Johnston Mary: 63 books

A Virginian story laid in the 18th century. Audrey is an orphan, a dreamy child of nature, the protege of Marmaduke Haward, a gallant young Virginia planter. She becomes the rival of the famous beauty, Evelyn Byrd, for Haward's love.

The speaker shaded her eyes with a great fan of carved ivory and painted silk. They were beautiful eyes; large, brown, perfect in shape and expression, and set in a lovely, imperious, laughing face. The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and...

The valley lay like a ribbon thrown into the midst of the encompassing hills. The grass which grew there was soft and fine and abundant; the trees which sprang from its dark, rich mould were tall and great of girth. A bright stream flashed through it, and the sunshine fell warm upon the grass and changed...

It was said that the Queen was dying. She lay at Richmond, in the palace looking out upon the wintry, wooded, March-shaken park, but London, a few miles away, had daily news of how she did. There was much talk about herthe old Queenmuch telling of stories and harking back. She had had a long reign...

This book begins with the understanding that, in addition to its aesthetic qualities, Asian art and material artifacts are expressive of cultural realities and constitute a 'visible language' with messages that can be read, interpreted, and analyzed. Asian art and artifacts are understood in their...

I'll tell you ane thing I saw. It's mair than twenty years since James Stewart, that was son of him who fled, wad get Scotland and England again intil his hand. So the laddie came frae overseas, and made stir and trouble enough, I tell ye!... Now I'll show you what I saw, I that was a young woman then,...

A romantic tale with a political twist.  Very interesting, involved tale of fame, fortune, romance, and lust.

The people on deck bent over, some until heads touched knees, others, more exactly calculating, just sufficiently to clear the beams. The canal-boat passed beneath the bridge, and all straightened themselves on their camp-stools. The gentlemen who were smoking put their cigars again between their...

A Virginian story laid in the 18th century. Audrey is an orphan, a dreamy child of nature, the protege of Marmaduke Haward, a gallant young Virginia planter. She becomes the rival of the famous beauty, Evelyn Byrd, for Haward's love. An unforgettable love story of early life in the Americas.

Romance of England in Queen Elizabeth's time and of expeditions against the Spaniards in the new world.

At Jamestown, twenty miles away, the Assembly had just adjourned after a busy session. A law debarring that "turbulent people" the Quakers from further admittance into the colony, and providing cold comfort for those already within its doors, was passed with acclamation, as was another against Anabaptists,...