...harge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Across the Plains by Robert Louis Stevenson, the Pennsylvania... ...OSS THE PLAINS LEA VES FROM THE NOTEBOOK OF AN EMIGRANT BETWEEN NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO MONDAY. – It was, if I remember rightly, five o’clock when ... ...THE PLAINS LEA VES FROM THE NOTEBOOK OF AN EMIGRANT BETWEEN NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO MONDAY. – It was, if I remember rightly, five o’clock when we w... ...g miles of desert, we might have taken an hour to each repast and arrived at San Fran- cisco up to time. For haste is not the foible of an emigrant tr... ...oon as I was alone with emigrants, and from the T ransfer all the way to San Francisco, I found this ceremony was pretermitted; the train stole from t... ... been in any place that seemed so dreamlike. Pompeii is all in a bustle with visitors, and its antiquity and strangeness de- ceive the imagination; bu... ...n, two Portuguese, an Italian, a Mexican, and a Scotchman: we had for common visitors an American from Illinois, a nearly pure blood Indian woman, and... ...bit. The course of its pellucid river, whether up or down, is full of gentle attractions for the navigator: islanded reed-mazes where, in autumn, the ...

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The American by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University,... ...rangeness. It was under these circumstances that he made his entrance into San Fran- cisco, the scene, subsequently, of his happiest strokes of fortun... ... rich in the modern conveniences, and Tristram lost no time in calling his visitor’s attention to their principal household treasures, the gas-lamps a... ...pted; a servant stepped out upon the balcony and announced that there were visitors in the drawing-room. When Newman’s host- ess had gone in to receiv... ... the portico, a card upon which, under his name, he had written the words “San Francisco,” and while he presented it he looked warily at his interlocu... ... portico, a card upon which, under his name, he had written the words “San Francisco,” and while he presented it he looked warily at his interlocutor.... ...ered whether it would not be possible to “get up” something like it in San Francisco. He stood for half an hour in the crowded square before this edif... ...color, she is upon my honor, extremely entertaining.” “It’s a fine list of attractions,” said Newman; “they would serve as a police-detective’s descri...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. On a brilliant day in May, in the year 1868, a gentle man was reclining at his ease on the great circular divan which at that period occupied the centre of the Salon Carre, in the Museum of the Louvre. This commodious ottoman has since been rem...

...The Strand July 1891 through June 1892. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Contents A Scandal in Bohemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I . . ... ...nture of the Copper Beeches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 A Scandal in Bohemia 1 A Scandal in Bohemia 1 I T O SHERLOCK HOLMES she is always... ...ceived. Be in your chamber then at that hour, and do not take it amiss if your visitor wear a mask. “This is indeed a mystery,” I remarked. “What do y... ...ise,” said Holmes. “And I.” “You will excuse this mask,” continued our strange visitor. “The august person who employs me wishes his agent to be unkno... ... Balmoral, and Miss Hatty Doran, the only daughter of Aloysius Doran, Esq., of San Francisco, Cal., U. S. A. That is all.” “Terse and to the point,” r... ...moral, and Miss Hatty Doran, the only daughter of Aloysius Doran, Esq., of San Francisco, Cal., U. S. A. That is all.” “Terse and to the point,” remar... ...questioning you.” “Pray do so.” “When did you first meet Miss Hatty Doran?” “In San Francisco, a year ago.” “You were travelling in the States?” “Yes.”... ...tioning you.” “Pray do so.” “When did you first meet Miss Hatty Doran?” “In San Francisco, a year ago.” “You were travelling in the States?” “Yes.” “Di... ... boiling passion. ‘How could anyone offer so pitiful a sum to a lady with such attractions and accomplishments?’ “ ‘My accomplishments, sir, may be le...

...Excerpt: A Scandal in Bohemia; TO SHERLOCK HOLMES she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to lov...

...Table of Contents: A Scandal in Bohemia, 1 -- I, 1 -- II, 9 -- III, 18 -- The Red-headed League, 21 -- A Case of Identity, 41 -- The Boscombe Valley Mystery, 56 -- The Five Orange Pips, 77 -- The Man with the Twisted Lip, 93 -- The Adventure of the Blue ...