J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 1

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

J. Sheridan LeFanu 1872 PROLOGUE _Upon a paper attached to the Narrative which follows, Doctor Hesselius has written a rather elaborate note, which he accompanies with a reference to his Essay...

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

The Rev.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Schalken the Painter _"For he is not a man as I am that we should come together; neither is there any that might lay his hand upon us both.

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.