fore edge of page 70; 6/9 - "reserved for binding & "THIS DOES NOT CIRCULATE" stamps on the front cover, roughness to the spine, fore edge trimmed slightly (does not affect the text except for a few ads and the first character of the lines at the bottom of page 28 - Frank Buck story ), 6/16 - "reserved for binding stamp on the front cover, roughness to the spine, fore edge trimmed slightly (does not affect the text except for a few ads), creases and small closed tears to the bottom edge of the back cover, 6/23 - "reserved for binding" stamp on the front cover, light crease to the top corner of the front cover, roughness to the spine, fore edge trimmed slightly (does not affect the text except for a few ads), & 7/7 - light soiling to the front cover with a Drury College Library Springfield, Missouri stamp at the top center, a 1" x 2.5" chip to the top right corner, some light edge wear, and a 1" closed tear at the bottom left, dog ears to the top (pages 3 - 22) & bottom (pages 3 - 38) corners, and a very small closed tear to the fore edge through page 14. A good to very to good set with serial installments by a prominent & collectible author. A heavy, oversize lot that will require additional postage. Van Doorn Morgan, George de Zayas, Howard Butler, Louis Fancher, George C Delano, C C Beall, Arthur Crouch, Janice Wathen & Ronald McLeod (covers), John Richard Flanagan (The Trail of Fu Manchu) (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Early Reprint. 332 Pp. Beige Cloth Stamped In Red And Black. 1930 Movie Tie-In Edition, With Frontispiece Of A Scene From Paramount's 1930 Movie Staring Warner Oland. Wear And Darkening To Spine, Fraying At Top Edge. Inscribed "To ----- & ----- With Loving Wishes From Lisbeth Knox ( E. Sax Rohmer)" And Signed Again "X Sax Rohmer" In His Hand. Rose Elizabeth Knox (1886-1979), Wife Of Sax Rohmer, Wrote At Least Two Published Stories And One Published Novel; It Is Possible (Likely?) She Contributed To The Creation Of Sax Rohmer's Stories. Frontispiece From A Scene In The Paramount Picture (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Reprint. Octavo, 331 pages. In Very Good minus condition, with a Very Good facsimile dust jacket. Bound in red cloth boards, with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Mild shelf wear to boards, including fading to spine, bumping to head, tail, and corners with slight fraying to cloth. Mild age-toning to interior, text clear and legible. Age-staining to top of text-block, as well as to gutter between back free endpaper and back paste-down. Facsimile dust jacket protected by mylar covering; light wear to covers. Shelved Hardcover Mystery or Mystery Endcap. 1383540. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 314 pages ; OCLC 927145016 (online version); art nouveau design with sunflowers and in green and brown on brown cloth ; no dustjacket ; "Reading with appreciation is a fine art. This volume contains some of the gems of literature which the race has learned to love. Some of the 'old fashioned selections' and some of the most charming new short classics, are offered as a basis for study and appreciation. The average pupil will study his reading lesson with zest if he is given some definite work to do. In these studies, the brief introduction to each selection is intended to whet the pupil's appetite.The exercises following each study make his study definite and to the point. Helpful notes are added wherever necessary, and additional readings are given. ; Selections include: The American Boy -- The Light That Is Felt -- The Tiger The Brahman, And The Jackal -- A Kind Word -- Little Brown Hands -- The Lame Man And The Blind Man -- The Owl And The Pussy-cat -- September -- The Arab And His Camel -- The Shepherd Boy And The Wolf -- Needless Pain -- Because He Loves Us -- Marjorie's Almanac -- The Brown Thrush -- Truth -- God Bless Our Flag -- The Quails -- The Discontented Stonecutter -- The Cloud -- All Things Beautiful -- Labor -- The Matsuyama Mirror -- Work While You Work -- The Pen -- The Quest -- God Bless The Commonplace -- A Bright Chinese Boy -- The Grapevine Swing -- Beautiful Joe -- Forget-me-not -- October's Bright Blue Weather -- Daisies -- So Much Of Goodness -- The Breaking In Of Black Beauty -- The Children's Hour -- The Magic Mill -- The Corn Song -- Daniel Webster's First Case -- The Day Is Done -- The Image And The Treasure -- Somebody's Mother -- Look For Goodness -- The Code Barbarian -- The Discontented Pendulum -- True Success -- Which Loved Best? -- Hope -- The Story Of King Midas -- T Is The Last Rose Of Summer -- Home, Sweet Home -- The Fight -- A Simple Recipe -- The Angels Song -- A Visit From St, Nicholas -- Ring Out, Wild Bells! -- Beauty In Common Things -- Letters Of Recommendation -- A Song For Flag Day -- The Stone In The Road -- Answer To A Child's Question -- Paul Revere's Ride -- The Dream Of Home -- The Choice Of Hercules -- Thomas Jefferson's Ten Rules -- After The Shipwreck -- The Lost Camel -- The Planting Of The Apple Tree -- We Should Smile -- The Humbug -- Sky-born Music -- The Pebble And The Acorn -- The Tree -- Service -- The Sleeping Beauty -- A Wholesome Tongue -- The Village Blacksmith -- Genuine Heroism -- The Legend Of Indian Corn -- Robert E. Lee -- The City Mouse And The Country Mouse -- Our Birth--The First Roses -- A Little Sermon -- Four-leaf Clover -- Love's Nobility -- A Prayer -- Casabianca -- Be What Thou Seemest -- Thor And The Giants -- The Spider And The Fly -- The Mouse And The Moonbeam -- The Schoolhouse And The Flag -- The Snow-image -- Index Of Authors ; Numerous Biblical references appear in Searson's Studies in Reading (1923), but the movement is toward secular stories with a moral emphasizing social values. This reader, published after World War I, begins with a poem, "The American Boy." It is a dialogue between a father and son about patriotism. According to the author of this reader, the influence of the story "The Poor Little Match Girl" "founded many an orphan home and organized hundreds of societies for relief of the worthy poor," which indicates an emphasis on philanthropy and social work during the era of the Social Gospel.80% of selections taught traditional values."-- Sharon Vincz Andrews ; signature of a youthful Gerald Grout, later a Kansas Ophthalmologist ; GOOD. Book.…