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He had betrayed mankind, but he was not afraid of the consequences--ever!

In order to ease my conscience and, further, to disclose certain facts which for the past year or two have, I know, greatly puzzled readers of our daily newspapers, I have decided to here reveal some very curious and, perhaps, sensational circumstances. In fact, after much perplexity and long consideration,...

A strangely bad Utopian fantasy written while Lawson was a professional baseball player.

Short story written by American science fiction author and physician, Alan E. Nourse.

Address delivered before the Commandery of the state of New York military order of the loyal legion of the United States at the regular meeting, February, 1909, city of New York in observance of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of president Abraham Lincoln.

No wonder Stefanik meant to fight to the last—he wasn't going to turn his kids over to an old goat like Glinka!

Mabel Quiller-Couch (1866-1924) was a Cornish writer. She was the the sister of Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, and her sister Lilian M. Quiller- Couch was an author as well. She wrote Ancient and Holy Wells of Cornwall with her sister in 1894. Other works include Martha's Trial (1895), One Good...

Groverzb knew what he wanted--peace and quiet. He was willing to scream his head off for it!

"Hey, Bandy-legs, what d'ye suppose ails Toby there? " "He sure looks like he'd just seen a ghost, for a fact, Steve. Where are Max and his cousin Owen just now? " "Oh, they walked down along the river bank to look for signs of fresh-water clams. So we'll just have to run things ourselves, Bandy....

Born in London, Chesterton was educated at St. Paul's, but never went to college. He went to art school. In 1900, he was asked to contribute a few magazine articles on art criticism, and went on to become one of the most prolific writers of all time. He wrote a hundred books, contributions to 200...

The trials of a patent lawyer are usually highly technical tribulations--and among the greatest is the fact that Inventors are only slightly less predictable than their Inventions!

This is no book to read in a lonely house, though one is convinced that if it were begun under such conditions it would be finished even though the reader had to summon a messenger boy to keep him company...

" 'The Sword of Damocles' is a book of great power, which far surpasses either of its predecessors from her pen, and places her high among American writers. The plot is complicated and is managed adroitly. ... In the delineation of characters she has shown both delicacy and vigor."

The Gray Madam' is one of Green's short stories of crime and mystery. Anna Katharine Green was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA in 1846. She aspired to be a writer from a young age, and corresponded with Ralph Waldo Emerson during her late teens. When her poetry failed to gain recognition, Green produced...