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Typee: A Romance of the South SeasTypee: A Romance of the South Seas Of the trinity of American authors whose births made the year 1819 a notable one in our literary history,Lowell, Whitman, and Melville,it is interesting to observe that the two latter were both descended, on the fathers and...
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The Old Peabody Pew: A Christmas Romance of a Country ChurchThe Old Peabody Pew: A Christmas Romance of a Country ChurchWe have worked together to make our little corner of the great universe a pleasanter place in which to live, and so we know, not only one anothers names, but something of one anothers...
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The Village RectorThe Village Rector In the lower town of Limoges, at the corner of the rue de la Vieille-Poste and the rue de la Cite might have been seen, a generation ago, one of those shops which were scarcely changed from the period of the...
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The Seventh ManThe Seventh Man A man under thirty needs neighbors and to stop up the current of his life with a long silence is like obstructing a rivereventually the water either sweeps away the dam or rises over it, and the stronger the dam the...
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Albert SavarusAlbert Savarus One of the few drawing-rooms where, under the Restoration, the Archbishop of Besancon was sometimes to be seen, was that of the Baronne de Watteville, to whom he was particularly attached on account of her religious sentiments. Monsieur de Watteville, a descendant...
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ArmadaleArmadale In acknowledgment of the services which he has rendered to the cause of literature by his Life of Goldsmith; and in affectionate remembrance of a friendship which is associated with some of the happiest years of my life. Readers in generalon whose friendly...
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Under the Red RobeUnder the Red Robe Many French words in the text have accents, etc. which have been omitted. There were a score round us when the fool, little knowing the man with whom he had to deal, and as little how to lose like a...
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Extracts from Adam's Diary, translated from the original msExtracts from Adam's Diary, translated from the original ms. [NOTE.I translated a portion of this diary some years ago, and a friend of mine printed a few copies in an incomplete form, but the public never got them. Since then I have deciphered some...
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The Bittermeads MysteryThe Bittermeads Mystery CHAPTER I. THE LONE PASSENGER CHAPTER II. THE FIGHT IN THE WOOD CHAPTER III. A COINCIDENCE CHAPTER IV. A WOMAN WEEPS CHAPTER V. A WOMAN AND A MAN CHAPTER VI. A DISCOVERY CHAPTER VII. QUESTION AND ANSWER CHAPTER VIII. CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE...
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The Call of the CanyonThe Call of the Canyon It was a day typical of early April in New York, rather cold and gray, with steely sunlight. Spring breathed in the air, but the women passing along Fifty-seventh Street wore furs and wraps. She heard the distant clatter...
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The Wife, and Other StoriesThe Wife, and Other Stories Not far from youthat is to say, in the village of Pestrovovery distressing incidents are taking place, concerning which I feel it my duty to write to you. All the peasants of that village sold their cottages and all...
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The Pathfinder Or, The Inland SeaThe Pathfinder; Or, The Inland Sea The plan of this tale suggested itself to the writer many years since, though the details are altogether of recent invention. The idea of associating seamen and savages in incidents that might be supposed characteristic of the Great...
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The Young ForesterThe Young Forester I loved outdoor life and hunting. Some way a grizzly bear would come in when I tried to explain forestry to my brother. Just wait, Hal, till he comes out here. I'll show him that forestry isn't just bear-hunting. My brother...
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A Millionaire of YesterdayA Millionaire of Yesterday Filth, grunted Trentugh! I tell you what it is, my venerable friendI have seen some dirty cabins in the west of Ireland and some vile holes in East London. I've been in some places which I can't think of even...
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Painted WindowsPainted Windows YOUNG people believe very little that they hear about the compensations of growing old, and of living over again in memory the events of the past. Yet there really are these compensations and pleasures, and although they are not so vivid and...
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A Mountain WomanA Mountain Woman Transcriber's Note: I have omitted signature designations and have closed abbreviations, e.g., do n't becoming don't, etc. In addition, I have made the following changes to the text: MOST of the tales in this little book have been printed before. A...
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The Shape of FearThe Shape of Fear TIM O'CONNORwho was descended from the O'Conors with one N started life as a poet and an enthusiast. His mother had designed him for the priesthood, and at the age of fifteen, most of his verses had an ecclesiastical tinge,...
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The Red House MysteryThe Red House Mystery My dear Father, Like all really nice people, you have a weakness for detective stories, and feel that there are not enough of them. So, after all that you have done for me, the least that I can do for...
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The Railway ChildrenThe Railway Children They were not railway children to begin with. I don't suppose they had ever thought about railways except as a means of getting to Maskelyne and Cook's, the Pantomime, Zoological Gardens, and Madame Tussaud's. They were just ordinary suburban children, and...
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The Deputy of ArcisThe Deputy of Arcis Once in possession of the information furnished by the landlady of the Mulet and by the sub-prefect Antonin Goulard, Monsieur de Trailles had soon arranged his plan of electoral operations, and this plan evinces itself so readily that the reader...
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