2009, ISBN: 9781150265679

General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1886Original Publisher: Roberts BrothersNotes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustration… Meer...

General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1886Original Publisher: Roberts BrothersNotes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. PARNASSUS. T T was well named; and the Muses General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1886Original Publisher: Roberts BrothersNotes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. PARNASSUS. T T was well named; and the Muses seemed to be at - home that day, for as the new-comers went up the slope appropriate sights and sounds greeted them. Passing an open window, they looked in upon a library presided over by Clio, Calliope, and Urania; Melpomene and Thalia were disporting themselves in the hall, where some young people were dancing and rehearsing a play; Erato was walking in the garden with her lover, and in the music-room Phoebus himself was drilling a tuneful choir. A mature Apollo was our old friend Laurie, but comely and genial as ever; for time had ripened the freakish boy into a noble man. Care and sorrow, as well as ease and happiness, had done much for him; and the responsibility of carrying out his grandfather's wishes had been a duty most faithfully performed. Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for a touch of frost. Laurie was one of the former sort, and Amy was another; so life had been a kind of poem to them since they married, - not only harmonious and happy, but earnest, useful, and rich in the beautiful benevolence which can do so much when wealth and wisdom go hand in hand with charity. Their house was full ofunostentatious beauty and comfort, and here the art-loving host and hostess attracted and entertained artists of all kinds. Laurie had music enough now, and was a generous patron to the class he most liked to help. Amy had her protegees among ambitious young painters and sculptors, and found her Books, Literary Collections~~General, Jos-Boys-And-How-They-Turned-Out~~Louisa-May-Alcott, 999999999, Jo's Boys; And How They Turned Out, Louisa May Alcott, 1150265671, General Books LLC, , , , , General Books LLC<

2009, ISBN: 9781150265679

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