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McTeague, by Frank Norris

Published on 2012-05-26 02:00:15

It was Sunday, and, according to his custom on that day,McTeague took his dinner at two in the afternoon at the carconductors' coffee-joint on Polk Street. He had a thickgray soup; heavy, underdone meat, very hot, on a cold plate;two kinds of vegetables; and a sort of suet pudding, full ofstrong butter and sugar. On his way back to his office, oneblock above, he stopped at Joe Frenna's saloon and bought apitcher of steam beer. It was his habit to leave thepitcher there on his way to dinner.Once [..] > read more

The American Republic by by O. A. Brownson

Published on 2012-05-24 02:00:16

NEW YORK:P. O'SHEA, 104 BLEECKER STREET.1866.Entered according to Act of Congress, In the year 1865,By P. O'SHEA,In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United Statesfor the Southern District of New York.TO THEHON. GEORGE BANCROFT,THE ERUDITE, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND ELOQUENTHistorian of the United States,THIS FEEBLE ATTEMPT TO SET FORTH THE PRINCIPLES OF GOVERN-MENT, AND TO EXPLAIN AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OFTHE AMERICAN REPUBLIC, IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,IN MEMORY OF OLD FRIENDSHIP, [..] > read more

The Story Of Ireland by Emily Lawless

Published on 2012-05-23 02:00:14

Irish history is a long, dark road, with many blind alleys, many suddenturnings, many unaccountably crooked portions; a road which, if it has afew sign-posts to guide us, bristles with threatening notices, now uponthe one side and now upon the other, the very ground underfoot beingoften full of unsuspected perils threatening to hurt the unwary.To the genuine explorer, flushed with justified self-confidence, wellequipped for the journey, and indifferent to scratches or bruises, onemay suppose thi [..] > read more

The Gospels in the Second Century by William Sanday

Published on 2012-05-22 02:00:15

_Rector of Barton-on-the-Heath, Warwickshire;and late Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford.Author of a Work on the Fourth Gospel._LONDON:1876._I had hoped to inscribe in this book the revered and cherishedname of my old head master, DR. PEARS of Repton. His consent hadbeen very kindly and warmly given, and I was just on the point ofsending the dedication to the printers when I received a telegramnaming the day and hour of his funeral. His health had for sometime since his resignation of Repton been [..] > read more

Creative Impulse in Industry by Helen Marot

Published on 2012-05-21 02:00:14

WHOSE APPRECIATION OF EDUCATIONAL FACTORS IN THE PLAY WORLD OFCHILDREN, INTENSIFIED FOR THE AUTHOR THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GROWTHPROCESSES IN INDUSTRIAL AND ADULT LIFE.PREFACEThe Bureau of Educational Experiments is a group of men, and women whoare trying to face the modern problems of education in a scientificspirit. They are conducting and helping others to conduct experimentswhich hold promise of finding out more about children as well as howto set up school environments which shall provide f [..] > read more

Green Mansions A Romance of the Tropical Forest by W. H. Hudson

Published on 2012-05-20 02:00:16

I take up pen for this foreword with the fear of one who knowsthat he cannot do justice to his subject, and the trembling ofone who would not, for a good deal, set down words unpleasing tothe eye of him who wrote Green Mansions, The Purple Land, and allthose other books which have meant so much to me. For of allliving authors--now that Tolstoi has gone I could least dispensewith W. H. Hudson. Why do I love his writing so? I thinkbecause he is, of living writers that I read, the rarest spirit,and [..] > read more

Sane Sex Life and Sane Sex Living by H.W. Long

Published on 2012-05-19 02:00:14

SOME THINGS THAT ALL SANE PEOPLE OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT SEX NATURE ANDSEX FUNCTIONING; ITS PLACE IN THE ECONOMY OF LIFE, ITS PROPER TRAININGAND RIGHTEOUS EXERCISEH.W. LONG, M.D._AUTHORIZED EDITION_EUGENICS PUBLISHING CO., INC.NEW YORK1919MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICATO MY FELLOW-MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION INTO WHOSE HANDS THISBOOK MAY COME, AND TO ALL WHO MAY READ IT UNDER THEIR DIRECTION, THISVOLUME IS MOST SINCERELY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR.NOTE TO THE READERIN ORDER TO GAIN A CORREC [..] > read more

