It was not as in certain toy houses that foretell the weather by means of a man-doll and ... Read more
Editing Short Stories
Total Stories: 44
AN OLD MAID’S GHOST-STORY “Yes,” said Miss Le Petyt, gazing into the deep fireplace and letting her hands ... Read more
I was fourteen that Christmas:–all Veryan parish knows the date of the famous “Black Winter,” when the Johann ... Read more
I have thought fit in this story to alter all the names involved and disguise the actual scene ... Read more
A PENDANT TO THE FOREGOING The returned Emigrant was not one of those who sometimes creep back to ... Read more
From Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches. Few rivers in England are without their “Lovers’ Leap”; but ... Read more
From Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches. High and low, rich and poor, in Troy Town there ... Read more
Under the green shore that faces the port, and at a point that, as the meeting-place of river ... Read more
“So you reckon I’ve got to die?” The room was mean, but not without distinction. The meanness lay ... Read more
A late hansom came swinging round the corner into Lennox Gardens, cutting it so fine that the near ... Read more
On the outskirts of the village of Gantick stand two small semi-detached cottages, coloured with the same pale ... Read more
From Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches. There are said to be many vipers on the Downs ... Read more