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First at the North Pole; Or, Two Boys in the Arctic Circle

Lots of kids write letters to Santa, but those delivered to the North Pole are answered by a group of dedicated volunteers who call themselves The Elves. Blame It On Mistletoe – Abby Baxter has spent the year since her husband's death...

Category: Men's Adventure

Christmas-Tree Land
by Mrs. Molesworth

Christmas-Tree Land

By: Mrs. Molesworth

It was not their home. That was easy to be seen by the eager looks of curiosity and surprise on the two little faces inside the heavy travelling carriage. Yet the faces were grave, and there was a weary look in the eyes, for the journey...

Category: Fantasy

The Carved Lions

By: Mrs. Molesworth

A story of orphans at a boarding school in England, and the fortunes and misfortunes that befall...

Category: Fantasy

The League of the Leopard

By: Harold Bindloss

CONTENTS Chapter 1 - A Dangerous Bequest Chapter 2 - An Understanding Chapter 3 - At the Elbow Pool Chapter 4 - The Poacher Chapter 5 - The Tryst At Hallows Brig Chapter 6 - Dane's Silence Chapter 7 - Warning Chapter 8 - Treachery Chapter...

Category: Men's Adventure

The Clock Strikes Thirteen

By: Mildred A. Wirt

Sinister hooded riders are terrorizing farmers at night, and most of the farmers are reluctant to talk. Meanwhile, a man named Blake makes a generous donation to the Riverview orphan's camp and offers to buy their land, but Penny suspects...

Category: Action and Adventure

The Golden Skull: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story

By: Harold L. Goodwin

Contents CHAPTER I. The Head-hunter CHAPTER II. Manila After Dark CHAPTER III. The Gods of Banaue CHAPTER IV. Inside the Walls CHAPTER V. Manotok the Mighty CHAPTER VI. Chahda Checks In CHAPTER VII. Igorot Country CHAPTER VIII. The Bontoc...

Category: Men's Adventure

Astounding Stories, February, 1931

By: Various

Here are five stories from the science fiction magazine of the 1930ies, interesting to see what was considered 'astounding' in the 1930s. Some of which are old hat to us in the 21st century, and some of which (including the secret to life)...

Category: Science Fiction

The Chevalier d’Auriac

By: S. Levett Yeats

Excerpt from The Chevalier D'auriacThis story, like its predecessor, has been writ ten in those rare moments of leisure that an Indian official can afford. Bits of time were snatched here and there, and much, perhaps too much, re liance...

Category: Men's Adventure

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