Short Story Books

Town and Country, or, Life at Home and Abroad

John S. Adams

Henry Lang had been in years past a man well-to-do in the world; he was once a merchant respected for his strict integrity and punctuality in business affairs; but by a false step, a making haste to b..

Off-Hand Sketches, a Little Dashed with Humor

T. S. Arthur

THE reader cannot but smile at some of the phases of life presented in this volume. Yet the smile will, in no case, the author thinks, be at the expense of humanity, good feeling, or virtue. Many of t..

Home Lights and Shadows

T. S. Arthur

HOME! How at the word, a crowd of pleasant thoughts awaken. What sun-bright images are pictured to the imagination. Yet, there is no home without its shadows as well as sunshine. Love makes the home-l..

After a Shadow and Other Stories

T. S. Arthur

After a Shadow and Other Stories is a collection of American short stories written by T. S. Arthur.I.  AFTER A SHADOW.II.  IN THE WAY OF TEMPTATION.III.  ANDY LOVELL.IV.  ..

Finger Posts on the Way of Life

T. S. Arthur

OUR title, though savouring of quaintness, is yet in keeping with the object of this volume. As we press onward in the journey of life, to each of us the path is new and strange. Often it is rough and..

The Saga of Grettir the Strong - Grettir's Saga

Unknown

There was a man named Onund, the son of Ofeig Clumsyfoot, who was the son of Ivar Horsetail. Onund was the brother of Gudbjorg, the mother of Gudbrand Knob, the father of Asta, the mother of King Olaf..

The Sentimental Vikings

R. V. Risley

And now this is the story of Witlaf the harper, that he told in the great hall of Gorm, the king of all Denmark, ten centuries ago, waving his handless arms in the flickering glow of the firelight. I ..

Day of the Druid

Knut Enferd

How much longer was this infernal whiteness going to last? A man was thirty years old, in the prime of his life, with the blood running hot through the seven foot length of him. How much longer was he..