One Hundred World's Best Novels Condensed

David Copperfield to Quo Vadis, Don Quixote to The War of the Worlds — a hundred of the world's great novels, each condensed to a brisk summary with its author's life story, as read in 1919.

The Crisis

3 pages in this part of 100 Best Novels Condensed.

The Crisis

By WINSTON CHURCHILL Condensation by WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT THE scene is laid chiefly in St. Louis between 1857 and 1865. Stephen Brice, of…

The Crisis: Brice

Mrs. Brice, Stephen's mother, bore her reduced fortune with dignity and with high hope in her son's future and a spirit of sacrifice in his…

The Crisis: Colfax

Missouri was saved for the Union by Frank Blair and Nathaniel Lyon. Under their leadership the Germans of St. Louis captured a camp of the…

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