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Riverside London; A Sketch-Book
by Dorothy WoollardRiverside London; A Sketch-Book, an illustrative book with more than 15 pictures by Dorothy E. G. Woollard.LONDON BRIDGELAMBETH BRIDGE.WATERLOO BRIDGE.CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE,BLACKFRIAR’S BRIDGE.ST. PAUL’S.ST. PAUL’S THE RIVER.ST PAUL’S FROM WATERLOO.BANKSIDE.OLD SWAN WHARF.FISHMONGER’S HALL.CANNON STREET STATION.THE TOWER BRIDGE.TRAFFIC ON THE TOWER.TH..
Doomsday 257 A.G.!
by Bryce WaltonCadmus trembled now as he waited. He had been waiting too long. Sweat was heavy on his clean-muscled body. A bright eagerness blazed from his gray eyes. And beyond the small pressure dome of the combination lab and living quarters, the frigid night pounded at the translucent teflonite—gnawed hungrily at that small dot of life and warmth on the barr..
Frank Merriwell's First Job
by Burt L. StandishFrank Merriwell's First Job is a dime novel written for young readers by Burt L. Standish, whose other works include “Frank Merriwell’s School Days,” “Frank Merriwell’s Chums,” “Frank Merriwell’s Foes,” “Frank Merriwell’s Trip West,” etc.Three times Frank walked up and down the room. He paused and looked around. It was a pleasant, well-furnis..
Rip Van Winkle
by Washington IrvingThe following Tale was found among the papers of the late Diedrich Knickerbocker, an old gentleman of New York, who was very curious in the Dutch history of the province, and the manners of the descendants from its primitive settlers. His historical researches, however, did not lie so much among books as among men; for the former are lamentably sca..
The Fantasy Fan, Volume 1, Number 12, August 1934
by Charles D. HornigWe have two things to say before we present the letters from our readers. First, we wish to thank Farnsworth Wright, thank him a thousand times, for placing a paragraph telling all about THE FANTASY FAN, giving our address, in the Eyrie columns of the September Weird Tales. This will really let the readers of Weird Tales know of the existence of ou..
Labyrinth
by Helen R. HullIn the old story of the labyrinth at Crete, the Minotaur dwelling there devoured in his day innumerable youths and maidens. He was slain finally by the hero Theseus. The story goes that Theseus escaped both monster and death in the blind alleys of the labyrinth only because Ariadne was wise enough to furnish egress by means of her slender silken th..
Cargo to Callisto
by Jerome BixbyCargo To Callisto is a science fiction short story written by Jay B. Drexel. Four Aarnian criminals—vicious and deadly—fled silently into the Martian night; and grimly the Patrol threw out an airtight dragnet. Nothing human could have escaped ... but what's human about an Aarnian?Joe gave himself a last swipe with the towel and tossed it ..
The Ways of War
by Tom KettlePerhaps the order of the chapters in the present book requires a word of explanation. They have a natural sequence as the confessions of an Irish man of letters as to why he felt called upon to offer up his life in the war for the freedom of the world. Kettle was one of the most brilliant figures both in the Young Ireland and Young Europe of his ti..