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Under the Witches' Moon

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Nathan Gallizier


The scene is Rome, 935 A.D. Thirty-year-old Tristan, dressed as a pilgrim, overhears a conversation between Basil, the Grand Chamberlain, an…

Astounding Stories 14, February 1931

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Captain S. P. Meek


This issue includes "Werewolves of War" by D. W. Hall, "The Tentacles from Below" by Anthony Gilmore, "The Black La…

Bacon

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Richard William Church


This investigation of Bacon the scholar and man of letters begins with a look at the early days and progresses to his relationships with Que…

The Life and Adventures of Venture

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Venture Smith


Venture Smith was an African captured as a child and transported to the American colonies to be sold as a slave. As an adult, he purchased h…

The Delafield Affair

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Florence Finch Kelly


New Mexico's hot, dry winds are taking their toll: cattle suffer long treks to get food and water. But it is not just a hard time for them. …

Aces Up

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Covington Clarke


A crack American flying troop has been sent to France, where they await further instructions. They are concerned that their extensive talent…

The Verbalist

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Alfred Ayres


Osmun arranges usage problems alphabetically and treats certain areas in greater detail as he sees fit. For example, his first entry is A-AN…

Life's Enthusiasms

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David Starr Jordan


The words in this essay on positive thought sing like those in Whitman's "Leaves of Grass." The author praises joyous living and r…

The Real Latin Quarter

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Frank Berkeley Smith


"Cocher, drive to the rue Falguière"--this in my best restaurant French.The man with the varnished hat shrugged his shoulde…

Night Watches

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W. W. Jacobs


A most popular Jacobs character, a night watchman along the English coast, remembers troubles his friends got into during shore leave. At le…

Aaron Trow

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Anthony Trollope


What is it like to be a fox hunted by hounds? We find out through the senses of an escaped convict as he struggles to free himself from woul…

The Dixie Book of Days

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Page Andrews


The author used a yearly calendar to focus on pieces written by Southern authors. Many of these writers are little known, having created for…

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In The New Atlantis

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Francis Bacon and Sir Francis Bacon


In 1623, Francis Bacon expressed his aspirations and ideas in New Atlantis. Released in 1627, this was his creation of an ideal land where p…

The Contrariety of Criticism. The Vanity of Objection. An Author Obliged to Dep…

In Selected Essays of Samuel Johnson

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Samuel Johnson


This is a volume of selected essays by "the great master of reason" Samuel Johnson. The most famous exerpts from The Rambler, The …

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