Pomonas Travels

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Pomona's Travels, by Frank R. Stockton

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Title: Pomona's Travels A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her Former Handmaiden
Author: Frank R. Stockton
Release Date: May 27, 2004 [EBook #12460]
Language: English
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POMONA'S TRAVELS
A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden
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POMONA'S TRAVELS
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BY
FRANK R. STOCKTON
ILLUSTRATED BY A.B. FROST
1894
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In Uniform Binding
RUDDER GRANGE Illustrated by A.B. Frost.
POMONA'S TRAVELS Illustrated by A.B. Frost.
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LETTER ONE. Wanted,--a Vicarage
LETTER TWO. On the Four-in-hand
LETTER THREE. Jone overshadows the Waiter
LETTER FOUR. The Cottage at Chedcombe
LETTER FIVE. Pomona takes a Lodger
LETTER SIX. Pomona expounds Americanisms
LETTER SEVEN. The Hayfield
LETTER EIGHT. Jone teaches Young Ladies how to Rake
LETTER NINE. A Runaway Tricycle
LETTER TEN. Pomona slides Backward down the Slope of the Centuries
LETTER ELEVEN. On the Moors
LETTER TWELVE. Stag-hunting on a Tricycle
LETTER THIRTEEN. The Green Placard
LETTER FOURTEEN. Pomona and her David Llewellyn
LETTER FIFTEEN. Hogs and the Fine Arts
LETTER SIXTEEN. With Dickens in London
LETTER SEVENTEEN. Buxton and the Bath Chairs
LETTER EIGHTEEN. Mr. Poplington as Guide
LETTER NINETEEN. Angelica and Pomeroy
LETTER TWENTY. The Countess of Mussleby
LETTER TWENTY-ONE. Edinboro' Town
LETTER TWENTY-TWO. Pomona and her Gilly
LETTER TWENTY-THREE. They follow the Lady of the Lake
LETTER TWENTY-FOUR. Comparisons become Odious to Pomona
LETTER TWENTY-FIVE. The Family-Tree-Man
LETTER TWENTY-SIX. Searching for Dorkminsters
LETTER TWENTY-SEVEN. Their Country and their Custom House
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Title Page
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Tail piece to Table of Contents
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Heading and Initial Letter
"Boy, go order me a four-in-hand"
The Landlady with an "underdone visage"
"I looked at the ladder and at the top front seat"
"Down came a shower of rain"
"Ask the waiter what the French words mean"
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Jone giving an order
The Carver
"You Americans are the speediest people"
"That was our house"
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"The young lady who keeps the bar"
"I see signs of weakening in the social boom"
At the Abbey
Vignette Heading and Initial Letter
"There, with the bar lady and the Marie Antoinette chambermaid, was Jone"
"At last I did get on my feet"
"Rise, Sir Jane Puddle"
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"In an instant I was free"
"If you was a man I'd break your head"
"I'm a Home Ruler"
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"And with a screech I dashed at those hogs like a steam engine"
"In the winter, when the water is frozen, they can't get over"
"Who do you suppose we met? Mr. Poplington!"
Mr. Poplington looking for luggage
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Pomona encourages Jonas
"Stop, lady, and I'll get out"
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"Your brother is over there"
To the Cat and Fiddle
"And did you like Chedcombe?"
"Jone looked at him and said that was the Highland costume"
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"I didn't say anything, and taking the pole in both hands I gave it a wild twirl over my head"
Pomona drinking it in
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"A person who was a family-tree-man"
"This might be a Dorkminster"
Jone didn't carry any hand-bag, and I had only a little one
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POMONA'S TRAVELS
This series of letters, written by Pomona of "Rudder Grange" to her former mistress, Euphemia, may require a few words of introduction. Those who have not read the adventures and experiences of Pomona in "Rudder Grange" should be told that she first appeared in that story as a very young and illiterate girl, fond of sensational romances, and with some out-of-the-way ideas in regard to domestic economy and the conventions of society. This romantic orphan took service in the "Rudder Grange" family, and as the story progressed she grew up into a very estimable young woman, and finally married Jonas, the son of a well-to-do farmer. Even after she came into possession of a husband and a daughter Pomona did not lose her affection for her former employers.
About a year before the beginning of the travels described in these letters Jonas's father died and left a comfortable little property, which placed Pomona and her husband in independent circumstances. The ideas and ambitions of this eccentric but sensible young woman enlarged with her fortune. As her daughter was now going to school, Pomona was seized with the spirit of emulation, and determined as far as was possible to make the child's education an advantage to herself. Some of the books used by the little girl at school were carefully and earnestly studied by her mother, and as Jonas joined with hearty good-will in the labors and pleasures of this system of domestic study, the family standard of education was considerably raised. In the quick-witted and observant