Gallegher, Van Bibber, and Other Stories - Davis, Richard Harding
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"Gallegher and Other Stories" - The leading reporter (Richard Harding Davis) for the New York Sun in the 1890's published this collection of stories about an intrepid newspaper copyboy with a talent for crime detection, which helped make Davis one of the most popular authors in America during the decade. This book also introduces Courtlandt Van Bibber the wealthy man-about-town. * * * * "Van Bibber and Others" - This book collects stories concerning Davis's most popular creation, the wealthy man-about-town Courtlandt Van Bibber, who provides a lens on the often ridiculous antics of the rich…mehr

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"Gallegher and Other Stories" - The leading reporter (Richard Harding Davis) for the New York Sun in the 1890's published this collection of stories about an intrepid newspaper copyboy with a talent for crime detection, which helped make Davis one of the most popular authors in America during the decade. This book also introduces Courtlandt Van Bibber the wealthy man-about-town. * * * * "Van Bibber and Others" - This book collects stories concerning Davis's most popular creation, the wealthy man-about-town Courtlandt Van Bibber, who provides a lens on the often ridiculous antics of the rich and famous in Newport and along New York's Park Avenue at the turn of the 20th Century. * * * * What the critics said: As pictures of human life in a great city, these ... stories are simply unique. -Newark Advertiser. * * * * Mr. Davis is a writer of unquestioned genius. His sketches of city life in the poorer districts have a force which makes them exceptionally vivid and inspiring. -Albany Express. * * * * ... remarkable newspaper and magazine stories. They will make capital winter reading, and the book is one that will find a welcome everywhere. -N. Y. Journal of Commerce. * * * * The freshness, the strength, and the vivid picturesqueness of the stories are indisputable, and their originality and their marked distinction are no less decided. -Boston Saturday Gazette. * * * * His figures stand forth clear cut, and marvelously truthful and lifelike. Their wholesome tone is in grateful contrast to the false and exaggerated note so often struck by young authors. - Philadelphia Ledger. * * * * "Gallegher And Other Stories" has the stories: Gallegher: A Newspaper Story; A Walk Up the Avenue; My Disreputable Friend, Mr. Raegen; The Other Woman; The Trailer for Room No. 8; "There Were Ninety and Nine"; The Cynical Miss Catherwaight; Van Bibber and the Swan-Boats; Van Bibber's Burglar; and Van Bibber as Best Man. * * * * "Van Bibber and Others" has the stories: Her First Appearance; Van Bibber's Man-Servant; The Hungry Man was Fed; Van Bibber at the Races; An Experiment in Economy; Mr. Travers's First Hunt; Love Me, Love My Dog; Eleanore Cuyler; A Recruit at Christmas; A Patron of Art; Andy M'gee's Chorus Girl; A Leander of the East River; How Hefty Burke Got Even; Outside the Prison; and An Unfinished Story." * * * * "Gallegher And Other Stories" and "Van Bibber and Others," were published in 1891 and 1892, respectively, and this volume includes the original illustrations from those editions.* * * * Check our other Children's, Juvenile, and Adult books at www.FlyingChipmunkPublishing.com, or Like us on Facebook for our latest releases.
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French dramatist and writer Honore de Balzac (1799 1850) was well-known for his important contributions to 19th-century literature. Frenchman Balzac was born in Tours. His literary career started with some small achievements, but he gained global recognition with his ambitious undertaking, "La Comedie Humaine." Beginning in the 1830s, this vast anthology of books and stories sought to present a thorough and accurate picture of French society. Thorough observation, intricate characterizations, and a dedication to capturing the complexity of human nature define Balzac's writing style. His paintings frequently portrayed a diverse cast of persons from different socioeconomic backgrounds and examined the effects of social and economic factors on individuals. Balzac was taken to a wet nurse as a child; the following year, he was joined by his sister Laure, and they lived away from home for four years. (Although Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau's popular book Emile persuaded many mothers at the time to breastfeed their own children, sending babies to wet nurses remained common among the middle and upper classes.) When the Balzac children returned home, they were kept at a remove from their parents, which had a tremendous impact on the future novelist. His 1835 novel Le Lys dans la vallee portrays a nasty governess named Miss Caroline, who is based on his own caregiver.