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Virginibus Puerisque, and Other PapersVirginibus Puerisque, and Other PapersWith the single exception of Falstaff, all Shakespeares characters are what we call marrying men. Mercutio, as he was own cousin to Benedick and Biron, would have come to the same end in the long run. Even Iago had a...
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The Redheaded Outfield, and Other Baseball StoriesThe Redheaded Outfield, and Other Baseball Stories There was Delaney's red-haired trioRed Gilbat, left fielder; Reddy Clammer, right fielder, and Reddie Ray, center fielder, composing the most remarkable outfield ever developed in minor league baseball. It was Delaney's pride, as it was also his...
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The Lost PrinceThe Lost Prince There are many dreary and dingy rows of ugly houses in certain parts of London, but there certainly could not be any row more ugly or dingier than Philibert Place. There were stories that it had once been more attractive, but...
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She Stoops to Conquer Or, The Mistakes of a Night: A ComedyShe Stoops to Conquer; Or, The Mistakes of a Night: A Comedy Dear Sir,By inscribing this slight performance to you, I do not mean so much to compliment you as myself. It may do me some honour to inform the public, that I have...
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Edinburgh: Picturesque NotesEdinburgh: Picturesque NotesThe ancient and famous metropolis of the North sits overlooking a windy estuary from the slope and summit of three hills. No situation could be more commanding for the head city of a kingdom; none better chosen for noble prospects. From her...
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Memories and PortraitsMemories and PortraitsThis volume of papers, unconnected as they are, it will be better to read through from the beginning, rather than dip into at random. A certain thread of meaning binds them. Memories of childhood and youth, portraits of those who have gone...
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Weir of Hermiston: An Unfinished RomanceWeir of Hermiston: An Unfinished RomanceI saw rain falling and the rainbow drawn On Lammermuir. Hearkening I heard again In my precipitous city beaten bells Winnow the keen sea wind. And here afar, Intent on my own race and place, I wrote. Take thou...
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Worldly Ways and BywaysWorldly Ways & BywaysThere existed formerly, in diplomatic circles, a curious custom, since fallen into disuse, entitled the Ple Mle, contrived doubtless by some distracted Master of Ceremonies to quell the endless jealousies and quarrels for precedence between courtiers and diplomatists of contending pretensions....
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The White Knight: Tirant Lo BlancThe White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc"Tirant lo Blanc is the best European novel of the fifteenth century," says Damaso Alonso in his excellent study.(1) Miguel de Cervantes, writing from the 17th century, affirms: "as far as style is concerned, this is the best book...
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Kansas Women in LiteratureKansas Women in Literature The last place one would expect to find romance is in arithmetic and yetMiss Effie Graham, the head of the Department of Mathematics in the Topeka High School, has found it there and better still, in her lecture "Living Arithmetic"...
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A Journal of the Plague YearA Journal of the Plague Year - Being Observations or Memorials of the Most Remarkable Occurrences, as Well Public as Private, Which Happened in London During the Last Great Visitation in 1665. Written by a Citizen Who Continued All the While in London It...
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. The mans hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord. A rope closely encircled his neck....
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Fantastic FablesFantastic FablesThen the Material Interest found a tongue, and by a strange coincidence it was its own tongue. I dont think you are very good walking, it said. I am a little particular about what I have underfoot. Suppose you get off into the...
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Lay Morals, and Other PapersLay Morals, and Other PapersIn our long voyage on the yacht Casco, we visited many islands; I believe on every one we found the scourge of leprosy. In the Marquesas there was a regular leper settlement, though the persons living there seemed free to...
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Prince Otto, a RomancePrince Otto, a RomanceAt last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to Prince Otto, whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger in fact than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand....
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Literary Blunders: A Chapter in the "History of Human Error"Literary Blunders: A Chapter in the "History of Human Error", , , <'>, <_'m>, , >, <:>, , , and "Larsen EB-11" encodes are used. Comments in {brackets} need stripped. > is a special encode for unknown/non ASCII characters. Greek characters are in the...
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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll FlandersThe Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders Who was Born in Newgate, and during a Life of continud Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Year a Whore, five times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year...
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The Outlaw of TornThe Outlaw of Torn Here is a story that has lain dormant for seven hundred years. At first it was suppressed by one of the Plantagenet kings of England. Later it was forgotten. I happened to dig it up by accident. The accident being...
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Acres of Diamonds: Our Every-day OpportunitiesAcres of Diamonds: Our Every-day Opportunities THOUGH Russell H. Conwells Acres of Diamonds have been spread all over the United States, time and care have made them more valuable, and now that they have been reset in black and white by their discoverer, they...
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The Country of the Pointed FirsThe Country of the Pointed Firs I. The Return II. Mrs. Todd III. The Schoolhouse IV. At the Schoolhouse Window V. Captain Littlepage VI. The Waiting Place VII. The Outer Island VIII. Green Island IX. William X. Where Pennyroyal Grew XI. The Old Singers...
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