Includes tales by Rudyard Kipling, Miss Mitford, R.K. Douglas, Mary Beaumont, Morley Roberts, and Netta Syrett.
Stories by English Authors: Scotland by Various authors.
Stories by English Authors: The Sea by Various authors.
Stories in Light and Shadow written by Bret Harte is collection of seven short stories by Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836–May 6, 1902) ...but Poker Jack of Shasta had hurriedly declared that he wanted to speak to a man who was passing, and had disappeared...
For a moment he stood still, then stalked up to the table, and, with a heavy thump, dropped down into a chair. There he remained with his elbows resting on his knees, and absently staring on the floor. His long hair hung in wet tangles down over his face, and the wrinkles about his mouth seemed...
Tales of Hearsay by Joseph Conrad.
Jack London is a powerful witness to the political upheavals of the twentieth century and their terrifying contradictions. By turns impoverished laborer, renegade adventurer, war correspondent in Mexico, dedicated socialist, and writer of enormous worldwide popularity, London dramatized his ideas...
After the form was locked up, Wan Lee took advantage of Webster's absence to remove the quotation, and substitute a thin piece of lead, of the same size as the type, engraved with Chinese characters, making a sentence, which, I had reason to believe, was an utter and abject confession of the...
It will appeal to anyone that is a fan of fishing, or sailing or the San Francisco Bay area for that matter. In the early 1900's, young Jack pursues poachers in several short storys that are often funny and sometimes hair-raising! The characters are colorful and full of mischief.
Tales of Trail and Town written by Bret Harte is collection of nine short stories. Francis Bret Harte was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California.