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The story begins on July 16, 1833, the apparent three hundred and twenty-third birthday of the narrator, Winzy, the self-styled "mortal immortal". Winzy recounts the series of events that lead him to drink an "elixir vitae" at age twenty, during his employment under alchemist Cornelius...

This edition includes the essential poetical works by Sir Walter Scott. These are: The Lay of the Last Minstrel Marmion: A Tale Of Flodden Field The Lady Of The Lake The Vision of Don Roderick Rokeby The Bridal of Triermain: Or the Vale of St. John The Lord Of The Isles

The story is a dramatic episode of the revolt of the blacks of St. Domingo in 1791. Bug-Jargal, the hero, is a negro, a slave in the household of a planter. He is secretly in love with his master's daughter, a poetic child, betrothed to her cousin, Leopold d'Auverney. The latter saves the life of...

In this book are depicted and analyzed, in due succession, all the physical sufferings, all the mental tortures a man condemned to death can experience during the hours which immediately precede his execution. This terribly moving plea was read widely and sympathetically. In a preface to the edition...

A poem from Longfellow is sure to be welcomed, and what is better, is sure to be read; unless indeed it is a drama. Evangeline is a simple story, prettily told in a novel style of verse.The story is about a young couple in Acadie. On their marriage-day all the men of the Province were summoned to...

The Pilgrim's Progress from is a Christian allegory written by John Bunyan and published in February, 1678. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature, has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print. This volume retells that well-known book in such simple words that the youngest reader may enjoy It.

How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar, is universally conceded to rank among Bret Harte's best tales.

This edition contains the most important and best known short stories, that were not included in other prominent collections. Included are: The Body-Snatcher Thrawn Janet Will O' the Mill The Treasure of Franchard Markheim The Misadventures of John Nicholson The Story Of A Lie Heathercat The Great North Road The Young Chevalier Fables

The so-called old comedy, of which Aristophanes is the only surviving representative, flourished at the time of the Peloponnesian War which shook Greek civilization. There is no good single modern analogue of the old comedy. It is a blend of Shakespeare's 'Midsummer Night's Dream' with Bernard Shaw....

The so-called old comedy, of which Aristophanes is the only surviving representative, flourished at the time of the Peloponnesian War which shook Greek civilization. There is no good single modern analogue of the old comedy. It is a blend of Shakespeare's 'MidsummerA Night's Dream' with Bernard Shaw....

No character in recent fiction has excited greater interest than the beautiful, wilful, cruel, tender-hearted, proud, witty, and wholly delightful Princess Osra. Anthony Hope is at his best in the stories of which she is the heroine.'The Heart of Princess Osra is full of throbs and incidents, and...

Everything is ready for the fashionable London wedding of the heroine and the son of a famous old diplomat. But the bride has simply disappeared. Circumstantial evidence points to the fact that an Italian is connected with the girl's disappearance. The outbreak of war just at this time postpones the...

It is easy to be enthusiastic about the story. It is psychologic—but with a difference, the difference being the bright and compelling interest of Mr. Hope's dialogue, and the smiling sanity of his spirit. Imagine much that is best in Meredith or James, and all that is best in Anthony Hope, and...

A highly clever performance, with little touches that recall both Balzac and Meredith. Mr. Hope, being disinclined to follow any of the beaten tracks of romance writing, is endowed with exceeding originality. The tragic undercurrent but increases the charm of the pervading wit and humor of the tale,...