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Inheritance
by Edward W. LudwigShakily, Martin rose. His mind was clear now, the fogginess washed away by the cool morning air. There was only hunger, that great gnawing hunger, and thirst that made his throat and mouth seem as dry as ancient parchment. As he stood overlooking the valley below with its green fields and little groves of trees, a realization came to him. The..
Sir Isumbras at the Ford
by D. K. BrosterSir Isumbras at the Ford is a fiction story written by D. K. Broster, who is also the co-author of books like CHANTEMERLE, and THE VISION SPLENDID contributed along-with G. W. Taylor.The unusual presence of a statue of the Virgin, and of Mme. d'Aulnoy's Contes de fées on the second floor this London house, was, naturally, but a consequenc..
Young Folks Magazine, Vol. I, No. 1, March 1902
by Herbert Leonard CogginsThe year was 1777, a fateful one indeed for the American arms in the struggle for liberty—a year of both blessing and misfortune for the patriot cause. Within its twelve months the Continental army achieved some notable victories; but it suffered, too, memorable defeats. It was the year when human liberty seemed trembling in the balance, when all n..
Young Folks Magazine, Vol. I, No. 2, April 1902
by Herbert Leonard CogginsThe story opens in the year 1777, during one of the most critical periods of the Revolution. Hadley Morris, our hero, is in the employ of Jonas Benson, the host of the Three Oaks, a well known inn on the road between Philadelphia and New York. Like most of his neighbors, Hadley is an ardent sympathizer with the American cause. When, therefore, the ..
Phrenology Examined
by P. FlourensHaving been a witness to the progress of phrenology, I was led to the composition of the following treatise. Each succeeding age has a philosophy of its own.The seventeenth century recovered from the philosophy of Descartes; the eighteenth recovered from that of Locke and Condillac: is the nineteenth to recover from that of Gall? This is a really i..
The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1914
by Bryce WaltonThe present volume deals only with the events of 1914 in the British fighting-line in France and Belgium. A second volume dealing with 1915 will be published within a few months. It is intended that a third volume, covering the current year, shall carry on this contemporary narrative of a tremendous episode.It is continually stated that it is impos..
The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1915
by Arthur Conan DoyleIn the previous volume of this work, which dealt with the doings of the British Army in France and Flanders during the year 1914, I ventured to claim that a great deal of it was not only accurate but that it was very precisely correct in its detail. This claim has been made good, for although many military critics and many distinguished soldiers ha..
The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1916
by Arthur Conan DoyleIn two previous volumes of this work a narrative has been given of those events which occurred upon the British Western Front during 1914, the year of recoil, and 1915, the year of equilibrium. In this volume will be found the detailed story of 1916, the first of the years of attack and advance.With the increasing number and size of the units emplo..