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A Bottle in the Smoke: A Tale of Anglo-Indian LifeA Bottle in the Smoke: A Tale of Anglo-Indian LifeThe early dawn had given place to the golden sunlight of the Indian morning, but there was still ample shade within certain nooks in the compound of a pleasant-looking two-storied house in one of the...
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Commander Lawless V.CCommander Lawless V.C. - Being the Further Adventures of Frank H. Lawless, Until Recently a Lieutenant in His Majesty's NavyFlight-Lieutenant Lawless sat on an empty soap-box in a large shed watching his mechanic cleaning the engines of a monoplane which was housed there. The...
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The Watcher, and other weird storiesThe Watcher, and other weird storiesMost of the tales in this volume were written prior to the publication of Uncle Silas, which is, perhaps, the novel by which my father is best known. All the stories, with the exception of The Watcher, were included...
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Leatherface: A Tale of Old FlandersLeatherface: A Tale of Old FlandersIt lacked two hours before the dawn on this sultry night early in September. The crescent moon had long ago sunk behind a bank of clouds in the west, and not a sound stirred the low-lying land around the...
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Curiosities of CivilizationCuriosities of CivilizationThe following Essays have been reprinted from the pages of the Quarterly and Edinburgh Reviews, with the kind permission of their proprietors. It may be necessary, however, to state that, with the exception of the paper on the Mortality in Trades and...
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The King of Diamonds: A Tale of Mystery and AdventureThe King of Diamonds: A Tale of Mystery and Adventure"Don't be stupid, Philip. That is your name, is it not? When I want my fee I will ask for it. Your mother needs a nurse, wine, chicken broth. You are old enough to realize...
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Happy-go-luckyHappy-go-luckyA certain stateliness--not to say pomp--distinguished the function. Negotiations for the provision of the feast were opened at an early date--usually about half-term--the first step taking the form of a dignified but ungrammatical communication, cast in that most intricate and treacherous of moulds, the...
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These TwainThese TwainIn the year 1892 Bleakridge, residential suburb of Bursley, was still most plainly divided into old and new,--that is to say, into the dull red or dull yellow with stone facings, and the bright red with terra cotta gimcrackery. Like incompatible liquids congealed...
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The Mystery of Lincoln's InnThe Mystery of Lincoln's InnIt was at half-past ten in the forenoon of a Saturday in July that Mr. Cooper Silwood, precise in attire, composed in appearance, and punctual as usual to the minute, walked into his room on the first floor of 176...
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Tom Ossington's GhostTom Ossington's GhostThe first of the series of curious happenings, which led to such a surprising and, indeed, extraordinary denouement, occurred on the twelfth of October. It was a Monday; about four-thirty in the afternoon. Madge Brodie was alone in the house. The weather...
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The Twickenham PeerageThe Twickenham PeerageEdith's words had been in my thoughts ever since she had uttered them. All night; all the morning; now that in the afternoon I had come out to take the air. I was strolling from the club to George Douglas's rooms in...
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Master of MenMaster of MenUpward in long sinuous bends the road wound its way into the heart of the hills. The man, steadily climbing to the summit, changed hands upon the bicycle he was pushing, and wiped the sweat from his grimy forehead. It had been...
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Frivolities, Especially Addressed to Those Who Are Tired of Being SeriousFrivolities, Especially Addressed to Those Who Are Tired of Being SeriousThe World: "Mr. Marsh has been Inspired by an entirely original idea, and has worked it out with great ingenuity. We like the weird, but not repulsive story better than anything he has ever...
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The Woman with One Hand, and Mr. Ely's EngagementThe Woman with One Hand, and Mr. Ely's Engagement Mistress Nancy Molesworth. By Joseph Hocking. Judith Boldero. By William J. Dawson. The Harvest of Sin. By Marie Connor Leighton. By Roaring Loom. By J. Marshall Mather. Paul Carah, Cornishman. By Charles Lee. Through Battle...
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Under One FlagUnder One FlagShe was regarding, ruefully, the condition of her white satin shoes. They were articles which the ladies of the ballet had to provide for themselves. Twice she had sewn on fresh uppers, and now both uppers and soles had gone. Clearly it...
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Violet Forster's LoverViolet Forster's Lover"You're right, they will; and I'm afraid----" He turned his hand half over, then, letting the five cards fall uppermost on the table, sat and stared at him, as if startled. It was Major Reith who announced the value of the hand....
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The Union: Or, Select Scots and English PoemsThe Union: Or, Select Scots and English PoemsAs the mind of man is ever fond of variety, nothing seems better calculated to entertain, than a judicious collection of the smaller, though not on that account less laboured, productions of eminent poets: an entertainment, not...
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A Day with William ShakespeareA Day with William Shakespeare IT was early on a bright June morning of the year 1599. The household of Christopher Mountjoy, the wig-maker, at the corner of Silver Street in Cripplegate, was already up and astir. Mountjoy, his wife and daughter, and his...
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A Day with the Poet TennysonA Day with the Poet Tennyson TENNYSON was no recluse. He shunned society in the ordinary London sense, but he welcomed kindred spirits to his beautiful home, with large-hearted cordiality. To be acquainted with Farringford was in itself a liberal education. Farringford was an...
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A Day with BrowningA Day with Browning"The Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati was a place of historical association and fifteenth-century traditions.... At three o'clock regularly, a friend's gondola, which was always at hand to convey him, came and carried him, usually, to the Lido,his favourite spot." FROM his bed-room...
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