Henry van Dyke (1852–1933) was an American author, educator, and clergyman known for his essays, poetry, and religious writings. He is celebrated for works like “The Story of the Other Wise Man” and his hymn “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee.”
Short Stories written by Henry van Dyke
A Brave Heart 1888 - "That was truly his name, m'sieu'--Raoul Vaillantcoeur--a name of the fine sound, is it not? You like that word,--a valiant… ... Read more
A Change Of Air 1888 - There were three neighbours who lived side by side in a certain village. They were bound together by the contiguousness… ... Read more
A City of Refuge 1888 - In the dark autumn of 1914 the City sprang up almost in a night, as if by enchantment. It was… ... Read more
A Classic Instance 1888 - "Latin and Greek are dead," said Hardman, lean, eager, absolute, a fanatic of modernity. "They have been a long while… ... Read more
A Dream-story: The Christmas Angel 1888 - It was the hour of rest in the Country Beyond the Stars. All the silver bells that swing with the… ... Read more
A Fatal Success 1888 - "What surprises me in her behaviour," said he, "is its thoroughness. Woman seldom does things by halves, but often by… ... Read more
A Friend of Justice 1888 - I It was the black patch over his left eye that made all the trouble. In reality he was of… ... Read more
A Handful of Clay 1888 - There was a handful of clay in the bank of a river. It was only common clay, coarse and heavy;… ... Read more
A Holiday In A Vacation 1888 - It was really a good little summer resort where the boy and I were pegging away at our vacation. There… ... Read more
A Lazy, Idle Brook 1888 - "Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other… ... Read more
A Lover of Music 1888 - I He entered the backwoods village of Bytown literally on the wings of the wind. It whirled him along like… ... Read more
A Norwegian Honeymoon 1888 - "The best rose-bush, after all, is not that which has the fewest thorns, but that which bears the finest roses."… ... Read more
A Remembered Dream 1888 - This is the story of a dream that came to me some five-and-twenty years ago. It is as vivid in… ... Read more
A Sanctuary of Trees 1888 - The Baron d'Azan was old--older even than his seventy years. His age showed by contrast as he walked among his… ... Read more
A Slumber Song For The Fisherman’s Child 1888 - Furl your sail, my little boatie; Here 's the haven, still and deep, Where the dreaming tides, in-streaming, Up the… ... Read more
A Wild Strawberry 1888 - "Such is the story of the Boblink; once spiritual, musical, admired, the joy of the meadows, and the favourite bird… ... Read more
A Year of Nobility 1888 - I ENTER THE MARQUIS The Marquis sat by the camp-fire peeling potatoes. To look at him, you never would have… ... Read more
Among The Quantock Hills 1888 - My little Dorothea was the only one of the merry crowd who cared to turn aside with me from the… ... Read more
An Old Game 1888 - Three men were taking a walk together, as they said, just to while away the time. The first man intended… ... Read more
Antwerp Road 1888 - Along the straight, glistening road, through a dim arcade of drooping trees, a tunnel of faded green and gold, dripping… ... Read more
Ashes of Vengeance 1888 - Dun was a hard little city, proud and harsh; but impregnable because it was built upon a high rock. The… ... Read more
Beggars Under The Bush 1888 - As I came round the bush I was aware of four beggars in the shade of it, counting their spoils.… ... Read more
Between The Lupin And The Laurel 1888 - No other time of the year, on our northern Atlantic seaboard, is so alluring, so delicate and subtle in its… ... Read more
Books That I Loved As A Boy 1888 - "It is one thing," said my Uncle Peter, "to be perfectly honest. But it is quite another thing to tell… ... Read more
Days Off 1888 - "A day off" said my Uncle Peter, settling down in his chair before the open wood-fire, with that air of… ... Read more
Diana And The Lions 1888 - In the darkest hour before the dawn, Diana floated away from her Garden Tower and came down between the Lions… ... Read more
