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Lulu`s Triumph part 3

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“Have I said anything wrong?” “No, dear, no; you are right. When one loves one marries. It is difficult to awaken love,” and she sighed...

Lulu`s Triumph part 2

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“I will stop, I will stop. Well, then, at the races we sat in the front row on the grand stand. Paolo Lovato came...

Lulu`s Triumph part 1

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Matilde Serao (1856-1927) Matilde Serao was born at Patras, Greece, in 1856, and was the most distinguished of the older generation of modern Italian women...

The Shipwreck of Simonides 2

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A lerned man has always a fund of riches in himself. Simonides, who wrote such excellent lyric poems, the more easily to support his poverty,...

The Prodigal Son 1

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The Prodigal Son (From the New Testament, Luke XV) The prodigal is a parable, spoken by Jesus in praise of forgiveness. It is one of...

The Jewish Mother 1

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Biblical Literature It is not surprising that the stories scattered so profusely through the Bible, the Apocrypha, and the Talmud, should be mostly moral tales....

The History of Susanna 1

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The History of Susanna (From The Apocrypha) Susanna was originally a part of the Book of Daniel, but was set apart as apocryphal, because it...

The Dove and the Crow 2

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But the crow insisted. Matters of personal interest and friendship, he said, are decided by our inclination. We do not consider distance or the...

The Ass in the Lion`s Skin 2

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Nothing whatsoever is known of the author or authors of the particular collection from which this story is taken. It is reprinted from Buddhist...

Orpheus and Eurydice 2

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Bloodless spirits As he spoke and touched the strings of his lyre, the bloodless spirits wept. Tantalus no longer caught at the retreating water; the...