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The Merry Men, and Other Tales and FablesThe Merry Men, and Other Tales and Fables Three of the following Tales have appeared in the Cornhill Magazine; one in Longmans; one in Mr. Henry Normans Christmas Annual; and one in the Court and Society Review. The Author desires to make proper acknowledgements...
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FablesFablesAfter the 32nd chapter of Treasure Island, two of the puppets strolled out to have a pipe before business should begin again, and met in an open place not far from the story. Now, Capn Smollett, remonstrated Silver, dooty is dooty, as I knows,...
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Old Indian DaysOld Indian Days Upon a hanging precipice atop of the Eagle Scout Butte there appeared a motionless and solitary figurealmost eagle-like he perched! The people in the camp below saw him, but none looked at him long. They turned their heads quickly away with...
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Frances Waldeaux: A NovelFrances Waldeaux: A Novel In another minute the Kaiser Wilhelm would push off from her pier in Hoboken. The last bell had rung, the last uniformed officer and white-jacketed steward had scurried up the gangway. The pier was massed with people who had come...
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Episodes in Van Bibber's LifeEpisodes in Van Bibber's Life It was at the end of the first act of the first night of "The Sultana," and every member of the Lester Comic Opera Company, from Lester himself down to the wardrobe woman's son, who would have had to...
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Where There's a WillWhere There's a Will WHERE THERE'S A WILL CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII...
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The Burial of the GunsThe Burial of the Guns We do not keep Christmas now as we used to do in old Hanover. We have not time for it, and it does not seem like the same thing. Christmas, however, always brings up to me my cousin Fanny;...
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Island Nights' EntertainmentsIsland Nights' Entertainments I saw that island first when it was neither night nor morning. The moon was to the west, setting, but still broad and bright. To the east, and right amidships of the dawn, which was all pink, the daystar sparkled like...
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The Princess AlineThe Princess Aline H. R. H. the Princess Aline of Hohenwald came into the life of Morton Carlton--or "Morney" Carlton, as men called him--of New York city, when that young gentleman's affairs and affections were best suited to receive her. Had she made her...
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A Knight of the CumberlandA Knight of the Cumberland High noon of a crisp October day, sunshine flooding the earth with the warmth and light of old wine and, going single-file up through the jagged gap that the dripping of water has worn down through the Cumberland Mountains...
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Moran of the Lady LettyMoran of the Lady Letty I. SHANGHAIED II. A NAUTICAL EDUCATION. III. THE LADY LETTY IV. MORAN V. A Girl Captain VI. A SEA MYSTERY VII. BEACH-COMBERS VIII. A RUN FOR LAND IX. THE CAPTURE OF HOANG X. A BATTLE XI. A CHANGE IN...
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Vida De Lazarillo De Tormes Y De Sus Fortunas Y AdversidadesVida De Lazarillo De Tormes Y De Sus Fortunas Y AdversidadesYo por bien tengo que cosas tan sealadas, y por ventura nunca odas ni vistas, vengan a noticia de muchos y no se entierren en la sepultura del olvido, pues podra ser que alguno...
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St. Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in EnglandSt. Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in EnglandThe following tale was taken down from Mr. Stevensons dictation by his stepdaughter and amanuensis, Mrs. Strong, at intervals between January 1893 and October 1894 (see Vailima Letters, pp. 242246, 299, 324 and 350)....
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Before AdamBefore Adam These are our ancestors, and their history is our history. Remember that as surely as we one day swung down out of the trees and walked upright, just as surely, on a far earlier day, did we crawl up out of the...
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Bunner SistersBunner Sisters In the days when New York's traffic moved at the pace of the drooping horse-car, when society applauded Christine Nilsson at the Academy of Music and basked in the sunsets of the Hudson River School on the walls of the National Academy...
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Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)The chief beauty of this book lies not so much in its literary style, or in the extent and usefulness of the information it conveys, as in its simple truthfulness. Its pages form the...
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Three Elephant Power, and Other StoriesThree Elephant Power, and Other Stories Them things, said Alfred the chauffeur, tapping the speed indicator with his fingers, them things are all right for the police. But, Lord, you can fix 'em up if you want to. Did you ever hear about Henery,...
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The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 2The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 2 The assertion, laughingly flung out six months earlier in a bright June garden, came back to Mary Boyne with a sharp perception of its latent significance as she stood, in the December dusk, waiting...
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The Count's MillionsThe Count's Millions It was a Thursday evening, the fifteenth of October; and although only half-past six oclock, it had been dark for some time already. The weather was cold, and the sky was as black as ink, while the wind blew tempestuously, and...
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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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