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The Story of Ming-Y part 2
Now as the house of this Lord Tchang was situated several miles from town, it was deemed best that Ming-Y should abide in the...
The Story of Ming-Y part 1
China
Introduction
Chinese literature is one of the oldest, most varied, and extensive in the world, but though it includes a vast number of works on...
Baldr`s Bale part 4
The iEsir took the body of Baldr and brought it to the sea. Hring- horni is the name of Baldr`s ship: it was greatest...
Baldr`s Bale part 3
And Frigg took oaths to this purport, that fire and water should spare Baldr, likewise iron and metal of all kinds, stones, earth, trees,...
Baldr`s Bale part 2
Bjomson, a dramatist, poet, novelist, writer of stories, and political leader, was a great national figure, dominating the intellectual life of his country for...
Baldr`s Bale part 1
The Scandinavian Countries
Iceland Denmark Norway Sweden
There are four groups included under the heading Scandinavian Countries: the Icelandic, the Danish, the Norwegian, and the Swedish....
Falcon part 6
He lay thus, while the herald read aloud the law, “twelve sols in silver—six ounces of flesh from near the heart—thus Sir Enguerrand protects...
Falcon part 5
They formed a semi-circle, plume by plume, shoulder by shoulder, round a bush where the prisoner was tied. As the horse-cloths fluttered in the...
Falcon part 4
Wandering boys soon caught sight of Sir Enguerrand`s bird in Rengud`s hand; the knight`s menials seized him and led him to the castle, and...
Falcon part 3
Afterwards he did not fly again that day; when Renaud threw him aloft and ran with an enticing call, he beat his wings a...