Monday, July 1, 2013

Gentle Alice Brown

Gentle Alice Brown

Gentle Alice Brown

It was a robber's daughter, and her name was ALICE BROWN,Her father was the terror of a small Italian town;Her mother was a foolish, weak, but amiable...

Poems

W. S. Gilbert

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A Bicycle Of Cathay: A Novel - Chapter 3. The Duke's Dressing-Gown

A Bicycle Of Cathay: A Novel - Chapter 3. The Duke's Dressing-Gown

A Bicycle Of Cathay: A Novel - Chapter 3. The Duke's Dressing-Gown

CHAPTER III. THE DUKE'S DRESSING-GOWNThinking thus, I almost forgot the storm, but coming to a slight descent where the road was very smooth I became conscious...

Long Stories

Frank R Stockton

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History Of Florence And Of The Affairs Of Italy - BOOK III - Chapter I

History Of Florence And Of The Affairs Of Italy - BOOK III - Chapter I

History Of Florence And Of The Affairs Of Italy - BOOK III - Chapter I

BOOK III - CHAPTER IReflections upon the domestic discords of republics--A parallel between the discords of Rome and those of Florence--Enmities between...

Nonfictions

Niccolo Machiavelli

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The Grain Of Dust: A Novel - Chapter 14

The Grain Of Dust: A Novel - Chapter 14

The Grain Of Dust: A Novel - Chapter 14

CHAPTER XIVThan Fred Norman no man ever had better reason to feel securely entrenched upon the heights of success. It was no silly vaunt of optimism for...

Long Stories

David Graham Phillips

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Appreciations And Criticisms Of The Works Of Charles Dickens - Little Dorrit

Appreciations And Criticisms Of The Works Of Charles Dickens - Little Dorrit

Appreciations And Criticisms Of The Works Of Charles Dickens - Little Dorrit

_Little Dorrit stands in Dickens's life chiefly as a signal of how far he went down the road of realism, of sadness, and of what is called modernity. True,...

Essays

G. K. Chesterton

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Pope, And His Miscellaneous Quarrels

Pope, And His Miscellaneous Quarrels

Pope, And His Miscellaneous Quarrels

POPE adopted a system of literary politics--collected with extraordinary care everything relative to his Quarrels--no politician ever studied to obtain...

Essays

Isaac Disraeli

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Oh, Soon Return

Oh, Soon Return

Oh, Soon Return

Our white sail caught the evening ray, The wave beneath us seemed to burn,When all the weeping maid could say, Was, "Oh, soon return!"Thro' many a clime...

Poems

Thomas Moore

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The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation - Chapter 14. "Cinderella"

The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation - Chapter 14. "Cinderella"

The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation - Chapter 14. 'Cinderella'

CHAPTER XIV. "CINDERELLA"LLOYD sat on the window-seat of the stair-landing, looking out on the bare February landscape. She was thinking of the poem she...

Long Stories

Annie F. Johnston

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Cookies - Sliced Cookies Brown-edge Cookies

Cookies - Sliced Cookies Brown-edge Cookies

Cookies - Sliced Cookies Brown-edge Cookies

1 c butter or margarine, at room temperature 1 tsp vanilla 1 c brown sugar 2 eggs, beaten 3 c sifted flour 1/4 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 1/2...

Learning Kitchen

Unknown

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Mexican And Hispanic - Chicken Fajitas

Mexican And Hispanic - Chicken Fajitas

Mexican And Hispanic - Chicken Fajitas

1 1/2 to 2 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts 1/4 cup fresh lime juice 1/4 cup tequila 1/4 cup olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp....

Learning Kitchen

Unknown

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Change And The Peasantry

Change And The Peasantry

Change And The Peasantry

A book which I shall never willingly be without, one of my minor classics, is Idlehurst. Published in 1898, its author John Halsham, it has a touch upon...

Essays

Maurice Hewlett

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Strike The Chords Softly

Strike The Chords Softly

Strike The Chords Softly

Strike the chords softly with tremulous fingers, While, on the threshold of happiest years,For a brief moment fond memory lingers, Ere we go forth to...

Poems

Mrs. J. C. Yule

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Sauces - Seafood - Mona's Tartar Sauce

Sauces - Seafood - Mona's Tartar Sauce

Sauces - Seafood -  Mona's Tartar Sauce

1 c. mayonnaise 1/4 c. chopped dill pickle or sweet pickle 1/2 c. hot dog relish (my home made) 1 T. finely chopped onion 1 T. snipped parsley 1 T. chopped...

Learning Kitchen

Unknown

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The Island Pharisees - Part 1. The Town - Chapter 13. An "At Home"

The Island Pharisees - Part 1. The Town - Chapter 13. An "At Home"

The Island Pharisees - Part 1. The Town - Chapter 13. An 'At Home'

PART I. THE TOWNCHAPTER XIII. AN "AT HOME"On Tuesday morning he wandered off to Paddington, hoping for a chance view of her on her way down to Holm Oaks;...

Long Stories

John Galsworthy

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Not Like Other Girls - Chapter 10. The Friary

Not Like Other Girls - Chapter 10. The Friary

Not Like Other Girls - Chapter 10. The Friary

CHAPTER X. THE FRIARYOldfield was rather mystified by the Challoners' movements. There were absolutely three afternoons during which Nan and her sisters...

Long Stories

Rosa Nouchette Carey

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