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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828Various The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction / Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828 ROSAMOND'S WELL AND LABYRINTH Rosamond's Well and Labyrinth at Woodstock.For the originals of the annexed eng...

David BlaizeE.F. Benson David Blaize CHAPTER I There was a new class-room in course of construction for the first form at Helmsworth Preparatory School, and the ten senior boys, whose united ages amounted to some hundred and thirty years, were taken for the time being in the school museum. This w...

Girl Scouts in the RockiesLillian Elizabeth Roy Girl Scouts in the Rockies CHAPTER ONE – OUTFITTING FOR THE TRIP “Girls, this is our third Summer as the Dandelion Troop of Girl Scouts, – do you realize that fact?” commented Mrs. Vernon, generally called “Verny” by the girls, or “Captain” by her f...

The Pig Brother, and Other Fables and StoriesLaura E. Richards The Pig Brother, and Other Fables and Stories / A Supplementary Reader for the Fourth School Year THE PIG BROTHER There was once a child who was untidy. He left his books on the floor, and his muddy shoes on the table; he put his fing...

Miser Farebrother: A Novel (vol. 3 of 3)Farjeon B. L. Benjamin Leopold Miser Farebrother: A Novel (vol. 3 of 3) CHAPTER I A BAD BUSINESS At ten o'clock on this morning Captain Ablewhite, unannounced, and without knocking at the door, walked into Jeremiah's room in the hotel at which he had taken ...

Under CoverMartyn Wyndham , Megrue Roi Cooper Under Cover CHAPTER ONE PARIS wears her greenest livery and puts on her most gracious airs in early summer. When the National Fete commemorative of the Bastille’s fall has gone, there are few Parisians of wealth or leisure who remain in their city. Tr...

Where Duty Called: or, In Honor BoundVictor St. Clair Where Duty Called or In Honor Bound CHAPTER I. "A GRAND OPPORTUNITY." "Hurrah, boys! here is a letter from home. At least, it is from the homeland, as it is postmarked New York. Who can be writing us from that city?" and the youthful speaker, ...

The Little MinisterBarrie J. M. James Matthew The Little Minister Chapter One. THE LOVE-LIGHT Long ago, in the days when our caged blackbirds never saw a king’s soldier without whistling impudently, “Come ower the water to Charlie,” a minister of Thrums was to be married, but something happened, ...

The Patchwork Girl of OzBaum L. Frank Lyman Frank The Patchwork Girl of Oz PROLOGUETHROUGH the kindness of Dorothy Gale of Kansas, afterward Princess Dorothy of Oz, an humble writer in the United States of America was once appointed Royal Historian of Oz, with the privilege of writing the chronic...

The Pearl of IndiaBallou Maturin Murray The Pearl of India PREFACE That many readers evince a growing satisfaction in contemplating foreign lands through the eyes of experienced travelers, the favor shown to previous books by the author of these pages abundantly testifies. Mutual profit is theref...