Hans, whenever he met with one of these obstacles, advanced with a great show of precaution, sounding the soil with his long iron pole in order to dis...

Their first supposition was that it was the corpse of some person who had been drowned and was thrown on shore by the waves, but on examination they f...

On each side a window opened into this unexplored abyss. The obscurity of the saloon showed to advantage the brightness outside, and we looked out as ...

As we are totally incapable of steering our frail craft, we shall become the mere plaything of the storm, and it is acting the part of madmen if we, a...

“There is no mystery, my dear madam,” said he, smiling. “The left arm of your jacket is spattered with mud in no less than seven places. There is no v...

I have already learned all that is in the public prints, nothing more. I presume that I may take it as correct—this article, for example, as to the di...

The emperor also confers on him some public mark of his favour, and proclamation is made of his innocence through the whole city. They look upon fraud...

It may appear strange that such should arise in the eighteenth century; but while I followed the routine of education in the schools of Geneva, I was,...

“I have been a governess for five years,” said she, “in the family of Colonel Spence Munro, but two months ago the colonel received an appointment at ...

That upon coming nearer, and finding his error, he sent out his long-boat to discover what it was; that his men came back in a fright, swearing they h...