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Excerpt from The Skeleton KeyNot only in his poems, but in the very titles of his poems. In the case of many works of Bernard Capes, The Lake of Wine, for instance, the title is itself a poem. And that case would alone illus trate what I mean about (a certain transforming individual magic, with which he touched the mere melodrama of mere modernity. Numberless novels of crime have been concerned with a lost or stolen jewel, and The Lake of Wine...

Excerpt from At a Winter's FireIt was the toothed summit of the Aiguille Verte, now prosaically bathed in the light of the full moon, but to me, looking from that grim and passionless hollow, it stood for the white hand of God lifted in' menace to the evil spirits of the glen.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an importa...

Excerpt from A Castle in Spain: Being Certain Memoirs, Thus Entitled, of Robin Lois, Ex-Major of His Majesty's 109th Regiment of FootI wanna being taken, when a little boy, into Barker's Panorama Rooms in Leicester Square, and there, mounting to a platform from thrilling glooms, seeing, suddenly stretched before my amazed vision, waves and rocks and.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. F...

Excerpt from A Castle in Spain: Being Certain Memoirs, Thus Entitled, of Robin Lois, Ex-Major of His Majesty's 109th Regiment of FootI wanna being taken, when a little boy, into Barker's Panorama Rooms in Leicester Square, and there, mounting to a platform from thrilling glooms, seeing, suddenly stretched before my amazed vision, waves and rocks and.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. F...

Excerpt from Adventures of the Comte De La Muette During the Reign of TerrorHis dry lips vibrated, he danced up and down like a gnat on a window-pane. All the time the women were volubly chattering and the men curs ing and pulling. They desired, it seemed, a prologue to the second act of the tragedy, and that was bad art. But then they were as drunk as one could wish.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare an...

Excerpt from The Extraordinary Confessions of Diana PleaseF the public seeks any apology for this introduction to it, at a late date, of the extraordinary woman whose self dictated Memoirs form the staple of the following pages, it must look for it in the references of her contemporaries, it will be far from gathering it from her own autobiography.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Fin...

Excerpt from The Extraordinary Confessions of Diana PleaseF the public seeks any apology for this introduction to it, at a late date, of the extraordinary woman whose self dictated Memoirs form the staple of the following pages, it must look for it in the references of her contemporaries, it will be far from gathering it from her own autobiography.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Fin...

bTitle:/b The Lake of Wine.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial ad...

A popular author in his time, Bernard Capes is less well-known today, though is best remembered for his speculative fiction. He left behind numerous stories in other genres, however, and 24 of these are collected here. There are mysteries (as in "The Poison Bottle" and "The Lost Notes"), rogues (in "An Apostolic Catspaw" and "A Gallows-Bird"), and humor ("A Cure for Consumption"). This is a great collection for the short story enthusiast, with...

Bernard Capes is not as well known as many other classic writers of speculative fiction, but he left behind a wide range of stories involving ghosts, werewolves, and other supernatural elements. His work shows a depth of language, and a enjoyment for the craft of writing itself. This collection includes 41 stories of romance, mystery, vengeance, horror, humor, and the weird.

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Excerpt from At a Winter's Fire It was the toothed summit of the Aiguille Verte, now prosaically bathed in the light Of the full moon, but to me, looking from that grim and passionless hollow, it stood for the white hand Of God lifted in menace to the evil spirits of the glen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an ...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

Excerpt from Adventures of the Comte De La Muette During the Reign of Terror His dry lips vibrated, he danced up and down like a gnat on a window-pane. All the time the women were volubly chattering and the men curs ing and pulling. They desired, it seemed, a prologue to the second act of the tragedy, and that was bad art. But then they were as drunk as one could wish. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of r...

Excerpt from The Skeleton Key To introduce the last book by the late Bernard Capes is a sad sort of honour in more ways than one, for not only was his death untimely and unexpected, but he had a mind of that fertile type which must always leave behind it, with the finished life, a sense of unfinished labour. From the first his prose had a strong element of poetry, which an appreciative reader could feel even more, perhaps, when it refined a f...

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