All Roads Lead to Calvary by Jerome K. Jerome

Published on 2012-05-18 02:00:16

She had not meant to stay for the service. The door had stoodinvitingly open, and a glimpse of the interior had suggested to herthe idea that it would make good copy. "Old London Churches:Their Social and Historical Associations." It would be easy tocollect anecdotes of the famous people who had attended them. Shemight fix up a series for one of the religious papers. It promisedquite exceptional material, this particular specimen, rich in tombsand monuments. There was character about it, a scent [..] > read more

A Changed Man and Other Tales by Thomas Hardy

Published on 2012-05-17 02:00:14

Prefatory NoteA Changed ManThe Waiting SupperAlicia's DiaryThe Grave by the HandpostEnter a DragoonA Tryst at an Ancient EarthworkWhat the Shepherd SawA Committee Man of 'The Terror'Master John Horseleigh, KnightThe Duke's ReappearanceA Mere InterludePREFATORY NOTEI reprint in this volume, for what they may be worth, a dozen minornovels that have been published in the periodical press at variousdates in the past, in order to render them accessible to readers whodesire to have them in the complet [..] > read more

Abraham Lincoln by John Drinkwater

Published on 2012-05-16 02:00:14

In using for purposes of drama a personality of so wide and recent afame as that of Abraham Lincoln, I feel that one or two observationsare due to my readers and critics.First, my purpose is that not of the historian but of the dramatist.The historical presentation of my hero has been faithfully made inmany volumes; notably, in England, by Lord Charnwood in a monographthat gives a masterly analysis of Lincoln's career and character andis, it seems to me, a model of what the historian's work shou [..] > read more

Moon of Israel by H. Rider Haggard

Published on 2012-05-15 02:00:14

Etext prepared by John Bickers, jbickers@ihug.co.nzDagny, dagnyj@hotmail.comand Emma Dudding, emma_302@hotmail.comMOON OF ISRAELA Tale of the Exodusby H. Rider HaggardAUTHOR'S NOTEThis book suggests that the real Pharaoh of the Exodus was notMeneptah or Merenptah, son of Rameses the Great, but the mysterioususurper, Amenmeses, who for a year or two occupied the throne betweenthe death of Meneptah and the accession of his son the heir-apparent,the gentle-natured Seti II.Of the fate of Amenmeses h [..] > read more

The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Published on 2012-05-14 02:00:14

3. A new Acquaintance--The Stroller's Tale--A disagreeable Interruption, and an unpleasant Encounter4. A Field Day and Bivouac--More new Friends--An Invitation to the Country5. A short one--Showing, among other Matters, how Mr. Pickwick undertook to drive, and Mr. Winkle to ride, and how they both did it6. An old-fashioned Card-party--The Clergyman's verses--The Story of the Convict's Return7. How Mr. Winkle, instead of shooting at the Pigeon and killing the Crow, shot at the Crow and wounded th [..] > read more

The Splendid Idle Forties by Gertrude Atherton

Published on 2012-05-13 02:00:12

Within memory of the most gnarled and coffee-coloured Montereno neverhad there been so exciting a race day. All essential conditions seemedto have held counsel and agreed to combine. Not a wreath of fog floatedacross the bay to dim the sparkling air. Every horse, every vaquero,was alert and physically perfect. The rains were over; the dust was notgathered. Pio Pico, Governor of the Californias, was in Monterey onone of his brief infrequent visits. Clad in black velvet, covered withjewels and rop [..] > read more

Black Caesar's Clan by Albert Payson Terhune

Published on 2012-05-12 02:00:14

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED, MOST GRATEFULLYTO MY FRIENDJOHN E. PICKETTEDITOR OF"THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN"FOREWORDA wiggling, brainless, slimy atom began it. He and trillionsof his kind. He was the Coral Worm ("Anthozoa," if you prefer).He and his tribe lived and died on the sea-bottom, successivegenerations piling higher on the skeletons and lifework--orthe life-loafing, for they were lazy atoms--of those that wentbefore. At last the coral reef crawled upward until inuncharted waters it was tall enough [..] > read more

