“It is a beautiful belief, That ever round our head Are hovering on viewless wings The spirits of ... Read more
Social Commentary Short Stories
Total Stories: 87
“And so you will not sign this paper?” said Alfred Melton to his cousin, a fine-looking young man, ... Read more
“Ye see, boys,” said Sam Lawson, as we were gathering young wintergreen on a sunny hillside in June,–“ye ... Read more
I. THE ALTAR OF LIBERTY, OR 1776. The wellsweep of the old house on the hill was relieved, ... Read more
“For every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.” ... Read more
Miss Katy-did sat on the branch of a flowering azalea, in her best suit of fine green and ... Read more
In a stately red house, in one of the villages of New England, lived the heroine of our ... Read more
“Lordy massy! Stick yer hat into the nor’east, Horace, and see ‘f ye can’t stop out this ‘ere ... Read more
Old Mother Magpie was about the busiest character in the forest. But you must know that there is ... Read more
“Now, Sam, tell us certain true, is there any such things as ghosts?” “Be there ghosts?” said Sam, ... Read more
Circumstances took me to the Holy Land without a companion, and compelled me to visit Bethany, the Mount ... Read more
Of all the spots on the world’s surface that I, George Walker, of Friday Street, London, have ever ... Read more