To the irreverent⁠—and which of us will claim entire exemption from that comfortable classification?⁠—there is something very amusing in the attitude of the orthodox criticism toward Bernard Shaw. He ...

Raina Petkoff Catherine Petkoff Louka Captain Bluntschli A young Russian officer Nicola Major Paul Petkoff Major Sergius Saranoff...

Night. A lady’s bedchamber in Bulgaria, in a small town near the Dragoman Pass. It is late in November in the year 1885, and through an open window with a little balcony on the left can be seen a peak...

The sixth of March, 1886. In the garden of major Petkoff’s house. It is a fine spring morning; and the garden looks fresh and pretty. Beyond the paling the tops of a couple of minarets can be seen, sh...

In the library after lunch. It is not much of a library, its literary equipment consisting of a single fixed shelf stocked with old paper-covered novels, broken backed, coffee stained, torn and thumbe...