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by Ruth McEnery Stuart Yas, sir, wife an’ me, we’ve turned ‘Piscopals—all on account o’ Sonny. He seemed to prefer that religion, an’ of co’se

Sorrow by Anton Chekhov THE turner, Grigory Petrov, who had been known for years past as a splendid craftsman, and at the same time as

by O. Henry PERSONS OF THE DRAMA Mr. PENNE. . . . . . An Author Miss LORE. . . . . . An Amanuensis

by Edith Wharton I Their railway carriage had been full when the train left Bologna; but at the first station beyond Milan their only remaining

by Jack London Old San Francisco, which is the San Francisco of only the other day, the day before the Earthquake, was divided midway by

by Mark Twain –[Written about 1872.] On the anniversary festival of the Scottish Corporation of London on Monday evening, in response to the toast of

by Washington Irving TO THE EDITOR OF THE KNICKERBOCKER. Sir, I have already given you a legend or two drawn from ancient Spanish sources, and

by Mark Twain AT THE BANQUET, IN CHICAGO, GIVEN BY THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE TO THEIR FIRST COMMANDER, GENERAL U. S. GRANT, NOVEMBER, 1879

by Mark Twain DELIVERED IN HARTFORD, AT A DINNER TO CORNELIUS WALFORD, OF LONDON GENTLEMEN: I am glad, indeed, to assist in welcoming the distinguished

by Henry van Dyke I It must have been near Sutherland’s Pond that I lost the way. For there the deserted road which I had

by O. Henry It was a day in March. Never, never begin a story this way when you write one. No opening could possibly be

by Mark Twain AT THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY’S SEVENTY-FIRST ANNUAL DINNER, NEW YORK CITY The next toast was: “The Oldest Inhabitant–The Weather of New England.”

by O. Henry At the hazard of wearying you this tale of vehe- ment emotions must be prefaced by a discourse on geometry. Nature moves

by Jack London IN ALL the long red history of war, disease has stalked at the heels of armies. In the present generation it bids

Staley Fleming’s Hallucination by Ambrose Bierce Of two men who were talking one was a physician. ‘I sent for you, Doctor,’ said the other, ‘but

by H.H. Munro (SAKI) Conradin was ten years old, and the doctor had pronounced his professional opinion that the boy would not live another five

by Arthur Quiller-Couch From Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches. The jury re-entered the court after half an hour’s consultation. It all comes back

by W. W. Jacobs “Wonderful improvement,” said Mr. Jack Mills. “Show ’em to me again.” Mr. Simpson took his pipe from his mouth and, parting

by Rudyard Kipling I caught sight of their faces as we came up behind the cart in the narrow Sussex lane; but though it was

by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol A STORY TOLD BY THE SACRISTAN OF THE DIKANKA CHURCH Thoma Grigroovitch had one very strange eccentricity: to the day of

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu When the present writer was a boy of twelve or thirteen, he first made the acquaintance of Miss Anne Baily,

by Arthur Quiller-Couch From Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches. I. THE AFFAIR OF BLEAKIRK-ON-SANDS. [The events, which took place on November 23, 186-,

by Elia W. Peattie VIRGIL HOYT is a photographer’s assistant up at St. Paul, and enjoys his work without being consumed by it. He has

by Bret Harte I FOR SIMLA REASONS Some people say that improbable things don’t necessarily happen in India–but these people never find improbabilities anywhere. This