The Last Lesson part 3
Poor man! It was in honor of this last lesson that he had put on his fine Sunday clothes, and now I understood why...
The Last Lesson part 2
I had counted on the commotion to get to my desk without being seen; but, of course, that day everything had to be as...
The Last Lesson part 1
Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897)Alphonse Daudet, one of the masters of the Naturalistic School of modern France, was bom at Nimes in 1840. He made his...
The Raising of Lazarus
The Raising of Lazarus (From the New Testament, John XI)Though this story is part of the larger narrative of the Gospel of St. John,...
The Haunted House
Pliny The Younger (62—II3 A.D.)The Letters of Pliny the Younger (known in Latin as C. Plinius Caecilius Secundus) give a pleasant and varied picture...
The Book of Ruth
The Book of Ruth (From the Old Testament)Into the extremely complicated questions of authorship, origin and development of the Old Testament it is not...
The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse
Jesop (6th Century, B.C.?)Jesop was “not a poet,” says Gilbert Murray, “but the legendary author of a particular type of story.” This type is...
The Story of Serapion part 9
“He then related a regular romance, with a plot and incidents such as only the most imaginative poet could have constructed. The characters and...
The Story of Serapion part 8
I have no dread of the terror of the deepest solitude. It is only there that a life like this can dawn upon the...
The Story of Serapion part 7
Our old discussion would go on forever. Then there is another point which you ought seriously to consider. You must, I should suppose, perceive...
