(1783-1784)
by Dorothy Kilner
INTRODUCTION
During a remarkably severe winter, when a prodigious fall of snow
confined everybody to their habitations, who were happy enough to hav...
THE TOYS OF PEACE
"Harvey," said Eleanor Bope, handing her brother a cutting from a London
morning paper of the 19th of March, "just read this about children's
toys, please; it exa...
PHILLIS WHEATLEY
PREFACE.
THE following POEMS were written originally for the Amusement of the
Author, as they were the Products of her leisure Moments. She had no
Intention ever t...
Larry Wall
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ABSTRACT
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By Andrew Lang
PREFACE
Several of the sketches in this volume have appeared in periodicals.
"The Bloody Doctor" was in Macmillan's Magazine, "The Confessions of a
Duffer," "Loch Aw...
by Oscar Wilde
LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S
CRIME
CHAPTER I
IT was Lady Windermere's last reception before Easter, and Bentinck
House was even more crowded than usual. Six Cabinet Minister...
by EDWARD EVERETT HALE
PREFACE.
This book contains a life of Columbus, written with the hope of
interesting all classes of readers.
His life has often been written, and it has some...