The Virtuous Daughter-In-Law part 4
“What sort of a person was the one you sent away?” asked her sister in reply. “She wasn`t as bad as some one I...
The Virtuous Daughter-In-Law part 3
Ever since Shan-hu had been sent away, Ta-ch`eng`s mother had been endeavoring to get him another wife; but the fame of her temper had...
The Virtuous Daughter-In-Law part 2
I had better die.” Thereupon she drew a pair of scissors and stabbed herself in the throat, covering herself immediately with blood. The servant...
The Virtuous Daughter-In-Law part 1
P`u Sung-Ling (1622—1679?)
The Strange Stories of P`u Sung-Ling have delighted all classes in China for over two centuries, but about their editor we have...
Regin`s Tale part 2
Thereon he laid hands on them, and doomed them to such ransom, as that they should fill the otter skin with gold, and cover...
Regin`s Tale part 1
Regin`s Tale (Anonymous: 12th Century)
The Volsmga Saga, one of the most beautiful and highly finished of all the many Icelandic sagas, is a composite...
The Triple Warning part 3
The youth shrugged his shoulders:
“How, Oin visible spirit, can I deny that all this that thou prophesiest will come to pass, since on earth...
The Triple Warning part 2
Where upon came a great sound as of thunder from the mountain sides, and at the same time exceeding close at hand:
“Youth, thou arrest!”...
The Triple Warning part 1
Arthur Schnitzler (1862 – 1931)
Arthur Schnitzler, born in Vienna in 1862, was one of the most distinguished figures in Austrian literature, and a dramatist...
Sorcery and Art
The Periodical worthy of being collected opens the doors of mysterious worlds to the reader by going into the depths of “Sorcery and Art”.
The...
