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Feats on the FiordFeats on the Fiord Miss Martineau's Norwegian romance won its way long since into the hearts of children in this country. The unhackneyed setting to the incidents of the tale distinguish it from thousands of more ordinary children's stories; nor is there any other...
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Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 9Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 9In the year 1833 there dwelt in Madrid a certain student, who went by the name of El Rubio, or the Red. Not by his acquaintances and intimates alone was he thus designated, but by all the various classes of...
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Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. IICharles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II I am not sureso much has your criticism on Tony weighed with me, and so far have I welded his fortunes by your counselthat youll not have to own it one of these days as...
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Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. ICharles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I When Charles Lever died (in 1872), his daughters were anxious that his biography should be written by Major Frank Dwyer, but Dwyer was unwilling to undertake the task, and Dr W. J. Fitzpatrick volunteered his...
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EssaysEssaysOTHER WORKS BY Mr. A. C. BENSON In Verse POEMS, 1893 LYRICS, 1895 In Prose MEMOIRS OF ARTHUR HAMILTON, 1886 ARCHBISHOP LAUD: A STUDY, 1887 MEN OF MIGHT (in conjunction with H. F. W. TATHAM), 1890 IT would be easy, if need were, to...
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Joan of Arc: A Play in Five ActsJoan of Arc: A Play in Five ActsIn laying this Play before the public some apology is perhaps due. Sensible that it cannot compete with many of the productions of the present day, the author yet pleads for such exemption only from severe criticism,...
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The Dust of ConflictThe Dust of ConflictTHE November afternoon was drawing towards its close when Bernard Appleby stood with a gun on his shoulder in an English country lane. It was a costly hammerless gun, but it had been lent to him, and the fact that his...
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By Wit of WomanBy Wit of Woman "I am dying now, alone in Paris, far from my beloved country; unjustly degraded, dishonoured and defamed. This letter and its enclosure will not be despatched until the grave has closed over me. "To you I owe a debt of...
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The Secret of the ReefThe Secret of the ReefThe big liners smoke streamed straight astern, staining the soft blue of the sky, as, throbbing gently to her engines stroke, she clove her way through the smooth heave of the North Pacific. Foam blazed with phosphorescent flame beneath her...
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Non-combatants and OthersNon-combatants and Others'War is just the killing of things and the smashing of things. And when it is all over, then literature and civilisation will have to begin all over again. They will have to begin lower down and against a heavier load.... The...
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Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 8Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 8Good resolutions are, like glass, manufactured for the purpose of being broken. Immediately after my marriage, I registered in the books of my conscience a very considerable vow against any future interference with the railway system. The Biggleswade speculation had...
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She's All the World to MeShe's All the World to MeThis is the story of how a woman's love triumphed over neglect and wrong, and of how the unrequited passion in the great heart of a boy trod its devious paths in the way to death, until it stood...
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The Second StringThe Second String CHAPTER I.THE FAILURE CHAPTER II.JACK'S RESOLVE CHAPTER III.A SCHOOL CHUM CHAPTER IV.AN OLD TIME SKIPPER CHAPTER V.TOPSY TURVY CHAPTER VI.TAPPING CHAPTER VII.WEATHERING THE STORM CHAPTER VIII.BARRY TUXFORD CHAPTER IX.IN SHARK'S BAY CHAPTER X.THE TWO BLACK DIVERS CHAPTER XI.TURNING TURTLE AND AFTER...
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The DeemsterThe Deemster CHAPTER I. THE DEATH OF OLD EWAN CHAPTER II. A MAN CHILD IS BORN CHAPTER III. THE CHRISTENING OF YOUNG EWAN CHAPTER IV. THE DEEMSTER OF MAN CHAPTER V. THE MANXMAN'S BISHOP CHAPTER VI. THE COZY NEST AT BISHOP'S COURT CHAPTER VII....
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Two Fishers, and Other PoemsTwo Fishers, and Other PoemsIt is not always possible to determine if a new stanza begins at the top of a printed page, but every effort has been made by the transcriber to retain stanza breaks where appropriate. ......Buy Now (To Read More)Product details...
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The MS. in a Red BoxThe MS. in a Red Box One day in April last a parcel was sent to the Bodley Head. On being opened it was found to contain a MS. in a red box, without any accompanying letter, without title, author's name, or address. For...
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The Way of the StrongThe Way of the Strong It was a grim, gray day; a day which plainly told of the passing of late fall across the border line of the fierce northern winter. Six inches of snow had fallen during the night, and the leaden overcast...
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First Person ParamountFirst Person Paramount The Newcastle Journal."Mr. Ambrose Pratt has with conspicuous success followed up his previous ventures in the world of romance with a tale that for sensation and daring originality goes to the furthermost limit. 'Vigorous Daunt' is an amazing creation." The Scotsman."The...
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A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed BeforeA New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed BeforeIt has for some ages been thought so wonderful a thing to sail the tour or circle of the globe, that when a man has done this mighty feat, he presently thinks it...
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Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 1 of 3)Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 1 of 3)The immense extent and beautiful irregularity of the grounds, the unfathomable depth of the woods, the picturesque ramifications of some of the most conspicuously situated of the very old trees, the hour, for it was almost midnight, the...
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