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Excerpt from RevengeIn the lives of these two young people there was no middle distance. The result was bound to be either love or hate, and in the case of Mr. And Mrs. Bodman it was hate of the most bitter and arrogant kind.In some parts of the world incompatibility of tem per is considered a just cause for Obtaining a divorce, but in England no such subtle distinction is made, and so until the wife became criminal, or the man be came both criminal and cruel, these two were linked together by a bond that only death could sever. Nothing can be worse than this state of things, and the matter was only made the more hopeless by the fact that Mrs. Bodman lived a blameless life, and her husband was no worse, but rather better, than the majority Of men. Perhaps, however, that statement held only up to a certain point, for John Bodman had reached a state Of mind in which he resolved to get rid Of his Wife at all hazards. If he had been a poor man he would probably have deserted her, but he was rich, and a man cannot freely leave a prosper ing business because his domestic life happens not to be happy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Barr (1849-1912) was a Scottish-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born in Barony, Lanark who then emigrated with his parents to Upper Canada at the age of four. In 1873 he trained as a teacher at Toronto Normal School and after graduating took a teaching post at the Central School of Windsor, Ontario, soon becoming headmaster. In 1876 he left teaching to join the Detroit Free Press where he became News Editor and wrote under the pseudonym Luke Sharp. In 1881 he left Canada to settle in London, England, where he started a new weekly version of the Detroit Free Press Magazine. During the 1890s he began writing novels in the popular crime genre, and in 1892 founded The Idler magazine in collaboration with Jerome K Jerome, retiring from its co-editorship in 1895. By this time he was a prolific author, producing a book a year, and was familiar with many of the best-selling authors of the day including Arnold Bennett, Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. He was also on good terms with the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, and wrote two "spoof" Holmes stories which first appeared in The Idler and are included as an appendix in this collection of crime stories featuring Frenchman Eugene Valmont published in 1906.

Excerpt from Tales From McClure's; Romance: The Type-Written Letter; Rachel; A Game Postponed; When She Was Thirty; Neighbor King; A Feline Fate; The Whip-HandAnd now the fight had been won. Denham sat in his office staring at the dingy wall paper so long that Rogers, the chief clerk, put his head in and said in a deferential voice.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Haverfordian, Vol. 45: June, 1925Culture is to be a means, not an end. Man is to absorb all the best of the past and present that he can, make it part and parcel of his very being, aiming at his own perfection, becoming all that he was created capable of becoming. In getting a knowledge of the history of the past, the student will study the Middle Ages among others, where he will find the dominating trait to have been Spiritual impulse which developed a full and complete civilization, manifested in its religion, art, philosophy, politics, customs, manners, and habits.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Face and the MaskLurine, was pretty, petite, and eighteen. She had a nice situation at the Pharmacie de Siam, in the Rue St. Honore. She had no one dependent upon her, and all the money she earned was her own. Her dress was of cheap material perhaps, but it was cut and fitted with that daintiness of perfection which seems to be the natural gift of the Parisienne, so that one never thought of the cheapness, but admired only the effect, which was charming. She was book-keeper and general assistant at the Pharmacie, and had a little room, of her own across the Seine, in the Rue de Lille. She crossed the river twice every day - once in the morning when the sun was shining, and again at night when the radiant lights along the river's bank glittered like jewels in a long necklace. She had her little walk through the Gardens of the Tuileries every morning after crossing the Pont Royal, but she did not return through the gardens in the evening, for a park in the morning is a different thing to a park at night. On her return she always walked along the Rue de Tuileries until she came to the bridge.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont (1906) brings together tales of the multifarious exploits of Robert Barr's elegant and cunning sleuth, Valmont, a brilliantly ironic parody of Sherlock Holmes. Exhibiting the crucial combination of realism and imagination that characterizes the finest crime writing, the stories exude playfulness and blend mystery and quasi-Gothic thrills with humorous detours and romantic adventure. A notable figure in 1890s literary London and a friend of Conan Doyle, Barr was acutely aware of style as a form of statement and the stories are full of literary effects, commentary on the detective mystery genre, and Valmont's disparaging reflections on English values.