Author: Brander Matthews

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-02

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9781330569146

Excerpt from A Confident to-Morrow: A Novel of New York When at last the train stood still, and the impatient passengers poured forth and pressed forward as though a prize had been offered to the one who should first reach the ferry-boat, Frank Sartain found himself hastening ahead as eagerly as any of the others. He was glad of a chance to stretch his legs again, for he was weary with the two nights spent on the cars, and with the long intervening day. He felt draggled and dirty from his journey; and as the procession of passengers came out into the open air, he drew a long breath, as though to cleanse his lungs. A breeze blew in from the river, damp but not chill, considering the time of the year. Sartain wondered if it were always as mild as this in New York in the middle of October. He had not been East for several years; and even at best his acquaintance with the great city was confined to two or three chance visits when the college glee club had come down to give its annual concert. And now he was entering New York to stay; it was in New York hereafter that he was to wage the battle of life, and to fight his way to the front. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.