Novels Books
The King's Own Borderers: A Military Romance, Volume 3 (of 3)
James GrantYoung though he was, Quentin could not forget Flora Warrender, and that sweet evening by the Kelpie's Pool, and the first thrill of boyish love, with all the anxious moments, the feverish hopes that s..
An Open Verdict: A Novel, Volume 1 (of 3)
Mary Elizabeth BraddonThe Vicar spoke with some soreness. Poor Mrs. Dulcimer’s good-nature, and sometimes misdirected energy, had been getting her into trouble for the last twenty years. Everybody liked her; everybody drea..
Southern Soldier Stories
George Cary EgglestonJoe was there, but Joe wasn’t talking that night. Joe was surly and sullen. He had had to kill his horse at Pocotaligo the day before, and all the honors he had harvested from that action had not reco..
As Others See Us
W. H. P. JarvisThe books mentioned are significant of a popular move. That this move should have originated in the “Land of the Free” is remarkable. That popular appreciation should have been held from the Canadian ..
The Virgins of the Rocks
Gabriele D'AnnunzioBending and breaking as they were beneath the weight of their own maturity, like autumn trees overladen with bounteous fruit, they were unable either to sound the depth of their misery or to give voic..
The Two Dianas, Volume 1
Alexandre DumasGabriel took a by-path well-known to him, so as to go more quickly; and yet he let his horse slacken his pace, so that it seemed almost as if he were allowing the handsome beast to adapt his gait to h..
The Two Dianas, Volume 2
Alexandre DumasDuring the first day Arnauld du Thill had no unfortunate encounter, and pursued his journey with reasonable celerity. He met parties of the enemy from time to time along the road,—German deserters, di..
The Two Dianas, Volume 3
Alexandre DumasThereupon Arnauld du Thill set to work to refute his speech of the evening before, point by point. He unravelled the events and the mistakes of the double existence of Martin-Guerre and Arnauld with s..