Separated into four parts, Tales of a Traveler features twenty-seven works of short fiction, all catering to a sense of adventure and interest in the macabre. The first part, titled Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman explores the odd escapades of its protagonists. In The Adventure of a German Student, a young man meets a strange woman on a stormy night, looking for shelter. The student allows the woman to stay in his apartment for the night, but...

Presents twenty-six moral tales written durin gHawthorne's prsidence in the historic Concord house.

The second in Francis Parkman's fantastic series of histories of the European colonists, 'France and England in North America'. This volume looks at the 17th century French Jesuit missionaries in Canada, starting from their arrival in 1632.

Arthur Pendennis, romantic and weak, is always doing something irresponsible like falling in love with unsuitable women or spending too much money. Fortunately for him, his relatives bail him out, until he does mature!