Denis de Beaulieu was not yet two-and-twenty, but he counted himself a grown man, and a very accomplished ... Read more
Scottish Short Stories
Total Stories: 58
I. – THE PERSONS OF THE TALE. AFTER the 32nd chapter of TREASURE ISLAND, two of the puppets ... Read more
There was a man of the Island of Hawaii, whom I shall call Keawe; for the truth is, ... Read more
THE CARAFFE stood on a table in the midst of the room. For near a week no one ... Read more
“Yes,” said the dealer, “our windfalls are of various kinds. Some customers are ignorant, and then I touch ... Read more
(1916) This unpublished story, preserved among Mrs. Stevenson’s papers, is mentioned by Mr. Balfour in his life of ... Read more
The Reverend Murdoch Soulis was long minister of the moorland parish of Balweary, in the vale of Dule. ... Read more
It was late in November 1456. The snow fell over Paris with rigorous, relentless persistence; sometimes the wind ... Read more
‘Now,’ said the doctor, ‘my part is done, and, I may say, with some vanity, well done. It ... Read more
IN A CERTAIN West Indian Isle, there stood a house and hard by a grove of trees. In ... Read more