The Lion and the Unicorn

by Richard Harding Davis

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Genres: Fiction

318 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1898

About the author

Richard Harding Davis (1864–1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.

Reviews

[S. Spelbring · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a collection for (4?) short stories: Lion and the Unicorn, one about a sailor/soldier,one about a British Governor, and one about a prisoner.

They were all pretty good, except I didn't quite understand what was happening in the one about a prisoner, maybe I need to read it again. This a free Kindle classic I found while looking through other free books about unicorns. Let me just say, this is not about unicorns, unless you count the one on the British Royal Coat of Arms.

[Mbuye · Rating 3 out of 5]

Four stories by war correspondent Richard Harding Davis, all romantic and occasionally sentimental, but all more or less about the important values in life. The title story is about a love too little understood and too late valued; the second, ‘The Fever Ship’, a Union ship returning with war prisoners in a fever ship, where we meet with a delirious young man, whose dreams of the woman he loves - but are they dreams? ‘The Man With One Talent’ is just that, in pursuit of an unachievable dream. The last story, The Vagrant, brings home to a middle-aged bachelor the useless life he has been leading for the last years, and its unfolding galvanises him into action and a useful life once again.

While there is no real sting-in-the-tail, these stories reminded me in style of the romantic stories of O. Henry, without that slight touch of cynicism characteristic of O. Henry's best work.

[Julia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute premise, where A couple of statues across the street y’all to each other about what is going on in the apartment across the way.