In a beautiful and retired part of England lived Mrs. Villars, a lady whose accurate understanding, benevolent heart, and steady t...

CHAPTER I It is well known that the grand seignior amuses himself by going at night, in disguise, through streets of Constanti...

CHAPTER I It was Sunday morning, and a fine day in autumn; the bells of Hereford Cathedral rang, and all the world, smartly dr...

CHAPTER I "There oft are heard the notes of infant woe, The short thick sob, loud scream, and shriller squall-- How can...

A bore is a biped, but not always unplumed. There be of both kinds;--the female frequently plumed, the male-military plumed, helmed, o...

No penance can absolve their guilty fame, Nor tears, that wash out guilt, can wash out shame.--PRIOR. LETTER I. JULIA TO CAROL...

Upon the BIRTH OF A DAUGHTER;WITH THE ANSWER. I congratulate you, my dear sir, upon the birth of your daughter; and I wish that ...

LETTER I. Lady Olivia to Lady Leonora L----. What a misfortune it is to be born a woman! In vain, dear Leonora, would you reco...

John Hodgkinson was an eminent and wealthy Yorkshire grazier, who had no children of his own, but who had brought up in his family Alm...