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Tales from Two HemispheresTales from Two Hemispheres ON the second day of June, 186, a young Norseman, Halfdan Bjerk by name, landed on the pier at Castle Garden. He passed through the straight and narrow gate where he was asked his name, birthplace, and how much money...
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The FlirtThe Flirt Valentine Corliss walked up Corliss Street the hottest afternoon of that hot August, a year ago, wearing a suit of white serge which attracted a little attention from those observers who were able to observe anything except the heat. The coat was...
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The Market-PlaceThe Market-Place THE battle was over, and the victor remained on the fieldsitting alone with the hurly-burly of his thoughts. His triumph was so sweeping and comprehensive as to be somewhat shapeless to the view. He had a sense of fascinated pain when he...
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The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1 You ought to buy it, said my host; its just the place for a solitary-minded devil like you. And it would be rather worth while to own the most romantic house in Brittany. The...
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The Captain of the Polestar, and Other TalesThe Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales For the use of some of the following Tales I am indebted to the courtesy of the Proprietors of Cornhill, Temple Bar, Belgravia, London Society, Cassells, and The Boys Own Paper. September 11th.Lat. 81 degrees 40...
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Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of HomeBeauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home We are about to relate a story of mingled fact and fancy. The facts are borrowed from the Russian author, Petjerski; the fancy is our own. Our task will chiefly be to soften the outlines of...
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The Golden AgeThe Golden Age 'T IS OPPORTUNE TO LOOK BACK UPON OLD TIMES, AND CONTEMPLATE OUR FOREFATHERS. GREAT EXAMPLES GROW THIN, AND TO BE FETCHED FROM THE PASSED WORLD. SIMPLICITY FLIES AWAY, AND INIQUITY COMES AT LONG STRIDES UPON US." SIR THOMAS BROWNE Looking back...
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Paul Prescott's ChargePaul Prescott's Charge PAUL PRESCOTT'S CHARGE is presented to the public as the second volume of the Campaign Series. Though wholly unlike the first volume, it is written in furtherance of the same main idea, that every boy's life is a campaign, more or...
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Remember the AlamoRemember the Alamo CHAPTER I. THE CITY IN THE WILDERNESS. CHAPTER II. ANTONIA AND ISABEL. CHAPTER III. BUILDERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH. CHAPTER IV. THE SHINING BANDS OF LOVE. CHAPTER V. A FAMOUS BARBECUE. CHAPTER VI. ROBERT WORTH IS DISARMED. CHAPTER VII. A MEETING AT...
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The Wind in the WillowsThe Wind in the Willows The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust...
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Laddie: A True Blue StoryLaddie: A True Blue Story LADDIE, Who Loved and Asked No Questions. THE PRINCESS, From the House of Mystery. LEON, Our Angel Child. LITTLE SISTER, Who Tells What Happened. MR. and MRS. STANTON, Who Faced Life Shoulder to Shoulder. SALLY and PETER, Who Married...
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The Lost ContinentThe Lost Continent We were both of us not a little stiff as the result of sleeping out in the open all that night, for even in Grand Canary the dew-fall and the comparative chill of darkness are not to be trifled with. For...
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The ReefThe Reef All the way from Charing Cross to Dover the train had hammered the words of the telegram into George Darrows ears, ringing every change of irony on its commonplace syllables: rattling them out like a discharge of musketry, letting them, one by...
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The House of MirthThe House of MirthIt was a Monday in early September, and he was returning to his work from a hurried dip into the country; but what was Miss Bart doing in town at that season? If she had appeared to be catching a train,...
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Beasts and Super-BeastsBeasts and Super-BeastsThe Open Window, The Schartz-Metterklume Method, and Clovis on Parental Responsibilities, originally appeared in the Westminster Gazette, The Elk in the Bystander, and the remaining stories in the Morning Post. To the Editors of these papers I am indebted for their courtesy...
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Dream DaysDream Days In the matter of general culture and attainments, we youngsters stood on pretty level ground. True, it was always happening that one of us would be singled out at any moment, freakishly, and without regard to his own preferences, to wrestle with...
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The Octopus : A Story of CaliforniaThe Octopus : A Story of California Just after passing Caraher's saloon, on the County Road that ran south from Bonneville, and that divided the Broderson ranch from that of Los Muertos, Presley was suddenly aware of the faint and prolonged blowing of a...
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The TouchstoneThe Touchstone Professor Joslin, who, as our readers are doubtless aware, is engaged in writing the life of Mrs. Aubyn, asks us to state that he will be greatly indebted to any of the famous novelists friends who will furnish him with information concerning...
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A Study in ScarletA Study in Scarlet In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army. Having completed my studies there, I was duly...
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Stories from the Old AtticStories from the Old AtticThe Second Greatest Commandment A Good Horse and a Better It's Nut Valuable Stewardship The Man Who Believed in Miracles A Fish Story Man Love Indecision The Limit How Sir Reginald Helped the King How the Noble Percival Won the...
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