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Book 2 Chapter 1

In British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions

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Wirt Sikes

The British Isles, in particular Wales, are renowned for legend and folklore. The author, an American journalist working in Europe, was appo…

Divers Tales 6: Four Jacks and a Knave

In Cobwebs from an Empty Skull

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Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce's collection of short parables, published under the pen name of Dod Grile, is similar to Aesop's Fables. This compilation is …

The West Wind

In The Slayer of Souls

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Robert W. Chambers

Tressa Norne is an American living in China. After her life was spared during a revolution in the area, Tressa finds herself taken as a sla…

Crowded

In Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 1

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Unknown

Volume 1 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America's greatest wordsmiths. This work includes select…

STUPID'S CRIES

In More English Fairy Tales

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Joseph Jacobs

"This volume will come, I fancy, as a surprise both to my brother folk-lorists and to the public in general. It might naturally have be…

Mr. Incoul Is Preoccupied

In Mr. Incoul's Misadventure

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Edgar Saltus

Saltus has been compared to Oscar Wilde for wit and language. His novels are entertaining, yet philosophical, exposing the vagaries of human…