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قراءة كتاب Christopher and the Clockmakers
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CHRISTOPHER AND
THE CLOCKMAKERS
"Those men—one of them took a ring—I saw him." frontispiece. See page 34.CHRISTOPHER AND
THE CLOCKMAKERS
BY
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1925
Copyright, 1925,
By Sara Ware Bassett.
All rights reserved
Published September, 1925
Printed in the United States of America
TO THE MEMORY OF
Richard Parsons, Simon Willard and John Bailey,
A TRIO OF CONSCIENTIOUS CRAFTSMEN,
WHOSE HANDIWORK STILL SURVIVES THEM TO CHEER MY
HOME AND TESTIFY DAILY TO THEIR FIDELITY AND SKILL.
S. W. B.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I | A Cloud with a Silver Lining | 1 |
| II | Christopher Makes an Acquaintance | 12 |
| III | Christopher Escapes Being a Hero | 31 |
| IV | An Encounter with the Police | 39 |
| V | Christopher Astonishes Himself | 49 |
| VI | Clocks That Were Good as Plays | 64 |
| VII | An Excursion | 81 |
| VIII | An Adventure | 101 |
| IX | Christopher Recognizes an Old Acquaintance | 112 |
| X | An Amazing Adventure | 125 |
| XI | The Sequel to the Letter | 137 |
| XII | Clock Giants | 147 |
| XIII | Clocks on Land and Clocks at Sea | 162 |
| XIV | How Rubies, Sapphires, and Garnets Helped to Tell Time | 176 |
| XV | Clocks in America | 187 |
| XVI | What Massachusetts Contributed | 202 |
| XVII | The Romance of the Watch | 217 |
| XVIII | Christopher Has a Birthday | 236 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| "Those men—one of them took a ring—I saw him" | Frontispiece |
| "So you never saw an old fellow like this, eh?" | Page 24 |
| What was it that rendered the figure so familiar? | " 103 |
| Ah, what an evening the two cronies had together that night | " |