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The Indian BangleThe Indian Bangle"By this time you will have received my previous epistle, in which I announced the apoplectic seizure and subsequent demise of my beloved husband, Joshua Ezekiel Purcell, lately a faithful and distinguished servant in the Indian Civil Service of her Most Gracious...
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The Pink ShopThe Pink ShopMadame Coralie was a magician. Emulating the dark-browed Medea, she restored the aged to their pristine youth; but her methods were more painless and less thorough than those of the lady from Colchis. That enchantress chopped up the senile who sought her...
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The Purple FernThe Purple FernThe train to Crumel was late. Due at four o'clock, it failed to reach its destination, until ten minutes past the hour. This was not the fault of the branch-line authorities. The London express had been behind time at Werry Junction, whereby...
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The Amethyst CrossThe Amethyst CrossTHE blackbird knew. He had paired for the fifth time in as many years, and esteemed himself wise in the matters, of love. Therefore, from the budding chestnut wherein his nest was built, did he sympathetically watch the bachelor and maid who...
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The Bath ComedyThe Bath Comedy Dedicated to our Sister Mrs. Francis Blundell of Crosby ("M. E. Francis") who, over the MS. of this frivolous drama, was the first to give us the kindly criticism of laughter The precise year, however, may not be given. A sufficient...
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Conrad in Quest of His Youth: An Extravagance of TemperamentConrad in Quest of His Youth: An Extravagance of Temperament "How we laughed as we laboured together! How well I remember, to-day, Our 'outings' in midsummer weather, Our winter delights at the play! We were not over-nice in our dinners; Our 'rooms' were up...
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Backwater: Pilgrimage, Volume 2Backwater: Pilgrimage, Volume 2 A swarthy turbaned face shone at Miriam from a tapestry screen standing between her and the ferns rising from a basket framework in the bow of the window. Consulting it at intervals as the afternoon wore on, she found that...
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Forward from BabylonForward from Babylon Russiahere was the first Babylon. Sitting on the metal stool, his second-hand velvet suit fraying against the heat of the oven, Philip's big eyes were round with horror of this immense, inscrutable place. Everything they said was portentous, not wholly real....
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The Island of Fantasy: A RomanceThe Island of Fantasy: A RomanceIt was eight oclock on a still summer evening, and, the ladies having retired, two men were lingering in a pleasant, indolent fashion over their wine in the dining-room of Roylands Grange. To be exact, only the elder gentleman...
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Guild Court: A London StoryGuild Court: A London Story Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood. The Seaboard Parish. A Sequel to Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood. Guild Court. A London Story. Alec Forbes of Howglen. Robert Falconer. The Vicar's Daughter. An Autobiographical Story. Paul Faber. Surgeon. Thomas Wingfold, Curate....
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Word Portraits of Famous WritersWord Portraits of Famous WritersThe world has always been fond of personal details respecting men who have been celebrated. These were the words of Lord Beaconsfield, and with them he prefixed his description of the personal appearance of Isaac DIsraeli; but we hardly need...
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The Three FurlongersThe Three FurlongersThe twilight was dropping over the fields of three countiesSurrey, Kent and Sussexall touching in the woods round Sparrow Hall. In the sky above and in the fields below lights were creeping out one by one. The Great Wain lit up over...
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The Benefit of the Doubt a Comedy in Three ActsThe Benefit of the Doubt; a Comedy in Three ActsThe Scene represents a drawing-room in Mrs. Emptages house near Regents Park. At the back are double doors, opening on to a further drawing-room, and these face a window, over which the blinds are drawn,...
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PatsyPatsyA flock of wild geese flying across the sunset far away, remote, fantastic, the only living things visible in a world filling with shadows, lent the last touch of beauty to the vast and lonely moors. Mr Fanshawe watched the flock pass and vanish...
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In the Footprints of Charles LambIn the Footprints of Charles Lamb BY Benjamin Ellis Martin AUTHOR OF OLD CHELSEA, ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY HERBERT RAILTON AND JOHN FULLEYLOVE WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHY BY E. D. NORTH NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS 1890 Copyright, 1890, by CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS. Press of J....
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The Cottage on the FellsThe Cottage on the FellsWithout wishing to paraphrase or parody a famous author, one may say that if one goes over to Boulogne and stands long enough on the pier, one will meet, most possibly, someone one knowsprobably ones tailor. Hellier had come over...
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The Dickens CountryThe Dickens CountryIt seems but a week or two ago that Frederic Kitton first mentioned to me the preparation of the volume to which I have now the melancholy privilege of prefixing a few words of introduction and valediction. It was in my office...
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In Queer StreetIn Queer Street Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: Haithi Trust Org. images digitized by Google (original from University of Wisconsin) "Here," explained the landlady, "we are not wildly gay, as the serious aspect of life prevents our indulging in unrestrained mirth. Each one...
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Dream-Songs for the BelovèdDream-Songs for the BelovèdThis series of books is being produced in connection with Orpheus, a quarterly magazine of mystical art. The magazine contains pictures, poems, articles and stories. At present (April, 1911) fourteen numbers have appeared, but the first three issues are out of...
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A Traitor in LondonA Traitor in LondonThe elder speaker smiled as he proffered this advice, knowing well that he was provoking his cousin beyond all bounds. Harold Burton was young, fiery-tempered, and in love. To be thwarted in his love was something more than exasperating to this...
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