Dostoyevsky skilfully paints a portrait of a character who manages to recall a childhood memory from twenty years ago and by doing so he alters the course of his life and even...

One day when she was younger and better-looking, and when her voice was stronger, Nikolay Petrovitch Kolpakov, her adorer, was sitting in the outer room in her summer villa. It...

Every individual should find a vocation furnishing that one of the three kinds of work for which he has the greatest ability. Then he should go into the particular branch of that...

This traditional Christmas Carol is often referred to as 'The Huron Carol' or 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime.' A Jesuit missionary in Canada adapted an old 16th Century French...

Profound truths, wisdom, and a sense of mindfulness contained in many fairy tales and short stories written by Oscar Wilde and Anton Chekhov have that universal appeal which...

I never saw a book without wanting to read it,' said a Cerebral friend to us the other day. This expresses the interest every person of this type has in the printed page. 'I never...

Ding Dong Merrily on High is a traditional Christmas Carol based on French dance music. Lyrics were written by the English composer George Ratcliffe Woodward who had an interest...

Every individual owes it to himself to find the right work and the right mate, because these are fundamental needs of every human being. Lacking them, life is a failure;...

Once upon a time there was a woodcutter and his wife, who had seven children, all boys. The eldest was but ten years old, and the youngest only seven.They were very poor, and...

When Benjamin Bunny grew up, he married his Cousin Flopsy. They had a large family, and they were very improvident and cheerful. I do not remember the separate names of their...