Complete edition of The Mansion by Henry van Dyke with 18 more of his short stories and many illustrations. Originally published as The Unknown Quantity : a book of romance and some half-told tales, it is a great treasury of wholesome tales for young and old."They are like etchings in which more is suggested than is in the picture. For this reason they are called Half-Told Tales, in the hope that they may mean to the reader more than they say."All students of thought should get this historic book. This 1913 edition is provided in a slim volume with full text at an affordable price. TABLE OF CONTENTSPREFACE 4THE WEDDING-RING 5MESSENGERS AT THE WINDOW 11THE COUNTERSIGN OF THE CRADLE 16HALF-TOLD TALES: THE KEY OF THE TOWER 23HALF-TOLD TALES: THE RIPENING OF THE FRUIT 25HALF-TOLD TALES: THE KING'S JEWEL 28THE MUSIC-LOVER 31HUMORESKE 35HALF-TOLD TALES: AN OLD GAME 46HALF-TOLD TALES: THE UNRULY SPRITE 48HALF-TOLD TALES: A CHANGE OF AIR 52THE NIGHT CALL 55THE EFFECTUAL FERVENT PRAYER 65THE RETURN OF THE CHARM 74HALF-TOLD TALES: BEGGARS UNDER THE BUSH 78HALF-TOLD TALES: STRONGHOLD 81HALF-TOLD TALES: IN THE ODOUR OF SANCTITY 85THE SAD SHEPHERD 91THE MANSION 102