Sredni Vashtar
Sredni Vashtar by H.H. Munro (SAKI) Conradin was ten years old, and the doctor had pronounced his professional opinion that the boy would not live…
Arts
The Million Dollar Bond Robbery
“What a number of bond robberies there have been lately,” I observed one morning, laying aside the newspaper. “Poirot, let us forsake the science of…
The Schartz-Metterklume Method
The Schartz-Metterklume Method by H.H. Munro (SAKI) Lady Carlotta stepped out on to the platform of the small wayside station and took a turn or…
Bon-Bon
Quand un bon vin meuble mon estomac Je suis plus savant que Balzac- Plus sage que Pibrac; Mon brass seul faisant l’attaque De la nation…
Eclipses Of The Sun Observer Hints
A few words (they must be few for lack of space) may usefully be added, by way of advice, to persons proposing to choose a…
The Power Of Words
OINOS. Pardon, Agathos, the weakness of a spirit new-fledged with immortality! AGATHOS. You have spoken nothing, my Oinos, for which pardon is to be demanded.…
A Matter Of Principle
I “What our country needs most in its treatment of the race problem,” observed Mr. Cicero Clayton at one of the monthly meetings of the…
The Poetic Principle
In speaking of the Poetic Principle, I have no design to be either thorough or profound. While discussing, very much at random, the essentiality of…
Reactions Of A Reserve Officer
Of the thousand problems which face the reserve officer, that of discipline is probably the most interesting, the most perplexing, and the most novel. In…
Three Sundays In A Week
“You hard-headed, dunder-headed, obstinate, rusty, crusty, musty, fusty, old savage!” said I, in fancy, one afternoon, to my grand uncle Rumgudgeon shaking my fist at…
The Wondrous Cow
The Wondrous Cow (A Tale From India) Once upon a time, a famous sage lived in a hermitage in India. His name was Vasishtha, and…
A Letter To The Rising Generation
From the dawn of time, one generation has cried reproof and warning to the next, unheeded. ‘I wonder that you would still be talking. Nobody…
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