Stories Worth Rereading Various, 1913 published here 25 September 2004 last edited on 17 July 2020 copyright status is Public Domain Subject: Story “Why do you rub at the knives forever?” asked Mary. Mary was the cook. “Because they are in my corner,” Georgia said, brightly. “ ‘You in your small corner,’ you know, ‘and I in mine.’ I will do the best I can; that is all I can do.” from Little Corners	Publisher’s Abstract Preface to the 1913 Edition Stories Their Word of Honor Muriel’s Bright Idea The Strength of Clinton The Doctor’s Cow Honey at the Phone One of Father’s Stories What Whiskey Did My Mother’s Ring The Bridal Wine Cup A Mother’s Sorrow The Reprimand An Example Fighting the Good Fight Tightening the Saddle Girth “Herrings for Nothing” The Power of Song Jack’s Fidelity Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother The Sleigh Ride Samuel Smiles, the Author of “Self-Help” David Livingstone A True Incident of the San Francisco Earthquake Little Corners In the Home Giants and Grasshoppers As Good as His Bond Plain Bernice How the Boy Without a Reference Found One An Hour a Day for a Year “Please, Sir, I Would Rather Not” The Right Word The Saddest of India’s Pictures One Little Widow Why the Mite Boxes Were Full Ti-to and the Boxers A True Story of a Young Christian How Nyangandi Swam to Church The Little Printer Missionary The Missionary’s Defense Light at Last The Brown Towel Only a Boy The Little Protector Moffat and Africaner Two Trifles A Second Trial The Sin of Extravagance A Little Child’s Work The Handy Box The Result of Disobedience Livingstone’s Bodyguard Spare Moments A Gold Medal A Girl’s Railway Acquaintance Harold’s Footman Elnathan’s Gold Only a Jackknife A Spelling Bee Jack’s Queer Ways What One Boy Did How Nick Learned Manners Without Ballast Influence of a Good Book Straightening Out the Furrows A Boy Who Was Wanted Wanted: an Employer How to Stop Swearing The Carols of Bethlehem Center Standing Bear’s Speech Mabel Ashton’s Dream A Sad But True Story Our Grass Rug and—Other Things “The Man That Died for Me” Poems Heroism Just Do Your Best Brotherly Kindness The Lad’s Answer A Drunkard’s Mother The Kingfisher Our Help Is Near If You But Knew Come The Tongue Can No Man Tame Life’s Battles Sometime, Somewhere Say, “Thank You” A Knight in the Right A Friend A Plea for Missions What the Flowers Say to Me To Those Who Fail Consecration When Someone’s Late If I Ought To Finish Thy Work Christ Is Coming Likes and Dislikes My Missionary Garden From “The Graduates” Reflex Influence If You Were Busy Some Things We Need Sowing to the Flesh Before It Is Too Late How Wonderful!

Stories Worth Rereading

Various, 1913

published here 25 September 2004
last edited on 17 July 2020
copyright status is Public Domain

Subject: Story

“Why do you rub at the knives forever?” asked Mary. Mary was the cook. “Because they are in my corner,” Georgia said, brightly. “ ‘You in your small corner,’ you know, ‘and I in mine.’ I will do the best I can; that is all I can do.”

from Little Corners

Publisher’s Abstract
Preface to the 1913 Edition

Stories

Their Word of Honor
Muriel’s Bright Idea
The Strength of Clinton
The Doctor’s Cow
Honey at the Phone
One of Father’s Stories
What Whiskey Did
My Mother’s Ring
The Bridal Wine Cup
A Mother’s Sorrow
The Reprimand
An Example
Fighting the Good Fight
Tightening the Saddle Girth
“Herrings for Nothing”
The Power of Song
Jack’s Fidelity
Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother
The Sleigh Ride
Samuel Smiles, the Author of “Self-Help”
David Livingstone
A True Incident of the San Francisco Earthquake
Little Corners
In the Home
Giants and Grasshoppers
As Good as His Bond
Plain Bernice
How the Boy Without a Reference Found One
An Hour a Day for a Year
“Please, Sir, I Would Rather Not”
The Right Word
The Saddest of India’s Pictures
One Little Widow
Why the Mite Boxes Were Full
Ti-to and the Boxers
A True Story of a Young Christian
How Nyangandi Swam to Church
The Little Printer Missionary
The Missionary’s Defense
Light at Last
The Brown Towel
Only a Boy
The Little Protector
Moffat and Africaner
Two Trifles
A Second Trial
The Sin of Extravagance
A Little Child’s Work
The Handy Box
The Result of Disobedience
Livingstone’s Bodyguard
Spare Moments
A Gold Medal
A Girl’s Railway Acquaintance
Harold’s Footman
Elnathan’s Gold
Only a Jackknife
A Spelling Bee
Jack’s Queer Ways
What One Boy Did
How Nick Learned Manners
Without Ballast
Influence of a Good Book
Straightening Out the Furrows
A Boy Who Was Wanted
Wanted: an Employer
How to Stop Swearing
The Carols of Bethlehem Center
Standing Bear’s Speech
Mabel Ashton’s Dream
A Sad But True Story
Our Grass Rug and—Other Things
“The Man That Died for Me”

Poems

Heroism
Just Do Your Best
Brotherly Kindness
The Lad’s Answer
A Drunkard’s Mother
The Kingfisher
Our Help Is Near
If You But Knew
Come
The Tongue Can No Man Tame
Life’s Battles
Sometime, Somewhere
Say, “Thank You”
A Knight in the Right
A Friend
A Plea for Missions
What the Flowers Say to Me
To Those Who Fail
Consecration
When Someone’s Late
If I Ought To
Finish Thy Work
Christ Is Coming
Likes and Dislikes
My Missionary Garden
From “The Graduates”
Reflex Influence
If You Were Busy
Some Things We Need
Sowing to the Flesh
Before It Is Too Late
How Wonderful!