Penrod and Sam by Booth Tarkington

Published on 2012-05-11 02:00:11

ContentsI. Penrod and SamII. The Bonded PrisonerIII. The MilitaristIV. BingismV. The In-Or-InVI. Georgie Becomes a MemberVII. WhiteyVIII. SalvageIX. Reward of MeritX. ConscienceXI. The TonicXII. GipsyXIII. Concerning TrousersXIV. Camera Work in the JungleXV. A Model Letter to a FriendXVI. Wednesday MadnessXVII. Penrod's Busy DayXVIII. On Account of the WeatherXIX. Creative ArtXX. The Departing GuestXXI. YearningsXXII. The Horn of FameXXIII. The PartyXXIV. The Heart of Marjori [..] > read more

Around Old Bethany by Robert Lee Berry

Published on 2012-05-10 02:00:14

This small volume was first published in the year of 1925, but it hasbeen out of print for many years. The present reprint edition is inresponse to requests for it to be in print again.The main characters in this true-to-life narrative are led to Biblesalvation, and then step by step into the various Bible doctrines, andfinally to establish a congregation of the Church of God after theNew Testament pattern. In the meantime, the snares of false doctrineswhich surrounded them were exposed and they [..] > read more

The Desert and The Sown by Mary Hallock Foote

Published on 2012-05-09 02:00:11

It was an evening of sudden mildness following a dry October gale. Thecolonel had miscalculated the temperature by one log--only one, hedeclared, but that had proved a pitchy one, and the chimney bellowed withflame. From end to end the room was alight with it, as if the stored-upenergies of a whole pine-tree had been sacrificed in the consumption ofthat four-foot stick.The young persons of the house had escaped, laughing, into the fresh nightair, but the colonel was hemmed in on every side; dese [..] > read more

Peter Plymley's Letters and Selected Essays by Sydney Smith

Published on 2012-05-08 02:00:12

Contents: Introduction Peter Plymley's Letters Historical Apology For The Irish Catholics Ireland and England Moore's Captain RockINTRODUCTION.Sydney Smith, of the same age as Walter Scott, was born at Woodford,in Essex, in the year 1771, and he died of heart disease, agedseventy-four, on the 22nd of February, 1845. His father was aclever man of wandering habits who, when he settled in England,reduced his means by buying, altering, spoiling, and then sellingabout nineteen different places i [..] > read more

The Lamp That Went Out by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner

Published on 2012-05-07 02:00:11

Joseph Muller, Secret Service detective of the Imperial Austrianpolice, is one of the great experts in his profession. Inpersonality he differs greatly from other famous detectives. Hehas neither the impressive authority of Sherlock Holmes, nor thekeen brilliancy of Monsieur Lecoq. Muller is a small, slight,plain-looking man, of indefinite age, and of much humbleness ofmien. A naturally retiring, modest disposition, and two externalcauses are the reasons for Muller's humbleness of manner, whichi [..] > read more

The Snow-Drop by Sarah S. Mower

Published on 2012-05-06 02:00:13

Note: Images of the original pages are available through the project for Preservation and Access for American and British Children's Literature, 1850-1869, from an original source held at the University of Florida. See http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/tc/juv/UF00001888.jpg or http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/tc/juv/UF00001888.pdfTHE SNOW-DROPA Holiday GiftBY MISS SARAH S. MOWER.1851PREFACE.The Authoress of "THE SNOW-DROP" has been misfortune's child. Diseaselaid its relentless hand upon her in ear [..] > read more

The Boy Scounts on a Submarine by Captain John Blaine

Published on 2012-05-05 02:00:10

A great barking of dogs broke the silence of the sleepy summerafternoon. Elinor Pomeroy laid down her knitting and slowlywalked around the house. The barking of the three big dogs hadbeen on a joyous tone. A young man was racing up the long frontdrive, the dogs leaping and bounding around him."Three rousing cheers, old dear," he cried. "Three cheers! Ihave won out!""Do you really mean it, Lester?" she cried. "Do you really meanthat your invention is a success?""It certainly is, Elinor," he answe [..] > read more

