“O Mother-nature, kind in touch and tone. Act as we may, thou clearest to thine own” I don’t ... Read more
Scottish Short Stories
Total Stories: 58
“A simple child That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it ... Read more
“The quick must haste to vengeance taste, For time is on his head; But he can wait at ... Read more
The proud and warlike Archbishop Baldwin of Treves was well mounted, and, although the road by the margin ... Read more
Haziddin, the ambassador, stood at the door of his tent and gazed down upon the famous city of ... Read more
In the ample stone-paved courtyard of the Schloss Grunewald, with its mysterious bubbling spring in the centre, stood ... Read more
Arras, blacksmith and armourer, stood at the door of his hut in the valley of the Alf, a ... Read more
Hickory Sam needed but one quality to be perfect. He should have been an arrant coward. He was ... Read more
Old Mr. Saunders went home with bowed head and angry brow. He had not known that Dick was ... Read more
It was nearly midnight when Count Konrad von Hochstaden reached his castle on the Rhine, with a score ... Read more
I.–BESSIE’S BEHAVIOUR. On one point Miss Bessie Durand agreed with Alexander von Humboldt–in fact, she even went further ... Read more
“Which–life or death? Tis a gambler’s chance! Yet, unconcerned, we spin and dance, On the brittle thread of ... Read more