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The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 4 (of 5)

Marguerite de Valois

The Lady Oisille, as was her excellent custom, rose up on the morrow very much earlier than the others, and meditating upon her book of Holy Scripture, awaited the company which, little by little, ass..

The Under Dog

Francis Hopkinson Smith

The Under Dog is a collection of short stories written by Francis Hopkinson Smith.No Respecter of Persons  I. The Crime of Samanthy North  II. Bud Tilden, Mail-Thief  III. "Eleven ..

Hurricane Island

H. B. Marriott Watson

Hurricane Island is an adventurous love story written by H. B. MARRIOTT WATSON author of novel "CAUnless a man be in deadly earnest or very young, I cannot conceive a career more distressing to t..

Le Kama soutra

Vatsyayana

Les principes sur le juste et l'injuste sont les mêmes en tout temps et en tout lieu, ils constituent la morale absolue; mais les principes sur les moeurs varient avec les âges et les pays. Depuis la ..

The Perpetuation of Living Beings, Hereditary Transmission and Variation

Thomas Henry Huxley

The Perpetuation of Living Beings, Hereditary Transmission and Variation. Lecture IV. (of VI.), "Lectures to Working Men", at the Museum of Practical Geology, 1863, on Darwin's Work: "Origin of Specie..

The Return of Peter Grimm

David Belasco

The present Editor has had many opportunities of studying the theatre side of David Belasco. He has been privileged to hear expressed, by this Edison of our stage, diverse opinions about plays and pla..

A London Life, and Other Tales

Henry James

A devoted sister attempts to check her sibling's scandalous behavior in the world of British high society. A delightful comedy of Anglo-American manners and a fascinating glimpse of late Victorian Lon..

Hospital Sketches

Louisa May Alcott

A considerable portion of this volume was published in successive numbers of The Commonwealth, newspaper, of Boston. The sudden popularity the Sketches won from the general public, and the praise they..