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On the Decay of the Art of LyingOn the Decay of the Art of LyingObserve, I do not mean to suggest that the custom of lying has suffered any decay or interruptionno, for the Lie, as a Virtue, A Principle, is eternal; the Lie, as a recreation, a solace, a refuge...
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PeacePeace The 'Peace' was brought out four years after 'The Acharnians' (422 B.C.), when the War had already lasted ten years. The leading motive is the same as in the former playthe intense desire of the less excitable and more moderate-minded citizens for relief...
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Two Men of Sandy Bar: A DramaTwo Men of Sandy Bar: A Drama MISS MARY MORRIS.. The schoolmistress of Red Gulch, in love with Sandy, and cousin of Alexander Morton, sen. ALEXANDER MORTON ("SANDY").First dress: Mexican vaquero; black velvet trousers open from knee, over white trousers; laced black velvet jacket,...
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The Day's WorkThe Day's Work The least that Findlayson, of the Public Works Department, expected was a C. I. E.; he dreamed of a C. S. I.: indeed, his friends told him that he deserved more. For three years he had endured heat and cold, disappointment,...
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Trent's Last CaseTrent's Last Case I dedicate this story to you. First: because the only really noble motive I had in writing it was the hope that you would enjoy it. Second: because I owe you a book in return for The Man Who Was Thursday....
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A Plea for Captain John BrownA Plea for Captain John Brown - Read to the citizens of Concord, Massachusetts on Sunday evening, October thirtieth, eighteen fifty-nine I trust that you will pardon me for being here. I do not wish to force my thoughts upon you, but I feel...
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How to Fail in Literature: A LectureHow to Fail in Literature: A LectureThis Lecture was delivered at the South Kensington Museum, in aid of the College for Working Men and Women. As the Publishers, perhaps erroneously, believe that some of the few authors who were not present may be glad...
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The Story of the Glittering PlainThe Story of the Glittering Plain - Which Has Been Also Called the Land of Living Men or the Acre of the UndyingIt has been told that there was once a young man of free kindred and whose name was Hallblithe: he was fair,...
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Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the PhilippinesWanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the PhilippinesIn a book of this kind it is often the custom to begin by making apologies. In my case I feel it to be a sheer necessity. In the first place what is here...
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Memoirs of the Comtesse Du BarryMemoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry - With Minute Details of Her Entire Career as Favorite of Louis XV Up to the time of the Du Barry the court of France had been the stage where the whole political and human drama of that...
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The CloudsThe Clouds * All Greek from the original edition has been transliterated into Roman characters. You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is...
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Robert FalconerRobert Falconer PART I. HIS BOYHOOD. CHAPTER I. A RECOLLECTION. CHAPTER II. A VISITOR. CHAPTER III. THE BOAR'S HEAD. CHAPTER IV. SHARGAR. CHAPTER V. THE SYMPOSIUM. CHAPTER VI. MRS. FALCONER. CHAPTER VII. ROBERT TO THE RESCUE! CHAPTER VIII. THE ANGEL UNAWARES. CHAPTER IX. A...
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The Three PartnersThe Three Partners The sun was going down on the Black Spur Range. The red light it had kindled there was still eating its way along the serried crest, showing through gaps in the ranks of pines, etching out the interstices of broken boughs,...
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The Forsyte Saga, Volume IThe Forsyte Saga, Volume I. - The Man Of Property The Forsyte Saga was the title originally destined for that part of it which is called The Man of Property; and to adopt it for the collected chronicles of the Forsyte family has indulged...
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PoemsPoemsPlease take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an electronic path open for the next readers. Do not remove this. We produce about two million dollars for each hour...
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Old Mother West WindOld Mother West Wind CHAPTER I. MRS. REDWING'S SPECKLED EGG CHAPTER II. WHY GRANDFATHER FROG HAS NO TAIL CHAPTER III. HOW REDDY FOX WAS SURPRISED CHAPTER IV. WHY JIMMY SKUNK WEARS STRIPES CHAPTER V. THE WILFUL LITTLE BREEZE CHAPTER VI. REDDY FOX GOES FISHING...
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Mr. Jack Hamlin's MediationMr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation At nightfall it began to rain. The wind arose too, and also began to buffet a small, struggling, nondescript figure, creeping along the trail over the rocky upland meadow towards Rylands's rancho. At times its head was hidden in what...
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Under the RedwoodsUnder the Redwoods As night crept up from the valley that stormy afternoon, Sawyer's Ledge was at first quite blotted out by wind and rain, but presently reappeared in little nebulous star-like points along the mountain side, as the straggling cabins of the settlement...
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Crime and PunishmentCrime and Punishment A few words about Dostoevsky himself may help the English reader to understand his work. Dostoevsky was the son of a doctor. His parents were very hard-working and deeply religious people, but so poor that they lived with their five children...
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Jeanne D'Arc: Her Life And DeathJeanne D'Arc: Her Life And Death JEANNE D'ARC CHAPTER I FRANCE IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. 1412-1423. CHAPTER II DOMREMY AND VAUCOULEURS. 1424-1429. CHAPTER III BEFORE THE KING. FEB.-APRIL, 1429. CHAPTER IV THE RELIEF OF ORLEANS. MAY 1-8, 1429. CHAPTER V THE CAMPAIGN OF THE...
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