English Literature
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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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Robert Louis StevensonRobert Louis StevensonWhen a popular writer dies, the question it has become the fashion with a nervous generation to ask is the question, Will he live? There was no idler question, none more hopelessly impossible and unprofitable to answer. It is one of the...
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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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Verses 1889-1896Verses 1889-1896 [In India, the swastika is an ancient symbol of good fortune. Kipling frequently used the swastika in this context.] ......Buy Now (To Read More)Product details Ebook Number: 323 Author: Kipling, Rudyard Release Date: Jun 29, 2008 Format: eBook Language: English
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Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and WomenPhantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women For offering this new edition of my fathers Phantastes, my reasons are three. The first is to rescue the work from an edition illustrated without the authors sanction, and so unsuitably that all lovers of the...
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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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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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Rio Grande's Last Race, and Other VersesRio Grande's Last Race, and Other Verses The verses in this collection have appeared in papers in various parts of the world"Rio Grande" in London; most of the war verses in Bloemfontein; others in Sydney. A. B. Paterson. The City of Dreadful Thirst The...
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The Ballad of Reading GaolThe Ballad of Reading Gaol You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days of receipt...
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The Captain of the Polestar, and Other TalesThe Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales For the use of some of the following Tales I am indebted to the courtesy of the Proprietors of Cornhill, Temple Bar, Belgravia, London Society, Cassells, and The Boys Own Paper. September 11th.Lat. 81 degrees 40...
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The Golden AgeThe Golden Age 'T IS OPPORTUNE TO LOOK BACK UPON OLD TIMES, AND CONTEMPLATE OUR FOREFATHERS. GREAT EXAMPLES GROW THIN, AND TO BE FETCHED FROM THE PASSED WORLD. SIMPLICITY FLIES AWAY, AND INIQUITY COMES AT LONG STRIDES UPON US." SIR THOMAS BROWNE Looking back...
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The Stark Munro LettersThe Stark Munro Letters - Being series of twelve letters written by J. Stark Munro, M.B., to his friend and former fellow-student, Herbert Swanborough, of Lowell, Massachusetts, during the years 1881-1884 The letters of my friend Mr. Stark Munro appear to me to form...
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The Wind in the WillowsThe Wind in the Willows The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust...
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The Lost ContinentThe Lost Continent We were both of us not a little stiff as the result of sleeping out in the open all that night, for even in Grand Canary the dew-fall and the comparative chill of darkness are not to be trifled with. For...
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Black BeautyBlack Beauty The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it. Some shady trees leaned over it, and rushes and water-lilies grew at the deep end. Over the hedge on one side...
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Beasts and Super-BeastsBeasts and Super-BeastsThe Open Window, The Schartz-Metterklume Method, and Clovis on Parental Responsibilities, originally appeared in the Westminster Gazette, The Elk in the Bystander, and the remaining stories in the Morning Post. To the Editors of these papers I am indebted for their courtesy...
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Dream DaysDream Days In the matter of general culture and attainments, we youngsters stood on pretty level ground. True, it was always happening that one of us would be singled out at any moment, freakishly, and without regard to his own preferences, to wrestle with...
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Confessio Amantis Or, Tales of the Seven Deadly SinsConfessio Amantis; Or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins Torpor, ebes sensus, scola parua labor minimusque Causant quo minimus ipse minora canam: Qua tamen Engisti lingua canit Insula Bruti Anglica Carmente metra iuuante loquar. Ossibus ergo carens que conterit ossa loquelis Absit, et interpres...
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