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The prophet of the Great Smoky mountains, by Charles Egbert Craddock
The prophet of the Great Smoky mountains by Charles Egbert Craddock Author:Mary Noailles Murfree Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: MISS MARY N. MURFREE. Abridged front Miss Murfree was tx ward the family remov, Paralysis in childho could not participate i ing habit was develop where... more » they lived until Louis. William L. M lawyer prior to the wa1 wife, who was a Miss I which, with that of Mr was on account of thes old Dickinson plantat but did stay years. I- and it was out of that under the collective tit " The Dancin' Party a It had been the cust into the mountains of mers of such opportur) that the material aftel of it was used, howeV' undertook to write a si " The Dancin' Party " the family for criticisn termined her to offer was published. " A-I Star in the Valley," ar. and these stories have nessee Mountains." In addition to the w she has contributed t for boys. " The Prop! a serial in " The Atlar the " Wide Awake," a Murfree is now at wor Mr. Aldrich and h sumed name, but nev her letters — wa? chirography, a' for a cloak ir BY THE SAME AUTHOR. IN THE TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS Thirteenth Edition. 16mo, $1.25. Contents : Drifting Down Lost Creek; A-Playin Old Sledge at the Settlemint; The Star in the Vail Electioneerin' on Big Injun Mounting; The Romanc Sunrise Rock; The Dancin' Party at Harrison's Co Over on the T'other Mounting; The " Harnt " t walks Chilhowee. Something much more than mere short stories 1 have not only one mountain valley, but a whole conn of hills — not a man and a woman here and there 1 the people of a whole district — not merely a day of vi ter or of summer, but all the year — not lives, but li Mr. Craddock is a master of the art of description. The style is admirable, with marked characteristics of own. — The Nation (New York). DOWN THE RAVINE. A Story for Young People. With six full-page Illusti tions. 16mo, $1.00. Charles Egbert Craddock, with half-a...« less