McClure's Magazine

McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1

PAGE A Dialogue between William Dean Howells and Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen. Recorded By Mr. Boyesen. 3 The Nymph of the Eddy. By Gilbert Parker. 12 Human Documents. An Introduction by Sarah Orne Jewett. 16 How They Are Captured, Transported, Trained, and Sold. By Raymond Blathway...

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10. Part 10

Outside the church was standing a _char-a-banc_ drawn by two horses, and it was in this that, after service, I returned to La Chesnaye with the children and the governesses. It...

8. Part 8

This is a fair instance of the hidden forces which sweep through the side-scenes of international European politics. In the preceding rapid summary of the present state of polit...

4. Part 4

After a brilliant peroration in which he dilated on the fidelity of the accused, who, he asserted, never left the Hotel Belvedere except in company with some of the guests, Rick...

3. Part 3

"My father," said he, "who started in life as a fish dealer in this very town, never dreamed that he would one day be the founder of the greatest menagerie in the world. But it...

6. Part 6

One of the most humorous sights in nature, less common in America than Europe, is a snail wandering about with a shell on its back. The progenitors of snails once lived in the s...

2. Part 2

_Boyesen._ You will never suspect what an influence you exerted upon my fate by your friendliness and sympathy in those never-to-be-forgotten days. You Americanized me. I had be...

5. Part 5

In his desire to bring relief to the deaf--and his whole life has been devoted to that object--Professor Bell has begun a series of remarkable experiments in this line. Some tim...

7. Part 7

P. S.--For example: If you know fully what a _Corsican_ is, you have the key to the understanding of Bonaparte. He was a Corsican above all things else, and not in the least a F...

9. Part 9

"What are you doin' here?" demanded Squire Fambrough, somewhat angrily. "Don't you know you are liable to get killed any minute? Ain't you makin' your way to the Yankee army?"

1. Part 1

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11. Part 11

Then she added: "He is constantly asking after Charles. He knows that he is in trouble, but we hope that he does not suspect what the trouble is. Before he was taken as he is, C...