Clarimonde

Théophile Gautier

Translated By Lafcadio Hearn 1908 I had entered, in an idle mood, the shop of one of those curiosity venders who are called _marchands de bric-à-brac_ in that Parisian _argot_ which is so perfec...

Théophile Gautier

Translated By Lafcadio Hearn 1908 Brother, you ask me if I have ever loved.

Théophile Gautier

THE REALISTS PRINTED BY GEORGE BARRIE & SONS, PHILADELPHIA 1897 [Illustration: Mlle.

Théophile Gautier

[Illustration: Copyright 1901 by George D. Sproul GILBO & CO.

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.