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Tales of Old JapanBaron Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale Tales of Old Japan PREFACE In the Introduction to the story of the Forty-seven Rônins, I have said almost as much as is needful by way of preface to my stories.Those of my readers who are most capable of pointing out the many shor...

The Coral IslandChapter One. Beginning—My early life and character—I thirst for adventure in foreign lands, and go to seaChapter Two. The departure—The sea—My companions—Some account of the wonderful sights we saw on the great deep—A dreadful storm and a frightful wreckChapter Three. The Coral Is...

The Water-BabiesCharles Kingsley The Water-Babies CHAPTER I “I heard a thousand blended notes,While in a grove I sate reclined;In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughtsBring sad thoughts to the mind. “To her fair works did Nature linkThe human soul that through me ran;And much it grieved my heart...

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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...

"Forward, March": A Tale of the Spanish-American WarKirk Munroe «Forward, March»: A Tale of the Spanish-American War CHAPTER I A BOWL OF ROSES In the morning-room of a large, old-fashioned country-house, situated a few miles outside the city of New Orleans, sat a young man arranging a bowl of ros...

Wonderful Stories for ChildrenHans Christian Andersen Wonderful Stories for Children OLÉ LUCKOIÈ, (SHUT-EYE.) There is nobody in all this world who knows so many tales as Olé Luckoiè! He can tell tales! In an evening, when a child sits so nicely at the table, or on its little stool, Olé Luckoiè c...

CleopatraJacob Abbott Cleopatra PREFACE Of all the beautiful women of history, none has left us such convincing proofs of her charms as Cleopatra, for the tide of Rome's destiny, and, therefore, that of the world, turned aside because of her beauty. Julius Caesar, whose legions trampled the conqu...

«…C’était au mois de mai 1838. Je me trouvais, avec beaucoup d’autres passagers, sur le bateau le Nicolas I-er, qui faisait le trajet entre Saint-Pétersbourg et Lübeck. Comme, dans ce temps-là, les chemins de fer étaient encore peu florissants, tous les voyageurs prenaient la route de mer. Par ce...