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Brother JacobBrother Jacob Among the many fatalities attending the bloom of young desire, that of blindly taking to the confectionery line has not, perhaps, been sufficiently considered. How is the son of a British yeoman, who has been fed principally on salt pork and yeast...
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That Mainwaring AffairThat Mainwaring Affair The fierce sunlight of a sultry afternoon in the early part of July forced its way through every crevice and cranny of the closely drawn shutters in the luxurious private offices of Mainwaring & Co., Stock Brokers, and slender shafts of...
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King Solomon's MinesKing Solomon's Mines Now that this book is printed, and about to be given to the world, a sense of its shortcomings both in style and contents, weighs very heavily upon me. As regards the latter, I can only say that it does not...
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The Bridge-BuildersThe Bridge-Builders 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, discomfort, danger, and disease, with...
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The Lumley AutographThe Lumley Autograph {by Susan Fenimore Cooper (1813-1894), daughter of James Fenimore Cooper. "The Lumley Autograph" was published in Graham's Magazine, Volume 38 (January-June 1851), pp. 31-36, 97-101. The author is identified only in the table of contents for Volume 38, p. iii, where...
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The Expedition of Humphry ClinkerThe Expedition of Humphry Clinker I have received your esteemed favour of the 13th ultimo, whereby it appeareth, that you have perused those same Letters, the which were delivered unto you by my friend, the reverend Mr Hugo Behn; and I am pleased to...
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Island Tales / On the Makaloa MatIsland Tales / On the Makaloa MatUnlike the women of most warm races, those of Hawaii age well and nobly. With no pretence of make-up or cunning concealment of times inroads, the woman who sat under the hau tree might have been permitted as...
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The Prime MinisterThe Prime MinisterIt is certainly of service to a man to know who were his grandfathers and who were his grandmothers if he entertain an ambition to move in the upper circles of society, and also of service to be able to speak of...
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Phyllis of PhilistiaPhyllis of Philistia Ah! sighed Phyllis. She knew that her father had become possessed of a phrase, and that he was anxious to flutter it before her to see how it went. He was a connoisseur in the bric-a-brac of phrases. Ah! sighed Phyllis...
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Around the World in 80 Days. Junior Deluxe EditionAround the World in Eighty Days. Junior Deluxe EditionMr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No.7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention. This Phileas Fogg was...
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Mary BartonMary Barton"'How knowest thou,' may the distressed Novel-wright exclaim, 'that I, here where I sit, am the Foolishest of existing mortals; that this my Long-ear of a fictitious Biography shall not find one and the other, into whose still longer ears it may be...
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Ben-Hur: A tale of the ChristBen-Hur: A tale of the Christ The Jebel es Zubleh is a mountain fifty miles and more in length, and so narrow that its tracery on the map gives it a likeness to a caterpillar crawling from the south to the north. Standing on...
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Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four MillionStrictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million I suppose you know all about the stage and stage people. Youve been touched with and by actors, and you read the newspaper criticisms and the jokes in the weeklies about the Rialto and the chorus...
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ChildhoodChildhood I THE TUTOR, KARL IVANITCH II MAMMA III PAPA IV LESSONS V THE IDIOT VI PREPARATIONS FOR THE CHASE VII THE HUNT VIII WE PLAY GAMES IX A FIRST ESSAY IN LOVE X THE SORT OF MAN MY FATHER WAS XI IN THE...
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The Day's Work - Part 1The Day's Work - Part 1Please 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...
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Stories by English Authors: London (Selected by Scribners)Stories by English Authors: London (Selected by Scribners) Frequently I have to ask myself in the street for the name of the man I bowed to just now, and then, before I can answer, the wind of the first corner blows him from my...
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The Daughter of an EmpressThe Daughter of an Empress No, Natalie, weep no more! Quick, dry your tears. Let not my executioner see that we can feel pain or weep for sorrow! Ivan, said she, we will forget, forget all, excepting that we love each other, and thus...
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Paul and VirginiaPaul and Virginia In introducing to the Public the present edition of this well known and affecting Tale,the chef d'oeuvre of its gifted author, the Publishers take occasion to say, that it affords them no little gratification, to apprise the numerous admirers of "Paul...
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The Crime of Sylvestre BonnardThe Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard I had put on my slippers and my dressing-gown. I wiped away a tear with which the north wind blowing over the quay had obscured my vision. A bright fire was leaping in the chimney of my study. Ice-crystals,...
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The Quest of the Sacred SlipperThe Quest of the Sacred Slipper I was not the only passenger aboard the S.S. Mandalay who perceived the disturbance and wondered what it might portend and from whence proceed. A goodly number of passengers were joining the ship at Port Said. I was...
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