English Literature
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The Yellow Book, An Illustrated Quarterly. Vol. 1, April 1894The Yellow Book, An Illustrated Quarterly. Vol. 1, April 1894I had simply, I suppose, a change of heart, and it must have begun when I received my manuscript back from Mr. Pinhorn. Mr. Pinhorn was my chief, as he was called in the office:...
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The Yellow Book, An Illustrated Quarterly, Vol. 2, July 1894The Yellow Book, An Illustrated Quarterly, Vol. 2, July 1894The Editor of The Yellow Book can in no case hold himself responsible for rejected manuscripts; when, however, they are accompanied by stamped addressed envelopes, every effort will be made to secure their prompt return....
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Gold and Incense: A West Country StoryGold and Incense: A West Country StoryTo think it is Jennifer Petch of whom I am going to telllittle Jennifer. How she would laugh if she only knew of it, that shrill, silvery laugh of hers. It was her great gift. Jennifer was a...
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The Terms of SurrenderThe Terms of SurrenderLooks that-a way, said Mac, grabbing a soiled cloth with an air of decision, and giving the pine counter a vigorous rub. At best, he was a man of few words, and the few were generally to the point; yet his...
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The Ornithology of ShakespeareThe Ornithology of Shakespeare - Critically examined, explained and illustratedBEFORE proceeding to examine the ornithology of Shakespeare, it may be well to take a glance at his knowledge of natural history in general. Pope has expressed the opinion that whatever object of nature or...
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The SerfThe SerfThis is the history of a man who lived in misery and torture, and was held as the very dirt of the world. In great travail of body and mind, in a state of bitter and sore distress, he lived his life. His...
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General Bounce Or, The Lady and the LocustsGeneral Bounce; Or, The Lady and the LocustsWhere the rose blushes in the garden, there will the bee and the butterfly be found, humming and fluttering around. So is it in the world; the fair girl, whose sweetness is enhanced by the fictitious advantages...
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Wild HeatherWild HeatherThere are all kinds of first things one can look back upon; I mean by that the first things of all. There is the little toddling journey across the floor, with father's arms stretched out to help one, and mother's smile to greet...
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Phroso: A RomancePhroso: A RomanceQuot homines tot sententi; so many men, so many fancies. My fancy was for an island. Perhaps boyhoods glamour hung yet round sea-girt rocks, and faery lands forlorn, still beckoned me; perhaps I felt that London was too full, the Highlands rather...
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The Champagne StandardThe Champagne StandardI was sitting alone with a lead-pencil, having a tte--tte with a sheet of paper. A brisk fire burned on the hearth, and through the beating of the rain against the little, curved Georgian windows I could hear the monotonous roll of...
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Byron: The Last PhaseByron: The Last PhaseThis book has no pretensions; it is merely a record of events and impressions which nearly forty years of close study have accumulated. There seems to be a general agreement that the closing scenes of Byrons short life have not been...
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Joan of the Sword HandJoan of the Sword HandLoud rang the laughter in the hall of the men-at-arms at Castle Kernsberg. There had come an embassy from the hereditary Princess of Plassenburg, recently established upon the throne of her ancestors, to the Duchess Joan of Hohenstein, ruler of...
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A Legend of Reading AbbeyA Legend of Reading AbbeyIt was in the year of Grace eleven hundred and thirty-seven (when the grace of God appeared to be entirely departing from the sinful and unhappy land of England), and Stephen of Blois, nephew of the deceased King Henry Beauclerc,...
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The Last MiracleThe Last MiracleTowards the end of May 1900 the writer received as noteworthy a letter and packet of papers as it has been his lot to examine. They came from a good friend of mine, a Dr A. Lister Browne, M.A. Oxon., F.R.C.P., whom,...
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The Brownie of Bodsbeck, and Other Tales (Vol. 2 of 2)The Brownie of Bodsbeck, and Other Tales (Vol. 2 of 2)Next morning Davie Tait was early astir, and not having any thing better to do, he took his plaid and staff and set out towards Whithope-head, to see what was become of his five...
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Theodore Watts-Dunton: Poet, Novelist, CriticTheodore Watts-Dunton: Poet, Novelist, CriticAlthough in the inner circle of English letters this study of a living writer will need no apology, it may be well to explain for the general reader the reasons which moved me to undertake it. Some time ago a...
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The Strand Magazine, Vol. 17, February 1899, No. 98The Strand Magazine, Vol. 17, February 1899, No. 98. Round the Fire. The Story of Cleopatra's Needle. Ivanka the Wolf-Slayer. In Nature's Workshop. From Behind the Speaker's Chair. Drawing a Badger. A Common Crystal. A Peep into "Punch." Miss Cayley's Adventures. A Town in...
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The House by the RiverThe House by the RiverThere are still a few intimate corners in London where people, other than the poor, are positively acquainted with their neighbours. And Hammerton Chase is one of these. In heartless Kensington we know no more of our neighbour than we...
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The Human Boy and the WarThe Human Boy and the WarThe Battle of the Sand-Pit The Mystery of Fortescue The Countryman of Kant Travers Minor, Scout The Hutchings Testimonial The Fight Percy Minimus and His Tommy The Prize Poem The Revenge The "Turbot's" Aunt Cornwallis and Me and Fate...
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Pincher Martin, O.D.: A Story of the Inner Life of the Royal NavyPincher Martin, O.D.: A Story of the Inner Life of the Royal Navy This story was written in rather difficult circumstances, and subject to frequent interruption. Indeed, when the first chapters appeared in Chambers's Journal early in 1916 the narrative was barely half-finished. Sometimes...
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