Josephine Daskam: 15 books

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Smith College Stories Ten Stories by Josephine Dodge Daskam. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this...

Contents: A.M. CHISHOLM A Thousand a Plate A.M. WILLIAMSON The Eccentricity of Fleetwood ACHMED ABDULLAH The Home-Coming ARTHUR TRAIN The Escape of Wilkins ARTHUR TRAIN The Governor-General's Trunk BUCK CONNOR Get Your Man CHARLES BEADLE John O'Damn CHARLES E. VAN LOAN Water Stuff E.NESBIT The Dwellers...

An Idyll of All Fools' Day By Josephine Daskam Bacon

The colonel entered his sister’s room abruptly, sat down on her bed, and scattered a drawerful of fluffy things laid out for packing. “You don’t seem to think about my side of the matter,” he said gloomily. “What am I to do here all alone, for Heaven’s sake?” “That is so like a man,”...

The author reveals some of the secret dramas of modern life to which the physician is the only witness. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon shows instances occurring among the clientele of a famous brain specialist, where the materialist might put aside the explanation of the supernatural, only to be confronted by still greater problems. (Google Books)

An Idyll of All Fools' Day There flashed before Antony's eyes a quick panorama of the extended Frenchman, the kneeling doctor, the threatening men; his ears 37resounded with the gleeful cackle of that freckled Fate who had launched them, and then he faced an empty country road, silent but...

TO Belden, pacing the library doggedly, the waiting seemed interminable, the strain unnecessarily prolonged. A half-hour ago quick feet had echoed through the upper halls, windows had opened, doors all but slammed, vague whisperings and drawn breaths had hovered impalpably about the whole place; but...

Clairvoyant dreams, ghosts, murder, and intrigue abound in this short story collection! Dr. Stanchon might be a brilliant diagnostician, but the oddity of his cases more often involves the paranormal undercurrents of late nineteenth-century New York than curious illnesses. Whether he’s counseling...

Tales of a mother's love for her children.

Smith College Stories is Josephine Daskam Bacon’s timeless collection of short stories set at Smith College, the author's alma mater, written in 1900. A stunning tour de force, it reveals the artistry and depth of a major feminist master. It has not been out of print since 1900. It...