Cary, Alice, 1820-1871 [1852], Hagar: a story of to-day. (Redfield, New York) [word count] [eaf491T].
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Front matter
Covers, Edges and Spine
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Preliminaries
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Lillian Gary Taylor; Robert C. Taylor; Eveline V. Maydell, N. York
1923.
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seated man on right side and seated woman on left side. The man is
seated in a adjustable, reclining armchair, smoking a pipe and reading a
book held in his lap. A number of books are on the floor next to or
beneath the man's chair. The woman is seated in an armchair and appears
to be knitting. An occasional table (or end table) with visible drawer
handles stands in the middle of the image, between the seated man and
woman, with a vase of flowers and other items on it. Handwritten
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Henrietta L. Rogers
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HAGAR: A STORY OF TO-DAY.
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Redfield publishing -- a small lantern within a circle formed by a
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Title Page
HAGAR,
A STORY OF TO-DAY.
BY ALICE CAREY,
AUTHOR OF
“CLOVERNOOK, OR RECOLLECTIONS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE WEST”
“LYRA, AND OTHER POEMS,” ETC.,
AND ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF
“POEMS BY ALICE AND PHœBE CAREY.”
REDFIELD,
CLINTON HALL, NEW YORK.
1852.
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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the Year One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Fifty-two, by J. S. REDFIELD, in the Clerk's
Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern
District of New York.
STEREOTYPED BY
A. CUNNINGHAM,
183 William-st., N. Y.
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PREFACE.
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The principal incident in this too hastily and
carelessly written story will be recognized in
Clovernook as founded on a tradition once familiar
in that neighborhood, but the characters are
for the most part sketched in my poor way from
originals I have met elsewhere, and their conduct
is such as I fancy they might pursue under
the suggesting circumstances. “Human portraits,
faithfully drawn,” says Carlyle, “are of all pictures
the welcomest on human walls,” and whatever
the defects of art which a critical observer
may see in those here presented, I trust for their
reception to the readily appreciable agreeableness
which they have to nature. As to the moral of
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the book, if it has one, it should be left for the
discovery of the reader, but that no one may be
tempted beyond this preface by any expectation
of finding a philosophy opposed to the old but
happily not altogether obsolete ideas, the author
confesses at the outset her belief that—there is a
God in Heaven.
Cincinnati, August 15, 1852
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CONTENTS.
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I. The Lover, THE Hunter, THE Husband 13
II. The Host, THE Clergyman, THE Players 24
III. The Birth AND Death Chamber 35
IV. The Funeral, THE Nurse, THE Housekeeper 46
V. The Village Maiden, Desertion, Resolution 57
VI. A Sporting Character IN THE Parson's Study 68
VII. Braided Light AND Darkness 80
VIII. The Country Girl's Quest IN THE City 91
IX. The Travelers, THE Family Meeting 103
X. The Progressive Woman—her Mission 115
XI. The Philosopher IN Clover 125
XII. The Unlooked-for Marriage 135
XIII. The Difficulties OF Miss Crum 146
XIV. Hagar AND THE Child 158
XV. The Remorse OF Warburton 170
XVI. The Unappreciated Reformer 180
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XVII. The Sermon, THE Storm, THE Comforter 191
XVIII. Arnold AND Hagar 201
XIX. The Minister's Wooing 216
XX. The MS. OF Hagar 226
XXI. Reminiscences OF Childhood 238
XXII. The Temptation 252
XXIII. The Crime, THE Punishment 265
XXIV. The Bridal, THE Mystery 280
XXV. The LAST Interview, THE Conclusion 292
Cary, Alice, 1820-1871 [1852], Hagar: a story of to-day. (Redfield, New York) [word count] [eaf491T].
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