This etext was prepared by Les Bowler, St. Ives, Dorset from the 1911 Mills and Boon edition. WHEN GOD LAUGHS, AND OTHER STORIES CONTENTS WHEN GOD LAUGHS THE APOSTATE A WICKED WOMAN JUST MEAT CREATED HE THEM THE CHINAGO MAKE WESTING SEMPER IDEM A NOSE FOR THE KING THE “FRANCIS SPAIGHT” A CURIOUS FRAGMENT A
Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London
This etext was prepared by Espen Ore, Espen.Ore@hd.uib.no Norwegian Computing Centre for the Humanities MOON-FACE AND OTHER STORIES BY JACK LONDON CONTENTS MOON-FACE THE LEOPARD MAN’S STORY LOCAL COLOR AMATEUR NIGHT THE MINIONS OF MIDAS THE SHADOW AND THE FLASH ALL GOLD CANYON PLANCHETTE MOON-FACE John Claverhouse was a moon-faced man. You know the kind,
Children of the Frost by Jack London
Proofreaders CHILDREN OF THE FROST BY JACK LONDON 1902 [Illustration: “And the girl, Kasaan, crept in, very timid and quiet, and dropped a little bag upon the things for my journey.” CONTENTS IN THE FORESTS OF THE NORTH THE LAW OF LIFE NAM-BOK THE UNVERACIOUS THE MASTER OF MYSTERY THE SUNLANDERS THE SICKNESS OF LONE
Adventure by Jack London
This etext was prepared by David Price, ccx074@coventry.ac.uk From the 1911 Thomas Nelson and Sons edition ADVENTURE by Jack London CHAPTER I–SOMETHING TO BE DONE He was a very sick white man. He rode pick-a-back on a woolly- headed, black-skinned savage, the lobes of whose ears had been pierced and stretched until one had torn
Jerry of the Islands by Jack London
This etext was prepared from the 1917 Mills and Boon edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk Jerry of the Islands FOREWORD It is a misfortune to some fiction-writers that fiction and unveracity in the average person’s mind mean one and the same thing. Several years ago I published a South Sea novel. The action was
John Barleycorn, by Jack London
JOHN BARLEYCORN by Jack London (1876-1916) 1913 CHAPTER I It all came to me one election day. It was on a warm California afternoon, and I had ridden down into the Valley of the Moon from the ranch to the little village to vote Yes and No to a host of proposed amendments to the
Lost Face by Jack London
This etext was prepared by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk from the 1919 Mills and Boon edition. LOST FACE by Jack London Contents: Lost Face Trust To Build a Fire That Spot Flush of Gold The Passing of Marcus O’Brien The Wit of Porportuk LOST FACE It was the end. Subienkow had travelled a long trail
Love of Life And Other Stories by Jack London
“This out of all will remain – They have lived and have tossed: So much of the game will be gain, Though the gold of the dice has been lost.” THEY limped painfully down the bank, and once the foremost of the two men staggered among the rough-strewn rocks. They were tired and weak, and
Martin Eden by Jack London
all of which are in the Public Domain in the United States, unless a copyright notice is included. Therefore, we do NOT keep these books in compliance with any particular paper edition, usually otherwise. Martin Eden CHAPTER I The one opened the door with a latch-key and went in, followed by a young fellow who
Michael, Brother of Jerry by Jack London
This etext was prepared by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk from the 1917 Mills & Boon edition. MICHAEL, BROTHER OF JERRY FOREWORD Very early in my life, possibly because of the insatiable curiosity that was born in me, I came to dislike the performances of trained animals. It was my curiosity that spoiled for me this
Burning Daylight by Jack London
BURNING DAYLIGHT by Jack London PART I CHAPTER I It was a quiet night in the Shovel. At the bar, which ranged along one side of the large chinked-log room, leaned half a dozen men, two of whom were discussing the relative merits of spruce-tea and lime-juice as remedies for scurvy. They argued with an
White Fang by Jack London
His fangs be white, and White Fang shall be his name. I have spoken. He is my dog. For was not Kiche my brother’s dog? And is not my brother dead?