Produced by David Widger








INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG

WORKS OF

AMELIA EDITH HUDDLESTON BARR

(AMELIA BARR)



Compiled by David Widger





CONTENTS

##  REMEMBER THE ALAMO

##  THE MAN BETWEEN

##  THE MAID OF MAIDEN LANE

##  THE HALLAM SUCCESSION

##  A DAUGHTER OF FIFE

##  A NIGHT OF THE NETS

##  SCOTTISH SKETCHES

##  WINTER EVENING TALES

##  THE SQUIRE OF SANDAL-SIDE

##  THE MEASURE OF A MAN

##  THE BOW OF ORANGE RIBBON

##  AN ORKNEY MAID

##  A SINGER FROM THE SEA

##  PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE

##  CHRISTINE

##  MAIDS WIVES AND BACHELORS

##  JAN VEDDER'S WIFE

WAS IT RIGHT TO FORGIVE

##  A ROSE OF A HUNDRED LEAVES

##  I, THOU, AND THE OTHER ONE

##  A SONG OF A SINGLE NOTE

##  ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

##  A RECONSTRUCTED MARRIAGE

##  PLAYING WITH FIRE

##  THE PAPER CAP

##  THE LION'S WHELP







TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES





REMEMBER THE ALAMO
By Amelia E. Barr



CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. 	THE CITY IN THE WILDERNESS.
CHAPTER II. 	ANTONIA AND ISABEL.
CHAPTER III. 	BUILDERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
CHAPTER IV. 	THE SHINING BANDS OF LOVE.
CHAPTER V. 	A FAMOUS BARBECUE.
CHAPTER VI. 	ROBERT WORTH IS DISARMED.
CHAPTER VII. 	A MEETING AT MIDNIGHT.
CHAPTER VIII. 	MOTHER AND PRIEST.
CHAPTER IX. 	THE STORMING OF THE ALAMO.
CHAPTER X. 	THE DOCTOR AND THE PRIEST.
CHAPTER XI. 	A HAPPY TRUCE.
CHAPTER XII. 	DANGER AND HELP.
CHAPTER XIII. 	THE ARRIVAL OF SANTA ANNA.
CHAPTER XIV. 	THE FALL OF THE ALAMO.
CHAPTER XV. 	GOLIAD.
CHAPTER XVI. 	THE LOADSTONE IN THE BREAST.
CHAPTER XVII. 	HOME AGAIN.
CHAPTER XVIII. 	UNDER ONE FLAG.
FOOTNOTES:





THE MAN BETWEEN
An International Romance
By Amelia E. Barr



CONTENTS
PART FIRST -- O LOVE WILL VENTURE IN!
THE MAN BETWEEN
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
PART SECOND -- PLAYING WITH FIRE
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
PART THIRD -- �I WENT DOWN INTO THE GARDEN TO SEE IF THE POMEGRANATES BUDDED."
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
PART FOURTH -- THE REAPING OF THE SOWING
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII





THE MAID OF MAIDEN LANE
A Sequel to �The Bow of Orange Ribbon.� A Love Story
By Amelia E. Barr
1900



CONTENTS
CHAPTER I 	THE HOME OF CORNELIA MORAN
CHAPTER II 	THIS IS THE WAY OF LOVE
CHAPTER III 	HYDE AND ARENTA
CHAPTER IV 	THROWING THINGS INTO CONFUSION
CHAPTER V 	TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF
CHAPTER VI 	AUNT ANGELICA
CHAPTER VII 	ARENTA�S MARRIAGE
CHAPTER VIII 	TWO PROPOSALS
CHAPTER IX 	MISDIRECTED LETTERS
CHAPTER X 	LIFE TIED IN A KNOT
CHAPTER XI 	WE HAVE DONE WITH TEARS AND TREASONS
CHAPTER XII 	A HEART THAT WAITS
CHAPTER XIII 	THE NEW DAYS COME
CHAPTER XIV 	�HUSH! LOVE IS HERE!�





THE HALLAM SUCCESSION
By Amelia E. Barr



CONTENTS
THE HALLAM SUCCESSION.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.





