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- 22:14, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+10,495) . . N The Temperance Song'. (Created page with " '''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>"Dear father," said Mary Edwards, "please don't go out this evening!" and the young girl, who had...") (current)
- 22:13, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+45,351) . . N Slave or Free?'. (Created page with " '''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>"John," said a sweet-faced girl, laying her hand familiarly upon the shoulder of a young man who was seated...") (current)
- 22:12, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+12,772) . . N Out of Tune'. (Created page with " '''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>"If only I had leisure time, and quiet, repose! If I could only escape from this <em>fret and fever of life</em...") (current)
- 22:12, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+4,629) . . N Home'. (Created page with " '''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>Society is marked by greater and smaller divisions, as into nations, communities, and families. A man is a member of ...") (current)
- 22:11, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+12,902) . . N The Christian Gentleman'. (Created page with " '''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>It has been said that no man can be a gentleman, who is not a Christian. We take the converse of this proposition, an...") (current)
- 22:10, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+41,300) . . N Hints and Helps For Married People'. (Created page with " '''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>First, let us speak to the young <strong>HUSBAND</strong>, in the words of the author of that excellent little volum...") (current)
- 22:10, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+5,590) . . N Emma and Her Sixpence'. (Created page with " '''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>Emma's aunt had given her a sixpence, and now the question was, what should she buy with it? "I'll tell you what...") (current)
- 22:09, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+16,509) . . N The Lay Preacher'. (Created page with " '''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>Whether Andrew Adkins had or had not a <em>call </em>to preach, is more than we can say. Enough, that he considered...") (current)
- 22:08, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+26,672) . . N The Right of Way'. (Created page with " '''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>Mr. Edward Bolton had purchased a farm for himself, and taken possession thereof. Once, while examining the premises,...") (current)
- 22:07, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+11,063) . . N The Mothers Promise'. (Created page with " '''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>A lady, handsomely dressed, was about leaving her house to make a few calls, when a little boy ran out from the nurse...") (current)
- 22:07, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+24,288) . . N Common People'. (Created page with " '''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>"Are you going to call upon Mrs. Clayton and her daughters, Mrs. Marygold?" asked a neighbor, alluding to a...") (current)
- 22:06, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (-39) . . Vulgar People'. (current)
- 22:05, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+34,588) . . N Vulgar People'. (Created page with " '''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> "I suppose you will all be off to Saratoga, in a week or two," said Uncle Joseph Garland to his three nie...")
- 22:03, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+4,956) . . N Great Principles and Small Duties'. (Created page with " '''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>It is observable that the trivial services of social life are best performed, and the lesser particles of domestic ha...") (current)
- 22:03, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+3,170) . . N An Angel in Every House'. (Created page with " '''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> It is a trite saying, and an unique one, that there is<em> "a skeleton in every house." </em>That every ...") (current)
- 22:02, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+24,990) . . N The Family of Michael Arout'. (Created page with " '''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>'September 15th, eight o'clock.' — This morning, while I was arranging my books, Mother Genevieve came in, and brou...") (current)
- 22:01, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+4,561) . . N The Use of Flowers'. (Created page with " '''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> Just one moment longer, cousin Mary, I want to put this flower in your hair. Now doesn't it look sweet, sister Aggy?...") (current)
- 22:01, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+10,647) . . N Passing Away'. (Created page with " '''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>In the very springtime of young womanhood, <em>the destroyer </em>had come; and though he laid his hand upon her ge...") (current)
- 20:37, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+13,144) . . N The Little Children'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> It was Sabbath morning. Soft and silvery, like stray notes from the quivering chords of an archangel's harp, floated ...") (current)
- 20:36, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+10,021) . . N Human Longings for Peace and Rest'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>There are few whose idea of happiness does not include <em>peace </em>as essential. Most men have been so tempest-to...") (current)
- 20:35, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+30,378) . . N It's None of My Business'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> "Wasn't that young Sanford?" asked Mrs. Larkin of her husband, as the two stood at a window of their home o...") (current)
- 20:35, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+31,536) . . N Visiting Neighbors'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>"I see that the house next door has been taken," remarked Mr. Leland to his wife, as they sat alone one plea...") (current)
- 20:34, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (-438) . . Was it Murder, or Suicide?'. (current)
- 20:31, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+65,787) . . N Was it Murder, or Suicide?'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> "Who is that young lady?"<br><br> A slender girl, just above the medium height, stood a moment at the p...")
