by Ruth Ogden [Mrs. Charles W. Ide]
CHAPTER I. TROUBLE NO. 1
Whether you happen to be four or five, or six, or seven, or even older
than that, no doubt you know by this time that a...
by Richard Harding Davis
When the voice over the telephone promised to name the man who killed
Hermann Banf, District Attorney Wharton was up- town lunching at
Delmonico's. This wa...
By MAX BEERBOHM
I UNPACKED my things and went down to await luncheon.
It was good to be here again in this little old sleepy hostel by the
sea. Hostel I say, though it spelt itse...
By Charles Dickens
PART I - INTRODUCTORY ROMANCE PROM THE PEN OF WILLIAM TINKLING, ESQ.
(Aged
eight.)
THIS beginning-part is not made out of anybody's head, you know. It's
real...
by Jerome K. Jerome
CHAPTER I
"They are very pretty, some of them," said the Woman of the World; "not
the sort of letters I should have written myself."
"I should like to see a lov...
By Katherine Mansfield
AT THE BAY.
Chapter 1.I.
Very early morning. The sun was not yet risen, and the whole of Crescent
Bay was hidden under a white sea-mist. The big bush-covered...
BY ROBERT SHACKLETON
FOREWORD
This is the most recent and complete form of the lecture. It happened to
be delivered in Philadelphia, Dr. Conwell's home city. When he says
``right h...