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Charlotte Yonge

The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge The Armourer's Prentices CHAPTER I THE VERDURER’S LODGE “Give me the poor allottery my father left me by testament, with that I will go buy me fortunes.” “Get you with him, you old dog.” As You Like It.The officials of the New Forest have ever since the ...

The Chosen People: A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-ChildrenCharlotte M. Yonge The Chosen People: A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children LESSON I THE PROMISE "The creature was made subject unto vanity, not willingly, but by reason of Him who hath subject...

Old Times at OtterbourneCharlotte M. Yonge Old Times at Otterbourne Old Times at Otterbourne Not many of us remember Otterbourne before the Railroad, the Church, or the Penny Post. It may be pleasant to some of us to try to catch a few recollections before all those who can tell us anything about...

Pioneers and FoundersCharlotte M. Yonge Pioneers and Founders / or, Recent Workers in the Mission field INTRODUCTION It has been my endeavour in the ensuing narratives to bring together such of the more distinguished Missionaries of the English and American nations as might best illustrate the ch...

Countess KateCharlotte M. Yonge Countess Kate CHAPTER I “There, I’ve done every bit I can do! I’m going to see what o’clock it is.”“I heard it strike eleven just now.”“Sylvia, you’ll tip up! What a tremendous stretch!”“Wha-ooh! Oh dear! We sha’n’t get one moment before dinner! Oh, horrible! oh, h...

Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont, Viscountess of BellaiseCharlotte M. Yonge Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont, Viscountess of Bellaise PREFACE No one can be more aware than the author that the construction of this tale is defective. The state of French society, and the ...

A Reputed ChangelingCharlotte M. Yonge A Reputed Changeling / Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago PREFACE I do not think I have here forced the hand of history except by giving Portchester to two imaginary Rectors, and by a little injustice to her whom Princess Anne termed ‘the brick-bat wom...

History of FranceCharlotte M. Yonge History of France CHAPTER I. THE EARLIER KINGS OF FRANCE 1. France.—The country we now know as France is the tract of land shut in by the British Channel, the Bay of Biscay, the Pyrenees, the Mediterranean, and the Alps. But this country only gained the name of...

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Grisly Grisell; Or, The Laidly Lady of Whitburn: A Tale of the Wars of the RosesCharlotte M. Yonge Grisly Grisell; Or, The Laidly Lady of Whitburn: A Tale of the Wars of the Roses Men speak of Job, and for his humblesse,And clerkes when hem list can well endite,Namely of men, but as in stedfastne...