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The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapter 17

by Oscar Wilde Chapter 16Chapter 18Chapter 17 A week later Dorian Gray was sitting in the conservatory at Selby Royal, talking to the pretty Duchess of Monmouth, who with her husband…

Plays at Plumfield

Plays at PlumfieldAs it is as impossible for the humble historian of the March family to write a story without theatricals in it as for our dear Miss Yonge to get on with less than twelve or…

Vachel Lindsay: The Chinese Nightingale

The Chinese NightingaleVachel Lindsay"How, how," he said. "Friend Chang," I said, "San Francisco sleeps as the dead — Ended license, lust and play: Why do you iron the night away? Your big…

The Celtic Twilight: Village Ghosts

by W. B. Yeats A Visionary"Dust Hath Closed Helen's Eye"Village Ghosts In the great cities we see so little of the world, we drift into our minority. In the little towns and villages…

Traditional Wedding Anniversary Gift List

If you're a traditionalist at heart, you might be searching for just the right gift for your spouse or favorite couple. Look no further.  But how did the tradition of wedding anniversary gifts…

The First Wedding

The First WeddingThe June roses over the porch were awake bright and early on that morning, rejoicing with all their hearts in the cloudless sunshine, like friendly little neighbors, as they…

Snow-White and Rose-Red

Snow-White and Rose-Red There was once a poor widow who lived in a lonely cottage. In front of the cottage was a garden wherein stood two rose-trees, one of which bore white and the other red…

Brittany

(Encyclopedia) BrittanyBrittanybrĭtˈənē [key], Breton Breiz, Fr. Bretagne, region and former province, NW France. It is a peninsula between the English Channel (N) and the Bay of Biscay (S) and…

The Congress of Women: The Woman Who Has Come

by Mrs. Charlotte C. Holt The Women Writers of CaliforniaGöethe and SchillerThe Woman Who Has Come Mrs. Charlotte C. Holt was born at New Orleans, La. Her parents were John C. Cushing and…