The Long Exile part 2
When he had gone about twenty-five miles, he stopped for the horses to be fed. AJcsionov rested awhile in the passage of the inn,...
The Long Exile part 1
Leo Tolstoy (1828 1910)
Tolstoy is the most celebrated of all Russian writers. This extraordinary man, after serving in the army and leading a wild...
A Wagner Matinee part 6
During the intermission before the second half, I questioned my aunt and found that the “Prize Song” was not new to her. Some years...
A Wagner Matinee part 5
The overture closed, my aunt released my coat sleeve, but she said nothing. She sat staring dully at the orchestra. What, I wondered, did...
A Wagner Matinee part 4
The matinee audience was made up chiefly of women. One lost the contour of faces and figures, indeed any effect of line whatever, and...
A Wagner Matinee part 3
When my aunt appeared on the morning after her arrival in Boston, she was still in a semi-somnambulant state. She seemed not to realize...
A Wagner Matinee part 2
Whatever shock Mrs. Springer experienced at my aunts appearance, she considerately concealed. As for myself, I saw my aunts battered figure with that feeling...
A Wagner Matinee part 1
Willa Gather (1876-1947)
Willa Sibert Cather was born at Winchester, Va., in 1876. She was for some years engaged in newspaper work, and was until...
Mrs Bullfrog Part 6
“Mr. Bullfrog,” said she, not unkindly, yet with all the decision of her strong character, “let me advise you to overcome this foolish weakness...
Mrs Bullfrog Part 5
Of course this query could have no reference to my situation; yet, unreasonable as it may appear, I confess that my feelings were not...
