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<p>"Timothy Shay Arthur has done more for American literature than any one other person. His name will be remembered and loved, when those of his critics will be forgotten, together with their productions. I doubt if there is another man in the country who has done such a vast, such a<em>measureless amount of good </em>with the pen. There is probably not another American writer who has produced so much, as Arthur."<br><br> | <p>"Timothy Shay Arthur has done more for American literature than any one other person. His name will be remembered and loved, when those of his critics will be forgotten, together with their productions. I doubt if there is another man in the country who has done such a vast, such a<em>measureless amount of good </em>with the pen. There is probably not another American writer who has produced so much, as Arthur."<br><br> | ||
"Arthur was the most popular and widely read author of his times!"<br><br> | "Arthur was the most popular and widely read author of his times!"<br><br> | ||
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[[Out in the World]]<br> | [[Out in the World]]<br> | ||
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[[Family Pride]]<br> | [[Family Pride]]<br> | ||
[[An American Story of Real Life]]<br> | [[An American Story of Real Life]]<br> | ||
[[A Dollar on the Conscience!]]<br> | [[A Dollar on the Conscience!]]<br> | ||
[[Three Years in a Man-trap]]<br> | [[Three Years in a Man-trap]]<br> | ||
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[[The Ways of Providence]]<br> | [[The Ways of Providence]]<br> | ||
[[Making Haste to Be Rich]]<br> | [[Making Haste to Be Rich]]<br> | ||
[[The Village Gossip]]<br> | [[The Village Gossip]]<br> | ||
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"All of the books from the pen of Timothy Shay Arthur are most interesting, and of a high moral and useful tone. To read any of them, must improve the character and the conduct. Mr. Arthur's works are all wholesome; they inculcate morality and purify the feelings — by tastefully illustrating the <em>beauties of virtue</em>, and the<em>iniquities of vice</em>.<br><br> | "All of the books from the pen of Timothy Shay Arthur are most interesting, and of a high moral and useful tone. To read any of them, must improve the character and the conduct. Mr. Arthur's works are all wholesome; they inculcate morality and purify the feelings — by tastefully illustrating the <em>beauties of virtue</em>, and the<em>iniquities of vice</em>.<br><br> | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:53, 24 November 2012
Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur
"Timothy Shay Arthur has done more for American literature than any one other person. His name will be remembered and loved, when those of his critics will be forgotten, together with their productions. I doubt if there is another man in the country who has done such a vast, such ameasureless amount of good with the pen. There is probably not another American writer who has produced so much, as Arthur."
"Arthur was the most popular and widely read author of his times!"
The following short stories are not theological, but rather uplifting and character-building. Enjoy!
Letters to a Young Wife,
(from a Married Lady)
The True Path, and How to Walk Therein
Advice to Young Ladies on
(Their Duties and Conduct in Life)
The Prodigal Daughter
The Divorced Wife
The Withered Heart!
After the Storm
(Must reading for wives!)
The Iron Rule or,
(Tyranny in the Household)
(Must reading for husbands!)
The Mother
True Riches
(Or, Wealth Without Wings!)
Sweethearts and Wives
Lovers and Husbands
(A Story of Married Life)
The Young Lady
The Young Wife
Out in the World
Nothing but Money!
The Two Wives
Our Neighbors in the Corner House
Cast Adrift!
The Allen House
The Broken Heart
Religion in Common Life
Confessions of a Platonic Lover
The Book of Memory
Married Life,
(Its Shadows and Sunshine)
Married and Single
Rising in the World
(A Tale for the Rich and Poor)
The Maiden — The Wife — The Mother
The Debtor's Daughter
Pride and Prudence
Extravagant Living
The Shoemaker's Daughters
Stories for Parents
The Home Mission
The Angel and the Demon
Danger! Or,
(Wounded in the House of a Friend!)
The Hand, But Not the Heart
Trial and Triumph
Religion in Common Life
Home Scenes, and Home Influence
Lizzy Glenn
The Good Time Coming
The Old Man's Bride
Retiring from Business
(Or, the Rich Man's Error)
Advice to Young Men on Their
(Duties and Conduct in Life)
Family Pride
An American Story of Real Life
A Dollar on the Conscience!
Three Years in a Man-trap
The Ways of Providence
Making Haste to Be Rich
The Village Gossip
Saved as by Fire!
(for those wrestling with alcohol)
Pride and Principle
"All of the books from the pen of Timothy Shay Arthur are most interesting, and of a high moral and useful tone. To read any of them, must improve the character and the conduct. Mr. Arthur's works are all wholesome; they inculcate morality and purify the feelings — by tastefully illustrating the beauties of virtue, and theiniquities of vice.
"His works will be read with interest by all the admirers of wholesome novels, and will be seized on with avidity by the thousands of readers who prefer Mr. Arthur's useful and instructive sketches — to the flimsy novels which overstock the market. To Mr. Arthur the public are indebted for a species of composition that while it affords delight, conveys at the same time, many moral and practical lessons for life."
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