The Forty-Seven Ronins part 5
Now amongst these retainers was his principal councilor, a man called Oishi Kuranosuke, who with forty-six other faithful dependents formed a league to avenge...
The Forty-Seven Ronins part 4
Shortly after this Takumi no Kami, who had sent no present, arrived at the castle, and Kotsuke no Suke turned him into ridicule even...
The Forty-Seven Ronins part 3
But the councilor went home, and was much troubled, and thought anxiously about what his prince had said. And as he reflected, it occurred...
The Forty-Seven Ronins part 2
The present version, translated by A. B. Mitford, is reprinted from The Fortnightly Review, London, 1870, by permission of Macmillan and Co., owners of...
The Forty-Seven Ronins part 1
JapanIntroductionIn the Eighth Century A.D. (712) the annals of the chief families of Japan were collected in a work known as the Kojiki, or...
The Human Telegraph part 2
That evening the counselor was a caller at the home of Mr. Z —, whose entire life was passed in performing trifling services to...
The Human Telegraph part 1
Boleslav Prus (Alexander Glowacki) (1847-1912)Alexander Glowacki, known and loved among his people under the pen-name Prus, was born near Lublin in Poland, in 1847....
The Mysterious Picture part 5
“Very well,” said the Landgrave, and at his command the aforesaid notabilities appeared. Ulenspiegel took his stand in front of the curtain, which was...
The Mysterious Picture part 4
The lady went away, and now there appeared a young maid-of- honor, fair, fresh and comely, only that she lacked three teeth under her...
The Mysterious Picture part 2
The Mysterious Picture is found in Section 33 of the First Book. Translated by Geoffrey Whitworth in the volume, The Legend of Tyl Ulenspiegel,...
