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  The Artful Hussar

  Johann Peter Hebel

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  Johann Peter Hebel's The Artful Hussar is a short story that showcases the wit and resourcefulness of a clever soldier. The tale follows a cunning hussar who, through his quick thinking and charm, manages to outsmart those around him. Set against the backdrop of military life, the story highlights themes of intelligence, deception, and survival. With Hebel's signature blend of humor and moral insight, The Artful Hussar offers a delightful and thought-provoking glimpse into human nature and ingenuity.

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  Betty Brown the St Giles Orange...

  Hannah More

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  Hannah More was born on February 2nd, 1745 at Fishponds in the parish of Stapleton, near Bristol. She was the fourth of five daughters. 
  The City of Bristol, at that time, was a centre for slave-trading and Hannah would, over time, become one of its staunchest critics.  
  She was keen to learn, possessed a sharp intellect and was assiduous in studying.  Hannah first wrote in 1762 with The Search after Happiness (by the mid-1780s some 10,000 copies had been sold). 
  In 1767 Hannah became engaged to William Turner.  After six years, with no wedding in sight, the engagement was broken off.  Turner then bestowed upon her an annual annuity of £200.  This was enough to meet her needs and set her free to pursue a literary career.   
  Her first play, The Inflexible Captive, was staged at Bath in 1775. The famous David Garrick himself produced her next play, Percy, in 1777 as well as writing both the Prologue and Epilogue for it.  It was a great success when performed at Covent Garden in December of that year.  
  Hannah turned to religious writing with Sacred Dramas in 1782; it rapidly ran through nineteen editions. These and the poems Bas-Bleu and Florio (1786) mark her gradual transition to a more serious and considered view of life. 
  Hannah contributed much to the newly-founded Abolition Society including, in February 1788, her publication of Slavery, a Poem recognised as one of the most important of the abolition period.   
  Her work now became more evangelical.  In the 1790s she wrote several Cheap Repository Tracts which covered moral, religious and political topics and were both for sale or distributed to literate poor people.  The most famous is, perhaps, The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain, describing a family of incredible frugality and contentment. Two million copies of these were circulated, in one year. 
  In 1789, she purchased a small house at Cowslip Green in Somerset. She was instrumental in setting up twelve schools in the area by 1800. 
  She continued to oppose slavery throughout her life, but at the time of the Abolition Bill of 1807, her health did not permit her to take as active a role in the movement as she had done in the late 1780s, although she maintained a correspondence with Wilberforce and others.  
  In July 1833, the Bill to abolish slavery throughout the British Empire passed in the House of Commons, followed by the House of Lords on August 1st. 
  Hannah More died on September 7th, 1833.

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  Top 10 Short Stories The - The...

  H G Wells

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  The final decade of the Century.  Britain sits astride the world, her majesty and pomp everywhere. Her industrial might and military muscle the enforcers of her Imperial will.  Her authors too have talents that are the envy of all.  Mass market publishing are delivering these sparkling pieces to hungry senses everywhere.  Genius is written in their names. 
   
  1 - The Top 10 - The British - The 1890's - An Introduction 
  2 - The Fiddler of the Reels by Thomas Hardy 
  3 - The Magic Shop by H G Wells 
  4 - The Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling 
  5 - Lost Hearts by M R James 
  6 - From the Dead by Edith Nesbit 
  7 - The Story of B 24 by Arthur Conan Doyle 
  8 - The Inconsiderate Waiter by J M Barrie 
  9 - N by Arthur Machen 
  10 - Passed by Charlotte Mew 
  11 - A Letter Home by Arnold Bennett

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  M R James - Six of the Best -...

  M R James

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  Six has always been a number we group things around – Six of the best, six of one half a dozen of another, six feet under, six pack, six degrees of separation and a sixth sense are but a few of the ways we use this number. 
   
  Such is its popularity that we thought it is also a very good way of challenging and investigating an author’s work to give width, brevity, humour and depth across six of their very best. 
   
  In this series we gather together authors whose short stories both rivet the attention and inspire the imagination to visit their gems in a series of six, to roam across an author’s legacy in a few short hours and gain a greater understanding of their writing and, of course, to be lavishly entertained by their ideas, their narrative and their way with words. 
   
  These stories can be surprising and sometimes at a tangent to what we expected, but each is fully formed and a marvellous adventure into the world and words of a literary master. 
   
  1 - Six of the Best - M R James - An Introduction 
  2 - M R James - An Introduction 
  3 - Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad by M R James 
  4 - The Ash Tree by M R James.wav 
  5 - The Mezzotint by M R James 
  6 - Lost Hearts by M R James 
  7 - Casting the Runes by M R James 
  8 - Count Magnus by M R James

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  Vainity Faiyr

  William Makepeace Thackeray

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  "Vanity Fair" is a novel by English author William Makepeace Thackeray, first published as a serial from 1847 to 1848. The novel is a satirical and panoramic look at early 19th-century British society, particularly focusing on the lives of two women, Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley, as they navigate the complexities of love, ambition, and social climbing. Thackeray's work is known for its wit, sharp social commentary, and memorable characters.

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  Uncle Wiggily makes a cherry pie

  Howard R. Garis

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  Uncle Wiggily makes a cherry pie is part of the popular Uncle Wiggily series. In this story Uncle Wiggily helps his friend, the Hedgehog, to make a pie. The moral of this story is: it feels good to be helpful. Recommended for age 3+.

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