The complete online text of The Water Ghost and Others by John Kendrick Bangs.

John Kendrick Bangs, as the invariable tripartite nomenclature on the spines of his many books might attest, was a genteel figure whose humorous writing is characterized by a gentle and, at times, unremitting wit, erudition, irony, and urbanity. He was n...

During the 1890s and into the twentieth century John Kendrick Bangs was one of the major humorists in the United States. As humor editor of Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Harper's Bazar, Harper's Weekly, and Harper's Young People for over a decade, he ha...

Bruce Marks recounts the trials and tribulations of touring in this installment of his autobiography, A Dancer Out Of Time. Bruce Marks was a member of American Ballet Theatre from 1961-71. In the 1960s, the company crisscrossed the U.S. by bus, heading to...

Unlike Other New York Landmarks, the Twin Towers Were Built on Landfill(ed) With Drama of the Past EVEN AFTER RECOVERY WORKERS AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER SITE CLEAR AWAY THE MASSIVE STEEL DEBRIS AND UNCOVER LAND ON WHICH NEW BUILDINGS AND A MEMORIAL...