Toward the end of the year 1920 the Government of the United States had practically completed the programme, adopted during the last months of President Winthrop's administration. The country was apparently tranquil. Everybody knows how the Tariff and Labour questions were settled. The war with Germany, incident on that country's seizure of the Samoan Islands, had left no visible scars upon the republic, and the temporary occupation of Norfolk by the invading army had been forgotten in the...

The Hidden Children is a historical novel set against the backdrop of the brutal American Revolutionary War frontier in the Susquehanna and Mohawk Valleys. The story follows Ensign Evan Loskiel, a young man from a Moravian background, who is attached to General Sullivan's campaign. He travels through the wilderness alongside Deerfoot, a skilled and respected Mohican man.

The book is named after a fictional play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories. The first half of the book features highly esteemed weird stories, and the book is described by S.T. Joshi as a classic in the field of the supernatural. There are 10 stories, the first four of which, "The Repairer of Reputations", "The Mask", "In the Court of the Dragon" and "The Yellow Sign", mention The King in Yellow, a forbidden play which induces despair or madness in tho...

It is familiar knowledge that the earth which we inhabit is a globe of somewhat less than 8000 miles in diameter, being one of a series of eleven which revolve at different distances around the sun, and some of which have satellites in like manner revolving around them. The sun, planets, and satellites, with the less intelligible orbs termed comets, are comprehensively called the solar system, and if we take as the uttermost bounds of this system the orbit of Uranus (though the comets actu...

It being rent day, and Saturday, the staff of the "Irish Legation," with the exception of Westguard, began to migrate uptown for the monthly conference, returning one by one from that mysterious financial jungle popularly known as "Downtown." As for Westguard, he had been in his apartment all day as usual. He worked where he resided. A little before five o'clock John Desmond Lacy, Jr., came in, went directly to his rooms on the top floor, fished out a check-book, and tried to persuade hims...

After a hundred years the history of a great war waged by a successful nation is commonly reviewed by that nation with retrospective complacency. Distance dims the panorama; haze obscures the ragged gaps in the pageant until the long lines of victorious armies move smoothly across the horizon, with never an abyss to check their triumph. Yet there is one people who cannot view the past through a mirage. The marks of the birth-pangs remain on the land; its struggle for breath was too terribl...

In this 1902 heroic romance, American Revolution hero George Ormond's love for Dorothy Varick is tested as their lives are disrupted by war. Set in New York, the novel explores themes of loyalty, love, and honor amidst the chaos of conflict, weaving a story of courage and sacrifice as their relationship is challenged by the turbulent political climate of the era.

The Danger Mark follows Geraldine Seagrave, a wealthy young New York socialite and orphaned twin, who struggles with a secret, lifelong alcohol addiction. Raised in a restrictive, affluent environment, she and her twin brother Scott are later shocked to discover that their family's executor has squandered their fortune, forcing them to re-examine their futures.

Well, I don't know, retorted Austin Gerard irritably, "what 'everybody' has heard, but I suppose it's the usual garbled version made up of distorted fact and malicious gossip. That's why I sent for you. Sit down." Gerald Erroll seated himself on the edge of the big, polished table in Austin's private office, one leg swinging, an unlighted cigarette between his lips. Austin Gerard, his late guardian, big, florid, with that peculiar blue eye which seems to characterise hasty temper, stood by...

Michael O'Ryan unexpectedly inherits a Swiss property during wartime, only to find a deserted chalet and a mysterious, red-headed maid named Thusis. The local authorities insist he must operate the estate as a hotel, leading to a humorous and absurd situation as he navigates bureaucratic demands and societal expectations. Amidst this, O'Ryan becomes intrigued by the maid, whose appearance resembles a treasured photograph of "the laughing girl". The story blends romance, mystery, and a touc...

All the scum of the wilderness gathers here, went on Lannis. "Here's where half the trouble in the North Woods hatches. We'll eat dinner at Clinch's. His stepdaughter is a peach." The sturdy, sun-browned trooper glanced at his wrist watch, stretched his legs in his stirrups. "Jack," he said, "I want you to get Clinch right, and I'm going to tell you about his outfit while we watch this road. It's like a movie. Clinch plays the lead. I'll dope out the scenario for you——" He turned sideways ...

I was furious. The animals! Indeed! I’d show Jamison that I was entitled to some consideration! This was Thursday; that gave me a day and a half to finish a full-page drawing for the paper, and, after my work at the State Camp I felt that I was entitled to a little rest. Anyway I objected to the subject. I intended to tell Jamison so—I intended to tell him firmly. However, many of the things that we often intended to tell Jamison were never told. He was a peculiar man, fat-faced, thin-lipp...