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Mesmeric Revelation

Mesmeric Revelation Whatever doubt may still envelop the rationale of mesmerism, its startling facts are now almost universally admitted. Of these latter, those who doubt are...

Mellonta Tauta

Mellonta Tauta TO THE EDITORS OF THE LADY’S BOOK: — I have the honor of sending you, for your magazine, an article which I hope you will be able to comprehend rather more...

The Man of the Crowd

The Man of the Crowd Ce grand malheur, de ne pouvoir etre seul. La Bruyere IT was well said of a certain German book that “er lasst sich nicht lesen” —...

The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq.

The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. I am now growing in years, and — since I understand that Shakspeare and Mr. Emmons are deceased — it is not impossible...

Lionizing

Lion-izing. A Tale. “—————— all people wentUpon their ten toes in wild wonderment.” Bishop Hall’s Satires I am — that is to say, I was, a great man. But I am...

The Light-House

The Light-House Jan 1 — 1796. This day — my first on the light-house — I make this entry in my Diary, as agreed on with De Grät. As regularly...

The Oval Portrait

The Oval Portrait The chateau into which my valet had ventured to make forcible entrance, rather than permit me, in my desperately wounded condition, to pass a night in the open...

The Domain Of Arnheim

The Domain Of Arnheim The garden like a lady fair was cut,That lay as if she slumbered in delight,And to the open skies her eyes did shut.The azure fields of...

Landor’s Cottage

Landor’s Cottage A Pendant to ‘The Domain Of Arnheim.’ During a pedestrian tour last summer, through one or two of the river counties of New York, I found myself, as...

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