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The Spiritualists and the DetectivesPinkerton Allan The Spiritualists and the Detectives PREFACE I WISH to anticipate any adverse criticism that may be made upon the following pages, by being as frank with the public as I trust the critics will be fair with me.Therefore I must say at the beginnin...

Preface to ShakespeareSamuel Johnson Preface to Shakespeare PREFACE TO SHAKESPEARE That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due only to excellence are paid to antiquity, is a complaint likely to be always continued by those, who, being able to add nothing to trut...

Aurora Floyd. Volume 1Mary Elizabeth Braddon Aurora Floyd, Vol. 1 / Fifth Edition DedicatedTOADMIRAL AND MRS. BASDEN,WITH THEAFFECTIONATE REGARDSOFTHE AUTHORCHAPTER I. HOW A RICH BANKER MARRIED AN ACTRESS Faint streaks of crimson glimmer here and there amidst the rich darkness of the Kentish wood...

The Power of DarknessLeo Tolstoy The Power of Darkness CHARACTERS PETER IGNÁTITCH. A well-to-do peasant, 42 years old, married for the second time, and sickly.ANÍSYA. His wife, 32 years old, fond of dress.AKOULÍNA. Peter's daughter by his first marriage, 16 years old, hard of hearing, mentally un...

Tolstoi for the young. Select tales from TolstoiLeo Tolstoi Tolstoi for the young / Select tales from Tolstoi IVAN THE FOOL THE STORY OF IVAN THE FOOL AND HIS TWO BROTHERS SIMON THE WARRIOR AND TARAS THE POT-BELLIED, AND OF HIS DEAF AND DUMB SISTER, AND THE OLD DEVIL AND THREE LITTLE DEVILKINS. O...

"Forward, March": A Tale of the Spanish-American WarKirk Munroe «Forward, March»: A Tale of the Spanish-American War CHAPTER I A BOWL OF ROSES In the morning-room of a large, old-fashioned country-house, situated a few miles outside the city of New Orleans, sat a young man arranging a bowl of ros...

Talbot's AnglesAmy E. Blanchard Talbot's Angles CHAPTER I THE END OF A DAY The sun was very low in the west and the evening colors were staining the creek whose quiet waters ran between flat lands to be carried out to the river further on, which, in its turn, found the broader bay. The arms of on...

Legends and TalesBret Harte Legends and Tales THE LEGEND OF MONTE DEL DIABLO The cautious reader will detect a lack of authenticity in the following pages. I am not a cautious reader myself, yet I confess with some concern to the absence of much documentary evidence in support of the singular inc...

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 553, June 23, 1832Various The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction / Volume 19, No. 553, June 23, 1832 DUNHEVED CASTLE, CORNWALL These mouldering ruins occupy the crest of the hill, upon which stands the town of Laun...

The Master KeyThe Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity WHO KNOWS? These things are quite improbable, to be sure; but are they impossible?Our big world rolls over as smoothly as it did centuries ago, without a squeak to show it needs oiling after all these ...