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That Smoky Beat
Main StreetSinclair Lewis She discovered that to produce one perfect stage-picture would be as difficult as to turn all of Gopher Prairie into a Georgian garden. She read all she could find regarding staging, she bought paint and light wood; she borrowed furniture and drapes unscrupulously; she made Kennicott turn carpenter. She collided with the Continue reading
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A Crate of Papaya
The JungleUpton Sinclair A sob choked Stanislovas, and he stopped. “What’s the matter with Marija?” cried Jurgis. “She’s cut her hand!” said the boy. “She’s cut it bad, this time, worse than before. She can’t work and it’s all turning green, and the company doctor says she may–she may have to have it cut off. Continue reading
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Warm Below the Storm
The Octopus: A Story of CaliforniaFrank Norris Instead of driving or riding into Bonneville, as he usually did, Annixter took an early morning train, the Bakersfield-Fresno local at Guadalajara, and went to Bonneville by rail, arriving there at twenty minutes after seven and breakfasting by appointment with Magnus Derrick and Osterman at the Yosemite House, Continue reading
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I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a liberator of them!
I thought we were done with all the Thornton W. Burgess books, but I still had a gecko supply me with a title. McTeagueFrank Norris “I know, I know,” answered her husband. “But I got a new patient this week, had two molars and an upper incisor filled at the very first sitting, and he’s Continue reading
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My Circus, My Monkey
I won’t wait as long as the end of this upcoming Sunday, but I’m not in a hurry to type up this week’s My Discovery Mix. Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks With a CircusJames Otis This piteous appeal seemed to have no effect upon the cruel man, and he continued to whip the boy, despite Continue reading
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Grease for Peace
Bowser the HoundThornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess Poor old Bowser! He certainly was the picture of misery as he limped along that road. His tail hung down as if he hadn’t strength enough to hold it up. His head also hung low. He walked on three legs and limped with one of these. In his Continue reading
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Never Understood a Single Word He Said
The Adventures of Grandfather FrogThornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess “I guess I’ve frightened him to death,” said Bowser, talking to himself. “I didn’t mean to do that. I just wanted to have some fun with him.” With that, Bowser took one more sniff and then trotted off to try to find something more exciting. You Continue reading
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Do What You Don’t Confess
Lightfoot the DeerThornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess Lightfoot lifted his beautiful head and set his ears forward to catch the sound of Sammy’s voice in the distance. “Sammy Jay may be a mischief-maker, as some people say,” said he, “but you can always count on him to prove a true friend in time of danger. Continue reading
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