The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope v. I. by A. M. W. Stirling (compiler)

Published on 2012-05-04 02:00:12

The following papers, which extend over a space of nearly seventy yearsduring a most interesting period of our National History, may be said toform a sequel and a conclusion to two previous publications, _Coke ofNorfolk and his Friends_, which appeared in 1906, and _Annals of aYorkshire House_, which appeared in 1911. They are, however, moreessentially a continuation of the latter, in which the Cannon Hallmuniments and anecdotes were brought down to the years 1805-6, from whichdate the narrative [..] > read more

Novel Notes by Jerome K. Jerome

Published on 2012-05-03 02:00:12

Years ago, when I was very small, we lived in a great house in along, straight, brown-coloured street, in the east end of London.It was a noisy, crowded street in the daytime; but a silent,lonesome street at night, when the gas-lights, few and far between,partook of the character of lighthouses rather than of illuminants,and the tramp, tramp of the policeman on his long beat seemed to beever drawing nearer, or fading away, except for brief moments whenthe footsteps ceased, as he paused to rattle [..] > read more

Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians by Charles Ebert Orr

Published on 2012-05-02 02:00:13

There is much more I should like to write, but I do not think a largebook is accepted by the general reader as readily as a smaller one. Solest this grows to too great a size, I have concluded to close it withwhat I now have written. The selections I have made from other writersare "Spiritual Declension," "Seek First the Kingdom of God," "Stirringthe Eagle's Nest," "The Little Foxes," "On Dress," "Victory," and thepoems "The Solitary Way," "Sometime," and the closing.I pray that the sayings of t [..] > read more

A Roman Singer by F. Marion Crawford

Published on 2012-05-01 02:00:09

I, Cornelio Grandi, who tell you these things, have a story of my own,of which some of you are not ignorant. You know, for one thing, that Iwas not always poor, nor always a professor of philosophy, nor ascribbler of pedantic articles for a living. Many of you can rememberwhy I was driven to sell my patrimony, the dear castello in theSabines, with the good corn-land and the vineyards in the valley, andthe olives, too. For I am not old yet; at least, Mariuccia is older,as I often tell her. These [..] > read more

Falk by Joseph Conrad

Published on 2012-04-30 02:00:13

Several of us, all more or less connected with thesea, were dining in a small river-hostelry not morethan thirty miles from London, and less than twentyfrom that shallow and dangerous puddle to whichour coasting men give the grandiose name of "Ger-man Ocean." And through the wide windows wehad a view of the Thames; an enfilading view downthe Lower Hope Reach. But the dinner was exe-crable, and all the feast was for the eyes.That flavour of salt-water which for so many ofus had been the very wate [..] > read more

Roderick Hudson, by Henry James

Published on 2012-04-29 02:00:10

CONTENTS I. Rowland II. Roderick III. Rome IV. Experience V. Christina VI. Frascati VII. St. Cecilia's VIII. Provocation IX. Mary Garland X. The Cavaliere XI. Mrs. Hudson XII. The Princess Casamassima XIII. SwitzerlandCHAPTER I. RowlandMallet had made his arrangements to sail for Europe on the firstof September, and having in the interval a fortnight to spare,he determined to spend it with his cousin Cecilia, the widowof a nephew of his [..] > read more

John Halifax, Gentleman by Dinah Maria Mulock (Mrs. Craik)

Published on 2012-04-28 02:00:11

My father and I both glanced round, surprised at her unusualreticence of epithets: but when the lad addressed turned, fixed hiseyes on each of us for a moment, and made way for us, we ceased towonder. Ragged, muddy, and miserable as he was, the poor boy lookedanything but a "vagabond.""Thee need not go into the wet, my lad. Keep close to the wall, andthere will be shelter enough both for us and thee," said my father,as he pulled my little hand-carriage into the alley, under cover,from the peltin [..] > read more

The Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron by Robert Shaler

Published on 2012-04-27 02:00:09

CHAPTERS I. The Two Wolf Patrol Boys II. A Camp Supper III. The Mysterious Explosion IV. Reading a "Sign" by Torchlight V. The "Fool-Proof" Aeroplane VI. A Red Letter Day in the Woods VII. Bud's Meteor VIII. Uncle Sam's Flying Squadron IX. Friends in Khaki X. Up in a War Monoplane XI. Good-By to the Foreign Spies XII. Home AgainCHAPTER ITHE TWO WOLF PATROL BOYS"I want to own up that I'm pretty nearly all in and done for!""Same here, Bud. The going was tough over that frozen side of oldSt [..] > read more

The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions by James Runciman

Published on 2012-04-26 02:00:13

THE ETHICS OF DRINK AND OTHER SOCIAL QUESTIONS_OR__JOINTS IN OUR SOCIAL ARMOUR_BY JAMES RUNCIMAN_Author of "A Dream of the North Sea," "Skippers and Shellbacks," Etc_LondonHODDER AND STOUGHTON27, PATERNOSTER ROWMDCCCXCII [1892]_THE ETHICS OF THE DRINK QUESTION_.All the statistics and formal statements published about drink are nodoubt impressive enough to those who have the eye for that kind ofthing; but, to most of us, the word "million" means nothing at all, andthus when we look at figures, an [..] > read more

Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams

Published on 2012-04-24 02:00:11

editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the USunless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we usually do notkeep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition.The "legal small print" and other information about this bookmay now be found at the end of this file. Please read thisimportant information, as it gives you specific rights andtells you about restrictions in how the file may be used.***Steve Harris, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.Mont [..] > read more

Hymns and Spiritual Songs by Isaac Watts

Published on 2012-04-23 02:00:09

The "Index" and the "Table of the Scriptures that are Turned intoVerse" are retained, and can be found at the end of the text. The"Table to find any Hymn by the first Line," however, has beenomitted for the following reasons:1. It refers to page numbers that are here expunged; and2. In this electronic version first lines can be easilylocated via searches.There are 3 books of hymns, and numbers have been added to indicatein which of these the hymns are placed. For example, "2:38" refersto "Book 2 [..] > read more

Captains All and Others by W.W. Jacobs

Published on 2012-04-22 02:00:10

Contents: Captains All The Boatswain's Mate The Nest Egg The Constable's Move Bob's Redemption Over The Side The Four Pigeons The Temptation Of Samuel Burge The Madness Of Mr. Lister The White Cat CAPTAINS ALL[Illustration: "Captains All."]Every sailorman grumbles about the sea, said the night-watchman,thoughtfully. It's human nature to grumble, and I s'pose they keep ongrumbling and sticking to it because there ain't much else they can do.There's not many shore-going berths t [..] > read more

Mrs. Shelley by Lucy M. Rossetti

Published on 2012-04-21 02:00:10

Produced by Steve Schulze, Charles Franksand the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.This file was produced from images generously made availableby the CWRU Preservation Department Digital LibraryMRS. SHELLEYBY LUCY MADOX ROSSETTI.1890.PREFACE.I have to thank all the previous students of Shelley as poet andman--not last nor least among whom is my husband--for their loving andtruthful research on all the subjects surrounding the life of Mrs.Shelley. Every aspect has been presented, and of known [..] > read more

Caesar or Nothing by Pio Baroja

Published on 2012-04-20 02:00:12

I THE PARIS-VENTIMIGLIA EXPRESSII AN EXTRAORDINARY FAMILYIII CAESAR MONCADAIV PEOPLE WHO PASS CLOSE BYV THE ABBE PRECIOZIVI THE LITTLE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE IN A ROMAN HOTELVII THE CONFIDENCES or THE ABBE PRECIOZIVIII OLD PALACES, OLD SALONS, OLD LADIESIX NEW ACQUAINTANCESX A BALLXI A SOUNDING-LINE IN THE DARK WORLDXII A MEETING ON THE PINCIOXIII ESTHETICS AND DEMAGOGYXIV NEW ATTEMPTS, NEW RAMBLESXV GIOVANNI BATTISTA, PAGANXVI THE PORTRAIT OF A POPEXVII EVIL DAYSXVIII CAESAR B [..] > read more

