THE GLENMUTCHKIN RAILWAY,
[The following tale appeared in “Blackwood’s Magazine” for October, 1845. It was intended by the…
THE SECOND TALE FROM “ROB ROY”
I. IN THE TOILS OF RASHLEIGH BUT it became more and more evident that Frank’s…
THE THIRD TALE FROM “ROB ROY”
I. IN THE HANDS OF THE PHILISTINES After the victory of the Highlanders and the drowning…
THE OLD HOUSE
I It was an old, large, one-storied house, with a mezzanine. It stood in a…
AN OPERATION IN MONEY.
I. In an elegant and lofty bank-parlor there sat in council, on an autumn morning,…
THE HOUSE AND THE BRAIN.
A FRIEND of mine, who is a man of letters and a philosopher, said to…
D’OUTRE MORT.
A MOUNTAIN intervale all velveted in green, and half the verdure overlaid with gold by…
GALLEGHER
A Newspaper Story We had had so many office-boys before Gallegher came among us that…
THE STORY OF PRINCE AHMED AND THE FAIRY PARIBANOU
I. There was a sultan, who had three sons and a niece. The eldest of…
The Old Manse
Between two tall gate-posts of rough-hewn stone (the gate itself having fallen from its hinges…