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Classic short story, one of the "Seven Men." According to Wikipedia: "Sir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm (August 24, 1872 May 20, 1956) was an English essayist, parodist and caricaturist best known today for his 1911 novel Zuleika Dobson." "Seven Men is a collection of short stories written by English...

According to Wikipedia: "A Christmas Garland, Woven by Max Beerbohm is a collection of nineteen parodies written by English caricaturist, essayist and parodist Max Beerbohm. It was first published in the United Kingdom in October 1912 by Heinemann and in 1918 in the United States by Dutton & Co. of New...

According to Wikipedia: "William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and writer of short stories. He was hugely popular in his time, and wrote 27 novels, more than 50 short stories, at least 15 plays, and over 100 pieces of non-fiction work. His best-known works are The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Armadale and No Name."

First published in 1789. "Arthur Phillip is one of those officers, who, like Drake, Dampier, and Cook, has raised himself by his merit and his services, to distinction and command. His father was Jacob Phillip, a native of Frankfort, in Germany, who having settled in England, maintained his family and...

First published in 1814. "The publication in 1814 of a voyage commenced in 1801, and of which all the essential parts were concluded within three years, requires some explanation. Shipwreck and a long imprisonment prevented my arrival in England until the latter end of 1810; much had then been done...

First published in 1833. "When I first determined on committing to the press a detailed account of the two expeditions, which I conducted into the interior of the Australian continent, pursuant to the orders of Lieutenant General Darling, the late Governor of the Colony of New South Wales, it was simply...

First published in 1867. The Preface begins: "THE Settlement of Northern Australia has of late years been of such rapid growth as to furnish matter for a collection of narratives, which in the aggregate would make a large and interesting volume. Prominent amongst these stands that of the Settlement...

According to Wikipedia: "Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.N4 Neighbouring countries include...

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (May 25, 1803January 18, 1873) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician. Lord Lytton was a florid, popular writer of his day, who coined such phrases as "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", and the infamous incipit "It was a dark and stormy night."

Popular collection of short stories, first published in 1895. According to Wikipedia: "Mary Noailles Murfree (January 24, 1850 July 31, 1922) was an American fiction writer of novels and short stories who wrote under the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock.[1] She is considered by many to be Appalachia's...

Novel first published in 1885. According to Wikipedia: "Mary Noailles Murfree (January 24, 1850 July 31, 1922) was an American fiction writer of novels and short stories who wrote under the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock. She is considered by many to be Appalachia's first significant female writer...

According to Wikipedia: "Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, also often credited as Miss Mulock) (20 April 1826 - 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She was born at Stoke-on-Trent and brought up in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. After the death of her mother in 1845, Dinah...

This file includes: A Final Reckoning: a Tale of Bush Life in Australia, For Name and Fame or Through Afghan Passes, For the Temple: a Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem, Forest and Frontiers or Adventures Among the Indians, Friends Though Divided: a Tale of the Civil War, Girl of the Commune, The Golden...

This file includes: With Frederick the Great: a Story of the Seven Years' War, With Kitchener in the Soudan: a Story of Atbara and Omdurman, With Lee in Virginia: a Story of the American Civil War, With Moore at Corunna, With Wolfe in Canada or the Winning of a Continent, Won by the Sword: as Story of...