The Blindmans World And Other Stories Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The Blindman's World and Other Stories The art employed to accomplish its effect was the art which Bellamy had in degree so singular that one might call it supremely his. He does not so much transmute our every-day reality to the substance of romance as make the airy stuff of dreams one in quality with veritable experience. Every one remembers from Looking Backward the allegory which figures the pitiless prosperity of the present conditions as a coach drawn by Slaves under the lash of those on its top, who have them selves no firm hold upon their places, and some times fall, and then, to save themselves from being ground under the wheels, spring to join the Slaves at the traces. But it is not this, vivid and terrible as it is, which most wrings the heart; it is that moment of anguish at the close, when Julian West trembles with the nightmare fear that be'bas been only dreaming of the just and equal future, before he truly wakes and finds that it is real. That is quite as it would happen in life, and the power to make the reader feel this, like something he has known himself, is the distinctive virtue of that imagination which revived throughout Chris tendom the faith in a millennium. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Charley and the Blind Man: And Other Stories Famous friends were these two, the boy and his dog. Many were the rambles they had together through the woods and over the meadows, and by the little river and away down to the village. Charley's brother and sister were much older than himself, and thus it happened that Carlo became his almost constant com panion and he had formed a habit of talk ing to him, as if he understood much more of the English language than dogs are generally supposed to be able to do. Carlo could not answer Charley in so many words, but he looked up very knowingly into his face, as much as to say, Ay', ayl I am glad to hear you say so. We will go indeed, and a capital time we will have, too and then he barked and jumped more extravagantly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Edward Bellamy (1850-1898) was an American author and socialist, most famous for his utopian novel, Looking Backward, set in the year 2000. This volume is a collection of his short stories.

Excerpt from The Blind Man's Friend: And Other Tales IN a city, in one of the principal streets, there sat, from early morning till night, a blind old man, and with him the only friend that he had, a little dog; but you would not soon have found another friend so true and wise as that little dog was. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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