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It is not without some misgivings that I at length make public the strange history communicated to me by my lamented friend Humphrey Challoner. The outlook of the narrator is so evidently abnormal, his ethical standards are so remote from those...

BIGE had the oars and was gently and without a splash dipping them into the water, while the boat slowly glided along parallel to the shore of the lake. We had been up around the big island and were crossing the bay at the mouth of Bald Mountain Brook,...

The Irish cook one day proposed to the ship's captain the following conundrum: "Is anny thin' lost whin yeez know where 'tis?" The Captain assured him that in such case the thing was not lost. And Dennis responded: "Well, thin, shure, the ta-kettle is...

Excerpt from Young Alaskans in the Far North "Well, fellows," said Jesse Wilcox, the youngest of the three boys who stood now at the ragged railway station of Athabasca Landing, where they had just disembarked, "here we are once more. For my part, I'm...

Many are the hours in which I have pondered upon the story that is set forth in the following pages. I trust that my instincts are not awry when they prompt me to leave the account, in simplicity, as it was handed to me.Author: William Hope...

Being an account of their Adventures in the Strange places of the Earth, after the foundering of the good ship Glen Carrig through striking upon a hidden rock in the unknown seas to the Southward. As told by John Winterstraw, Gent., to his son James...

You remember that you were puzzled when I told you I had heard something from the owls-or if not puzzled (for I know you have some experience of these things), you were at any rate anxious to know exactly how it happened. Perhaps the time has now come...

The only annotated edition of M. R. James's writings currently available, Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories contains the entire first two volumes of James's ghost stories, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary and More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. These...

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary A Collection of Ghost Stories Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is the title of M. R. James' first collection of ghost stories, published in 1904 (some had previously appeared in magazines). Some later editions under this title...

THE COIN OF DIONYSIUS THE KNIGHT'S CROSS SIGNAL PROBLEM THE TRAGEDY AT BROOKBEND COTTAGE THE LAST EXPLOIT OF HARRY THE ACTORAuthor: Ernest BramahPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 03, 2015Number of Pages: 94...

Have you seen the magnificent slope of our beloved Tamalpais, as it curves from the changing colour of the bay, till touching the fleecy fog rolling in from the Pacific, it passes from day to rest? If you have not, I hope you may, for the sooner you have...

Just a word about the Crusades, or Holy Wars, before we begin our story. A war is generally a conflict between nations, countries, or individuals, for possession of land or a throne, but the Holy Wars were not such. They were expeditions made by those...

Our country is still in the midst of the greatest war in the history of mankind. Already our sons and brothers have died in Europe. While the sacrifice is great, and each day comes home more closely to us, there must be no ceasing of the conflict until...

Are you an unusually persevering and persistent person? Or, like most of us, do you sometimes find it difficult to stick to the job until it is done? What is your usual experience in this respect? Is it not this, that you work steadily along until of a...

The NestAuthor: Anne Douglas SedgwickPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 31, 2015Number of Pages: 90 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517128935ISBN-13: 9781517128937

The Suicide: A ComedyAuthor: Anne Douglas SedgwickPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 31, 2015Number of Pages: 48 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517129001ISBN-13: 9781517129002

Join us aboard a pirate ship in a time that never was. A swashbuckling tale of mutiny and courage set in the Pacific. Vivid and entertaining.Author: Robert Michael BallantynePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 06,...

Whitewing was a Red Indian of the North American prairies. Though not a chief of the highest standing, he was a very great man in the estimation of his tribe, for, besides being possessed of qualities which are highly esteemed among all savages-such as...

THE following account of some of the experiences which eventually led to the formation of the China Inland Mission, and to its taking the form in which it has been developed, first appeared in the pages of China's Millions. Many of those who read it...

The three messages which are brought together in this book were given not far apart in time, though at some distance from one another in space. The one called Joy and Power was delivered in Los Angeles, California, at the opening of the Presbyterian...

Excerpt from Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland It was a dark night; a chill breath was coming from the east; not enough to disturb the blaze of Trooper Peter Halket's fire, yet enough to make it quiver. He sat alone beside it, on the top of a koppje...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection...

Excerpt from The Story of My Heart: My Autobiography The title of this book is 'The Story of my Heart: my Autobiography, ' but it is not an autobiography in the ordinary sense of the word. It contains no history of the events of Richard Jefferies' life...

Narrative of The Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary RowlandsonAuthor: Mary Rowlandson MrsPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 27, 2015Number of Pages: 62 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

A Diplomatic AdventureAuthor: S. Weir MitchellPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 26, 2015Number of Pages: 96 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 151753562XISBN-13: 9781517535629

Doctor and PatientAuthor: S. Weir MitchellPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 26, 2015Number of Pages: 98 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517535646ISBN-13: 9781517535643

All's for The BestAuthor: T. S. ArthurPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 27, 2015Number of Pages: 122 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517537673ISBN-13: 9781517537678

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Sophie MayPublisher: Createspace...

Dotty Dimple, after a night of pleasant sleep, greeted herself in the morning with a groan. It was as if she had said, - "O, dear! you here again, Dotty? Why didn't you sleep longer?" Prudy noticed the cloud on her sister's face in a moment; she saw she...

Grace and Horace Clifford lived in Indiana, and so were called "Hoosiers." Their home, with its charming grounds, was a little way out of town, and from the front windows of the house you could look out on the broad Ohio, a river which would be very...