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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

The ghost story is as old as human speech, - and perhaps even antedates it. A na ve acceptance of the supernatural was unquestionably one of the primal attributes of human intelligence. The ghost story may thus quite conceivably be the first form of tale ever invented. It makes... Read Full Overview

\"A distinguished American writer of fiction said to me lately: \"Did you ever think of the vital American way we live? We are always going after mental gymnastics.\" Now the mystery story is mental gymnastics. By the time the reader has followed a chain of facts through he has... Read Full Overview

\"The honour of founding the modern detective story belongs to an American writer. Such tales as \"The Purloined Letter\" and \"The Murders in the Rue Morgue\" still stand unrivalled. We in America no more than the world of letters at large, did not readily realize what Poe had... Read Full Overview

On the second evening after Burwell arrived in Paris, feeling lonely without his wife and daughter, who were still visiting a friend in London, his mind naturally turned to the theatre. So, after consulting the daily amusement calendar, he decided to visit the Folies Berg re,... Read Full Overview

On the second evening after Burwell arrived in Paris, feeling lonely without his wife and daughter, who were still visiting a friend in London, his mind naturally turned to the theatre. So, after consulting the daily amusement calendar, he decided to visit the Folies Berg re,... Read Full Overview