The Mummy`s Foot part 7
Her arms, slender and spindle-shaped, like those of very young girls, were encircled by a peculiar kind of metal bands and bracelets of glass...
The Mummy`s Foot part 6
I peered through my room with a feeling of expectation which I saw nothing to justify: every article of furniture was in its proper...
The Mummy`s Foot part 5
I went home, delighted with my acquisition.
With the idea of putting it to profitable use as soon as possible, I placed the foot of...
The Mummy`s Foot part 4
“Ha, ha!—you want the foot of the Princess Hermonthis,”—ex¬claimed the merchant, with a strange giggle, fixing his owlish eyes upon me—“ha, ha, ha!—for a...
The Mummy`s Foot part 3
“No; I have quite enough weapons and instruments of carnage;—I want a small figure, something which will suit me as a paper-weight; for I...
The Mummy`s Foot part 2
Upon the denticulated shelves of several sideboards glittered im¬mense Japanese dishes with red and blue designs relieved by gilded hatching; side by side with...
The Mummy`s Foot part 1
Theophile Gautier (1811—1872)
Thophile Gautier was born at Tarbes in the south of France in 1811. He came to Paris as an infant. In 1830...
Grendel`s Raid Part 4
Then Hygelac`s brave kinsman was mindful of his evening speech: he stood erect and grasped him tight,—his fingers burst. The monster was moving out;...
Grendel`s Raid Part 3
Grendel`s Raid (From Beowulf)
Then came Grendel, advancing from the moor, under the misty slopes; God`s anger rested on him. The deadly foe thought to...
Grendel`s Raid Part 2
Between the age of Elizabeth and that of Anne there is little to record. With the advent of Addison and Defoe a new epoch...
