New Releases by Christopher Morley

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Haunted Bookshop" by Christopher Morley. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Parnassus on Wheels is Morley''s first novel, about a fictional traveling book-selling business. The original owner of the business, Roger Mifflin, sells it to 39-year-old Helen McGill, who is tired of taking care of her older brother, Andrew. Andrew is a former businessman turned farmer, turned author. As an author, he begins using the farm as his Muse rather than a livelihood. When Mifflin shows up with his traveling bookstore, Helen buys it--partly to prevent Andrew from buying it--and partly to treat herself to a long-overdue adventure of her own. The first of two novels to be written from a woman''s perspective, as well as the prequel to a later novel (The Haunted Bookshop), Parnassus on Wheels was inspired by David Grayson''s novel, The Friendly Road, and starts with an open letter to Grayson, taking him to task for not concerning himself (except in passing) with his sister''s opinion of and reaction to his adventure.

''Songs for a Little House'' is a collection of poems written by Christopher Morley. Featured titles in this book include ''To the Little House'', ''One Moment, Please'', ''Bayberry Candles'', ''Secret Laughter'', and ''Six Weeks Old''.

By Christopher Morley is a collection of essays and reflections that offer insights into American literature and culture. Morley''s writing is characterized by its wit and charm, making this book an enjoyable read for those who appreciate classic essays and American literary commentary.

Parnassus on Wheels traces a middle-aged woman''s winsome adventures as a traveling bookseller. Its sequel, The Haunted Bookshop, unfolds in a Brooklyn store that attracts a nefarious plot as well as a budding romance.

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A charming and entertaining novel that captures the romance of books and bookshops. "When you sell a man a book," says Roger Mifflin, protagonist of this classic bookselling novel, "you don''t sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue--you sell him a whole new life." The Haunted Bookshop finds Mifflin and his wife, Helen McGill, ensconced in Brooklyn, where they encounter some strange goings-on in their bookstore. The unraveling of the mystery provides a rollicking plot while allowing Mifflin (and Morley) to expound on the delights of reading and the intricacy of the bookseller''s art.

Parnassus on Wheels is Morley''s first novel, about a fictional traveling book-selling business. The original owner of the business, Roger Mifflin, sells it to 39-year-old Helen McGill, who is tired of taking care of her older brother, Andrew. Andrew is a former businessman turned farmer, turned author. As an author, he begins using the farm as his Muse rather than a livelihood. When Mifflin shows up with his traveling bookstore, Helen buys it--partly to prevent Andrew from buying it--and partly to treat herself to a long-overdue adventure of her own. The first of two novels to be written from a woman''s perspective, as well as the prequel to a later novel (The Haunted Bookshop), Parnassus on Wheels was inspired by David Grayson''s novel, The Friendly Road, and starts with an open letter to Grayson, taking him to task for not concerning himself (except in passing) with his sister''s opinion of and reaction to his adventure.

Christopher Morley was a prominent American novelist, journalist, and poet. Morley was a prolific writer and is now best remembered for the novels Parnassus on Wheels and The Haunted Bookshop. Parnassus on Wheels, published in 1917, is Morley''s first novel. The book tells the story of Roger Mifflin and his travelling book-selling business. The Haunted Bookshop is the sequel to Parnassus on Wheels. The action is set in Brooklyn near the end of World War I and continues to tell the story of Roger Mifflin as well as a mysterious bookshop.

Christopher Morley''s unforgettably weird classic tale of adventure on a traveling bookstore called Parnassus, drawn by a steed called Pegasus, is back for a new generatin of readers.

The cult of Sherlock Holmes and its organizational centerpiece, The Baker Street Irregulars, were products of the fertile mind of Christopher Morley (1890-1957), one of the most versatile and prolific writers of the first half of the twentieth century. Novelist, essayist, columnist, Book-of-the-Month Club judge, poet, panelist, and promoter, Morley was an avid exponent of the literature he loved. Few writers were closer to his heart than Arthur Conan Doyle, whose tales of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were still being penned during Morley''s boyhood. This collection is a virtual anthology of Morley''s many styles. In addition to old favorites like "In Memoriam Sherlock Holmes," the preface to the Doubleday edition of The Complete Sherlock Holmes published in 1930 and probably the most widely read Sherlockian essay of them all, here are previously unpublished or never-before-collected essays, poems, short stories, and even a play. Excerpts from the fifteen years of Morley''s columns in the Saturday Review of Literature and a decade of his "Clinical Notes by a Resident Patient" in the Baker Street Journal (currently published by Fordham University Press) cover ever aspect of Holmes''s world - from dressing gowns to Turkish baths, from beekeeping to the "B" in 221B Baker Street. As Morley put it in his little-known reader for high-school students, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, "A Textbook of Friendship, "The beginning reader of Sherlock Holmes concerns himself with little more than attentive enjoyment, but there is a post-graduate school as well. There is a special and superior pleasure in reading anything so much more carefully than its author ever did." The Standard Doyle Company - Morley''s punning title for the Baker Street Irregulars - is an advanced syllabus for the lover of Sherlockian literature and lore.

Christopher Morley was one of the most celebrated American authors of the 1920s and 1930s. Best known as the author of Parnassus on Wheels and Kitty Foyle, Morley wrote for a popular audience that keenly appreciated his style, his wit, and his exuberant championing of the written word. Morley wrote most of the pieces collected in this volume from 1918 to 1920, while a columnist for the Philadelphia Evening Ledger. His assignment: to "saunter" around town and the Philadelphia suburbs, and then - usually after a leisurely lunch - report back. The result was a series of lively essays that, read now, not only reveals a city''s colorful past, but sheds light on its present: much of the Philadelphia Morley explored remains intact for the native or visitor with the eye and patience to discover it. Morley''s best Philadelphia work, scattered among 12 volumes published during his lifetime, have been collected in this handsome new book, which includes period illustrations by Walter Jack Duncan and Frank Taylor, and a critical introduction by Ken Kalfus. Published on May 5, 1990, on the 100th anniversary of Morley''s birth, Christopher Morley''s Philadelphia brings together numerous essays that have been out of print for 50 years or longer. The book joins Fordham University Press''s 1988 collection, Christopher Morley''s New York, as a lasting contribution to the Morley oeuvre.

A rich selection of essays, bringing together for the first time Morley''s writings about New York. Provides a vivid picture of the city, and of city life, in the 1920s through the eyes of a pre-eminent American man of letters. Evocative period illustrations by Walter Jack Duncan, who illustrated so many Morley first editions, embellish the book. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Fantasy about children at a party who decide to spy on their elders and their tangled lives.