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Reddy Ringlets : the story of the empty stocking

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Description: Reddy Ringlets, a four-year old girl, is orphaned and homeless after the San Francisco earthquake and fire. Given a home by a rag picker who mistreats her, she is rescued by the police and soon has a good home.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: MCMXV [1915]
Call number: 490128
Creator: Hubbard, Elbert (1856-1915)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Robert Stragnell, May 19689. Autograph signature on front free endpaper: "Patsy Preble.".
Dimensions: 17 cm
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Pomfret towers : a novel

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Alice Barton, a shy English girl, attends a weekend party at Pomfret Towers, home of Lord Pomfret. Alice soon breaks out of her shell, develops friendships, and falls in love.

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Little journeys to the homes of the great : guide book

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A guide directing the reader to the 14 volumes of Hubbard's "Little journeys to the homes of the great." Each of the 170 lives which make up Little journeys is outlined in one page of the guide-book and grouped into one of the appropriate seven general branches of human knowledge.

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Little journeys to the homes of the great : guide book

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Empty postmarked envelopes

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The majority of the collection is made up of correspondence written to Sarah "Sade" Isabella Blackmar from friends and family. The letters contain information about the family, their daily activities, social outings, health, trips taken, etc. The letters of Frank Wilson Blackmar, Ellen Blackmar Maxwell, and John Quincy Blackmar include information about their lives in Contra Costa County, and Santa Clara, California. In one letter, Frank Blackmar talks about Chinese laundrymen in Santa Clara, and in another letter a Chinese man he met who lived in the woods outside of Fresno. There are a few other letters by friends who also lived in California including a friend named "Harriet P." and a woman named Mara L. Ferguson. There are several folders of correspondence by authors that are unidentified. There is a farm diary by an unknown person, 1865 to 1867, and two unidentified cartes-de-visite of a young girl and young woman.

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The widow Barnaby

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Martha Compton, a poor but attractive young woman, marries Mr. Barnaby, the surgeon and apothecary of Silverton. He is older, and soon Mrs Barnaby is a widow, independently wealthy. In youth she dresses extravagantly, even in mourning. As she enters middle age, she determines to find another husband. Two misadventures land her in debtor's prison, from which she is rescued. At last she marries Mr. O'Donagough, but is again widowed, and finally finds Major Allen, who matches her in duplicity. Going foreward, she opined, "The tender passion had ever been secondary in her heart to a passion for wealth and finery." She is determined to take good care of herself and make a good bargain in remarriage.

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Mysterious railway stories

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"In this spine-chilling anthology, William Pattrick has selected a range of work, from Charles Dickens, who effectively created the idea of railway mystery stories, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, right through to present-day writers such as Robert Block and August Derleth. Also included is Agatha Christie's 'The girl in the train'"--Back cover.

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