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The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 1018, July 1, 1899

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 1018, July 1, 1899

by Various Authors

It was very clear that the carpenter sweetheart had been discarded, and that this stranger had filled his place so promptly that Jane had not thought it worth her while to go through any ceremony of transferring his privileges. Of course she had known well enough that her mistress would be no party to such a rapidly moving panorama of courtship. Or..

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 993, January 7, 1899

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 993, January 7, 1899

by Various Authors

There is, perhaps, no word in the present day which has been more frequently used and abused than “culture.” It has come so readily to the lips of modern prophets, that it has acquired a secondary and ironical significance. Some of our readers may have seen a clever University parody (on the Heathen Chinee) describing the encounter of two undergrad..

A Gloucestershire Lad at Home and Abroad

A Gloucestershire Lad at Home and Abroad

by F. W. Harvey

Most of these poems were written at the Front, and appeared in the Fifth Gloucester Gazette—the first paper ever published from the trenches. The author was then a Lance-Corporal in the 5th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment, and as such gained the Distinguished Conduct Medal in August, 1915. The poems are written by a soldier and reflect a ..

Lambkin's Remains

Lambkin's Remains

by Hilaire Belloc

It is without a trace of compunction or regret that I prepare to edit the few unpublished essays, sermons and speeches of my late dear friend, Mr. Lambkin. On the contrary, I am filled with a sense that my labour is one to which the clearest interests of the whole English people call me, and I have found myself, as the work grew under my hands, ful..

Tales of the Wild and the Wonderful [1867]

Tales of the Wild and the Wonderful [1867]

by Mary Diana Dods

Pause one moment, gentle Reader—only one little moment will I detain you, while I reply to the question which I have supposed you to ask in the title-page.  Blame not me, I beseech you, if you are compelled to make the usual accusation against authors, that there is nothing new in the pages which I diffidently present to you: I am sorry for it..

A Son of Ishmael -  A Novel

A Son of Ishmael - A Novel

by L. T. Meade

Not many years ago in the neighbourhood of Andover stood a lonely house, which went by the name of the Grange. It was enclosed in walled-in gardens, and people who passed by on the high road saw nothing of it. The house itself was squarely built—its windows were small, with old-fashioned latticed panes, and its thick walls were closely covered with..

Afghan Book No. 289 -  Afghans

Afghan Book No. 289 - Afghans

by Anonymous

Draw a loop of White through loop on hook and drop Scarlet. Working with White, insert hook under 3rd vertical bar and draw loop through, * yarn over twice, insert hook under next vertical bar on 3rd row down, yarn over and draw loop through, (yarn over and draw through 2 loops) twice (tr loop made); skip the vertical bar directly behind the tr jus..

Keeban

Keeban

by Edwin Balmer

The quick, quiet unlocking and then the closing of the hall door on the floor below told me that Jerry had come in; so I sat up, roused as I always was when I felt him about. He put life into any place,—even into an Astor Street marble mansion in the somnolence of two-thirty on a morning after everybody else has gone to bed.Since my light was on, a..