Foltyn`s Drum part 4
In the carriage sat a gentleman and a lady. He was of middle age, wore elegant black clothes and had a smooth, oval, white...
Foltyn`s Drum part 3
The rooms on the first floor, reserved for the nobility, were filled with superfluous luxury. The spiders, their only occupants, let themselves down on...
Foltyn`s Drum part 2
When that mysterious sound was followed by no other she doubtless threw a shawl over her gray braids and running to the cottage across...
Foltyn`s Drum part 1
Svatopluk Cech (1846—1908)
Cech was educated at various schools in different parts of his native country. After graduating from a gymnasium in Prague he studied...
Grandfather`s Birthday Present part 6
Just then Henk came in. “Well, where is it?” he asked, with the self- importance of one who had thought of the idea in...
Grandfather`s Birthday Present part 5
In order that the old man should not suspect what they were doing, they walked about in their stocking feet; and in order not...
Grandfather`s Birthday Present part 4
“Well, I don`t think I can guess,” smiled the old man contentedly. Hoping that the two cents which he invariably received from the old...
Grandfather`s Birthday Present part 3
They were fourteen in all—one more than the unlucky number. The photographer said that he had seldom had the pleasure of seeing a liner...
Grandfather`s Birthday Present part 2
Mary was the second daughter. She had been separated from her husband (at the expense of the state!), and was now expecting her fourth...
Grandfather`s Birthday Present part 1
Herman Heijermans (1864-1934)
Herman Heijermans, Jr. made his literary debut in 1892 with a peasant novel, and though he continued to write fiction for many...
