Paul Clifford tells the story of a chivalrous highwayman in the time of the French Revolution. Brought up not knowing his origins and living an evil life, Paul Clifford is arrested for theft. The lov

Be it understood that this book does not pretend to be what it is not! It is the simple record of a strange wandering, and only that! Therefore, any person found, after its perusal, in the possession

AFTER the festive dinner with its eight courses and its endless conversation, Olga Mihalovna, whose husband’s name-day was being celebrated, went out into the garden. The duty of smiling an

he plan of this tale suggested itself to the writer many years since, though the details are altogether of recent invention. The idea of associating seamen and savages in incidents that might be supp

On the fringe of the vast island continent of Australia live a few millions of white people; in the vast desert regions far from the coast live a few thousands of black people, the remnant of the fir

故事发生在1890年前后，神秘的德古拉将自己装扮成美国企业家Allen Grayson来到伦敦，声称要把现代科技带到维多利亚时代的英国社会。他对当时属于前沿科学的电力科学特别感兴趣——这种科学能够照亮黑暗的夜空，对无法见到阳光的他来说真是太有用了。他此行还有另一个目的：向数个世纪之前将他变成不死之身并彻底毁掉他生活的人复仇。

Many years ago, about the time of the Tay Bridge gale, I was staying at Edinburgh with a friend of mine, an actor manager. I had just come down from the paint-room of the theatre, and was emerging fr

“Now then! What is the matter?” asked my father in a sharp tone, impatiently throwing down the newspaper.

In attempting to sketch the career of Frederick the Great and to define its relation to the rise of Prussia, I have made free use of many printed works, especially of Frederick’s own ?uvres

Women in the movement often wish that the word humanist had not been appropriated, because it would far more properly connote the women’s movement than the word feminist.

‘Sir Wilfrid Monson, sir,’ exclaimed my man.

One of the most important decisions a young man is called upon to make relates to the determination of his life-work. It is fraught with serious consequence for him. It involves the possibilities of

Sir John and Lady Wetheral were blessed with four fine little girls, who promised to be all the fond heart of a parent could wish; for, as her ladyship observed with pride, "their forms were

IN spite of the apparent diversity of the amusements that seem to attract me, my life has but one object. It is wholly bent upon the accomplishment of one great scheme. I am writing the history of th

Memorabilia is a collection of Socratic dialogues by Xenophon, a student of Socrates. The lengthiest and most famous of Xenophon's Socratic writings, the Memorabilia is essentially an apologia (defen