By Donn-Byrne
(1889-1928)
A NOTE ON THE AUTHOR OF MESSER MARCO POLO
So Celtic in feeling and atmosphere are the stories of Donn Byrne that
many of his devotees have come to belie...
by William Morris 1895
CHAPTER I.
OF THE KING OF OAKENREALM, AND HIS WIFE AND HIS
CHILD.
Of old there was a land which was so much a woodland, that a minstrel
thereof said it that ...
by John A. Carpenter
On August 18, 1814, Admiral Cockburn, having returned with his fleet
from the West Indies, sent to Secretary Monroe at Washington, the
following threat:
SIR: H...
VOLUME III.
LORD MACAULAY.
CONTENTS.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA.
Francis Atterbury. (December 1853) John Bunyan. (May 1854)
Oliver Goldsmith. (February 185...
by Sir Walter Scott
INTRODUCTION.
This is another little story from The Keepsake of 1828. It was told to
me many years ago by the late Miss Anna Seward, who, among other
accomplish...