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“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...

“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...

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...

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...

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 (From Beowulf)Then came Grendel, advancing from the moor, under the misty slopes; God`s anger rested on him. The deadly foe thought to...

Between the age of Elizabeth and that of Anne there is little to record. With the advent of Addison and Defoe a new epoch...

Great BritainThe history of the short story in Great Britain can be traced back to the very earliest epoch, before even the formation of...

And Mrs. Veal`s often drawing her hands over her eyes, and asking Mrs. Bargrave whether her fits had not impaired her, looks to me...

Mrs. Bargrave never varies in her story, which puzzles those who doubt of the truth, or are unwilling to believe it. A servant in...