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The School QueensMeade L. T. The School Queens BIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879. She wrote ...

The Riddle of the Purple EmperorThe Riddle of the Purple Emperor CHAPTER I WHICH INTRODUCES A NEW FRIEND It was nearly half-past five on a wild March afternoon, in those happy years before the great war, and Charing Cross Station, struggling in the throes of that desperate agitation which betoken...

Old Scrooge: A Christmas Carol in Five Staves.Charles A. Scott «Old Scrooge»: A Christmas Carol in Five Staves. / Dramatized from Charles Dickens' Celebrated Christmas Story CHARACTERS Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly brokerFrederick Merry, a nephew to ScroogeBob Cratchit, clerk to ScroogeGhost of Jac...

The Girl From His TownVan Vorst Marie The Girl From His Town CHAPTER I – DAN BLAIR The fact that much he said, because of his unconscionable slang, was incomprehensible did not take from the charm of his conversation as far as the Duchess of Breakwater was concerned. The brightness of his express...

Kings in ExileRoberts Charles G. D. Kings in Exile LAST BULL That was what two grim old sachems of the Dacotahs had dubbed him; and though his official title, on the lists of the Zoölogical Park, was “Kaiser,” the new and more significant name had promptly supplanted it. The Park authorities – pe...

Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of HonourWilliam Somerset Maugham Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honour LADY FREDERICK CHARACTERSLady Frederick Berolles Sir Gerald O'Mara Mr. Paradine Fouldes Marchioness of Mereston Marquess of Mereston Admiral Carlisle Rose Lady Frederi...

The Good WolfFrances Hodgson Burnett The Good Wolf CHAPTER ONE THE GOOD WOLF THERE was once a fat little, nice little, round little boy and his name was Tim. As soon as people looked at him they began to laugh and he began to laugh too. He had dimples on his knees and dimples on his hands and dim...

Comic TragediesLouisa M. Alcott Comic Tragedies / Written by 'Jo' and 'Meg' and Acted by The 'Little Women' "It was at this period of her life that she was violently attacked by a mania for the stage, and writing and enacting dramas. Her older sister, Anna, had the same taste, and assisted her in...

Agnes of SorrentoAgnes of Sorrento INTRODUCTORY NOTE In the summer of 1859, Mrs. Stowe made her third and last journey to Europe. During the summer, the whole family was abroad, save the youngest; but in the autumn Mr. Stowe and one of the daughters returned to America, leaving Mrs. Stowe with tw...

Sonnets of a Budding BardLines Wrote in School Whilst I Shouldst Have Been Studyin’ My LessonThoughts Thought Whilst Thinkin’ about Mary and Her Pet LambLines Wrote Whilst Thinkin’ about How Pa Acts When Dressin’ UpLines Wrote Whilst Realizin’ We Oughtst to Be Kind to Dumb BrutesSonnet Wrote Whil...