J. M. Barrie – Life in a Country Manse — A Wedding in a Smiddy
Life in a Country Manse — A Wedding in a Smiddy by James Matthew Barrie From A Holiday in Bed and Other Sketches by J. M. Barrie Life in a Country Manse — A Wedding in a Smiddy I promised to take the world at large into my confidence on the subject of our wedding […]
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J. M. Barrie – A Powerful Drug
A Powerful Drug by James Matthew Barrie From A Holiday in Bed and Other Sketches by J. M. Barrie A Powerful Drug (NO HOUSEHOLD SHOULD BE WITHOUT IT.) All respectable chemists, Montgomery assures me, keep the cio-root. That is the name of the drug, and Montgomery is the man who ought to write its testimonials. […]
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J. M. Barrie – Every Man His own Doctor
Every Man His own Doctor by James Matthew Barrie From A Holiday in Bed and Other Sketches by J. M. Barrie Every Man His own Doctor Statistics showing the number of persons who yearly meet their death in our great cities by the fall of telegraph wires are published from time to time. As our […]
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J. M. Barrie – Gretna Green Revisited
Gretna Green Revisited by James Matthew Barrie From A Holiday in Bed and Other Sketches by J. M. Barrie Gretna Green Revisited The one bumpy street of Springfield, despite its sparse crop of grass, presents to this day a depressed appearance, a relic of the time when it doubled up under a weight of thundering […]
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A. C. Doyle – The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE 12 Sherlock Holmes stories first published in The Strand Magazine, June 1891 to July 1892 First UK book edition: George Newnes Ltd, London, 1892 First US edition: Harper & Brothers, New York, 1892 Table of Contents […]
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J. M. Barrie – My Favorite Authoress
My Favorite Authoress by James Matthew Barrie From A Holiday in Bed and Other Sketches by J. M. Barrie My Favorite Authoress Just out of the four-mile radius—to give the cabby his chance—is a sleepy lane, lent by the country to the town, and we have only to open a little gate off it to […]
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J. M. Barrie – The Captain of the School
The Captain of the School by James Matthew Barrie From A Holiday in Bed and Other Sketches by J. M. Barrie The Captain of the School When Peterkin, who is twelve, wrote to us that there was a possibility (“but don’t count on it,” he said) of his bringing the captain of the school home […]
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J. M. Barrie – Thoughtful Boys Make Thoughtful Men
Thoughtful Boys Make Thoughtful Men by James Matthew Barrie From A Holiday in Bed and Other Sketches by J. M. Barrie Thoughtful Boys Make Thoughtful Men Urquhart is a boy who lives in fear that his friends and relations will send him the wrong birthday presents. Before his birthday came round this year, he dropped […]
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J. M. Barrie – It
It by James Matthew Barrie From A Holiday in Bed and Other Sketches by J. M. Barrie It As they were my friends, I don’t care to say how it came about that I had this strange and, I believe unique, experience. They considered it a practical joke, though it nearly unhinged my reason. Suffice […]
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J. M. Barrie – To the Influenza
To the Influenza by James Matthew Barrie From A Holiday in Bed and Other Sketches by J. M. Barrie To the Influenza . The time has come for you to leave this house. Seventeen days ago you foisted yourself upon me, and since then we have been together night and day. You were unwelcome and […]
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J. M. Barrie – Four-in-Hand Novelists
Four-in-Hand Novelists by James Matthew Barrie From A Holiday in Bed and Other Sketches by J. M. Barrie Four-in-Hand Novelists The following is a word-puzzle. It narrates the adventures of a four-in-hand novelist while trying to lose his reputation. Competitors do not require to be told that a four-in-hand novelist is a writer of fiction […]
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J. M. Barrie – Rules on Carving
Rules on Carving by James Matthew Barrie From A Holiday in Bed and Other Sketches by J. M. Barrie Rules on Carving Rule I.—It is not good form to climb onto the table. There is no doubt a great temptation to this. When you are struggling with a duck, and he wobbles over just as […]
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