English literature -- Periodicals
“The fitful flame of Young Romance,” fed by the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, Fairy tales and Heathen Mythologies; the wonderful fables of Genii and Magicians; stories of towns springing up, ready-built, out of deserts; tales of cities paved with gold; the Happy Valley of Ra...
“The fitful flame of Young Romance,” fed by the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, Fairy tales and Heathen Mythologies; the wonderful fables of Genii and Magicians; stories of town...
2. Part 2“There are various opinions afloat, in regard to the fertility of the soil, some holding that there are productive valleys in the interior which would supply sufficient sustenan...
3. Part 3Each of the lace-making towns of Belgium excels in the production of one particular description of lace: in other words, each has what is technically called its own _point_. The...
4. Part 4Yet, wherefore choose, when Nature doth not choose, Our mistress, our preceptress? _She_ brings forth Her brood with equal care, loves all alike, And to the meanest as the great...
5. Part 5In the course of last year, there were sold in Smithfield Market, the enormous number of two hundred and thirty-six thousand cattle; and one million, four hundred and seventeen...
6. Part 6And here a dark line has to be drawn; for Stepney is close down upon the average mortality of all London. Each parish already named pays less than the average tribute to death—t...