Old Is Gold

The Best Short Stories of 1915, and the Yearbook of the American Short StoryIn reaffirming the significant position of the American short story as compared with the English short story, I am more impressed than ever with the leadership maintained by American artists in...

Der Ketzer von SoanaReisende knnen den Weg zum Gipfel des Monte Generoso in Mendrisio antreten oder in Capolago mit der Zahnradbahn, oder von Melide aus ber Soana, wo er am beschwerlichsten ist. Das ganze Gebiet gehrt zum Tessin, einem Kanton der Schweiz, dessen Bevlkerung...

Anne of the IslandJemmaBlythe, Annie Coleman, Michael Nelson, Franziska Nelson, frenchfry, Baranduin, Randi Warwick, Maddie, Kristin Hughes, Luisa Hall, Kymm Zuckert, rachelellen, Christiance Levesque, Betsie Bush The person or persons who have associated work with this document (the "Dedicator" or "Certifier") hereby either (a)...

The Adventures of Harry Revel When I started to set down these early adventures of Harry Revel, I meant to dedicate them to my friend Mr. W. F. Collier of Woodtown, Horrabridge: but he died while the story was writing, and now cannot twit...

The Agony of the Church (1917) 1917 Printed in Great Britain by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh. The Eastern Church, the Church of the Apostles and the Mother of us all, in this book, speaks to her children in all lands and in all languages,...

L'écornifleurC'est un homme de quarante ans, un peu raide et lourd, convenablement vtu. On sent qu'il n'a pas lui-mme soin de sa personne, qu'il ne s'habille pas seul. Madame Vernet le boutonne, l'pingle, le peigne. Rarement un jour se passe sans que la raie,...

Victorian Worthies: Sixteen BiographiesTHE VICTORIAN ERA We like to fancy, when critics are not at our elbow, that each Age in our history has a character and a physiognomy of its own. The sixteenth century speaks to us of change and adventure in every...

Orrain: A RomanceMy father, Ren, Vidame d'Orrain, was twice married. By his first wife he had one son, Simon, who subsequently succeeded to his title and estates, and was through his life my bitter enemy. By his second wife, whom he married somewhat late...

The Flutter of the Goldleaf, and Other Plays Scene: Laboratory in the attic of the Warner cottage. At right, toward rear, entrance from down-stairs. A rude partition, left, with door in centre. Window centre rear. Large kitchen table loaded with apparatus. Shelves, similarly loaded,...

Strife and Peace Still the old tempests rage around the mountains, And ocean's billows as of old appear; The roaring wood and the resounding fountains Time has not silenced in his long career, For Nature is the same as ever. Munch. The shadow of...

The Winning Clue CHAPTER I. Strangled CHAPTER II. "Something Big in It" CHAPTER III. The Ruby Ring CHAPTER IV. Two Trails CHAPTER V. The Husband's Story CHAPTER VI. Morley Is in a Hurry CHAPTER VII. Miss Fulton Is Hysterical CHAPTER VIII. The Breath of...

The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No IIOn the preceding page is a portrait, and under the head of Recent Deaths, in another part of this magazine, is a sketch of the history of Nicholas Jean-de-Dieu Soult, the last of the great...

A Houseful of GirlsIs there any sensation equal to that produced by the first lover and the first proposal coming to a girl in a large family of girls? It is delightfully sentimental, comical, complimentary, affronting, rousing, tiresomeall in one. It is a herald...

PequeñecesLector amigo: Si eres hombre corrido y poco asustadizo, conocedor de las miserias humanas y amante de la verdad, aunque esta amargue, ntrate sin miedo por las pginas de este libro; que no encontrars en ellas nada que te sea desconocido o se te...

Chapters from My AutobiographyI intend that this autobiography shall become a model for all future autobiographies when it is published, after my death, and I also intend that it shall be read and admired a good many centuries because of its form and methoda...

Compendio da relaçam, que veyo da India o anno de 1691Partio o Padre Dom Antonino Vintimilha no anno de 1683.dessa Corte de Lisboa para este Emporio do Oriente, vencidas as grandes difficuldades, que experimentou em Madrid, impedindolhe o fervoroso desejo de passar India, o...

Ilman menestyksettä - JoulukertomusVuosiluku on 1835, piv on Marraskuun 30:nes. Pyhn Paavalinkirkon suuri kello Lontoossa nytt 10:tt tuntia illalla. Kaikki kaupungin pienemmt kirkonkellot jnnittvt metallisia kurkkujansa. Muutamat alkavat nenkksti ennen suuren tuomiokirkon raskasta kelloa; toiset alkavat hitaisesti, kolme, nelj, viisi lym sen jlkeen, mutta...

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 - Devoted to Literature and National PolicyA pair of mules was speedily harnessed to a large turpentine-wagon, and the horses we had ridden the day before were soon at the door. When the Colonel, who...

L'avaleur de sabres - Les Habits Noirs Tome VIIl y avait quatre musiciens: une clarinette qui mesurait cinq pieds huit pouces et qui pouvait tre au besoin gant belge quand elle mettait six jeux de cartes dans chacune de ses bottes, un trombone bossu,...

Maman Léo - Les Habits Noirs Tome VC'tait un des premiers jours de novembre, en 1838, un mois aprs la catastrophe qui termine notre rcit, intitul L'Arme invisible. La mort trange du juge d'instruction Remy d'Arx, avait jet un tonnement dans la ville, mais...