The doors were wide, the story saith, Out of the night came the patient wraith, He might not speak, and he could not stir A hair of t...

Alive or dead—there is no other way. —Native Proverb. There is, as the conjurers say, no deception about this tale. Jukes by accid...

As I came through the Desert thus it was— As I came through the Desert. —The City of Dreadful Night. Somewhere in the Other World,...

THE DENSE wet heat that hung over the face of land, like a blanket, prevented all hope of sleep in the first instance. The cicalas help...

"O' ever the knightly years were gone With the old world to the grave, I was a king in Babylon And you were a Christian slav...

Little Blind Fish, thou art marvellous wise, Little Blind Fish, who put out thy eyes? Open thy ears while I whisper my wish— Bring me...

"Brother to a Prince and fellow to a beggar if he be found worthy." The Law, as quoted, lays down a fair conduct of life...

One view called me to another; one hill top to its fellow, half across the county, and since I could answer at no more trouble than the...

The sky is lead and our faces are red, And the gates of Hell are opened and riven, And the winds of Hell are loosened and driven, And ...

Rudyard Kipling by John Collier One of the few advantages that India has over England is a great Knowability. After five years' s...

Your Gods and my Gods-do you or I know which are the stronger? Native Proverb. EAST of Suez, some hold, the direct control of Prov...