Literary Books

The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 10

Ambrose Bierce

The novel is a snow plant; it has no root in the permanent soil of literature, and does not long hold its place. It is of the lowest form of imagination—imagination chained to the perch of probability..

Short Story-Writing - An Art or a Trade?

N. Bryllion Fagin

Professor Arlo Bates in one of his talks on writing English once said: “Given a reasonable intelligence and sufficient patience, any man with the smallest gifts may learn to write at least marketable ..

In and About Drury Lane, and Other Papers, Vol. 2

Dr. John Doran

That English society wanted refinement in the first decade of the present century is not to be disputed. When Mr. Jackson returned from long diplomatic service abroad in 1806, he dined one day at Lord..

The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 11

Ambrose Bierce

The greater part of the contents of this volume is published in admirable form by A. M. Robertson, of San Francisco, with the title The Shadow on the Dial and Other Essays. When the prospectus of Mr. ..

New Century Speaker and Writer

Henry Davenport Northrop

Millions of young people in America are being educated, and hence there is a very great demand for a Standard Work showing how to express written thought in the most elegant manner and how to read and..

Hey Rub-a-dub-dub

Theodore Dreiser

My pride in a sturdy, passive acceptance of things, however, is nearly realized in Vaclav Melka, the happy dispenser of “Vynas, Scnapsas.” He also is frequently to be found leaning in his doorway in s..

Youth, Vol. I, No. 7, September 1902

Herbert Leonard Coggins

In the year 1684, after a stay of twenty-one months, Penn was forced to return to England to protect his proprietary interests, as they were at that time threatened by the plans of Lord Baltimore. In ..

Charles Robert Maturin - His Life and Works

Niilo Idman

In the history of literature change means liberation. The intellectual aspect of a period having worn itself out, the forms which have supported it are felt to be a clog and a burden; and when these f..