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A Short History of Scotland, by Andrew Lang. Part III. Aug 11, 2025

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A Short History of Scotland is a concise introduction to the history of Scotland from Roman times to the last Jacobite rebellion, written by the author of a much longer Scottish history.

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A Short History of Scotland, by Andrew Lang. Part II. Aug 11, 2025

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A Short History of Scotland, by Andrew Lang. Part I. Aug 11, 2025

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A Short History of Scotland is a concise introduction to the history of Scotland from Roman times to the last Jacobite rebellion, written by the author of a much longer Scottish history.

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A House to Let, by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins et al. Part III. Aug 11, 2025

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A House to Let is a short story originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens' Household Words magazine.

Each of the contributors wrote a chapter (stories within a story, or, in the case of Adelaide Anne Procter, poetry) and the story was edited by Dickens, who also wrote the first and last chapters with Wilkie Collins.

The plot concerns an elderly woman, Sophonisba, who notices signs of life in a supposedly empty dilapidated house (the eponymous "House to Let") opposite her own, and employs the efforts of an elderly admirer, Jabez Jarber, and her servant, Trottle, to discover what is happening within. (Adapted from Wikipedia.)

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A House to Let, by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins et al. Part II. Aug 11, 2025

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A House to Let is a short story originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens' Household Words magazine.

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A House to Let, by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins et al. Part I. Aug 11, 2025

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A House to Let is a short story originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens' Household Words magazine.

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Secret Chambers and Hiding Places, by Allan Fea. Part III. Aug 07, 2025

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“Secret Chambers and Hiding Places” is a collection of concealments and their uses, almost all within England, although a very few passages and chambers in continental Europe are mentioned, Jacobite hidey holes in Scotland, while the final chapter of the book covers Bonnie Prince Charlie’s wanderings around Scotland, among caves and other hiding places. Most chapters are devoted to historical events; such as the the seventeenth century persecution of Roman Catholics (with many large houses having specially constructed “priests’ holes”), or various unpopular monarchs and their hiding places.

The text is scattered with legends and true stories, with occasional skeletons found, still hiding, long centuries after the searchers have left. The author describes hidden doors, passages, rooms and pits with enormous enthusiasm … and with considerable regret when he has to describe secret places lost to demolition or modernisation. You’ll wish you could wander the country, poking into the darkest recesses of every old house you find!

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Secret Chambers and Hiding Places, by Allan Fea. Part II. Aug 07, 2025

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Secret Chambers and Hiding Places, by Allan Fea. Part I. Aug 07, 2025

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This Crowded Earth, by Robert Bloch. Part III. Aug 07, 2025

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Robert Bloch (1917–1994) was a prolific writer in many genres. As a young man he was encouraged by his mentor H. P. Lovecraft, and was a close friend of Stanley G. Weinbaum. Besides hundreds of short stories and novels he wrote a number of television and film scripts including several for the original Star Trek.

In 1959 Bloch wrote the novel Psycho which Alfred Hitchcock adapted to film a year later. He received the Hugo Award, the World Fantasy Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and he is a past president of the Mystery Writers of America.

Published in Amazing Stories in 1958, This Crowded Earth is a thriller set on an overpopulated Earth of the future.

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