Black Beauty
Part 4, Chapter 46: Jakes and the Lady
by Anna Sewell
Having been sold once again, Black Beauty meets his new master, but finds his time there short lived.
Having been sold once again, Black Beauty meets his new master, but finds his time there short lived.
Squinty manages to escape the farm and the dog. He steals some potatoes, takes a bath, and winds up lost.
Methods for maintaining a tidy classroom throughout the school term.
Cury and Flop meet Santa Claus.
Rosamond needed new shoes, but as she window-shopped she found she desired less prudent things. She was unwise in her decisions and paid the price for it when she was unable to participate in much because she did not have the proper shoes.
Helga, the youngest, prettiest and smartest of three daughters, requests what seems to be the simplest choice for a husband and because she trusts her situation, she receives the most extravagance of the three girls.
Godfrey, although disappointed by her decision, resolves to help Eppie in any way he can.
"Dey is snow upon de meddahs, dey is snow upon de hill,"
On their way home from school, Curly and Flop come upon a girl mouse whose tail is stuck under a rock. The piggie boys help her and she promises to help them someday. When the alligator comes by to eat them, the mouse girl helps out after all.
After receiving an urgent message regarding an epidemic, Dr. Dolittle prepares for a voyage to Africa.
A poem of thanks.
Mina, Jonathan’s girlfriend, writes letters back and forth to her friend Lucy about the young men in her life, Dr. Jack Seward and Quincey Morris. Arthur Holmwood introduced Lucy to Quincey Morris.
Preface to the novel.
Sailing off the Barbary Coast, the doctor and his crew encounter a hostile ship.
"Not long ago, the writer of these lines,"
Mary awakens to hear Colin screaming and throwing a tantrum from inside his room. She is summoned to his room and scolds him for screaming. She tells him that she hates him and he should go on screaming forever. She then looks at his back claiming that there is nothing wrong with it. Colin realizes for the first time that his affliction is largely in his head.
Monsieur Noirtier changes his will to aid Valentine.
Ishmael and Queequeg receive a warning about Ahab.
Disappointed by the disappearance of Long Arrow, Doctor Dolittle plans his next expedition, unsure of his destination.
On the way home from buying a cake at the store, Flop meets Nurse jane Fuzzy Wuzzy and she gives him some stockings to hang out for Santa. When she leaves, he is chased by a fox. When he hides, he sees a mouse who tells him to throw a stocking full of leaves at him to fool him. He does and escapes.
Mrs. Sowerby visits the garden. Everyone notices how much Colin looks like his mother. Mary and Colin embrace Mrs. Sowerby and wish that she were their mothers.
The Invisible Man returns to The Coach and Horses to retrieve some important documents. (London, England; Pearson's Magazine, 1897)
In one of Captain Crewe's letters, he reveals an interesting story causing much excitement in all the girls.
The author describes the most desired privilege of any cadet at West Point.
Nat Turner interferes with Clotel's mission as a fugitive.