The House
by Eugene Field
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About this eBook
- Author
- Field, Eugene, 1850-1895
- Title
- The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Al Haines
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
- Subject
- Home ownership -- Fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 21808
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21808
- Release Date
- June 11, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The House. Drawn by E. H. Garrett. — THE WORKS OF EUGENE FIELD Vol. VIII THE WRITINGS IN PROSE AND VERSE OF EUGENE FIELD — THE HOUSE — AN EPISODE IN THE LIVES OF REUBEN BAKER, ASTRONOMER, AND OF HIS WIFE ALICE — CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK 1911 — INTRODUCTION
- 2.The Chapters in this Book — THE HOUSE — I — WE BUY A PLACE — II — OURSELVES AND OUR NEIGHBORS — III — WE MAKE OUR BARGAIN KNOWN — IV — THE FIRST PAYMENT — V — WE NEGOTIATE A MORTGAGE — SILAS PLUM, CARPENTER & BUILDER. COFFIN BOXES A SPECIALITY. — VI — I AM BESOUGHT TO BUY THINGS — VII — OUR PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENTS — VIII — THE VANDALS BEGIN THEIR WORK — IX — NEIGHBOR MACLEOD'S THISTLE — X — COLONEL DOLLER'S GREAT IDEA — XI — I MAKE A STAND FOR MY RIGHTS — XII — I AM DECEIVED IN MR. WAX — XIII — EDITOR WOODSIT A TRUE FRIEND — XIV — THE VICTIM OF AN ORDINANCE. — XV — THE QUESTION OF INSURANCE — XVI — NEIGHBOR ROBBINS' PLATYPUS — XVII — OUR DEVICES FOR ECONOMIZING — XVIII — I STATE MY VIEWS ON TAXATION — XIX — OTHER PEOPLE'S DOGS — XX — I ACQUIRE POISON AND EXPERIENCE — XXI — WITH PLUMBERS AND PAINTERS — XXII — THE BUTLER'S PANTRY — XXIII — ALICE'S NIGHT WATCHMAN — XXIV — DRIVEWAYS AND WALL-PAPERS — XXV — AT LAST WE ENTER OUR HOUSE
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