Flamsted Quarries is a 1910 novel by Mary E. Waller. It follows a child from vaudeville and later life in a quarry community, exploring themes of home and toil. It includes illustrations by G. Patrick Nelson.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
Flamsted Quarries BY MARY E. WALLER Author of "The Wood Carver of Lympus," "The Daughter of the Rich," "The Little Citizen," etc. With Four Illustrations By G. PATRICK NELSON A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers New York Copyright, 1910, By Mary E. Waller Published September, 1910 Reprinted, September, 1910; November, 1910; December, 1910 TO THOSE WHO TOIL "She sang straight on, verse after verse without pause" Contents
The Battery in Lieu of a Preface Part First, A Child from the Vaudeville Part Second, Home Soil Part Third, In the Stream Part Fourth, Oblivion Part Fifth, Shed Number Two The Last Word A. L. Burt Company's Popular Copyright Fiction. Illustrations "She sang straight on, verse after verse without pause" "Those present loved in after years to recall this scene" "What a picture she made leaning caressingly against the charmed and patient Bess" "'Unworthy—unworthy!' was Champney Googe's cry, as he knelt before Aileen" FLAMSTED QUARRIES "Abysmal deeps repose Beneath the stout ship's keel whereon we glide; And if a diver plunge far down within Those depths and to the surface safe return, His smile, if so it chance he smile again, Outweighs in worth all gold."
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