A Soldier Under Napoleon and a Quiet Cottage Scene
A poem vignette shows a dilapidated cottage by a sycamore tree where an aged veteran livehoods in quiet decay. The old soldier recalls past battles under Napoleon while watching his daughter and grandson, enjoying gin and a pipe as memories fade. A reflective portrait of endurance and loss.
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Napoleon
Entico
Tours
Brooklyn Magazine
Jay Gould
Little Rock
Mr. Gould
Gould
The Peculiar Case of George Clayton
A detailed tale recalls George Clayton born in Pennsylvania about 1520 who alternates between refined gentleness and crude debasement. His life shifts when he loves Belle Mason, risking his secret until a late night party and a telegram reveal his demonic cycle and release him at last.
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George Clayton
D. C. Bellingham
United States
Pennsylvania
Clayton
Ife
Claytons
Scranton
Indy
Belle Mason
Belle
Jie
A Schoolmaster’s Lesson on Self Improvement
A story from Golden Days recounts a schoolmaster who aims to inspire pupils to self improve by each resolving to mend one fault. Jimmy Eaton volunteers to mend Jack Wyeth, illustrating how focusing on one’s own faults can uplift the whole school and encourage peer improvement.
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Jimmy Eaton
Jack Wyeth
Jack
Trading Rats of the American West and Gentle Baby Tales
Chronicles of mountain rats in Arizona and New Mexico known as trading rats steal small items then return them, offering a window into frontier life and curiosities. Interwoven are children’s stories with Jabberwock and baby diary snippets, plus brief humorous vignettes on manners and wishes.
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America
Arizona
New Mexico
California
Rascal
J'linn
Jabberwock Encounter Begins Moonward Adventure
A five year old narrator describes sisters Rosy and Alice with brother Robbie encountering a fiery eyed Jabberwock in the woods. Robbie jokes about cheese on the moon as the creature whisks them away toward the lunar surface amid a clash with a shiny yellow boulder like object.
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Robbie
Alice
Mamms
Rosy
Jabberwock
Ray
Mary E Brush
Lakes of Killarney and its fairy well lore
A tour essay blends Killarney’s scenery with legends of the fairy well and the O Donoghue, describing lake colors, misty hills, and tourist life. It contrasts continental hotels, embers of tradition, and local commerce amid a lush, moralizing reflection on art and poetry.
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London News
Lord Palmerston
Ireland
Lord Carlisle
Erin
Mackintosh
Killarney
Paris
Geneva
Munich
Tralee
London
Dublin
Italy
Hamburg
Sir Edwin Landseer
Magillicuddy
Atlantic
O'Donoghue
Howth
Dublin Bay
Prohibition and Patriotism Echo in Washington Critic Quote
A Washington Critic quotation rails at politics and reform while praising patriotism and prohibition as tools of control. It satirizes bribery, salaries, and the ballot, noting women’s voting and the need for others to cradle the nation, with a wary view of officeholders.
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John
Puck
American Eagle
Cradlin
Washington
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Lang
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Goose
Saell
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