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Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 3

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Hamilton Wright Mabie

Another wonderful compilation of stories edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie! This volume, the 3rd of 12, contains 2 main sections: Classic Tale…

First Part, Chapter VIII, part 2b. The conquest of India, and of the spice coun…

In Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 1

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Jules Verne

The famous writer of great adventure stories Jules Verne wrote also several lesser known, but good non-fiction works. "Celebrated trave…

98 - Thou Didst Not Leave

In Thomas Wingfold, Curate

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George MacDonald

Republished in modern times as "The Curate's Awakening". A young man (Thomas Wingfold) "enters the church" through no re…

Holcroft's Best Hope

In He Fell in Love with His Wife

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Edward P. Roe

James desperately needs someone to help him keep his farm going, but has failure after colossal failure finding a good housekeeper. Alida ma…

Book 2 Chapter 17

In The Broad Highway

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Jeffery Farnol and John Jeffery Farnol

Our hero, Peter Vibart, an Oxford graduate with no means of support but for 10 guineas he has inherited, sets out on a walking tour of the K…