THE HORSE SHOW
by William Dean Howells “As good as the circus—not so good as the circus—better than…
THE FATHER
by William Dean Howells As soon as we heard the pleasant news—I suppose the news…
THE CAPTIVITY OF JAMES SMITH
By William Dean Howells The stories of captivity among the Ohio Indians during the war…
THE CAPTIVITY OF BOONE AND KENTON.
By William Dean Howells Colonel Smith was not the first whose captivity was passed in…
THE BEACH AT ROCKAWAY
By William Dean Howells I confess that I cannot hear people rejoice in their summer…
THE ART OF THE ADSMITH
By William Dean Howells The other day, a friend of mine, who professes all the…
SUMMER ISLES OF EDEN
By William Dean Howells It may be all an illusion of the map, where the…
STORAGE
By William Dean Howells It has been the belief of certain kindly philosophers that if…
SAWDUST IN THE ARENA
By William Dean Howells It was in the old Roman arena of beautiful Verona that…
PURITANISM IN AMERICAN FICTION
By William Dean Howells The question whether the fiction which gives a vivid impression of…