Complete edition of The Mansion by Henry van Dyke with 18 more of his short stories and many illustrations. Originally published as The Unknown Quantity: a book of romance and some half-told tales, it is a great treasury of wholesome tales for young and old.

"They are like etchings in which more is suggested than is in the picture. For this reason they are called Half-Told Tales, in the hope that they may mean to the reader more than they say."

All students of thought should get this historic book. This 1913 edition is provided in a slim volume with full text at an affordable price.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE 4

THE WEDDING-RING 5

MESSENGERS AT THE WINDOW 11

THE COUNTERSIGN OF THE CRADLE 16

HALF-TOLD TALES: THE KEY OF THE TOWER 23

HALF-TOLD TALES: THE RIPENING OF THE FRUIT 25

HALF-TOLD TALES: THE KING'S JEWEL 28

THE MUSIC-LOVER 31

HUMORESKE 35

HALF-TOLD TALES: AN OLD GAME 46

HALF-TOLD TALES: THE UNRULY SPRITE 48

HALF-TOLD TALES: A CHANGE OF AIR 52

THE NIGHT CALL 55

THE EFFECTUAL FERVENT PRAYER 65

THE RETURN OF THE CHARM 74

HALF-TOLD TALES: BEGGARS UNDER THE BUSH 78

HALF-TOLD TALES: STRONGHOLD 81

HALF-TOLD TALES: IN THE ODOUR OF SANCTITY 85

THE SAD SHEPHERD 91

THE MANSION 102