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The Reading Man
In Canada and Other Poems
From the author's preface:I wished to do something for my country, and chose this method of doing it. The literature of this country is in i…
A warning to the curious
In A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories (Version 2)
The fourth collection of ghost stories made by the author, including one written for Queen Victoria (The haunted doll's house). - Summary b…
The Greek Interpreter
In The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Version 4)
Dr. Watson sits down again to ruminate over his notes of all the mysteries he has joined Sherlock Holmes in investigating. In the “Memoirs o…
The Greek Interpreter
In The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Version 3)
This is the second book of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle concerning the adventures of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his…
Adventure IX: The Greek Interpreter
In The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (version 2)
Sherlock Holmes, a fictional character of the late 19th and early 20th century created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doy…
Two Ways of Putting It
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 01, Nov. 4, 1879
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
A Wireless Message
In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 050
A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up yo…
A Canine Ishmael
In The Talking Horse And Other Stories
The Talking Horse is a delightful collection of short stories by F. Anstey, a prominent humorist known for his work with Punch magazine. Thi…
The Shell of Sense by Olivia Howard Dunbar
In Famous Modern Ghost Stories
Famous Modern Ghost Stories offers a captivating collection of supernatural tales that delve into the eerie and the unexplained. Curated by …
The New Reader, by Harold Hersey
In The Thrill Book Vol. I No. 2, March 15, 1919
Welcome back to another exciting collection courtesy of the little known but influential pulp magazine The Thrill Book! In this issue we co…
The Readers Corner part 1
In Astounding Stories 19, July 1931
THE DOOM FROM PLANET 4 JACK WILLIAMSON A Ray of Fire, Green, Mysterious, Stabs Through the Night to Dan on His Ship. It Leads Him to an…
Islington
In The Dawn Patrol, and Other Poems of an Aviator
Paul Bewsher writes poems of a wartime aviator from his heart and soul. His heart longs for an end to the perils of war and the forced destr…
A Vision of Judgement
In The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
A collection of Wells' short stories, with a short introductory essay by the author- "Essentially it is a miscellany of inventions, man…
Readers World
In Astounding Stories 16, April 1931
Contents of this issue :-MONSTERS OF MARS EDMOND HAMILTON - Three Martian-Duped Earth-Men Swing Open the Gates of Space That for So Long…
Chapter IX
In The Figure in the Carpet
The story ostensibly concerns a young literary critics who greatly admires the writer Hugh Vereker. A meeting with Vereker, however, shows h…
The Readers' Corner, Part B
In Astounding Stories 15, March 1931
This issue includes "When the Mountain Came to Miramar" by Charles W. Diffin, "Beyond the Vanishing Point" by Ray Cummin…
The Intelligence Office
In Mosses From An Old Manse
"Mosses from an Old Manse" is a short story collection by Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1846. The collection includes se…
The Readers' Corner Part 1
In Astounding Stories 10, October 1930
Issue no. 10 of the magazine brings you:- Stolen Brains by Captain S.P. MeekThe Invisible Death by Victor Rousseau Prisoners on the Electro…
Jeeves Takes Charge
In Carry On, Jeeves
"Leave it to Jeeves" was Bertie's motto, be the question one of a colour of a tie, the style of a hat, the cut of a coat. Jeeves w…
Mahmoud the Syce; Cambridge Series of Information Cards for Schools
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 26, April 27, 1880
Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, po…