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Graham's Magazine, Vol. XL, No. 5, May 1852May has ever been the favorite month of the year in poetical description; but the praises so lavishly bestowed upon it took their rise from climates more southern than ours. In such, it really unites all the...

Education of the Negroes Since 1860The Trustees of the John F. Slater Fund propose to publish from time to time papers that relate to the education of the colored race. These papers are designed to furnish information to those who are concerned in the...

The Prime MinisterMy thanks are due for assistance in writing this book to Mr. Lloyd George, with regard to whom I have the privilege of drawing on the memories of twenty-seven years of unbroken friendship; to Mrs. Lloyd George; to Mr. William George, the...

Leaves from the Note-Books of Lady Dorothy NevillWhen, some time ago, a collection of my mothers reminiscences was given to the public, we received a large number of suggestions that a second similar volume would be certain of the same cordial welcome as was...

Through the DesertThe boy smiled condescendingly. I dont know whether he is ugly or not. The Sudanese think he is handsome; but to call a man who has killed so many people naughtythat is a word only a little girl, with short dresses reaching...

Dancers in the DarkJoy Nelson came into the room that she was sharing with two other girls, at half-past four in the morning. She was tired. She had been dancing steadily all night; her new silver slippers were killing her; and she was not...

By the Good Sainte Anne: A Story of Modern QuebecOh, the woes of having a learned father! she sighed. Here is Joes letter, telling me how everything is starting up at home; and here am I, Nancy Howard, buried in this picturesque, polyglot wilderness,...

The Children of the Abbey: A Tale 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 CHAPTER...

Russia in the ShadowsIn January 1914 I visited Petersburg and Moscow for a couple of weeks; in September 1920 I was asked to repeat this visit by Mr. Kameney, of the Russian Trade Delegation in London. I snatched at this suggestion, and went to...

Harper's Round Table, December 22, 1896Two days before Christmas John Henry sat on the top rail of the fence which separated the seven-acre lot from the oat-field. There were five rails in the fence, on account of two cows addicted to jumping being kept...

Vahram's chronicle of the Armenian kingdom in Cilicia, during the time of the Crusades.The greatest defect of the following Chronicle is its brevity. Vahram, of whose life little more is known than that he was a native of Edessa, a priest, and the secretary...

Travels Amongst American Indians, Their Ancient Earthworks and Temples - Including a Journey in Guatemala, Mexico and Yucatan, and a Visit to the Ruins of Patinamit, Utatlan, Palenque and UxmalThe attention of archologists and students of the ancient Mexican hieroglyphs has latterly been directed...

The House of HelenThe town of Shannon lay like a wreath flung wide upon the hills above one of those long, green, fertile valleys to be seen everywhere below the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Georgia. It was nothing like a city, merely a...

Mrs. AmesCertainly the breakfast tongue, which was for the first time that morning, was not of the pleasant reddish hue which Mrs. Altham was justified in expecting considering that the delicacy in question was not an ordinary tinned tongue (you had to take things...

Three PlaysI wanted not to write an introduction to these three plays, but circumstances are too strong for me. Yet, after all, what is to be said but, to the public, Here they are; like them, and, to the critics, Here they are; fall...

The Ordeal by Fire - By a Sergeant in the French ArmyI can see myself again on that afternoon walking up and down the platform of Vallorbe Station. At my side little Andr, aged twelve, sailor-collared and bare-legged, besieged me with questions concerning sport....

Navaho Legends1. The legends contained in this book are those of the Navaho1 Indians, a tribe living in the southwestern portion of the United States; mostly in the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona, but partly in the States of Colorado and Utah. A...

Fancies Versus FadsI HAVE strung these things together on a slight enough thread; but as the things themselves are slight, it is possible that the thread (and the metaphor) may manage to hang together. These notes range over very variegated topics and in many...

Culinary Chemistry - The Scientific Principles of Cookery, with Concise Instructions for Preparing Good and Wholesome Pickles, Vinegar, Conserves, Fruit Jellies, Marmalades, and Various Other Alimentary Substances Employed in Domestic Economy, with Observations on the Chemical Constitution and Nutritive Qualities of Different Kinds of...

Solario the Tailor: His Tales of the Magic DoubletIN the book called The Enchanted Forest it is related But I hope that you have read that book, or at least that you sincerely intend to do so as soon as you have time, but...