Category: Short Stories
I. FROM THE DIARY OF SMITH MINOR II. FROM THE DIARY OF ISEULT OF BRITTANY III. FROM THE DIARY OF KING COPHETUA IV. FROM THE DIARY OF FROISSART, WAR CORRESPONDENT V. FROM THE DIARY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON VI. FROM THE DIARY OF MARCUS AURELIUS VII. FROM THE DIARY OF MRS JAMES LEE'S...
I. FROM THE DIARY OF SMITH MINOR II. FROM THE DIARY OF ISEULT OF BRITTANY III. FROM THE DIARY OF KING COPHETUA IV. FROM THE DIARY OF FROISSART, WAR CORRESPONDENT V. FROM THE DIA...
2. Part 2_June_ 23.--The feast is to-night. The gardens have been hung with lanterns: a banquet has been prepared on a gigantic scale. Five hundred guests have been bidden. Jane was grea...
3. Part 3_May_ 14.--Commodus is suspected of having made friends with a Christian slave. The rumour is no doubt a calumny. I cannot bring myself to believe that a son of mine, with the e...
4. Part 4_Monday night, later_.--The crisis is partially over. It has been extremely painful. Berenice at first was incredulous. Then she was upset, and left me, threatening to kill hers...
5. Part 5In the afternoon there were games, and an ox was roasted whole for the _ὁι πολλὸι._ Papa says, now I am of age, I must go and pay my respects to the oracle at Delphi. It is a fa...
6. Part 6Mardian, who has a fine contralto voice (he has been admirably trained), sang a piece from a ballet on the siege of Troy arranged by Æschylus. Very good. I like those old-fashio...
7. Part 7_March_, 1670.--A most annoying incident happened to-day. The upper tower, at the western angle of the Castle, is occupied by Fouquet and Lauzun. The King promised me solemnly t...