The Snake's Pass by Bram Stoker (PDF)

 

THE SNAKE’S PASS.

Quarto, cloth, gilt edges, price 6s.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

UNDER THE SUNSET.

Some Opinions of the Press.

“... This particularly is a book which all clever and imaginative children should read.... The stories all paint a grand moral, are deeply pathetic, and of absorbing interest.”—The World.

“....A charming book....”—Punch.

“....This collection of delicate and forcible allegories.”—Daily Telegraph.

“....The style of the book is characterized throughout by remarkable purity and grace.”—The Daily News.

“....A really beautiful book, which may be enjoyed, not only by children, but by their elders.”—Morning Post.

“....The tales are in the best style of imaginative narrative, with charming little touches of nature and reference to every-day things.”—The Spectator.

“....The book is pervaded by a dreamy beauty of style, which cannot fail to be fascinating.”—The Echo.

“....A mystical, supernatural tale, told as it should be told, hovering airily and luminously in a medium half imaginative, half ethical....”—Liverpool Daily Post.

“....It ought to be in the book-case of every pastor, Christian, teacher, and scholar in the kingdom....”—Elgin Courant.

“....The tales one and all captivate the young intellect by the charm of innocence and freshness they possess....”—Dublin Freeman’s Journal.

“....We have rarely met a more delightful or more thoroughly wholesome book to place in the hands of children....”—Cork Constitution.

“....The thoughts of the book are high and pure, and the scenery of it is finely coloured and attractive....”—New York Tribune.

“A charming book, full of ingenious, refined, and poetical fancy.”—The Australasian.
 

The Snake’s Pass

BY

BRAM STOKER, M.A.

LONDON:
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE & RIVINGTON, Ltd.
St. Dunstan’s House,
FETTER LANE, FLEET STREET.
1891.
All rights reserved.

CHISWICK PRESS:—C. WHITTINGHAM AND CO., TOOKS COURT,
CHANCERY LANE.

(eText)

CONTENTS.

    PAGE
Chapter I.     A Sudden Storm     1
II.     The Lost Crown of Gold     15
III.     The Gombeen Man     36
IV.     The Secrets of the Bog     58
V.     On Knocknacar     83
VI.     Confidences     106
VII.     Vanished     126
VIII.     A Visit to Joyce     147
IX.     My New Property     160
X.     In the Cliff Fields     176
XI.     Un Mauvais Quart d’Heure     195
XII.     Bog-Fishing and Schooling     213
XIII.     Murdock’s Wooing     235
XIV.     A Trip to Paris     254
XV.     A Midnight Treasure Hunt     278
XVI.     A Grim Warning     297
XVII.     The Catastrophe     320
XVIII.     The Fulfilment     344

 

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