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The Passenger from Calais

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Arthur Griffiths


An army officer, and a mysterious lady with a maid and baby in tow, are the only passengers on the Engadine express from Calais. The lady is…

Chapter VI, Part 2

In The Dream of the Red Chamber Book I

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Xueqin Cao


The Dream of the Red Chamber (also known as The Story of the Stone) is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of China, and considered the g…

Chapter VI

In Hagar's Daughter. A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice

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Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins


Hagar's Daughter was first published serially in "The Colored American Magazine" in 1901-1902 by Pauline E. Hopkins, a prominent A…

April

In A Calendar of Sonnets (Version 2)

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Helen Hunt Jackson


Helen Hunt Jackson is probably most famous for her work on behalf of Native Americans’ rights. However, this short volume presents a sonnet …

A Broken Window, and Glorious News

In The Outdoor Chums in the Big Woods

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Edward Stratemeyer and Captain Quincy Allen


“That looks like a challenge, Frank.” “It was well fired, at any rate, Bluff!” “I should say yes, because it knocked my hat clear off my hea…