Author: Jane Helen FindlaterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Seven Scots Stories
Author: Jane Helen FindlaterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
7 SCOTS STORIES (CLASSIC REPRI
Author: Jane H. FindlaterPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781334123825
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Excerpt from Seven Scots Stories At the distance they stood from each other, Kate could not hear the frantic thumping of Easie's heart, which might have given the lie to these brave words. Kate herself was a mountainous woman, tall, bulky, big-boned, almost masculine in appearance. Her face looked as if it had been roughly hacked out of a bit of wood, her skin was like hide, and her hair like coarse black linen thread her voice was loud and gruff - altogether an alarm ing personality. 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.
Seven Scots Stories
Author: Jane Helen 1866-1946 FindlaterPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781022567214
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This charming collection of short stories transports readers to the rugged landscape and rich cultural traditions of Scotland. Findlater's vivid prose and memorable characters make this book a must-read for anyone who loves Scottish literature and an unforgettable tale. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Seven Scots stories
Author: Jane Helen FindlaterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
English and Scottish Ballads, Vol. 7 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Francis James ChildPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267687039
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Excerpt from English and Scottish Ballads, Vol. 7 Genealogical notices of the personages mentioned in this and the following ballad will be found in Percy's Religues and in Scott's Minstrelsy. 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.
Seven Scots stories, by Jane H. Findlater ... with five coloured plates by Henry W. Kerr
Author: Jane Helen FindlaterClassic Scottish Short Stories
Author: The 'Scots Brigade' and Other Tales (Classic Reprint)
Author: James GrantPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781391004983
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Excerpt from The 'Scots Brigade' and Other Tales His hair was powdered and queued, as was then the fashion his handsome face was well bronzed by long exposure to the tropical sun, and his hands, which had never known gloves, contrasted in their brown hue with snow-white ruffles of the finest lace at the wide cuffs of his uniform coat. 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.
Call the Nurse
Author: Mary J. MacLeodPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1611459176
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Tired of the pace and noise of life near London and longing for a better place to raise their young children, Mary J. MacLeod and her husband encountered their dream while vacationing on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides. Enthralled by its windswept beauty, they soon were the proud owners of a near-derelict croft house—a farmer’s stone cottage—on “a small acre” of land. Mary assumed duties as the island’s district nurse. Call the Nurse is her account of the enchanted years she and her family spent there, coming to know its folk as both patients and friends. In anecdotes that are by turns funny, sad, moving, and tragic, she recalls them all, the crofters and their laird, the boatmen and tradesmen, young lovers and forbidding churchmen. Against the old-fashioned island culture and the grandeur of mountain and sea unfold indelible stories: a young woman carried through snow for airlift to the hospital; a rescue by boat; the marriage of a gentle giant and the island beauty; a ghostly encounter; the shocking discovery of a woman in chains; the flames of a heather fire at night; an unexploded bomb from World War II; and the joyful, tipsy celebration of a ceilidh. Gaelic fortitude meets a nurse’s compassion in these wonderful true stories from rural Scotland.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 7
Author: John Mackay WilsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331344216
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Excerpt from Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 7: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative; With a Glossary Some said, "the poor creature is crazed;" and when she perceived that they comprehended her not, she waved her hand impatiently for them to depart, and pressing her child closer to her bosom, she bent her head over him, and sighed. The peasants, believing from her gestures that she desired not their presence, left her, some pitying, all wondering. Within an hour, some of them returned to the place where they had seen her, with the intent of offering her shelter for the night; but she was not to be found. On the following morning, one Peter Thornton, a farmer, went into his stackyard before his servants were astir, and his attention being aroused by the weeping and wailing of a child, he hastened toward the spot from whence the sound proceeded. In a secluded corner of the yard, he beheld a woman lying, as if asleep, upon some loose straw; and a child was weeping and uttering strange sounds of lamentation on her bosom. It was the lovely, but wretched-looking foreigner whom the peasants had seen on the evening before. Peter was a blunt, kind-hearted Englishman; he resembled a piece of rich though unpolished metal. He approached the forlorn stranger; and her strange dress, her youth, the stamp of misery that surrounded her, and the death-like expression of her features, moved him, as he gazed upon her and her child, almost to tears. "Get up, woman," said he; "why do you lie there? Get up, and come wi' me; ye seem to be ill, and my wife will get ye something comfortable." But she spoke not, she moved not, though the child screamed louder at his presence. He called to her again; but still she remained motionless. "Preserve us!" said he, somewhat alarmed, "what can have come owre the woman? I daresay she is in a trance! 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.