People of the Mist - Softcover

Haggard, H. Rider

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345257871 ISBN 13: 9780345257871

Publisher: Del Rey, 1977

Synopsis

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: though not fast enough to obscure the light of the moon which shone through the belt of firs. Leonard walked on down the drive till he n eared the gate, when suddenly he heard the muffled sound of feet pursuing him through the snow. He turned with an exclamation, believing that the footsteps were those of Arthur Beach, for at the moment he was in no mood for further conversation with any male member of that family. As it chanced, however, he found himself face to face not with Arthur, but with Jane herself, who perhaps had never looked more beautiful than she did at this moment in the snow and the moonlight. Indeed, whenever Leonard thought of her in after-years, and that was often, there arose in his mind a vision of a tall and lovely girl, her auburn hair slightly powdered over with the falling flakes, her breast heaving with emotion, and her wide grey eyes gazing piteously upon him. Oh ! Leonard,' she said nervously, ' why do you go without saying good-bye to me ?' He looked at her a while before he answered, for something in his heart told him that this was the last sight which he should win of his love for many a year, and therefore his eyes dwelt upon her as we gaze upon one whom the grave is about to hide from us for ever. At last he spoke, and his words were practical enough. 'You should not have come out in those thin shoes through the snow, Jane. You will catch cold.' ' I wish I could,' she answered defiantly, ' I wish that I could catch such a cold as would kill me; then I should be out of my troubles. Let us go into the summer-house, they will never think of looking for me there.' 'How will you get there ? ' asked Leonard ; 'it is a hundred yards away, and the snow always drifts in that path.' ' Oh ! never mind the snow,' she said. But Leon...

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Review

For a book to stay in print for nearly 350 years, its merits must continually entice and satisfy. The Compleat Angler qualifies on both counts. On the most obvious level, it remains as good a primer on fishing as any angler would want. But its most enduring distinction is hinted at in the subtitle--"the Contemplative Man's Recreation." Izaak Walton's sometimes convoluted 17th-century grammar can still reel in our imaginations with his graceful evocations of a life free from hurly-burly in the company of friends intent on physical and moral sustenance. "He that hopes to be a good Angler must not only bring an inquiring, searching, observing wit," suggests the master, "but he must bring a large measure of hope and patience.... Doubt not but Angling will prove to be so pleasant, that it will prove to be like a virtue, a reward to itself." Just like Walton's magnificent literary catch. -- Jeff Silverman

About the Author

Henry Rider Haggard (1856 1925) was an English writer whose best-known work is the romantic adventure tale King Solomon's Mines, though he wrote over forty books in his lifetime.

Edition details

• Publisher: Del Rey
• Publication date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345257871
• ISBN 13: 9780345257871
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 374