The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime...
Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814. He was one of the most noticeable members...
Mere tradesmen jumped their counters to become extempore captains, colonels, and generals without having passed the Military School at West Point; they soon rivalled their colleagues of the old...
Who were these two gentlemen? We do not know, although this would be an excellent opportunity to hand down.
In the remarkable passages of the recital, it is important that you should believe my word. For some of the facts I can bring no other testimony than my...
The End of a much-applauded Speech. The Presentation of Dr. Samuel Ferguson. Excelsior. Full-length Portrait of the Doctor. A Fatalist convinced. A Dinner at the Travellers\' Club. Several Toasts...
It contained about a hundred of these lines, with the letters at even distances, and undivided into words.
H2 heading The engineer\\\’s curiosity was excited to the highest pitch. It never occurred to him to doubt whether this letter might not be a hoax. For many years...
Few can possibly have forgotten the terrible storm from the northeast, in the middle of the equinox of that year.