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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J. M. Barrie – On Running After a Hat
On Running After a Hat by James Matthew Barrie From A Holiday in Bed and Other Sketches by J. M. Barrie On Running After a Hat Some don’t run. They pretend to smile when they see their hat borne along on the breeze, and glance at the laughing faces around in a way implying, “Yes, […]
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A. C. Doyle – The Adventure of the Copper Beeches : Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches : The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventure of the Copper Beeches by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle First published in The Strand Magazine, June 1892 First book appearance in The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes, 1892 Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Copper Beeches “To the […]
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A. C. Doyle – The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet : Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet : The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle First published in The Strand Magazine, May 1892 First book appearance in The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes, 1892 Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet “Holmes,” said […]
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The Fate of Fenella
Written or Published : Bram Stoker, British Authors, English Authors, Irish Authors, Scottish Authors, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Fate of Fenella a Novel by 24 Authors The Fate of Fenella A Novel By Helen Mathers Justin H. McCarthy, M. P. Frances Eleanor Trollope A. Conan Doyle May Crommelin F. C. Phillips “Rita” Joseph Hatton Mrs. Lovett Cameron Bram Stoker Florence Marryat Frank Danby Mrs. Edward Kennard Richard Dowling Mrs. Hungerford Arthur A’Beckett […]
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A. C. Doyle – A Regimental Scandal
A Regimental Scandal by Arthur Conan Doyle A Regimental Scandal by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Published in Indianapolis Journal, 14 May 1892. A Regimental Scandal It was a very painful business. I don’t think any of us have forgotten it or are at all likely to. The morality of the third Carabiniers was as loose […]
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