Excerpt from Master of the Vineyard Only one house was near the river; the others were set farther back. The one Upon the Shore was the oldest and largest house in the valley, severely Simple in line and with a certain air of stateliness. The broad, Colonial porch looked out Upon the river and the hills beyond it, while all around, Upon the southern Slope between the Opposite hills and the valley, were the great vineyards of the Marshs', that had descended from father to son during the century that had elapsed since the house was built. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.