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The Slim PrincessGeorge Ade The Slim Princess I consented to deliver a message for himI WOMAN IN MOROVENIA Morovenia is a state in which both the mosque and the motor-car now occur in the same landscape. It started out to be Turkish and later decided to be European.The Mohammedan sanctuaries with...

AnnabelSuzanne Metcalf Annabel / A Novel for Young Folks CHAPTER I WILL MEETS WITH A REBUKE “Here are your vegetables, Nora,” said Will Carden, as he scraped his feet upon the mat before the kitchen door of the “big house.”“Come in, Masther Willyum,” called the cook, in her cheery voice.So the bo...

Oliver Twist. Volume 3 of 3CHAPTER XXXVII. CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN MR. AND MRS. BUMBLE AND MONKS, AT THEIR NOCTURNAL INTERVIEWCHAPTER XXXVIII. INTRODUCES SOME RESPECTABLE CHARACTERS WITH WHOM THE READER IS ALREADY ACQUAINTED, AND SHOWS HOW MONKS AND THE JEW LAID THEIR WORTHY ...

Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They AreWilliam Godwin Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are DRAMATIS PERSONAE MR. FERDINANDO FALKLAND, a high-spirited and highly cultured gentleman, a country squire in "a remote county of England."CALEB WILLIAMS, a youth, his secretary, the discoverer of his secr...

Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 36, December 3, 1870Various Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 36, December 3, 1870 MAN AND WIVES A TRAVESTY.By MOSE SKINNER.CHAPTER SECONDLOVEThe Hon. MICHAEL LADLE and ARCHIBALD BLINKSOP were interrupted in their conversation by BELINDA, who sent off the former under pretence...

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 12, No. 337, October 25, 1828Various The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction / Volume 12, No. 337, October 25, 1828 THE MIRROROFLITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.Cheese Wring (To the Editor of the Mirror.)In presenting...

Newton ForsterFrederick Marryat Newton Forster Prefatory Note Newton Forster, or the Merchant Service, first appeared in the Metropolitan Magazine, 1832. It is one of the novels which specially suggests a comparison between Marryat and Smollett, both authors having described acts of impressment w...

Salomé: A Tragedy in One ActOscar Wilde Salomé: A Tragedy in One Act SALOMÉ SCENE. —A great terrace in the Palace of Herod, set above the banqueting-hall. Some soldiers are leaning over the balcony. To the right there is a gigantic staircase, to the left, at the back, an old cistern surrounded by...

Pierre; or The AmbiguitiesMelville Herman Pierre; or The Ambiguities TOGreylock's Most Excellent MajestyIN old times authors were proud of the privilege of dedicating their works to Majesty. A right noble custom, which we of Berkshire must revive. For whether we will or no, Majesty is all around ...

Red FoxCharles G. D. Roberts Red Fox / The Story of His Adventurous Career in the Ringwaak Wilds and of His Final Triumph over the Enemies of His Kind Prefatory Note In the following story I have tried to trace the career of a fox of the backwoods districts of Eastern Canada. The hero of the stor...