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قراءة كتاب The Debatable Land
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THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF TWELVE AMERICAN NOVELS PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS DURING 1901, WRITTEN FOR THE MOST PART BY NEW AMERICAN WRITERS, AND DEALING WITH DIFFERENT PHASES OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LIFE.
"EASTOVER COURT HOUSE." By Henry Burnham Boone and Kenneth Brown.
"THE SENTIMENTALISTS." By Arthur Stanwood Pier.
"MARTIN BROOK." By Morgan Bates.
"A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES." By Geraldine Anthony.
"DAYS LIKE THESE." By Edward W. Townsend.
"WESTERFELT." By Will N. Harben.
"THE MANAGER OF THE B & A." By Vaughan Kester.
"THE SUPREME SURRENDER." By A. Maurice Low.
"THE STRENGTH OF THE HILLS." By Florence Wilkinson.
"LET NOT MAN PUT ASUNDER." By Basil King.
"WHEN LOVE IS YOUNG." By Roy Rolfe Gilson.
"THE DEBATABLE LAND." By Arthur Colton.
"THE
DEBATABLE
LAND"
By
Arthur Colton
Harper & Brothers Publishers
1901
"For the Debatable Land, being that portion of ground which, lying between two countries, belongeth to neither, does of all regions abound most in disturbance, adventures, even legends, and, as men say, in warlocks and witches. Thus the astute German, Hermantius, significantly calleth the region of youth a debatable land, and seeketh to illustrate time by space."—The Dictionary of Devices.
Contents
| PART I | ||
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | "Hinter die Kirche blühe die blaue Blumeleft der Zufriedenheit" | 3 |
| II. | Of Thaddeus Bourn and his Purposes | 11 |
| III. | Of Morgan Map and his Purposes | 24 |
| IV. | In which Thaddeus uses the term "Moral Justification" | 32 |
| V. | Introducing Hamilton and Saint Mary's Organ | 41 |
| VI. | Introducing Gard Windham and the Brotherhood of Consolation | 56 |
| VII. | Introducing Moselle and Mavering | 71 |
| VIII. | Of Mrs. Mavering, and of the Philosophy of the Individual | 85 |
| IX. | Of Estates in Happiness | 99 |
| X. | Of Spring in Hamilton—Of Thaddeus's Opportunity to be Candid | 118 |
| XI. | The Whirlpool—Mr. Paulus's Reminiscences of Women | 135 |
| PART II | ||
| XII. | Antietam | 149 |
| XIII. | In which Appears a General of Division, and one of "the Brethren" | 164 |
| XIV. | In which Mavering Concludes that Cavalry Officers as a Class are Eccentric and Deep | 181 |
| XV. | Treats of the Distribution of Tracts in the Valley of the Shenandoah | 192 |
| XVI. | Which Discloses one Daddy Joe, and Disposes of an Evangelist | |