Stories of Invention, Told by Inventors and their FriendsHale, Edward Everett
History
Stories of Invention, Told by Inventors and their Friends
Hale, Edward Everett
Inventions; Inventors; Technology -- Juvenile literature
"Good sense, very practical suggestions, telling illustrations (in
words), lively fancy, and delightful humor combine to make Mr.
Hale's hints exceedingly taking and stimulating, and we do not see
how either sex can fail, after reading his pages, to know How to
Talk, How to Write, How to Read, How to go into Society, and How
to Travel. These, with Life at School, Life in Vacation, Life
Alone, Habits in Church, Life with Children, Life with your
Elders, Habits of Reading, and Getting Ready, are the several
topics of the more than as many chapters, and make the volume one
which should find its way to the hands of every boy and girl. To
this end we would like to see it in every Sabbath-school library
in the land."--_Congregationalist._
=CRUSOE IN NEW YORK=, and other Stories. 16mo. $1.00.
"If one desires something unique, full of wit, a veiled sarcasm
that is rich in the extreme, it will all be found in this charming
little book. The air of perfect sincerity with which they are
told, the diction, reminding one of 'The Vicar of Wakefield,' and
the ludicrous improbability of the tales, give them a power rarely
met with in 'short stories.' There is many a lesson to be learned
from the quiet little volume."
=THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY=, and other Tales. 16mo. $1.25.
"A collection of those strange, amusing, and fascinating stories,
which, in their simplicity of narrative, minute detail, allusion
to passing occurrences, and thorough _naturalness_, make us almost
feel that the difference between truth and fiction is not worth
mentioning. Mr. Hale is the prince of story-tellers; and the
marvel is that his practical brain can have such a vein of
frolicsome fancy and quaint humor running through it. It will
pay any one to _think_ while reading these."--_Universalist
Quarterly._
=WORKINGMEN'S HOMES.= Illustrated. 16mo. $1.00.
"Mr. Hale has a concern, as the Friends say, that laboring men
should have better homes than they usually find in the great
cities. He believes all the great charities of the cities fail to
overtake their task, because the working men are always slipping
down to lower degrees of discomfort, unhealthiness, and vice by
the depressing influences surrounding their homes. He writes
racily and earnestly, and with rare literary
excellence."--_Presbyterian._
=TEN TIMES ONE IS TEN=: The Possible Reformation. A new edition, in
two parts. Part I. The Story. Part II. Harry Wadsworth and
Wadsworth Clubs. 16mo. $1.00.
HARRY WADSWORTH'S MOTTO.
"To look up and not down;
To look forward and not back;
To look out and not in; and
To lend a hand.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account