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Forgers and Forgeries
by W. G. ConstableThe usual idea of a forgery is of something deliberately fabricated to appear to be what it is not; something conceived in sin, and carrying the taint of illegitimacy throughout its existence. In fact, however, many things made for quite innocent and even laudable purposes have been used to deceive and to defraud, by means of misrepresentation or s..
The True Grecian Bend - A Story in Verse
by Larry LeighThe True Grecian Bend: A Story in Verse by Larry Leigh.A woman in France got the spinal disease,And from that sad moment she had no more ease;To add to her anguish, she very soon found,Oh, horrors! her back was becoming quite round. The spasms of physical pain she endured,Were keen, I assure you, and could not be cured;But bad as these we..
Australian Essays
by Francis AdamsIt would be absurd to suppose that it will not seem clear, to whatever readers this little book may find here, that one of the principal characters of the Dialogue is a man for whom we all, I think, feel more interest, admiration, and respect than any other among us. That this is so in reality, I must beg to deny, and I hope that, when I state that..
Eternal Zemmd Must Die!
by Henry HasseEternal Zemmd Must Die! is an adventure story written by Henry Hasse.We have remained indecisive too long! You must understand this! The future, perhaps the very existence of the Federation hangs in the balance unless we can correlate all that has happened and decide upon a course of action NOW....DeHarries, Correlator for Earth, paced alone in his..
Moon of Treason
by Emmett McDowellMoon of Treason is a science fiction short story written by Emmett McDowell as part of the Planet stories magazine.Clyde Vickers shuffled awkwardly down the gangplank. After two years on Jupiter he felt buoyant as a toy balloon in the mild gravity of Earth's satellite. Every step he expected to go sailing over the heads of the other passengers—up, ..
Mystery of the Caribbean Pearls
by Andy AdamsMystery of the Caribbean Pearls is a a part of the Biff Brewster Adventures series of juvenile mystery stories written by Andy Adams."Lightning streaked the skies over the Windward Islands. The Caribbean Sea was a tumbled mass of foaming, angry waters. The chabasco had struck with the quickness and lashing fury that is the nature of this most feare..
Radio-Activity
by Ernest RutherfordIn this work, I have endeavoured to give a complete and connected account, from a physical standpoint, of the properties possessed by the naturally radio-active bodies. Although the subject is comparatively a new one, our knowledge of the properties of the radio-active substances has advanced with great rapidity, and there is now a very large amoun..
The Dead-Star Rover
by Robert AbernathyThe Dead-Star Rover is an adventurous science fiction short story by Robert Abernathy.The terrapin was traveling eighty miles an hour—far too fast for such uneven country. Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the..