John Strange Winter

Excerpt from A Self-Made Countess: The Justification of a Husband The death of a father is socially more overwhelming than that of a mother. I never went to school, I believe it would have been better for me if I had done so, but my mother was a widow rather early in life, for I was only eleven years Old when my father died. He had held a high Official appointment which carried with it an income of several thousands a year, and my mother had never believed in schools, so that my elder sisters had a governess and I, though so much younger, had my lessons with her. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Justification of a Husband (Classic Reprint)

A Self-Made Countess

Wedlock

Reproduction of the original: The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker by John Strange Winter

The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker

Mrs. Molesworth

Frances E. Crompton

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Christmas Fairy, and Other Stories" by Mrs. Molesworth, John Strange Winter, Frances E. Crompton. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Christmas Fairy, and Other Stories

It was getting very near to Christmas-time, and all the boys at Miss Ware's school were talking excitedly about going home for the holidays, of the fun they would have, the presents they would receive on Christmas morning, the tips from Grannies, Uncles, and Aunts, of the pantomimes, the parties, the never-ending joys and pleasures which would be theirs. ...

and other Stories

A Christmas Fairy

A Story of the Scarlet Lancers

Bootles' Baby

The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel

Excerpt from The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker: A Novel To begin my story properly, I must go back to the time when the Empress Eugenie had not started the vogue of the crinoline, when the Indian Mutiny had not stained the pages of history, and the Crimean War was as yet but a cloud the size of a man's hand on the horizon of the world - that is to say, to the very early fifties. It was then that a little girl-child was born into the world, a little girl who was called by the name of Regina, and whose father and mother bore the homely appellation of Mr. and Mrs. Brown; yes, plain, simple and homely Brown, without even so much as an "e" placed at the tail thereof to give it a distinction from all the other Browns. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Novel (Classic Reprint)

A Novel

I Married a Wife

Regimental Legends

The Price of a Wife

That Little French Baby

A Magnificent Young Man

He Went for a Soldier

A Blaze of Glory

John Strange Winter was the pen-name of Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard (1856-1911), an English novelist. She began early to write fiction for different magazines, producing sentimental stories, chiefly of army life. She became a prolific novelist, producing some sixty other light and amusing books, the best of which deal with military life. Frances Elizabeth Crompton (1866-1952) was the author of: Friday's Child (1889), Master Bartelmy (1892), The Gentle Heritage (1893) and The Green Garland. Mary Louisa Molesworth (1839-1921) was a Scottish writer. Her first novels, Lover and Husband (1869) and To Cicely (1874), appeared under the pseudonym of Ennis Graham. She typified late Victorian writing for girls. Aimed at girls too old for fairies and princesses but too young for Austen and the Bronts, books by Molesworth had their share of amusement, but they also had a good deal of moral instruction.

A Christmas Fairy and Other Stories

A Blameless Woman

John Strange Winter

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