A DAUGHTER OF FIFE
By Amelia E. Barr



CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. 	THE BEACHING OF THE BOAT.
CHAPTER II. 	THE UNKNOWN GUEST.
CHAPTER III. 	THE CAMPBELLS OF MERITON.
CHAPTER IV. 	MAGGIE AND ANGUS.
CHAPTER V. 	A PARTING.
CHAPTER V. 	OFF WITH THE OLD LOVE.
CHAPTER VI. 	MAGGIE.
CHAPTER VIII. 	THE BROKEN SIXPENCE.
CHAPTER IX. 	SEVERED SELVES AND SHADOWS.
CHAPTER X. 	MAGGIE�S FLIGHT.
CHAPTER XI. 	DRUMLOCH.
CHAPTER XI. 	TO THE HEBRIDES.
CHAPTER XII. 	THE BROKEN TRYST.
CHAPTER XIV. 	THE MEETING PLACE.
CHAPTER XV. 	WOO�D AND MARRIED AND A�.





A KNIGHT OF THE NETS
By Amelia E. Barr
1896



CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. 	THE WORLD SHE LIVED IN
CHAPTER II. 	CHRISTINA AND ANDREW
CHAPTER III. 	THE AILING HEART
CHAPTER IV. 	THE LAST OF THE WHIP
CHAPTER V. 	THE LOST BRIDE
CHAPTER VI. 	WHERE IS MY MONEY?
CHAPTER VII. 	THE BEGINNING OF THE END
CHAPTER VIII. 	A GREAT DELIVERANCE
CHAPTER IX. 	THE RIGHTING OF A WRONG
CHAPTER X. 	�TAKE ME IN TO DIE!�
CHAPTER XI. 	DRIVEN TO HIS DUTY
CHAPTER XII. 	AMONG HER OWN PEOPLE
CHAPTER XIII. 	THE �LITTLE SOPHY�





SCOTTISH SKETCHES
By Amelia E. Barr
1883



CONTENTS
CRAWFORD'S SAIR STRAIT.
     CHAPTER I.
     CHAPTER II.
     CHAPTER III.
     CHAPTER IV.
     CHAPTER V.
     CHAPTER VI.
     CHAPTER VII.
     CHAPTER VIII.
     CHAPTER IX.
     CHAPTER X.
JAMES BLACKIE'S REVENGE.
     CHAPTER I.
     CHAPTER II.
     CHAPTER III.
     CHAPTER IV.
     CHAPTER V.
     CHAPTER VI.
FACING HIS ENEMY.
     CHAPTER I.
     CHAPTER II.
     CHAPTER III.
     CHAPTER IV.
     CHAPTER V.
     CHAPTER VI.
     CHAPTER VII.
     CHAPTER VIII.
     CHAPTER IX.
ANDREW CARGILL'S CONFESSION.
     CHAPTER I.
     CHAPTER II.
ONE WRONG STEP.
     CHAPTER I.
     CHAPTER II.
     CHAPTER III.
     CHAPTER IV.
     CHAPTER V.
     CHAPTER VI.
LILE DAVIE.





WINTER EVENING TALES
By Amelia E. Barr



CONTENTS
"Cash;" a Problem of Profit and Loss, 	7
Franz M�ller's Wife, 	37
The Voice at Midnight, 	54
Six and Half-a-Dozen, 	64
The Story of David Morrison, 	72
Tom Duffan's Daughter, 	95
The Harvest of the Wind, 	112
The Seven Wise Men of Preston, 	156
Margaret Sinclair's Silent Money, 	164
Just What He Deserved, 	198
An Only Offer, 	222
Two Fair Deceivers, 	235
The Two Mr. Smiths, 	247
The Story of Mary Neil, 	266
The Heiress of Kurston Chace, 	271
Only This Once, 	286
Petralto's Love Story, 	301





THE SQUIRE OF SANDAL-SIDE
A PASTORAL ROMANCE
By Amelia E. Barr
1886
CONTENTS.
Chapter I. Seat-Sandal
Chapter II. The Sheep-Shearing
Chapter III. Julius Sandal
Chapter IV. Thus runs the World away
Chapter V. Charlotte
Chapter VI. The Day before Christmas
Chapter VII. Wooing and Wedding
Chapter VIII. The Enemy in the Household
Chapter IX. Esau
Chapter X. The New Squire
Chapter XI. Sandal And Sandal





THE MEASURE OF A MAN
By Amelia E. Barr



CONTENTS
CHAPTER 	PAGE
I. THE GREAT SEA WATERS 	1
II. THE PEOPLE OF THE STORY 	18
III. LOVE VENTURES IN 	39
IV. BROTHERS 	56
V. THE HEARTH FIRE 	78
VI. LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM 	99
VII. SHOCK AND SORROW 	125
VIII. THE GODDESS OF THE TENDER FEET 	146
IX. JOHN INTERFERES IN HARRY'S AFFAIRS 	182
X. AT HER GATES 	204
XI. JANE RECEIVES A LESSON 	235
XII. PROFIT AND LOSS 	262
XIII. THE LOVE THAT NEVER FAILS 	286
SEQUENCES 	312
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"Holding Bendigo's bridle, he had walked with her to the Harlow residence"...Frontispiece

"He knew her for his own ... as she stood with her father at the gate of their little garden"...72

"He ran down the steps to meet her, and she put her hand in his"...168

"Noiselessly he stepped to her side and ...stood in silent prayer"...232





THE BOW OF ORANGE RIBBON
A ROMANCE OF NEW YORK
By Amelia E. Barr
CONTENTS
I
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.





