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Stories and PicturesStories and PicturesMy heartfelt thanks are due to all those who, directly or indirectly, have helped in the preparation of this book of translations; among the former, to Professor Israel Abrahams, for invaluable help and advice at various junctures; and to Mr. B. B.,...
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Kitty's ConquestKitty's ConquestThe incidents of this little story occurred some twelve years ago, and it was then that the story was mainly written. If it meet with half the kindness bestowed upon his later work it will more than fulfil the hopes of CHAPTER I....
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Trotzkopf's BrautzeitTrotzkopf's BrautzeitIlse und Leo saen lustig plaudernd auf der Veranda vor dem Macketschen Hause. Der warme Mittagssonnenschein eines heiteren Oktobertages stahl sich durch das dichte Blttergewirr des herbstlich gefrbten Weinlaubes zu ihnen herein. Leo Gontrau erzhlte soeben von seinem Leben in der kleinen Stadt,...
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The TigressThe TigressHe was slow to reassure her, and she was impatient. "Because," she explained, "I never know just what to say or do when they weep. I'm never at a loss at other times; but" "It isn't unusual," she explained. "Sometimes they storm. I've...
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The Galley Slave's Ring; or, The Family of LebrennThe Galley Slave's Ring; or, The Family of Lebrenn - A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848THE GOLD SICKLE; or, Hena the Virgin of the Isle of Sen. THE BRASS BELL; or, The Chariot of Death. THE IRON COLLAR; or, Faustine and Syomara....
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Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 20Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 20It is now about twenty years sin' I first raised my voice in the desk o' the kirk o' St Fillan's, in the parish o' that name, and He wha out o' the mouths o'...
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Olinda's Adventures: or the Amours of a Young LadyOlinda's Adventures: or the Amours of a Young LadyA standard modern history of the English novel speaks ofi "the appearance of the novel round about 1700. Nothing that preceded it in the way of prose fiction can explain it."1 Though today many scholars would...
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The Argus PheasantThe Argus Pheasant Ah, God, for a man with a heart, head, hand, Like some of the simple great ones gone Forever and ever by; One still, strong man in a blatant land, Whatever they call himwhat care I? Aristocrat, democrat, autocratone Who can...
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The WayfarersThe Wayfarers There is no sight more uninspiring than a ferry-boat crowded with human beings at a quarter of six oclock in the evening, when the great homeward rush from the offices and commercial houses sets in. At that time, although there are some...
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The RanchmanThe Ranchman Even the electric fans futilely combated the heat; their droning hum bespoke terrific revolutions which did not materially lessen the discomfort of the occupants of the coach; and the dry, dead dust of the desert, the glare of a white-hot sun, the...
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Le Roman de Léonard de Vinci: La résurrection des DieuxLe Roman de Léonard de Vinci: La résurrection des DieuxNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. Dans la...
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The Deluge: An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. Vol. 1The Deluge: An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. Vol. 1The wars described in The Deluge are the most complicated and significant in the whole career of the Commonwealth, for the political motives which came into play during these wars had their origin...
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The Main ChanceThe Main ChanceThe president of the Clarkson National Bank ignored the question and rolled his cigar from one side of his mouth to the other, as he waited for his words to make their full impression upon his visitor. "No, sir;" the banker continued,...
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The Return of the SoldierThe Return of the SoldierAH, don't begin to fuss!" wailed Kitty. "If a woman began to worry in these days because her husband hadn't written to her for a fortnight! Besides, if he'd been anywhere interesting, anywhere where the fighting was really hot, he'd...
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The Adventures of a Widow: A NovelThe Adventures of a Widow: A NovelIt is not long ago that the last conservative resident of Bond Street, proud of his ancient possessorship and no doubt loving the big brick structure with arched doorway and dormer windows in which he first saw the...
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The War-WorkersThe War-WorkersHalf a dozen people, all of whom had been working for Miss Vivian ever since ten o'clock that morning, as they had worked the day before and would work again the next day, sat in the Hostel sitting-room and talked about their work...
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Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other StoriesCecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other StoriesThe Publishers have the pleasure of offering to the many admirers of the writings of "Ouida," the present volume of Contributions, which have appeared from time to time in the leading Journals of Europe, and which...
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Penelope Brandling: A Tale of the Welsh coast in the Eighteenth CenturyPenelope Brandling: A Tale of the Welsh coast in the Eighteenth CenturyHaving reached an age when the morrow is more than uncertain, and knowing how soon all verbal tradition becomes blurred and distorted, I, Sophia Penelope, daughter of Jacques de Morat, a cadet of...
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In a Glass Darkly, v. 3/3In a Glass Darkly, v. 3/3She had scarcely set down my heavy box, which she seemed to have considerable difficulty in raising on the table, when the door of the room in which I had seen the coffin, opened, and a sinister and unexpected...
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In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3Though carefully educated in medicine and surgery, I have never practised either. The study of each continues, nevertheless, to interest me profoundly. Neither idleness nor caprice caused my secession from the honourable calling which I had just entered. The...
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