Modern essays and stories; a book to awaken appreciation of modern prose, and to develop ability and originality in writing, ed with introduction, notes, suggestive questions, subjects for written imitation directions for writing, and original illustrations . e loomed practical difficulties for the final exit,the solution involving window and fire-escape. But the land-lord, himself born there, said, No; he has always gone inand out like a gentleman, and he shall still go out, for thelast time, as a gentleman, thereupon he called in carpenterand mason to cut the wall. Then some old resident wil
Modern essays and stories; a book to awaken appreciation of modern prose, and to develop ability and originality in writing, ed with introduction, notes, suggestive questions, subjects for written imitation directions for writing, and original illustrations . e loomed practical difficulties for the final exit,the solution involving window and fire-escape. But the land-lord, himself born there, said, No; he has always gone inand out like a gentleman, and he shall still go out, for thelast time, as a gentleman, thereupon he called in carpenterand mason to cut the wall. Then some old resident will tell you, pointing out houseby house and name by name, where business men, small manu-facturers, politicians, and office-holders dwelt. And, fur-ther reminiscent, he will tell of how, when a boy, at dawnon each Fourth of July, he used to get out his toy cannon and ?* William Dean Howells (1837-1920). A celebrated modern novelist,noted for his realistic pictures of life. F. Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915). An American civil engineer, artistand short story writer. Colonel Carter of Cartersville is one of his best-known books. O. Henry (William Sidney Porter) (1867-1910). A popular Americanshort story writer, noted for originality of style and VANISHING NEW YOEK 189 fire it from a cellar entrance (pointing to the entrance),and how one Fourth the street was suddenly one shatteringcrash, two young students from the old university acrossWashington Square having experimentally tossed to the pave-ment from their garret window a stick of what was then anew explosive, dynamite. No sane and safe Fourths then! It is still remembered that some little houses at the far-ther end of Gay Street, on Christopher, were occupied bya little colony of hand-loom weavers from Scotland, whothere looked out from these windows in Thrums. ^ Around two corners from this spot is a curiously pic-turesque little bit caused by the street changes of a centuryago. It is Patchin Place, opening from Tenth
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