The complete online text of Mr. Isaacs by Francis Marion Crawford.

The verdict of literary historians and academic critics upon the fiction writers of the years between 1883 and 1909--the period when Francis Marion Crawford was writing novels--has long since been rendered in favor of William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, an...

FIRST, a word of background about my perspectives concerning Isaac Stern. I knew him in many different contexts, and in all of them he was a forceful leader, a creative thinker, a charming companion, and a resolute fighter. We became friendly in the context...

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Some of Diana Ross's beautiful progeny showed up at the Baby Phat show at the Roseland Ballroom on Friday. In fact, Evan Ross, 19, and his sister, Chudney Silberstein, 31, were early arrivals."We've been to a few parties," declared Mr. Ross, who said he's looking...