The Scrap Book
A little while ago I stood by the grave of the old Napoleon--a magnificent tomb of gilt and gold, fit almost for a deity dead--and gazed upon the sarcophagus of rare and nameless marble, where rest at last the ashes of that restless man. I leaned over the balustrade and though...
On being asked if it were he who had once rented the House to Let, Grizzled Velveteen looked surprised, and said yes. Then his name was Magsman. That was it, Toby Magsman--which...
12. Chapter 12"I was delighted. With my sleeping-car berths settled for by the company, I stood to save a good bit at every jump, which was just like putting so much extra money in my pocket....
6. Chapter 6In 1370 Barnabo Visconti compelled two Papal delegates to eat the bull of excommunication which they had brought him, together with its silken cords and leaden seal. As the bull...
7. Chapter 7He took the street-cleaning department from under the control of the police and made it an independent department with a special head. The local machine tried to stop him by hol...
5. Chapter 5The gunner knew his piece, and it seemed to him that she must recognize her master. He had lived a long while with her. How many times he had thrust his hand between her jaws! I...
10. Chapter 10Above the fence in center field, in rapid whirling flight The sphere sailed on; the blot grew dim and then was lost to sight. Ten thousand hats were thrown in air, ten thousand...
9. Chapter 9So it appears that ambergris means simply gray amber. Like the fossil gum, pieces of it were found now and then on the seashore, where they had been cast up by the waves; hence,...
4. Chapter 4James Monroe, born in Westmoreland County, 28th of April, 1758; died in the city of New York 4th of July, 1831. By order of the General Assembly his remains were removed to this...
3. Chapter 3If any animal approximates human consciousness, it is the common Tabby. Perhaps she embodies some force unknown to, or misunderstood by, mankind. The Chicago _Inter-Ocean_ argue...
1. Chapter 1A little while ago I stood by the grave of the old Napoleon--a magnificent tomb of gilt and gold, fit almost for a deity dead--and gazed upon the sarcophagus of rare and nameles...
8. Chapter 8Our revolutionary heroes were not all plain-garbed farmers. Indeed, not a few of them were rather dandified--which is not surprising, inasmuch as men dressed more showily in tho...
14. Chapter 14The First Consul had their marriage annulled by his council of state, and forced Jerome, who was his youngest brother, to marry the daughter of the King of Würtemberg. Six days...
2. Chapter 2I myself am acquainted with many men who, merely because of lucky location, though only of respectable ability, have sat on the gateway of commerce, and, by simply levying toll,...
11. Chapter 11Revolution in Mexico again establishes General Santa Anna as president of the Mexican Republic (see 1855). In the United States, Franklin Pierce is inaugurated as fourteenth Pre...
15. Chapter 15Europe got its cards, apparently, from the Orient, in the days of the Crusades--for your Crusader was a great gambler. In the European history of the pack we find that the cards...