Personal Reminiscences in Book Making, and Some Short Stories
‹
›
- Browse Category
We Begin at the EndLearn More - Choice Picks
- Top 100 Free Books
- Blog
- Recently Added
- Submit your eBook
By R. M. Ballantyne
13 Jul, 2020
Brief Extract: Book making is mixed up, more or less, with difficulties. It is sometimes disappointing; often amusing; occasionally lucrative; frequently expensive, and always interesting—at least to the maker.
Of course I do not refer to that s
... Read more
Brief Extract: Book making is mixed up, more or less, with difficulties. It is sometimes disappointing; often amusing; occasionally lucrative; frequently expensive, and always interesting—at least to the maker.
Of course I do not refer to that sort of book making which is connected with the too prevalent and disgraceful practice of gambling, but to the making of literary books—especially story-books for the young.
For over eight-and-thirty years I have had the pleasure of making such books and of gathering the material for them in many and distant lands.
During that period a considerable number of the juvenile public have accepted me as one of their guides in the world of Fiction, and through many scenes in the wildest and most out-of-the-way regions of our wonderful world. Less
- File size
- Print pages
- Publisher
- Language
- ISBN
- 198.289 KB
- 68
- Public Domain Book
- English
- 978-1500768638
Author
Related Books
The Madman and the Pirate:
Mr. Justice Raffles:
The Land of the Long Night:
March Anson and Scoot Bailey of the U.S. Navy:
Mike:
The Dog Crusoe and His Master:
Walter and the Wireless:
Just David:
Boycotted, and Other Stories:
Follow My Leader: The Boys of Templeton:
Dear Enemy:
Sara Crewe Or What Happened at Miss Minchin's Boarding School:
Dave Dawson at Casablanca:
Christmas With Grandma Elsie:
Carl and the Cotton Gin:
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm:
The Rover Boys in the Jungle; Or, Stirring Adventures in Africa:
My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life:
The Walrus Hunters:
The Bird-Woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition:
The Powder Monkey:
Steve and the Steam Engine:
.jpg){kind=logo}
The Pirate City: An Algerine Tale:
Parkhurst Boys, and Other Stories of School Life:
Sentimental Tommy:
Join us and get access to all your favourite books
It’s free
