Didactic Fiction Books

The Iron Rule

T. S. Arthur

A child loves his parent naturally. The latter may be harsh, and unreasonable; still the child will look up to him in weak dependence, while love mingles, like golden threads in a dark fabric, amid th..

The Wedding Guest - A Friend of the Bride and Bridegroom

T. S. Arthur

THERE is no relation in life so important—none involving so much of happiness or misery, as that of husband and wife. Yet, how rarely is it, that the parties when contracting this relation, have large..

Lessons in Life, for All Who Will Read Them

T. S. Arthur

"WE are never too old to learn;" is a truism that cannot be repeated too often, if, in the repetition, we do not lose the force of the sentiment. In fact, at every stage of existence we are learners; ..

Finger Posts on the Way of Life

T. S. Arthur

OUR title, though savouring of quaintness, is yet in keeping with the object of this volume. As we press onward in the journey of life, to each of us the path is new and strange. Often it is rough and..

The Pit - A Story of Chicago

Frank Norris

The Trilogy of The Epic of the Wheat includes the following novels:THE OCTOPUS,, a Story of California.THE PIT, a Story of Chicago.THE WOLF, a Story of Europe.These novels, while forming a series, wil..