American Historical and Literary Curiosities, Part 13.
J. Jay Smith
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J. Jay Smith
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J. Jay Smith
Original Volume 2, Part Six A Plate 34. Plate 35. Plate 36. Plate 37. Plate 38. Plate 39. Plate 40.
J. Jay Smith
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J. Jay Smith
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J. Jay Smith
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J. Jay Smith
By John Jay Smith Second Series 1860 ENLARGE ENLARGE Plate 1. Plate 2. Plate 3.
William Archer
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Charlotte M. Yonge Illustrator
PREFACE The idea of this tale was taken from The Mariners’ Chronicle, compiled by a person named Scott early in the last century—a curious book of narratives of maritime advent
James Russell Lowell
WITCHCRAFT.[98] Credulity, as a mental and moral phenomenon, manifests itself in widely different ways, according as it chances to be the daughter of fancy or terror. The one
James Russell Lowell
SPENSER. Chaucer had been in his grave one hundred and fifty years ere England had secreted choice material enough for the making of another great poet. The nature of men livi
Oliver Wendell Holmes
By Oliver Wendell Holmes CONTENTS PREFACE. INTRODUCTION. THE NEW PORTFOLIO: FIRST OPENING. A MORTAL ANTIPATHY. I. GETTING READY. II. TH
Molière Translator
By Moliere Translated by A.R. Waller Amphitryon was played for the first time in Paris, at the Theatre du Palais-Royal, Janua
John Niles Hubbard
DEDICATION To the Hon. Henry G. Hubbard, of Middletown, Conn. DEAR SIR: Your name, associated with many pleasant memories in the past, and in later years with substantial to
Grant Allen
CONTENTS 1. The Episode of the Mexican Seer 2. The Episode of the Diamond Links 3. The Episode of the Old Master 4. The Episode of the Tyrolean Castle 5. Th
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
CHAPTER I Preston Cheney turned as he ran down the steps of a handsome house on “The Boulevard,” waving a second adieu to a young woman framed between the lace curtains of the
E. Phillips Oppenheim
AN AMIABLE CHARLATAN CHAPTER I—THE MAN AT STEPHANO's The thing happened so suddenly that I really had very little time to make up my mind what course to adopt under somewhat
Angelina Emily Grimké
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Watkin Tench
A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay by Watkin Tench Table of Contents INTRODUCTION From the Embarkation of the Convicts, to the Departure of the Ships f
Sheldon Cheney
An Art-Lover's Guide to the Exposition Explanations of the Architecture, Sculpture and Mural Paintings, With a Guide for Study in the Art Gallery By Sheldon Cheney Be
Émile Souvestre
CHAPTER VII THE PRICE OF POWER AND THE WORTH OF FAME Sunday, July 1st Yesterday the month dedicated to Juno (Junius, June) by the Romans ended. To-day we enter on July.
Émile Souvestre
CHAPTER XI MORAL USE OF INVENTORIES November 13th, Nine O'clock P.M. I had well stopped up the chinks of my window; my little carpet was nailed down in its place; my lamp
Anthony Trollope
E-text prepared by Jesse Chandler and revised by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D. HTML version prepared by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by ANTHO
John McElroy
A STORY OF REBEL MILITARY PRISONS FIFTEEN MONTHS A GUEST OF THE SO-CALLED SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY A PRIVATE SOLDIERS EXPERIENC
Bernard Shaw
PROLOGUE Overture; forest sounds, roaring of lions, Christian hymn faintly. A jungle path. A lion’s roar, a melancholy suffering roar, comes from the jungle. It is repeate