by Gilbert K. Chesterton
"To My Father"
The Author
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May,
1874. Though he considered himself a mere "rollicking ...
BY JANE MORGAN.
Southern District of New-York ss. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the
thirteenth day of June, in the forty-seventh year of the Independence of
the United States of Americ...
By John Philip Sousa
I
The coming of Diotti to America had awakened more than usual interest in
the man and his work. His marvelous success as violinist in the leading
capitals of ...
by Bret Harte
CHAPTER I
A long level of dull gray that further away became a faint blue, with
here and there darker patches that looked like water. At times an open
space, blackene...
by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman 1860-1935
CHAPTER 1
A Not Unnatural Enterprise
This is written from memory, unfortunately. If I could have brought with
me the material I so car...
BY HJALMAR HJORTH BOYSEN.
THE MAN WHO LOST HIS
NAME.
I
ON the second day of June, 186--, a young Norseman, Halfdan Bjerk by
name, landed on the pier at Castle Garden. He passed thr...