AN ORKNEY MAID
By Amelia E. Barr



CONTENTS

CHAPTER


PAGE
	Introduction 	1
I. 	The House of Ragnor 	7
II. 	Adam Vedder�s Trouble 	30
III. 	Aries the Ram 	47
IV. 	Sunna and Her Grandfather 	72
V. 	Sunna and Thora 	98
VI. 	The Old, Old Trouble 	129
VII. 	The Call of War 	164
VIII. 	Thora�s Problem 	193
IX. 	The Bread of Bitterness 	230
X. 	The One Remains, the Many Change and Pass 	271
XI. 	Sequences 	304





SINGER FROM THE SEA
By Amelia E. Barr



CONTENTS

CHAPTER


PAGE
I. 	DENAS PENELLES 	1
II. 	OH, THE PITY OF IT! 	22
III. 	THE COTTAGE BY THE SEA 	41
IV. 	THE SEED OF CHANGE 	59
V. 	WHAT SHALL BE DONE FOR ROLAND? 	77
VI. 	ELIZABETH AND DENAS 	95
VII. 	IS THERE ANY SORROW LIKE LOVING? 	115
VIII. 	A SEA OF SORROW 	138
IX. 	A PIECE OF MONEY AND A SONG 	161
X. 	A VISIT TO ST. PENFER 	181
XI. 	FATHERLY AND MOTHERLY 	199
XII. 	A COWARDLY LOVE 	225
XIII. 	DEATH IS DAWN 	251
XIV. 	SORROW BRINGS US ALL HOME 	272
XV. 	ONLY FRIENDS 	295
XVI. 	THE �DARLING DENAS� 	314
XVII. 	DENAS 	331





PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
By Amelia E. Barr
CONTENTS
BOOK FIRST�LIOT BORSON
  	PAGE
I. 	The Weaving of Doom 	3
II. 	Jealousy Cruel as the Grave 	23
III. 	A Sentence for Life 	44
IV. 	The Door Wide Open 	62
BOOK SECOND�DAVID BORSON
V. 	A New Life 	85
VI. 	Kindred�the Quick and the Dead 	107
VII. 	So Far and No Farther 	127
VIII. 	The Justification of Death 	144
IX. 	A Sacrifice Accepted 	169
X. 	In the Fourth Watch 	192
XI. 	The Lowest Hell 	210
XII. 	�At Last it is Peace� 	220





CHRISTINE
By Amelia E. Barr



CONTENTS
CHAPTER 	  	PAGE
I. 	Fishers of Culraine 	1
II. 	Christine and the Domine 	23
III. 	Angus Ballister 	38
IV. 	The Fisherman�s Fair 	61
V. 	Christine and Angus 	86
VI. 	A Child, Two Lovers, and a Wedding 	115
VII. 	Neil and a Little Child 	152
VIII. 	An Unexpected Marriage 	183
IX. 	A Happy Bit of Writing 	212
X. 	Roberta Interferes 	247
XI. 	Christine Mistress of Ruleson Cottage 	280
XII. 	Neil�s Return Home 	306
XIII. 	The Right Mate and the Right Time 	339
XIV. 	After Many Years 	362





MAIDS WIVES AND BACHELORS
By Amelia E. Barr



CONTENTS
	PAGE
Maids and Bachelors 	1
The American Girl 	13
Dangerous Letter-Writing 	23
Flirts and Flirtation 	32
On Falling in Love 	38
Engaged To Be Married 	47
Shall our Daughters have Dowries? 	56
The Ring Upon the Finger 	67
Flirting Wives 	73
Mothers-in-Law 	86
Good and Bad Mothers 	97
Unequal Marriages 	114
Discontented Women 	125
Women on Horseback 	145
A Good Word for Xanthippe 	155
The Favorites of Men 	160
Mothers of Great and Good Men 	170
Domestic Work for Women 	175
Professional Work for Women 	187
Little Children 	200
On Naming Children 	205
The Children�s Table 	217
Intellectual �Cramming� of Boys 	225
The Servant-Girl�s Point of View 	231
Extravagance 	240
Ought we to Wear Mourning? 	248
How To Have One�s Portrait Taken 	254
The Crown of Beauty 	272
Waste of Vitality 	281
A Little Matter of Money 	288
Mission of Household Furniture 	293
People Who Have Good Impulses 	302
Worried to Death 	307
The Grapes We Can�t Reach 	313
Burdens 	319





