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Poor JackFrederick Marryat Poor Jack CHAPTER ONE In which, like most People who tell their own Stories, I begin with the Histories of other People. I have every reason to believe that I was born in the year of our Lord 1786, for more than once I put the question to my father, and he invariably ma...

The History and Records of the Elephant ClubQ. K. Philander Doesticks The History and Records of the Elephant Club PREFACE This book has been written by the Authors, and printed by the Publishers, in the hope that it may be purchased by the Public. If it proves to be a failure, the responsibility...

The World of IceRobert Michael Ballantyne The World of Ice PREFACE Dear Reader, most people prefer a short to a long preface. Permit me, therefore, to cut this one short, by simply expressing an earnest hope that my book may afford you much profit and amusement.R.M. BALLANTYNE.CHAPTER I Some of t...

Loppiaisaatto eli Miten mielitteWilliam Shakespeare Loppiaisaatto eli Miten mielitte Näytelmän henkilöt: ORSINO, Illyrian herttua.SEBASTIAN, nuori ylimys, Violan veli.ANTONIO, merikapteeni, Sebastianin ystävä.Toinen merikapteeni, Violan ystävä.VALENTIN, | herttuan seuralaisia.CURIO, |Herra TOPIAS...

The Country Beyond: A Romance of the WildernessJames Oliver Curwood The Country Beyond: A Romance of the Wilderness CHAPTER I Not far from the rugged and storm-whipped north shore of Lake Superior, and south of the Kaministiqua, yet not as far south as the Rainy River waterway, there lay a paradi...

813Maurice Leblanc 813 CHAPTER I THE TRAGEDY AT THE PALACE HOTEL Mr. Kesselbach stopped short on the threshold of the sitting-room, took his secretary's arm and, in an anxious voice, whispered:"Chapman, some one has been here again.""Surely not, sir," protested the secretary. "You have just opene...

Mademoiselle of Monte CarloWilliam Le Queux Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo FIRST CHAPTER THE SUICIDE’S CHAIR “Yes! I’m not mistaken at all! It’s the same woman!” whispered the tall, good-looking young Englishman in a well-cut navy suit as he stood with his friend, a man some ten years older than him...

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20, No. 557, July 14, 1832Various The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction / Volume 20, No. 557, July 14, 1832 BIRTHPLACE OF BEWICK, THE ENGRAVER The above cottage stands in the village of Cherryburn, near Ovingham, on the b...

A Critic in Pall Mall: Being Extracts from Reviews and MiscellaniesOscar Wilde A Critic in Pall Mall: Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies THE TOMB OF KEATS (Irish Monthly, July 1877.)As one enters Rome from the Via Ostiensis by the Porta San Paolo, the first object that meets the eye is ...

The Jester's SwordAnnie Fellows Johnston The Jester's Sword How Aldebaran, the King's Son Wore the Sheathed Sword of Conquest "To renounce when that shall be necessary and not be embittered." R. L. Stevenson.The Jester's Sword BECAUSE he was born in Mars' month, which is ruled by that red war-god...