The Mysterious Mansion part 1
Honore De Balzac (1799-1850)
Born at Tours in 1799, Balzac left his native city at an early age and after various attempts at making a...
The White Trout part 2
Well, when he thought that side was done he turns it agin, and lo and behold you, the divil a taste more done that...
The White Trout part 1
Samuel Lover (1797?—1868)
Samuel Lover was born in Dublin of an English Protestant family. He studied painting at an early age, and though he continued...
Squire Petrick`s Lady part 8
Petrick prosecuted his inquiries elsewhere; and the upshot of his labors was, briefly, that a comparison of dates and places showed irrefutably that his...
Squire Petrick`s Lady part 7
The crisis came at last. One night, after having enjoyed the boy`s company for hours, he could no longer bear that his beloved Rupert...
Squire Petrick`s Lady part 6
It was in the peculiar disposition of the Petrick family that the satis-faction which ultimately settled in Timothy`s breast found nourishment. The Petricks had...
Squire Petrick`s Lady part 5
As the child grew up, Timothy`s attachment to him grew deeper, till Rupert became almost the sole object for which he lived. There had...
Squire Petrick`s Lady part 4
Timothy had scarcely noticed the unfortunate child that his wife had borne, after arranging for a meager fulfilment of his promise to her to...
Squire Petrick`s Lady part 3
Timothy Petrick, though a quick-feeling man, was not of a sort to show nerves outwardly; and he bore himself as heroically as he possibly...
Squire Petrick`s Lady part 2
At the time I am speaking of he was a man over eighty, and his son was dead; but he had two grandsons, the...
