Written by Allen Upward

Secret History of To-day - Being Revelations of a Diplomatic Spy

by Allen Upward

The initials under which I write these confessions are not those of my real name, which I could not disclose without exposing myself to the revenge of formidable enemies. As it is, I run a very great risk in making revelations which affect some of the most powerful personages now living; and it is only by the exercise of the utmost discretion that ..

Lord Alistair's Rebellion

by Allen Upward

Education, law, science, government, police, had their homes side by side along that mighty façade, which thus became an entablature on which the characters of civilization were legibly impressed. Beside the ancient universities of the law stood the headquarters of the vast machinery for the teaching of the populace—that is to say, for the taming o..

The Slaves of Society: A Comedy in Covers

by Allen Upward

Mr. Despencer extended a hand almost as white and slender as the marchioness’s own, and abstracted a small cube of sugar from the porcelain basin, of the thinness and transparency of a sea-shell, on the marchioness’s silver tray, while he meditated a becoming response.“Yes,” he exclaimed, giving his head a slow, mournful movement from side to side,..