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Borgia -  A Period Play

Borgia - A Period Play

by Michael Field

An apartment of the Vatican: at the further end the door of the Treasury by which the Lord Cardinal Casanova is seated. The Lord Alexander VI. and an Envoy from Naples. The Pope is seated; from time to time he plunges his hands into a coffer of pearls, letting the pearls stream through his fingers...

MASSASOIT'S TOWN

MASSASOIT'S TOWN

by Virginia Baker

A peculiar interest centres about everything pertaining to the great Wampanoag sachem Massasoit. Massasoit has always, and justly, been regarded as one of the most remarkable of that group of illustrious aboriginal chieftains with whom the early white settlers of New England were associated. But while the student of history is familiar with the sto..

A Modern Hercules

A Modern Hercules

by Melvin G. Winstock

This City, surrounded by snow-clad peaks pointing to and almost losing themselves in the bosom of the Supreme Intelligence, has inspired my effort. The volume is dedicated to “Ouida,” radiant also with inspiration. She lives. The novel is written from my play of the same title.The clergy at first may condemn the morale of my story, but upon reflect..

Kibun Daizin

Kibun Daizin

by Gensai Murai

The Century Co. counts itself fortunate in being able to present to young readers an admirable story from the Japanese, written by one of Japan’s most popular novelists and filled with the spirit of that great Oriental nation. The author of this story, Gensai Murai, was once a student of the Waseda School, founded by Count Okuma, leader of the Prog..

Mrs. Arthur (Vol. 1 of 3)

Mrs. Arthur (Vol. 1 of 3)

by Mrs. Oliphant

Mrs. Arthur is the first of three volume fiction work written by Mrs. Oliphant. There was a considerable number of people in the little parlour—to wit, Mr. Bates in his big chair on one side of the fire, sipping rum-and-water, and reading a newspaper which was soft and crumpled with the usage of the day at the nearest public-house; and Mrs. Ba..

Mrs. Arthur (Vol. 2 of 3)

Mrs. Arthur (Vol. 2 of 3)

by Mrs. Oliphant

Mrs. Arthur is the second of three volume fiction work written by Mrs. Oliphant. ARTHUR CURTIS did not think of the letter which old Davies had given him till days after. It had been crushed up in the pocket of his coat, the sight of his sister, and all the contending emotions of the time having put it out of his head; and what could there be ..

Mrs. Arthur (Vol. 3 of 3)

Mrs. Arthur (Vol. 3 of 3)

by Mrs. Oliphant

It was like a dream when it was all over, so huddled up at the end, so seemingly causeless; the sudden outburst of accumulated dissatisfaction and failure breaking out in a moment, a storm out of a clear sky, as it were. There was no adequate reason for the catastrophe; greater troubles had been between them before, more violent disputes; perhaps i..

Ismael; an oriental tale. With other poems

Ismael; an oriental tale. With other poems

by Edward George Lytton Bulwer

To court applause by oblique dexterity, or without a due sense of respect for public opinion, impertinently to advance pretensions, is equally revolting to the feelings of an ingenuous mind. But as genius and a desire of fame are naturally allied, and, perhaps, the former never existed without the latter; will not the youthful adventurer be justifi..