But there was a person standing alone near the Mantelshelf, and looking round the room with a small gentle smile which seemed at odds, somehow, with her isolation.
"Four Meetings"
Henry James
The doctor was sitting in his portentous study, with a globe at each knee, books all round him, Homer over the door, and Minerva on the Mantelshelf.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
Paul stood aside, resting his elbow upon a corner of the Mantelshelf.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer