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Van Bibber and Others

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Van Bibber and Others (1892)
by Richard Harding Davis, illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson
Her First Appearance
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Edition: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892.

... follow the fortunes of Van Bibber, who comes up again fresh, smiling, and boutonnièred in a dozen adventures of Knickerbocker life. As a moralist, this charming old friend seems to us a bit of a poseur; but in the lighter affairs of life, as a struggler after economy, as a rescuer of lost collies, as a discourager of fraud in making a beggar just from breakfast eat a hearty meal under his personal inspection, he is truly engaging and debonair. The strongest work in the book is to be found in "An Unfinished Story," which is masterly in its force and originality. —extract from The Nation, 16 June 1892. Full review on the Discussion page

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"CAN I SIT UP HERE BESIDE YOU, OR DO YOU RULE ALONE?"
[See page 12.]

VAN BIBBER AND OTHERS


BY

By Richard Harding Davis
AUTHOR OP "GALLEGHER, AND OTHER STORIES"
"STORIES FOR BOYS" ETC.



NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE
1892

Copyright, 1892, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

All rights reserved.

TO

MY FATHER

L. CLARKE DAVIS

WHO HAS BEEN MY KINDEST AND

MY SEVEREST CRITIC

CONTENTS

  1. page
  2. Her First Appearance 3
  3. Van Bibber's Man-Servant 37
  4. The Hungry Man Was Fed 47
  5. Van Bibber at the Races 57
  6. An Experiment in Economy 67
  7. Mr. Travers's First Hunt 77
  8. Love Me, Love My Dog 85
  9. Eleanore Cuyler 95
  10. A Recruit at Christmas 133
  11. A Patron of Art 145
  12. Andy M'gee's Chorus Girl 159
  13. A Leander of the East River 169
  14. How Hefty Burke Got Even 183
  15. Outside the Prison 197
  16. An Unfinished Story 223

ILLUSTRATIONS

  1. "CAN I SIT UP HERE BESIDE YOU, OR DO YOU RULE ALONE?'" Frontispiece.
  2. BUT HE KNEW THAT WAS NOT THE REASON" Facing p. 18
  3. "'EVEN TO-DAY, THERE IS THE CHANCE SAMARITAN'" 26
  4. "'ARE YOU READY, ELEANORE?' SHE ASKED, BRISKLY" 106

 

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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