Just David

This book contain collection of 25 Short Stories

The Mountain Home
The Trail
The Valley
Two Letters
Discords
Nuisances, Necessary and Otherwise
"You're Wanted—You're Wanted!"
The Puzzling "Dos" and "Don'ts"
Joe
The Lady of the Roses
Jack and Jill
Answers that Did Not Answer
A Surprise for Mr. Jack
The Tower Window
Secrets
David's Castle in Spain
"The Princess and the Pauper"
David to the Rescue
The Unbeautiful World
The Unfamiliar Way
Heavy Hearts
As Perry Saw It
Puzzles
A Story Remodeled
The Beautiful World



About the Author:


Eleanor Hodgman Porter (December 19, 1868 – May 21, 1920) was an American novelist. She was born as Eleanor Hodgman in Littleton, New Hampshire on December 19, 1868, the daughter of Francis Fletcher Hodgman and Llewella Woolson. She was trained as a singer, attending New England Conservatory for several years, but later turned to writing. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. That is when she began writing and publishing her short stories and later novels. She died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 21, 1920 and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.


Porter mainly wrote children's literature, adventure stories and romance fiction. Porter achieved considerable commercial success: in 1913, Pollyanna ranked eighth among bestselling novels in the United States, second in 1914, and fourth in 1915 (it went through forty-seven printings between 1915 and 1920); in 1916, Just David ranked third; in 1917, The Road to Understanding ranked fourth; in 1918, Oh Money! Money! ranked fifth.