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  2. A LONG SEA CHASE.

    An hour after midday on the 10th of May, 1808, the Wizard, cruising in the Mediterranean, sighted the Requin in the north-east, steering ...

    Article : 651 words
  3. WHY HE SUPPED LIGHTLY.

    Heedless of the fact that it was Sunday evening, and that the larder might be, in fact, was expected to be, rather low, Deacon Black ...

    Article : 447 words
  4. THE WAR-SONG OF THE ZULUS.

    I think of all sounds which have impressed me by their grandeur, nothing has ever equalled the Zulus’ war-song as I first heard it on the ...

    Article : 397 words
  5. WANAMAKER AND HIS MILLIONS.

    The news that Mr. Wanamaker, the "Whiteley of America," whose will has just been proved, has left an estate valued at over £4,0000,000, ...

    Article : 259 words
  6. THE NILE.

    Ages and ages ago the old Egyptians knew nothing of the origin of their mighty Nile, or why it rose and sank at certain seasons. They ...

    Article : 809 words
  7. HOUR-GLASSES IN CHURCH.

    "In the good old days when long sermons were more popular than they are now," says a writer in the June "Quiver," "it was a frequent ...

    Article : 273 words
  8. TALE OF A VAMPIRE.

    Captain Fisher told us to-day a really extraordinary story connected with his own family. It seems that they own a pleasantly-situated ...

    Article : 1,156 words
  9. ROMANCE OF LEATHER.

    When one goes ashore from the little steamer that has carried him along the coast of the Holy Land of modern times, at Jaffa the ...

    Article : 828 words
  10. THE 93RD HIGHLANDERS AT BALACLAVA.

    The 93rd Highlanders—the Sutherland Highlanders—awaited the onslaught of a Russian cavalry charge October 25, 1854, at Balaclave in ...

    Article : 326 words
  11. THE AMAZON.

    Everything about the Amazon is huge, romantic, and extraordinary. The vague and but partly recorded story of its exploration is full ...

    Article : 706 words
  12. REALISM!

    At seven o’clock to-night, in a small, dim Paris wine-shop, I hear the following terrible conversation "I am tired and I am thirsty—for ...

    Article : 570 words
  13. THE MAN WHO HOLDS ROYAL SECRET.

    Lord Knollys, the principal private secretary to King Edward, has been described as "The Sphinx." He is a model ol suavity and ...

    Article : 460 words
  14. HUMOUR.

    He—Yes, by Jove; for six months I’ve been under your thumb—but ha, ha! the worm has turned at last! She—Nasty wriggly thing! ...

    Article : 378 words
  15. IN THE TRACK OF THE TIGER.

    In an interesting article in "Baily’s Magazine," on "Bird-Nesting in India," Mr. Edwin L. Arnold relates the following incident:— ...

    Article : 252 words
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