A. C. Doyle – Our Midnight Visitor
Our Midnight Visitor by Arthur Conan Doyle Our Midnight Visitor by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle First published in Temple Bar magazine, Feb 1891 First book appearance in The Unknown Conan Doyle, 1929 Our Midnight Visitor Contents Our Midnight Visitor I Our Midnight Visitor II Our Midnight Visitor III Our Midnight Visitor IV Our Midnight Visitor […]
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A. C. Doyle – A Pastoral Horror
A Pastoral Horror by Arthur Conan Doyle A Pastoral Horror by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Published in People, 21 December 1890. A Pastoral Horror Far above the level of the Lake of Constance, nestling in a little corner of the Tyrolese Alps, lies the quiet town of Feldkirch. It is remarkable for nothing save for […]
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Lewis Carroll – Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing
Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing by Lewis Carroll Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing Contents On Stamp-Cases How to begin a Letter How to go on with a Letter How to end a Letter On registering Correspondence § 1. On […]
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J. M. Barrie – My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke
My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke by James Matthew Barrie MY LADY NICOTINE A Study in Smoke BY J. M. BARRIE AUTHOR OF “SENTIMENTAL TOMMY,” ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY M. B. PRENDERGAST BOSTON KNIGHT AND MILLET PUBLISHERS My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke Table of Contents My Lady Nicotine Chapter I. Matrimony and […]
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A. C. Doyle – The Sign of The Four : Sherlock Holmes
The Sign of The Four : Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle First published in Lippincott’s Magazine, February 1890 First book editions Spencer Blackett, London, 1890 P.F. Collier, New York, 1891 The Sign of The Four By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Sign of The Four Contents The Sign of The Four Chapter I. The […]
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Lewis Carroll – Sylvie and Bruno
Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) With Forty-Six Illustrations by Harry Furniss Is all our Life, then, but a dream Seen faintly in the golden gleam Athwart Time’s dark resistless stream? Bowed to the earth with bitter woe, Or laughing at some raree-show, We flutter […]
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Lewis Carroll – Far Away Poem
Far Away Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poetry from Three Sunsets and Other Poems. Far Away Poem He stept so lightly to the land, All in his manly pride: He kissed her cheek, he clasped her hand; Yet still she glanced aside. “Too gay he seems,” she darkly dreams, “Too gallant and too gay, […]
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J. M. Barrie – A Window In Thrums
A Window In Thrums by James Matthew Barrie A WINDOW IN THRUMS BY J. M. BARRIE ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1918 COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS A WINDOW IN THRUMS CONTENTS A WINDOW IN THRUMS CHAPTER I THE HOUSE ON THE BRAE A WINDOW IN THRUMS CHAPTER II ON THE TRACK OF […]
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J. M. Barrie – An Edinburgh Eleven
An Edinburgh Eleven by James Matthew Barrie AN EDINBURGH ELEVEN PENCIL PORTRAITS FROM COLLEGE LIFE BY J. M. BARRIE AUTHOR OF “THE LITTLE MINISTER,” “A WINDOW IN THRUMS,” “WHEN A MAN’S SINGLE,” “AULD LICHT IDYLLS,” ETC. NEW YORK LOVELL, CORYELL & COMPANY 5 and 7 East Sixteenth Street An Edinburgh Eleven Contents An Edinburgh Eleven […]
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J. M. Barrie – When A Man’s Single
When a Man’s Single by James Matthew Barrie WHEN A MAN’S SINGLE A Tale of Literary Life BY J. M. BARRIE HODDER AND STOUGHTON LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO 1913 WHEN A MAN’S SINGLE CONTENTS WHEN A MAN’S SINGLE CHAPTER I ROB ANGUS IS NOT A FREE MAN WHEN A MAN’S SINGLE CHAPTER II ROB BECOMES […]
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Lewis Carroll – A Lesson in Latin Poem
A Lesson in Latin Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poetry from Three Sunsets and Other Poems. A Lesson in Latin Poem Our Latin books, in motley row, Invite us to our task— Gay Horace, stately Cicero: Yet there’s one verb, when once we know, No higher skill we ask: This ranks all other lore […]
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J. M. Barrie – Auld Licht Idylls
Auld Licht Idylls by James Matthew Barrie Auld Licht Idylls By J. M. Barrie TO FREDERICK GREENWOOD Auld Licht Idylls Contents CHAPTER I. THE SCHOOLHOUSE CHAPTER II. THRUMS CHAPTER III. THE AULD LICHT KIRK CHAPTER IV. LADS AND LASSES CHAPTER V. THE AULD LICHTS IN ARMS CHAPTER VI. THE OLD DOMINIE CHAPTER VII. CREE QUEERY […]
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