Fisherman’s Luck 1888 - Has it ever fallen in your way to notice the quality of the greetings that belong to certain occupations? There… ... Read more
His Other Engagement 1888 - Among the annals of the Petrine Club, which has for its motto the wise words of St. Peter, "I go… ... Read more
Humoreske 1888 - I They parted at the end of the summer--the boy and the girl--after having been very happy together for two… ... Read more
In The Odour Of Sanctity 1888 - Mortem suscepit cantando Last of all, the crouching plague leaped upon the Count Angelo (whose women and boon companions already… ... Read more
Justice of the Elements 1888 - So the Criminal with a Crown came to the end of his resources. He had told his last lie, but… ... Read more
Keeping Christmas 1888 - It is a good thing to observe Christmas day. The mere marking of times and seasons, when men agree to… ... Read more
Leviathan 1888 - The village of Samaria in the central part of the State of Connecticut resembled the royal city of Israel, after… ... Read more
Little Red Tom 1888 - My Uncle Peter was much interested in the war which broke out, not long ago, among the professional nature-writers. He… ... Read more
Lovers And Landscape 1888 - "He insisted that the love that was of real value in the world was n't interesting, and that the love… ... Read more
Messengers At The Window 1888 - The lighthouse on the Isle of the Wise Virgin--formerly called the Isle of Birds--still looks out over the blue waters… ... Read more
Notions About Novels 1888 - "You must write a novel," said my Uncle Peter to the young Man of Letters. "The novel is the literary… ... Read more
Salvage Point 1888 - The Hermanns built their house at the very end of the island, five or six miles from the more or… ... Read more
Silverhorns 1888 - THE railway station of Bathurst, New Brunswick, did not look particularly merry at two o'clock of a late September morning.… ... Read more
Sketches of Quebec 1888 - If you love a certain country, for its natural beauty, or for the friends you have made there, or for… ... Read more
Some Remarks On Gulls 1888 - WITH A FOOT-NOTE ON A FISH I CITY GULLS The current estimate of the sea-gull as an intellectual force is… ... Read more
Spy Rock 1888 - I It must have been near Sutherland's Pond that I lost the way. For there the deserted road which I… ... Read more
Stronghold 1888 - It rose upon the rock like a growth of nature; secure, commanding, imperturbable; mantled with ivy and crowned with towers;… ... Read more
Talkability 1888 - A PRELUDE AND THEME WITH VARIATIONS "He praises a meditative life, and with evident sincerity: but we feel that he… ... Read more
The Art Of Leaving Off 1888 - It was a hot August Sunday, one of those days on which art itself must not be made too long… ... Read more
The Blue Flower 1888 - The parents were abed and sleeping. The clock on the wall ticked loudly and lazily, as if it had time… ... Read more
The Boy of Nazareth Dreams 1888 - There was a Boy in Nazareth long ago whose after-life was wonderful, and whose story is written in the heart… ... Read more
The Broken Soldier and the Maid of France 1888 - I THE MEETING AT THE SPRING Along the old Roman road that crosses the rolling hills from the upper waters… ... Read more
The Countersign Of The Cradle 1888 - I cannot explain to you the connection between the two parts of this story. They were divided, in their happening,… ... Read more
The Effectual Fervent Prayer 1888 - "O-o-o! Danny, oho-o-o! five o'clock!" The clear young voice of Esther North floated across the snowy fields to the hill… ... Read more
The First Christmas Tree 1897 - I The Call of the Woodsman The day before Christmas, in the year of our Lord 722. Broad snow-meadows glistening… ... Read more
The Friend of the Family 1888 - Eastridge, June 3, 1907. To Gerrit Wendell, The Universe Club, New York: Do you remember promise? Come now, if possible.… ... Read more
The Gentle Life 1888 - Do you remember that fair little wood of silver birches on the West Branch of the Neversink, somewhat below the… ... Read more
The Hearing Ear 1888 - There were three American boys from the region of Philadelphia in the dugout, "Somewhere in France"; and they found it… ... Read more
