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Peter Pan in Kensington GardensJ. M. Barrie Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens I THE GRAND TOUR OF THE GARDENS You must see for yourselves that it will be difficult to follow Peter Pan's adventures unless you are familiar with the Kensington Gardens. They are in London, where the King lives, and I u...

Marjorie DawThomas Bailey Aldrich Marjorie Daw I DR. DILLON TO EDWARD DELANEY, ESQ., AT THE PINES. NEAR RYE, N.HAugust 8, 1872.My Dear Sir: I am happy to assure you that your anxiety is without reason. Flemming will be confined to the sofa for three or four weeks, and will have to be careful at f...

King Alfred of EnglandJacob Abbott King Alfred of England / Makers of History Chapter I The Britons Alfred the Great figures in history as the founder, in some sense, of the British monarchy. Of that long succession of sovereigns who have held the scepter of that monarchy, and whose government ha...

The Pearl of Peace: or, The Little PeacemakerLeslie Madeline The Pearl of Peace; or, The Little Peacemaker CHAPTER I THE QUARREL SHE'S the meanest girl I ever saw! If she is my cousin, I'll say so. I wont speak to her again this term; see if I do!"Sallie Munson was greatly excited, and walked in ...

The Gold Thread: A Story for the YoungNorman Macleod The Gold Thread: A Story for the Young TO MY CHILDREN I dedicate this story to you, because it was for you I first wrote it, and to you I first read it among the green hills of Moffat. It was afterwards printed in Good Words, and now you see it...

De profundisOscar Wilde De profundis INLEIDING Verbis meis addere nihil audebant et super illos stillabat eloquium meum. JOB XXIX, 22. Grafschrift van O. W., Bagneux-Parijs.Оscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900), de befaamde schrijver van den roman "The Picture of Dorian Gray", van vers...

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson – Swanston Edition. Volume 15Robert Louis Stevenson The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson – Swanston Edition, Vol. 15 DEACON BRODIE OR THE DOUBLE LIFE A MELODRAMA IN FIVE ACTS AND EIGHT TABLEAUXPERSONS REPRESENTEDWilliam Brodie, Deacon of the Wrights, Housebreake...

Tolstoy on Shakespeare: A Critical Essay on ShakespeareLeo Tolstoy Tolstoy on Shakespeare: A Critical Essay on Shakespeare PART I TOLSTOY ON SHAKESPEARE I Mr. Crosby's article1 on Shakespeare's attitude toward the working classes suggested to me the idea of also expressing my own long-established...

L'enfance et l'adolescenceL'enfance et l'adolescence Édition spéciale pour la jeunesse revue par l'auteur L'ENFANCE CHAPITRE I NOTRE PRÉCEPTEUR KARL IVANOVITCH Le 12 août 18… trois jours après le dixième anniversaire de ma naissance, où j'avais été comblé de tant de merveilleux cadeaux, Karl Ivan...

Fast Nine: or, A Challenge from FairfieldAlan Douglas Fast Nine; or, A Challenge from Fairfield CHAPTER I. ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE FISHING HOLE A party of five boys, ranging in age around fifteen or sixteen, trudged rather wearily along the bank of a small stream known as the Sunflower River. So...