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A Hazard of New Fortunes

William Dean Howells

Howell’s novel is set in New York of the late nineteenth century, a city familiar to readers of Edith Wharton and Henry James. Basil March, a businessman from Boston of a literary bent, moves with his..

The Small House at Allington

Anthony Trollope

The squires of Allington had been squires of Allington since squires, such as squires are now, were first known in England. From father to son, and from uncle to nephew, and, in one instance, from sec..

Eclectic School Readings - Stories from Life

Orison Swett Marden

To make a life, as well as to make a living, is one of the supreme objects for which we must all struggle. The sooner we realize what this means, the greater and more worthy will be the life which we ..

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..

The Story of Creation as Told By Theology and By Science

T. S. Ackland

The History of the Creation with which the Bible commences, is not a mere incidental appendage to God's Revelation, but constitutes the foundation on which the whole of that Revelation is based. Setti..

Unknown to History - A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland

Charlotte M. Yonge

If circumstances regarding the Queen's captivity and Babington's plot have been found to be omitted, as well as many interesting personages in the suite of the captive Queen, it must be remembered tha..

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.  ..

After the Storm

T. S. Arthur

NO June day ever opened with a fairer promise. Not a single cloud flecked the sky, and the sun coursed onward through the azure sea until past meridian, without throwing to the earth a single shadow. ..