Napoleon's father, Charles Bonaparte, was the honored progenitor of thirteen children, of whom the man who subsequently became the Emperor of the French, by some curious provision of fate, was the second. That the infant Napoleon should have followed rather than led the procession is so foreign to the nature of the man that many worthy persons unfamiliar with the true facts of history have believed that Joseph was a purely apocryphal infant, or, as some have suggested, merely an adopted child; but that Napoleon did upon this occasion content himself with second place is an incontrovertible...
Napoleon's father, Charles Bonaparte, was the honored progenitor of thirteen children, of whom the man who subsequently became the Emperor of the Fren...
Sherlock Holmes -- a fictional character -- was never alive, at least in the usual sense . Yet here he is to be found, engaging in sharp-witted conversation with the shades of various and sundry famous souls of our historic past -- and trying to prove that a certain cigar fragment does, indeed, belong to Captain Kidd -- that shady shade of Hades who has absconded with the Houseboat of the Associated Shades
Sherlock Holmes -- a fictional character -- was never alive, at least in the usual sense . Yet here he is to be found, engaging in sharp-witted conver...
Complete digitally restored reprint (facsimile) of the original edition of 1903 with excellent resolution and outstanding readability. Memoir by John Kendrick Bangs about Peter Newell. Illustrated with 49 pictures and image-text descriptions by Peter Newell (1862-1924). The layout is +30 % larger as the original for a better readability.
Complete digitally restored reprint (facsimile) of the original edition of 1903 with excellent resolution and outstanding readability. Memoir by John ...
Complete digitally restored reprint (facsimile) of the original edition of 1903 with excellent resolution and outstanding readability. Memoir by John Kendrick Bangs about Peter Newell. Illustrated with 49 pictures and image-text descriptions by Peter Newell (1862-1924). The layout is +30 % larger as the original for a better readability.
Complete digitally restored reprint (facsimile) of the original edition of 1903 with excellent resolution and outstanding readability. Memoir by John ...
New York-born John Kendrick Bangs was associate editor and then editor of Life and Harper magazines, eventually finding his way into the Humour department. Here he began to write his own satire and humour. Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others is a delightfully humourous collection of short tales relating encounters with ghosts.
New York-born John Kendrick Bangs was associate editor and then editor of Life and Harper magazines, eventually finding his way into the Humour depart...
It's the most wonderful time of the year Christmas brings joy to the masses worldwide whether it be through gift-giving, kindness, or even the classic Christmas stories. A Little Book of Christmas, written by John Kendrick Bangs, is a collection of stories and poems set in New York City that capture the essence of Christmas.
It's the most wonderful time of the year Christmas brings joy to the masses worldwide whether it be through gift-giving, kindness, or even the classi...
