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Modern Swedish Masterpieces - Short Stories
by Charles Wharton StorkIt is curious that, despite the rapid growth of interest in Scandinavian literature through the English-speaking world, there has been up to now no book to represent one of the most brilliant fields of achievement, the Swedish short story. The work of Selma Lagerlof is well known and a volume of Per Hallström has appeared recently, but no attempt h..
Turkish fairy tales and folk tales
by LevetusTHESE stories were collected from the mouths of the Turkish peasantry by the Hungarian savant Dr. Ignatius Kunos, during his travels through Anatolia, and published for the first time in 1889 by the well-known Hungarian Literary Society, “A Kisfaludy Társaság,” under the Title of Török Népmések (“Turkish Folk Tales”), with an introduction by ..
In Trust - The Story of a Lady and Her Lover
by Mrs. OliphantIn Trust; the Story of a Lady and her Lover is a fiction novel written by Mrs. Margaret Oliphant whose other works include Merkland or Self Sacrifice, and He that will not when he may.Anne, you are very positive and self-opinionated, but you cannot—it is not possible—set up your judgment against mine on such a point. You, an inexperienced, pr..
The Other Man
by Edgar WallaceIt was a bad night in London, not wild or turbulent, but swathed to the eyes like an Eastern woman in a soft grey garment of fog. It engulfed the walled canyons of the city through which the traffic had roared all day, plugged up the maze of dark side streets, and blotted out the open squares. Close to the ground it was thick, viscous, impenetrable..
A Japanese Blossom
by Onoto WatannaThe children sat in a little semi-circle about their grandmother, listening intently as she read to them the last letter from their father in America. Ever since they could remember, his business as a tea merchant had taken him away from Japan on long visits to the foreign countries. His latest absence had continued for three years now, and little ..
A Twentieth Century Idealist
by Henry PettitThere certainly is a subtle charm from personal intercourse with those who seek a comprehensive view of life, and strive to live according to their own ideals. People who live upon broader lines than their neighbors are apt to be interesting from that fact alone, and the charm becomes quite fascinating when these ideals take form and they practice ..
From the Land of the Snow-Pearls - Tales from Puget Sound
by Ella HigginsonFrom the Land of the Snow-Pearls is a collection of short stories written by Ella Higginson.The Flower that Grew in the SandEsther’s “Fourth”The Blow-out at Jenkins’s GroceryThe Takin’ in of Old Mis’ LaneThe Maneuvering of Mrs. SybertA Point of Knuckling-DownThe Cuttin’-Out of Bart WinnZareldaIn the Bitter Root MountainsPatience Appleby’s Confessin..
Seeking His Fortune, and Other Dialogues
by Jr. Horatio AlgerNearly all the dialogues in the present collection were originally contributed to a juvenile magazine in New York. Many of them have been used at exhibitions in different parts of the country, and met with a degree of favor which has led to their publication in this more permanent form. While intended for representation, it is hoped that readers ma..