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The Unknown Quantity. Henry Van Dyke
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Автор произведения Henry Van Dyke
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Henry Van Dyke
The Unknown Quantity
A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales
Published by Good Press, 2021
EAN 4064066190910
Table of Contents
THE KEY OF THE TOWER THE RIPENING OF THE FRUIT THE KING'S JEWEL
AN OLD GAME THE UNRULY SPRITE A CHANGE OF AIR
BEGGARS UNDER THE BUSH STRONGHOLD IN THE ODOUR OF SANCTITY
PREFACE
There is a chain of little lakes—a necklace of lost jewels—lying in the forest that clothes the blue Laurentian Mountains in the Province of Quebec.
Each of these hidden lakes has its own character and therefore its own charm. One is bright and friendly, with wooded hills around it, and silver beaches, and red berries of the rowan-tree fringing the shores. Another is sombre and lonely, set in a circle of dark firs and larches,