JAN VEDDER�S WIFE
By Amelia E. Barr



CONTENTS
Chapter I.�Jan�s Wedding. 	1
Chapter II.�A Little Cloud in the Sky. 	17
Chapter III.�Jan�s Opportunity. 	36
Chapter IV.�The Desolated Home. 	54
Chapter V.�Shipwreck. 	74
Chapter VI.�Margaret�s Heart. 	94
Chapter VII.�The Man at Death�s Door. 	116
Chapter VIII.�Death and Change. 	140
Chapter IX.�Jan at His Post. 	167
Chapter X.�Sweet Home. 	193
Chapter XI.�Snorro Is Wanted. 	228
Chapter XII.�Snorro and Jan. 	252
Chapter XIII.�Little Jan�s Triumph. 	275
Chapter XIV.�Jan�s Return. 	297
Chapter XV.�Labor and Rest. 	317





A ROSE OF A HUNDRED LEAVES
By Amelia E. Barr



CONTENTS.
CHAPTER 	  	PAGE
I. 	The Wild Rose is the Sweetest 	9
II. 	Forgive me, Christ! 	35
III. 	Only Brother Will 	77
IV. 	For Mother�s Sake 	113
V. 	But they were Young 	151
VI. 	�Love shall be Lord of Sandy-Side� 	180
VII. 	�A Rose of a Hundred Leaves� 	208





I, THOU, AND THE OTHER ONE
By Amelia E. Barr



CONTENTS
CHAPTER 	PAGE
I 	The Athelings 	1
II 	Cecil and Edgar 	23
III 	The Lord of Exham 	42
IV 	The Dawn of Love 	66
V 	Annabel Vyner 	81
VI 	The Beginning of the Great Struggle 	103
VII 	The Lost Ring 	121
VIII 	Will she choose Evil or Good? 	150
IX 	A Foolish Virgin 	169
X 	Trouble comes Unsummoned 	193
XI 	Life comes and goes the Old, Old Way 	213
XII 	The Shadow of Sorrow stretched out 	235
XIII 	Not Yet 	263
XIV 	At the Worst 	288
XV 	Lady of Exham Hall at Last 	315
XVI 	After Twenty Golden Years 	341





A SONG OF A SINGLE NOTE
A Love Story
By Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr



CONTENTS
Red or Blue Ribbons 	1
The Fair and the Brave 	21
Life in the Captive City 	50
A Song of a Single Note 	75
Love's Sweet Dream 	103
The Intercepted Message 	134
The Price of Harry's Life 	160
The Help of Jacob Cohen 	185
The Turn of the Tide 	211
Maria Goes to London 	253
The Question of Marriage 	283
Love and Victory 	306
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
	The Song of a Single Note� 	Frontispiece.
	Maria lay dressed upon her bed 	facing 100
	The drummers and fifers in front did not see him 	facing 208
	He caused the small boat to put him on shore 	facing 320





All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography
The Red Leaves of a Human Heart
By Amelia E. Barr
CONTENTS
	  	PAGE
I. 	The Border Land of Life 	1
II. 	At Shipley, Yorkshire 	11
III. 	Where Druids and Giants Dwelt 	25
IV. 	At Ripon and the Isle of Man 	47
V. 	Sorrow and Change 	60
VI. 	In Norfolk 	69
VII. 	Over the Border 	81
VIII. 	Love Is Destiny 	91
IX. 	The Home Made Desolate 	106
X. 	Passengers for New York 	126
XI. 	From Chicago to Texas 	146
XII. 	A Pleasant Journey 	177
XIII. 	In Arcadia 	195
XIV. 	The Beginning of Strife 	214
XV. 	The Break-up of the Confederacy 	235
XVI. 	The Terror by Night and by Day 	259
XVII. 	The Never-Coming-Back Called Death 	278
XVIII. 	I Go to New York 	300
XIX. 	The Beginnings of a New Life 	319
XX. 	The Family Life 	335
XXI. 	Thus Runs the World Away 	354
XXII. 	The Latest Gospel: Know Thy Work and Do It 	374
XXIII. 	The Gods Sell Us All Good Things for Labor 	405
XXIV. 	Busy, Happy Days 	426
XXV. 	Dreaming and Working 	446
XXVI. 	The Verdict of Life 	466
Appendix I. 	Huddleston Lords of Millom 	481
Appendix II. 	Books Published by Dodd, Mead and Company 	488
Appendix III. 	Books Published by Other Publishers 	490
Appendix IV. 	Poems 	492
Appendix V. 	Letters 	499
	Index 	513
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
	PAGE
Mrs. Barr at 80 	Frontispiece
Mrs. Barr�s Birthplace 	8
Rev. William Henry Huddleston 	52
Mrs. Barr at 18 	98
Mr. Robert Barr 	204
Miss Lilly Barr 	288
Mrs. Barr November, 1880 	364
Miss Mary Barr (Mrs. Kirk Munroe) 	378
�Cherry Croft,� Cornwall-on-Hudson 	428
Miss Alice Barr 	456