- 20:31, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+14,626) . . N Andy Lowell'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>All the village was getting out of patience with <em>Andy Lowell</em>, the shoemaker; and yet Andy Lowell's shoes fit...") (current)
- 20:30, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+22,353) . . N A New Pleasure'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> The whole purpose of Mr. Bolton's life had been the <em>accumulation of property</em>, with an end to his <em>own g...") (current)
- 20:30, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+16,332) . . N How to Be Happy 1. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>Old Mr. Cleveland sat by his comfortable fireside one cold winter's night. He was a widower, and lived alone on his pl...") (current)
- 20:29, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+27) . . Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur
- 20:27, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,924) . . N How to Be Happy'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> I will give you several good maxims which may help you to become happier than you would be without knowing them. But...") (current)
- 20:26, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+17,198) . . N The Town Lot'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> Once upon a time, it happened that the men who governed the municipal affairs of a certain growing town in the West, ...") (current)
- 20:25, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+7,929) . . N Words'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> "The foolish thing!" said my Aunt Rachel, speaking warmly, "to get hurt at a <em>mere word</em>. It's...") (current)
- 20:25, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+4,322) . . N Mother'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>When she changed worlds — what was she to others? A small old, feeble woman. 'What was she to us?' A radiant, smilin...") (current)
- 20:24, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+11,343) . . N Number Twelve'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> When I was a young man, working at my trade as a mason, I met with a severe injury by falling from a scaffolding plac...") (current)
- 20:24, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+29,021) . . N The Portrait!'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>"Could anything be more perfect, than that likeness of his sweet, innocent face? Dear little Willie! I fear I lov...") (current)
- 20:23, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+30,310) . . N Thistle-down'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> There is no time like these clear September nights, after sunset, for a revery. If it is a calm evening, and an inten...") (current)
- 20:22, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+17,962) . . N Unredeemed Pledges'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> [Editor's note: An <em>unredeemed pledge</em> is an item which the borrower has not claimed back, because he or she...") (current)
- 20:22, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+13,458) . . N Aunt Mary's Suggestion'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p><em>"John!" </em>Mr. Belknap spoke in a firm, rather authoritative voice. It was evident that he anticipate...") (current)
- 20:21, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+12,500) . . N Arthur Leland'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>Arthur Leland was a young lawyer of some twenty-seven years of age. His office stood a stone's throw from the court-ho...") (current)
- 20:20, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+14,061) . . N The Scarlet Poppy'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> One warm morning in June, just as the sun returned from his long but rapid journey to the distant east, and sailed ma...") (current)
- 20:20, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+31,048) . . N The White Dove'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> The little <em>Lina </em>opened her eyes upon this world in the arms of her father, the good <em>Gotleib</em>. He ...") (current)
- 20:19, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+7,583) . . N Have a Flower in Your Room'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>A <em>fire</em> in winter — a <em>flower</em> in summer! If you can have a fine <em>picture</em> all the year ...") (current)
- 20:18, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+3,150) . . N Water'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> God is the author of all our blessings. There is no truth, perhaps, to which we are more ready to give our assent tha...") (current)
- 20:18, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+17,173) . . N What Can I Do?'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>He was a poor cripple — with fingers twisted out of all useful shape, and lower limbs so paralyzed, that he had to d...") (current)
- 20:17, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+15,114) . . N The Two Invalids'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> The chamber in which the sick woman lay, was furnished with everything which <em>taste </em>could desire, or <em>c...") (current)
- 20:16, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+13,785) . . N The Love Secret'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> "<em>Edward</em> is to be in London next week," said Mrs. Ravensworth; "and I trust, Edith, that you ...") (current)
- 20:16, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+25,195) . . N Retirement'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> Always busy and always singing at your work; you are the <em>happiest </em>man I know." This was said by the c...") (current)
- 20:15, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+15,613) . . N The Fatal Error'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> <em>"Clinton!" </em>said Margaret Hubert, with a look of supreme <em>contempt</em>. "Don't speak of...") (current)
- 20:15, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+19,121) . . N A Good Name'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p> Two boys, named Jacob Peters and Ralph Gilpin were passing along Chestnut Street one evening about ten years ago,...") (current)
- 20:14, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+21,036) . . N Owe No Man Anything'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>(author unknown)<br><br> Thus says the Apostle Paul — and if those who are able to "owe no man anything&...") (current)
- 20:13, 24 November 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+7,490) . . N My Washerwoman'. (Created page with "'''Back to Main Index Timothy Shay Arthur''' ---- <p>Some people have a singular reluctance to part with money. If waited on for a bill, they say, almost involuntarily, &q...") (current)
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