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Fairy FingersFairy Fingers - A NovelThey were seated in the drawing-room of an ancient chteau in Brittany,the Countess Dowager de Gramont and Count Tristan, her only son,a mansion lacking none of the ponderous quaintness that usually characterizes ancestral dwellings in that locality. The edifice could...
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The Rich Little Poor BoyThe Rich Little Poor BoyHE was ten. But his clothes were forty. And it was this difference in the matter of age, and, consequently, in the matter of size, that explained why, at first sight, he did not show how thin-bodied he was, but...
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Tinker's DamTinker's Damhe call on the TV-phone came right in the middle of my shaving. They have orders not to call me before breakfast for anything less than a national calamity. I pressed "Accept," too startled to take the lather from my face. This I...
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"Old Mary""Old Mary" - 1901 Early one morning, just as the trade wind began to lift the white mountain mist which enveloped the dark valleys and mountain slopes of the island, Denison, the supercargo of the trading schooner Palestine, put off from her side and...
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"Five-Head" Creek; and Fish Drugging in the Pacific"Five-Head" Creek; and Fish Drugging in the Pacific - 1901 I had ridden all day through an endless vista ot ghostly grey gums and ironbarks, when I came in sight of the long wavering line of vivid green foliage which showed me that I...
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"Martin of Nitendi"; and The River of Dreams"Martin of Nitendi"; and The River of Dreams - 1901 Half-way up the side of the mountain which overlooked the waters of the little land-locked harbour there was a space clear of timber. Huge, jagged rocks, whose surfaces were covered with creepers and grey...
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The Colonial Mortuary Bard; "'Reo," The Fisherman; and The Black Bream of AustraliaThe Colonial Mortuary Bard; "'Reo," The Fisherman; and The Black Bream of Australia - 1901 A writer in the Sydney Evening News last year gave that journal some amusing extracts from the visitors' book at Longwood, St. Helena. If the extracts are authentic copies...
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Picounoc le mauditPicounoc le maudit--Ecoute un peu, Paul, je n'ai pas de secret pour toi. J'ai aim, j'aime et j'aimerai toujours. Celle que j'aime, tu la connais, c'est Nomie... Elle est la femme d'un autre.... Eh bien! puisque de ce ct le bonheur m'est ravi, je...
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Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the WorldFreaks of Fortune; or, Half Round the World "Freaks of Fortune" is the fourth of the serial stories published in "Our Boys and Girls." It was written in response to a great number of calls for a sequel to "The Starry Flag." The author...
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De Zonderlinge Lotgevallen van Gil Blas van Santillano, deel 2 van 2De Zonderlinge Lotgevallen van Gil Blas van Santillano, deel 2 van 2 - De Spaansche AvonturierNadat de graaf de Polan ons nogmaals verzekerd had, dat wij steeds op zijn dankbaarheid zouden kunnen rekenen, riep hij den waard, om hem te raadplegen over de middelen...
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The American Family RobinsonThe American Family Robinson - or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West The lofty mountains, mighty forests, rivers and valleys of the West, many portions of which have never been explored, furnish abundant resources for the gratification...
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The Wild Man of the West: A Tale of the Rocky MountainsThe Wild Man of the West: A Tale of the Rocky MountainsMarch Marston was mad! The exact state of madness to which March had attained at the age when we take up his personal historynamely, sixteenis uncertain, for the people of the backwoods settlement...
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A Middy of the King: A Romance of the Old British NavyA Middy of the King: A Romance of the Old British NavyI had just dismounted before the rather imposing main entrance to Delamere Hall, situate close to the west Dorset coast, and had handed over my horse to Tom Biddlecome, the groom who had...
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Renée MauperinRenée MauperinHENRY JAMESPROF. RICHARD BURTON HENRY HARLAND ANDREW LANG PROF. F. C. DE SUMICHRAST THE EARL OF CREWE HIS EXCELLENCY M. CAMBON PROF. WM. P. TRENT ARTHUR SYMONS MAURICE HEWLETT DR. JAMES FITZMAURICE-KELLY RICHARD MANSFIELD BOOTH TARKINGTON DR. RICHARD GARNETT PROF. WILLIAM M. SLOANE...
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The House of ToysThe House of ToysThis is not a fairy tale, although you will find some old friends here. There is, for example, a witch, a horrid old creature who tricks the best and wisest of us: Circumstance is one of her many names, and a...
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Through Veld and Forest: An African StoryThrough Veld and Forest: An African StoryThe blazing midsummer sun of South Africa had sunk to within a hands breadth of the ridge of the southern spur of the Tandjes Berg, softly outlined in blue some forty miles distant on the western horizon, when...
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Man Overboard!Man Overboard!YesI have heard "Man overboard!" a good many times since I was a boy, and once or twice I have seen the man go. There are more men lost in that way than passengers on ocean steamers ever learn of. I have stood...
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The Hindered Hand or, The Reign of the RepressionistThe Hindered Hand; or, The Reign of the Repressionist To a devoted father, of rugged strength of character, and, withal, pre-eminently a man of peace, and to a loving mother, ever tender and serene of soul To these twin moulders of the hearthside, who...
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Loss and Gain: The Story of a ConvertLoss and Gain: The Story of a ConvertMy dear Dr. Russell,Now that at length I take the step of printing my name in the Title-Page of this Volume, I trust I shall not be encroaching on the kindness you have so long shown to...
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Blind Man's LanternBlind Man's LanternWalking home in the dark from an evening spent in mischief, a young man spied coming toward him down the road a person with a lamp. When the wayfarers drew abreast, the play-boy saw that the other traveler was the Blind Man...
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