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Amy Foster
A young girl falls in love with a mysterious stranger, shipwrecked in the bay near her village.
Ohio As A Part Of France
The Miami Indians were Aztecs in the ages before history began, and the Frenchmen who visited them were sent by the governor of Canada to lay claim to the Ohio valley for his king. The Miamis...
The Phantom Coach
A man becomes lost on a moor in heavy snow and is rescued by a strange, reclusive academic.
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
Half-way down the Rue Saint-Denis, a venerable structure was crowned by a triangular roof, and a painting represented a cat playing rackets. The young man had his peculiarities, including white...
Lu-san, Daughter of Heaven
Lu-san went to bed without any supper, dressed herself, and climbed the ladder leading to the deck to save herself. A tiny soapstone image of the goddess Kwan-yin was found by Lu-san, who hated the...
Graciosa and Percinet
Percinet falls in love with a princess called Graciosa, and shows her true love.
Mrs. Zant and the Ghost
A man and his daughter come accross an apparently mad, ill woman in a London park.
The Reckoning
A couple are in agreement on the ethics of marriage but personal feelings, inevitably, intrude.
The Grasshopper
A woman marries a meek, scientifically minded doctor but can't help comparing him to her much-admired artistic friends.
The Indiscretion of Elsbeth
The American lost his way and was blandly introduced to a singularly artistic-looking man of middle age. The next morning the porter met him with a mysterious air, dismissed him, and showed him all...
The Dear Night of Love
An advocate named Avenelles lent his house intended to carry off the king, and placed his wife under the guardianship and pursuing eye of an old servant. He picked out a good gentleman, lover of...
The Seven Poor Travellers
Richard Watts founded a charity for six poor Travellers in the Old City of Rochester, which is a clean white house of a staid and venerable air. The Board Room is where the gentlemen meet, and the...