The Mansion: With Illus, By Elizabeth Shippen Green (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Dyke, Van

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1451016662 ISBN 13: 9781451016666

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2012

Synopsis

THERE was an air of calm
~
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and reserved opulence about
the Weightman mansion that
~~~~ spoke not of money squandered,
but of wealth prudently applied.
Standing on a comer of the Avenue no
longer fashionable for residence, it looked
upon the swelling tide of business with
an expression of complacency and halfdisdain.
The house was not beautiful. There was
J

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About the Author:

Henry van Dyke (1852 – 1933) was an American author, educator, and clergyman who graduated from Princeton University in 1873 and from Princeton Theological Seminary, 1877 and served as a professor of English literature at Princeton between 1899 and 1923. In 1908-09 Dr. van Dyke was an American lecturer at the University of Paris. By appointment of President Wilson he became Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg in 1913. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters and received many other honors.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1451016662
• ISBN 13: 9781451016666
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 70