Front matter
Reading edition
Author Of A Girl Of The Limberlost, Freckles, Etc.
THIS PORTION OF THE LIFE OF A MAN OF TO-DAY IS OFFERED IN THE HOPE THAT IN CLEANLINESS, POETIC TEMPERMENT, AND MENTAL FORCE, A LIKENESS WILL BE SEEN TO HENRY DAVID THOREAU
CONTENTS
THE HARVESTER CHAPTER I. BELSHAZZAR'S DECISION CHAPTER II. THE EFFECT OF A DREAM CHAPTER III. HARVESTING THE FOREST CHAPTER IV. A COMMISSION FOR THE SOUTH WIND CHAPTER V. WHEN THE HARVESTER MADE GOOD CHAPTER VI. TO LABOUR AND TO WAIT CHAPTER VII. THE QUEST OF THE DREAM GIRL CHAPTER VIII. BELSHAZZAR'S RECORD POINT CHAPTER IX. THE HARVESTER GOES COURTING CHAPTER X. THE CHIME OF THE BLUE BELLS CHAPTER XI. DEMONSTRATED COURTSHIP CHAPTER XII. "THE WAY OF A MAN WITH A MAID” CHAPTER XIII. WHEN THE DREAM CAME TRUE CHAPTER XIV. SNOWY WINGS CHAPTER XV. THE HARVESTER INTERPRETS LIFE CHAPTER XVI. GRANNY MORELAND'S VISIT CHAPTER XVII. LOVE INVADES SCIENCE CHAPTER XVIII. THE BETTER MAN CHAPTER XIX. A VERTICAL SPINE CHAPTER XX. THE MAN IN THE BACKGROUND CHAPTER XXI. THE COMING OF THE BLUEBIRD
CHARACTERS
DAVID LANGSTON, A Harvester of the Woods. RUTH JAMESON, A Girl of the City. GRANNY MORELAND, An Interested Neighbour. DR. CAREY, Chief Surgeon of the Onabasha Hospital. MRS. CAREY, Wife of the Doctor. DR. HARMON, Who Concludes to Leave the City. MOLLY BARNET, A Hospital Nurse with a Heart. HENRY JAMESON, A Trader Without a Heart. ALEXANDER HERRON, Who Made a Concession. MRS. HERRON, A Gentle Woman. THE KENNEDYS, Philadelphia Lawyers.