In Across the Andes
“The legion that never was listed,”The soft-lilting rhythm and song,The starlight, and shadowy tropics,The palms—and all that belong;The unk…
In Life of Liszt
The Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer, Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886), is still regarded as one of the greatest classical musicians of all …
In The Song of the Olden Time
From a relatively early age Moore showed an interest in music and other performing arts. He sometimes appeared in musical plays with his fri…
In When Father Carves the Duck
Ernest Vincent Wright was an American author known for his book Gadsby, a 50,000-word novel which, except for the introduction and a note at…
In A Pin
Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was "Solitude&quo…
In A Late Good Night
Much is written about success and failure in the career of literature, about the reasons which enable one man to reach the front, and anothe…
