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Luminous Face
The death of Robert Gleason, a wealthy businessman from Seattle, at first looked like a suicide. He had called his doctor saying that he was shot, and when the doctor arrived at …
Diamond Pin & The Eternal Feminine
Wealthy, eccentric, inveterate practical jokester Ursula Pell has often reminded her live-in niece Iris Clyde that when she dies, Iris will inherit a beautiful diamond pin. Iris …
Outline of Humor Being a True Chronicle From Prehistoric Ages to the Twentieth Century
Excerpt: "e;Being a True Chronicle From Prehistoric Ages to the Twentieth Century"e;. Speaking exactly, an Outline of the World's Humor is an impossibility. For surely the …
Parody Anthology
Strongly motivated by the school of thought that sees parody as not necessarily ridicule, the editor of this volume has provided a standard collection of English parodies. It is an …
Man Who Fell Through the Earth
As a young lawyer is about to leave his office on the top floor of a Madison Avenue office building, he hears an argument followed by a shot from the office across the hall. But …
Marjorie at Seacote & A Point of Testimony
The Maynards go to the seaside for the summer. The children make new friends and form a new club but their fun is threatened by a jealous rival. (goodreads)
Satire Anthology
From the introduction: Satire, though a form of literature familiar to everyone, is difficult to define. Partaking variously of sarcasm, irony, ridicule, and burlesque, it is …
Nonsense Anthology
He must be a fool indeed who cannot at times play the fool; and he who does not enjoy nonsense must be lacking in sense.-William J. Rolfe. Excerpt: "e;On a topographical map of …
Marjorie's Busy Days
At the close of that wonderful summer on her Grandmother's farm, 12-year-old Marjorie came home to Rockwell and the happy quartette of the Maynard family, reunited once more, had …
Patty -- Bride
War comes to Patty Fairfield. Also she's engaged. The spy mystery is a bit more clever than one usually sees in a series not built around that concept. All ends happily and her …
Mark of Cain
A young heiress learns of the death of her uncle and is determined to find out who is the murderer. Carolyn Wells inspires and entertains with her classical mystery masterpiece, …