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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...

For JacintaBindloss Harold For Jacinta CHAPTER I JACINTA BROWN It was about seven o'clock in the evening when sobrecargo Austin boarded the little mail-boat Estremedura as she lay rolling at anchor on the long, moon-lit heave that worked into the roadstead of Santa Cruz, Palma. Sobrecargo means m...

The Strange Case of Mortimer FenleyTracy Louis The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley CHAPTER I The Water Nymphs Does an evil deed cast a shadow in advance? Does premeditated crime spread a baleful aura which affects certain highly-strung temperaments just as the sensation of a wave of cold air risi...

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...

Patty and AzaleaCarolyn Wells Patty and Azalea CHAPTER I WISTARIA PORCH "Oh, Little Billee! Come quick, for goodness' sake! The baby's choking!"Patty was in the sun parlour, her arms full of a fluttering bundle of lace and linen, and her blue eyes wide with dismay at her small daughter's facial c...

La Vénus d'IlleProsper Mérimée La Vénus d'Ille LA VÉNUS D'ILLE (1837)Je descendais le dernier coteau du Canigou, et, bien que le soleil fût déjà couché, je distinguais dans la plaine les maisons de la petite ville d'Ille, vers laquelle je me dirigeais.«Vous savez, dis-je au Catalan qui me servait...

Nirvana DaysCale Young Rice Nirvana Days FOREWORD A few of the poems of this volume are retained from two of the author's earlier volumes which are now out of print. The rest are new.INVOCATION (From a High Cliff) Sweep unrestOut of my blood,Winds of the sea! Sweep the fogOut of my brainFor I am ...

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 12, No. 349, Supplement to Volume 12.Various The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. / Volume 12, No. 349, Supplement to Volume 12 PREFACE The present sheet completes the TWELFTH VOLUME OF THE MIRROR. This circumstance alo...

The Adventures of Harry Richmond. CompleteGeorge Meredith The Adventures of Harry Richmond – Complete CHAPTER I. I AM A SUBJECT OF CONTENTION One midnight of a winter month the sleepers in Riversley Grange were awakened by a ringing of the outer bell and blows upon the great hall-doors. Squire Be...

The IdiotJohn Kendrick Bangs The Idiot I For some weeks after the happy event which transformed the popular Mrs. Smithers into the charming Mrs. John Pedagog all went well at that lady's select home for single gentlemen. It was only proper that during the honey-moon, at least, of the happy couple...