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Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are

William Godwin

utal and tyrannical squire.MISS EMILY MELVILLE, his cousin and dependent, whom he cruelly maltrea...

The Monkey's Paw

W. W. Jacobs

it doesn’t matter.”“Never mind, dear,” said his wife, soothingly; “perhaps you’ll win t...

The Castle of Otranto

Horace Walpole

gh he had a quick eye for itsvanities. He had social wit, and liked to put it to small uses. But he ...

The Vampyre; a Tale

John William Polidori

his own nation, but from the farthest boundaries ofEurope. Here too is Bonnet's abode, and, a few s...

Carmilla

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

he describes as “involving, notimprobably, some of the profoundest arcana of our dual existence, a...

Plays of Gods and Men

Lord Dunsany

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The Sea Fairies

L. Frank Baum

The ocean has always appealed to me asa veritable wonderland, and this story has been suggested to ...

The Certain Hour (Dizain des Poëtes)

James Branch Cabell

he that visions God, of mankind gathers One manlike trait alone, And reverently imputes to Him a f...

The Enchanted Island of Yew

L. Frank Baum

on a time", andso few of these days in which we live; but that is easily explained.In the old days, ...

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table

Howard Pyle

is work frequently has been spoken of as that Golden Age in children's literature that ...

The Wood Beyond the World

William Morris

is lot, whereas he had fallen into the toils of love of a woman exceeding fair, and had taken her to...

The Story of Sigurd the Volsung

William Morris

s belonging to it, on the edge ofEpping Forest. Until the age of thirteen Morris was at home among a...

The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories

Lord Dunsany

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Fifty-One Tales

Lord Dunsany

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The Road to Oz

L. Frank Baum

ents have been considered as carefully as possible, and ifthe story is not exactly as you would have...

The Mabinogion

y, and withdiffidence, that I trespass beyond the acknowledged province of atranslator.In the twelft...

The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights

Sir Thomas Malory and Sir James Knowles

by hispermission, I Dedicated it before I was personally known to him.JAMES KNOWLES.Addendum by Lad...

No Hero

E. W. Hornung

ant grace quite foreign to his ordinary caligraphy.These reflections, trite enough as I know, are ne...

Mr. Justice Raffles

E. W. Hornung

nce. The telegram was from Carlsbad, of all places for Raffles of all men! Of course there...

The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar

Maurice Leblanc

ther, and who are now, for several days, condemned to lead a life ofextreme intimacy, jointly defyin...

Geographic Distribution of the Pocket Mouse, Perognathus fasciatus

J. Knox Jones

ater, Cary (1911:61) described Perognathus fasciatus litusas a pale subspecies occurring in the lowe...

Food of the Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, in South-central Kansas

Dwight R. Platt

ture. Kalmbach (1918, 1920, 1939) continued these studies byanalyzing stomach contents from various ...

A New Tortoise, Genus Gopherus, From North-central Mexico

John M. Legler

those for holotype; USNM 60976, adult, stuffed specimen with disassociated skull, Lerdo, Durango, D...

New West Indian Spiders

Nathan Banks

nd near tip; rest of legs paler. Eyesin two groups, three each side (subequal in size) on a distinct...

Cottontail Rabbits in Relation to Trees and Farm Crops

David E. Lantz

ons are the severalnative species of rabbits. These animals do considerable damage togarden truck an...

Humpback Whales in Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska

United States. Marine Mammal Commission

DateOctober 19796. 7. Author(s)Marine Mammal Commission8. Performing Organization    Report No...

A New Chipmunk (Genus Eutamias) from the Black Hills

John A. White

Kansas; from 3 mi. NW Sundance, 5900 ft., Crook County, Wyoming; obtainedon July 4, 1947, by H. W. S...

Observations on the Mississippi Kite in Southwestern Kansas

Henry S. Fitch

ite (Ictinia mississippiensis) is one of the commonraptors of Kansas, occurring regularly and abunda...

Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs From Mexico and Central America

William Edward Duellman

science for many years, andmost of the novelties today are found in the less accessible highlands.N...

Pliocene and Pleistocene Records of Fossil Turtles from Western Kansas and Oklahoma

Edwin C. Galbreath

ew and important geological and distributional recordsfor genera in existence today.All catalogue nu...