A RECONSTRUCTED MARRIAGE
By Amelia E. Barr



CONTENTS
CHAPTER I A Prospective Mother-in-Law
CHAPTER II Preparing for the Bride
CHAPTER III The Bride's Homecoming
CHAPTER IV Foes in the Household
CHAPTER V Bad at Best
CHAPTER VI The Naming of the Child
CHAPTER VII The New Christina
CHAPTER VIII A Runaway Bride
CHAPTER IX The Last Straw
CHAPTER X Theodora Makes a New Life
CHAPTER XI Christina and Isabel
CHAPTER XII Robert Campbell Goes Wooing
CHAPTER XIII The Reconstructed Marriage
OTHER BOOKS BY MRS. BARR





PLAYING WITH FIRE
By Amelia E. Barr
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. The Minister's Family
CHAPTER II. Lord Richard Cramer
CHAPTER III. Donald Pleases His Father
CHAPTER IV. The Great Temptation
CHAPTER V. The Minister in Love
CHAPTER VI. Donald Takes His Own Way
CHAPTER VII. Marion Decides
CHAPTER VIII. Macrae Learns a Hard Lesson
CHAPTER IX. When Will the Night Be Past?
CHAPTER X. A Dream
CHAPTER XI. Love Is the Fulfilling of the Law
CHAPTER XII. Afterward
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"'Good-bye, Richard!' she cried. 'Good-bye, dearest of all!'"

"There came again to her that singular sense of a past familiarity"

"She smiled and laid her jeweled white hand confidingly on his"

"The descent seemed steep and dark"





THE PAPER CAP
A Story Of Love And Labor
By Amelia E. Barr


CONTENTS
THE PAPER CAP
CHAPTER I 	THE SQUIRE OF ANNIS
CHAPTER II 	THE PROSPECT OF LONDON LIFE
CHAPTER III 	THE REALIZATION OF TROUBLE
CHAPTER IV 	LONDON AND AUNT JOSEPHA
CHAPTER V 	THE DISORDER CALLED LOVE
CHAPTER VI 	FASHION AND FAMINE
CHAPTER VII 	IN THE FOURTH WATCH
CHAPTER VIII 	LOVE�S TENDER PHANTASY
CHAPTER IX 	LOVERS QUARREL AND THE SQUIRE MAKES A SPEECH
CHAPTER X 	THE GREAT BILL PASSES
CHAPTER XI 	AUNT JOSEPHA INTERFERES
CHAPTER XII 	THE SQUIRE MAKES GOOD
CHAPTER XIII 	MARRIAGE BELLS AND GOOD-BY TO ANNIS
CHAPTER XIV 	A RECALL





THE LION'S WHELP
A Story of Cromwell's Time
By Amelia E. Barr
CONTENTS
SWAFFHAM AND DE WICK
DOCTOR JOHN VERITY
WOVEN OF LOVE AND GLORY
SO SWEET A DREAM
SHEATHED SWORDS
ON THE TIDE TOP
TWO LOVE AFFAIRS
UPON THE THRESHOLD
CROMWELL INTERFERES
RUPERT AND CLUNY
OLIVER PROTECTOR
HOLD THOU MY HANDS
CHANGES AT DE WICK
A LITTLE FURTHER ON
THE FATE OF LORD CLUNY NEVILLE
OLIVER THE CONQUEROR
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"'Now let god arise!'" Frontispiece

"When he came again it was harvest time."

"Then he dropped his blade into the sheathe with a clang."

"Beheld Cromwell standing upon the threshold."

"The hawthorns were in flower."

"Rupert stood still, and bowed gravely."

"Three ominous-looking papers."

"'Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and the King of Glory shall come in.'"