The Hero and Tin Soldiers 1888 - On December twenty-fifth, 1918, that little white house in the park was certainly the happiest dwelling in Calvinton. It was… ... Read more
The Keeper of the Light 1888 - At long distance, looking over the blue waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in clear weather, you might think… ... Read more
The Key Of The Tower 1888 - So the first knight came to the Tower. Now his name was _Casse-Tout_, because wherever he came there was much… ... Read more
The King’s High Way 1888 - In the last remnant of Belgium, a corner yet unconquered by the German horde, I saw a tall young man… ... Read more
The King’s Jewel 1888 - There was an outcry at the door of the king's great hall, and suddenly a confusion arose. The guards ran… ... Read more
The Lost Word 1888 - "Come down, Hermas, come down! The night is past. It is time to be stirring. Christ is born today. Peace… ... Read more
The Mansion 1888 - There was an air of calm and reserved opulence about the Weightman mansion that spoke not of money squandered, but… ... Read more
The Mill 1888 - I How the Young Martimor would Become a Knight and Assay Great Adventure When Sir Lancelot was come out of… ... Read more
The Music-Lover 1888 - The Music-Lover had come to his favourite seat. It was in the front row of the balcony, just where the… ... Read more
The New Era and Carry On 1888 - The Commandant of the Marine Hospital was at his desk, working hard, when the door of the room was flung… ... Read more
The Night Call 1888 - I The first caprice of November snow had sketched the world in white for an hour in the morning. After… ... Read more
The Open Fire 1888 - "It is a vulgar notion that a fire is only for heat. A chief value of it is, however, to… ... Read more
The Other Wise Man 1895 - You know the story of the Three Wise Men of the East, and how they travelled from far away to… ... Read more
The Primitive and His Sandals 1888 - "I am sick of all this," said the Great Author, sweeping his hand over the silver-laden dinner-table. He seemed to… ... Read more
The Return Of The Charm 1888 - I "Nor I," cried John Harcourt, pulling up in the moon-silvered mist and clapping his hand to his pocket, "not… ... Read more
The Reward of Virtue 1888 - I When the good priest of St. Gerome christened Patrick Mullarkey, he lent himself unconsciously to an innocent deception. To… ... Read more
The Ripening Of The Fruit 1888 - The righteousness of Puramitra was notorious, and it was evident to all that he had immense faith in his gods.… ... Read more
The Sad Shepherd 1888 - I DARKNESS Out of the Valley of Gardens, where a film of new-fallen snow lay smooth as feathers on the… ... Read more
The Source 1888 - I In the middle of the land that is called by its inhabitants Koorma, and by strangers the Land of… ... Read more
The Thrilling Moment 1888 - "In angling, as in all other recreations into which excitement enters, we have to be on our guard, so that… ... Read more
The Traitor in the House 1888 - The Guest, who came from beyond the lake, had lived in the house for years and had the freedom of… ... Read more
The Unruly Sprite 1888 - There was once a man who was also a writer of books. The merit of his books lies beyond the… ... Read more
The Wedding-Ring 1888 - Before Toinette Girard made up her mind to marry Prosper Leclere,--you remember the man at Abbeville who had such a… ... Read more
The White Blot 1888 - I The real location of a city house depends upon the pictures which hang upon its walls. They are its… ... Read more
What Peace Means 1888 - ToMy Son in the FaithMy Brother in the WorkTertius van Dyke FOREWORD This little book contains three plain sermons which… ... Read more
Who Owns The Mountains? 1888 - WHO OWNS THE MOUNTAINS?"My heart is fixed firm and stable in the belief that ultimately the sunshine and the summer,… ... Read more
Wood-Magic 1888 - There are three vines that belong to the ancient forest. Elsewhere they will not grow, though the soil prepared for… ... Read more
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