The Angels of Mons: The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War

Arthur Machen

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Arthur Machen

CONTENTS I THE EXPERIMENT II MR. CLARKE'S MEMOIRS III THE CITY OF RESURRECTIONS IV THE DISCOVERY IN PAUL STREET V THE LETTER OF ADVICE VI THE SUICIDES VII THE ENCOUNTER...

Arthur Machen

TRANSLATOR OF 'L'HEPTAMERON' AND 'LE MOYEN DE PARVENIR'; AUTHOR OF 'THE CHRONICLE OF CLEMENDY' AND 'THE GREAT GOD PAN' BOSTON: Roberts Bros, 1895 LONDON: John Lane, Vigo st. CONTENTS ...

Arthur Machen

CHAPTER I _The Coming of the Terror_ After two years we are turning once more to the morning's news with a sense of appetite and glad expectation.

Washington Irving

A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky.

Ayn Rand

PART ONE It is a sin to write this.

Aristophanes

statement is made that it may be rejected.

William Strunk

This book aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style.