Carnacki, The Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson

Published on 2012-04-18 02:00:10

In response to Carnacki's usual card of invitation to have dinner andlisten to a story, I arrived promptly at 427, Cheyne Walk, to find thethree others who were always invited to these happy little times, therebefore me. Five minutes later, Carnacki, Arkright, Jessop, Taylor, and Iwere all engaged in the "pleasant occupation" of dining."You've not been long away, this time," I remarked, as I finished mysoup; forgetting momentarily Carnacki's dislike of being asked even toskirt the borders of his [..] > read more

Critiques and Addresses by Thomas Henry Huxley

Published on 2012-04-17 02:00:08

The "Critiques and Addresses" gathered together in this volume, likethe "Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews," published three years ago,deal chiefly with educational, scientific, and philosophical subjects;and, in fact, indicate the high-water mark of the various tides ofoccupation by which I have been carried along since the beginning ofthe year 1870.In the end of that year, a confidence in my powers of work, which,unfortunately, has not been justified by events, led me to allowmyself to be br [..] > read more

Gyges und sein Ring by Friedrich Hebbel

Published on 2012-04-16 02:00:10

Friedrich HebbelGyges und sein RingEine Tragˆdie in f¸nf AktenEinen Regenbogen, der, minder grell, als die Sonne, Strahlt in ged‰mpftem Licht, spannte ich ¸ber das Bild;Aber er sollte nur funkeln und nimmer als Br¸cke dem Schicksal Dienen, denn dieses entsteigt einzig der menschlichen Brust.Personen:Kandaules, Kˆnig von LydienRhodope, seine GemahlinGyges, ein GriecheLesbia und Hero, SklavinnenThoas und Karna, SklavenVolk > read more

The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe

Published on 2012-04-15 02:00:08

This E-text was prepared by Gary R. Young using an IBM compatible486-33 computer, a Hewlett Packard Scanjet IIP scanner, OmniPagePro OCR software, and Microsoft Word software.Gary Youngyounggr@echo-on.netorCR677@torfree.netTHE JEW OF MALTA.BY CHRISTOPHER MARLOWEEDITED BY THE REV. ALEXANDER DYCE.The Famous Tragedy of The Rich Iew of Malta. As it was playdbefore the King and Qveene, in His Majesties Theatre at White-Hall, by her Majesties Servants at the Cock-pit. Written byChristopher Marlo. Lond [..] > read more

Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary by W. P. Livingstone

Published on 2012-04-14 02:00:08

_Life for most people is governed by authority and convention, butbehind these there lies always the mystery of human nature, uncertainand elusive, and apt now and again to go off at a tangent and disturbthe smooth working of organised routine. Some man or woman will appearwho departs from the normal order of procedure, who follows idealsrather than rules, and whose methods are irregular, and often, in theeyes of onlookers, unwise. They may be poor or frail, and in their ownestimation of no acco [..] > read more

Appendicitis: The Etiology, Hygenic and Dietetic Treatment by John H. Tilden, M.D.

Published on 2012-04-13 02:00:06

"Impaired Health," 2 Vol.; "Cholera Infantum," "Typhoid Fever,""Diseases of Women and Easy Childbirth," "Venereal Diseases,""Appendicitis," "Care of Children," "Food," 2 Vol.; "PocketDietitian."=====================NOTICE*===================You have recently purchased some of my earlier writings, hence thefollowing suggestion:As my regular readers know, I do not favor the use of _protein_ andstarchy foods in the same meal. The only exceptions that I ever madeto this combination was the use of po [..] > read more

Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of Its Inhabitants by Anthony Benezet

Published on 2012-04-12 02:00:09

A REPUBLICATION of the Sentiments of several Authors of Note on thisinteresting Subject: Particularly an Extract of a Treatise written byGRANVILLE SHARPE.By ANTHONY BENEZET ACTS xvii. 24, 26. GOD, _that made the world hath made of_ one blood _all nations of men, for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the--bounds of their habitation._PHILADELPHIA: Printed MDCCLXXI.LONDON: Re-printed MDCCLXXII. