An Alpine Divorce
An Alpine Divorce by Robert Barr In some natures, there are no half-tones; nothing but raw primary colors. John Bodman was a man who was…
Literature
The Flying Stars
“The most beautiful crime I ever committed,” Flambeau would say in his highly moral old age, “was also, by a singular coincidence, my last. It…
The Secret Garden
Aristide Valentin, Chief of the Paris Police, was late for his dinner, and some of his guests began to arrive before him. These were, however,…
The Corn People
The Corn People (A Creation Myth From Central America) Long, long ago the Life Givers began to make the world. They created mountains and made…
The Little Beggar
He was on his way from his bachelor flat to the club, a man of middle age with a slight stoop, and an expression of…
Wells And The World State
There was recently a highly distinguished gathering to celebrate the past, present, and especially future triumphs of aviation. Some of the most brilliant men of…
The Kit-Bag
When the words ‘Not Guilty’ sounded through the crowded courtroom that dark December afternoon, Arthur Wilbraham, the great criminal KC, and leader for the triumphant…
The Fallacy Of Success
There has appeared in our time a particular class of books and articles which I sincerely and solemnly think may be called the silliest ever…
Returning Home
It is generally supposed that people who live at home, good domestic people, who love tea and their arm-chairs, and who keep the parlour hearth-rug…
Fancy’s Show-Box
A Mortality. What is guilt? A stain upon the soul. And it is a point of vast interest whether the soul may contract such stains…
The White Shadow
We are no other than a moving row Of magic shadow-shapes, that come and go Round with this sun-illumined lantern, held In midnight by the…
The Mermaid of Zennor
The Mermaid of Zennor (A Legend From Cornwall) Once, long ago, off the coast of Cornwall, a mermaid sat upon a rock combing seashells from…
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