Dark Hollow Mya Katharine Green Illustrations Tale
Deborah Scoville uncovers a decades old murder mystery linked to Spencer's Folly. Oliver, the judge’s son, writes a confession of a deadly night witnessed by Deborah as she investigates a deadly crime and a mob gathers outside the judge’s home.
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Judge Ostrander
Deborah Scoville
Etheridge
Deborah
Reuther
Hive
Oliver
Miss Weeks
Black
Maud
John Scoville
Innocent
Spencer
Einister
Heaven
Claymore Tavern
Behold the Mob at the Tuileries in Bourrienne Memoirs
In June, Bonaparte and Bourrienne observe a five to six thousand strong mob marching toward the Tuileries. The crowd, described as vile and riotous, forces the general to critique the royal handling and foresee the consequences of the uprising. The account records Napoleon’s indignation at the king’s vulnerability and his sober analysis of the insurrection.
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Rue St. Honore
Palais Royal
Bonaparte
Tuileries
Purlicus
Paris
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
Land o' Cakes as Scotland’s old world charm
Scotland earned the moniker Land o' Cakes centuries ago and remains famed for rustic baking. The passage describes country inns sea women by peat fires and a grand griddle cake turned with expert flair, a storied tradition celebrated in prose and poetry.
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Scotland
Earth
Spring Brings Earths Bride and Fruit Salad Delights
An eclectic page blends verse about spring with home cooking tips. It offers a fruit salad recipe using grapes oranges and grapefruits, followed by a detailed larding method for beef tenderloin with bananas and a Pomrade sauce. The prose includes quotes from Evangeline and Addison on nature and reading, concluding with lunchbox advice for mothers and guidance on nutritious child meals and desserts.
Some Good Cooking and Classic Dishes Featured
Recipes include Macaroni with ham and onion sauce baked until heated, Spiced Tongue with onion butter sauce and dried fruit, Fig Tapioca with figs walnuts and vanilla, and Hickories cookies with hickory nuts. Each uses simple pantry ingredients and standard cooking steps.
Favorite Dishes of Other Nations
A feature listing diverse recipes from across nations. It describes Cock-a-leekie and Spanish Macaroni with steps and ingredients, then English Stuffed Ham instructions, plus a memorial note from the Pennsylvania Society of New York honoring Viscount Northland and W. A. Hensel.
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America
Social Reunion Sparks Long Lost Teacher Meeting
At the Sociable a brief exchange hints at a familiar reencounter. A man and woman recall shared school days and suggest prior acquaintance with a teacher who may have influenced them.
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Katharine Green
C.D Rhodes
Spencer’s Folly
Father
Napoleon
Evangeline
Addison
Ilensel
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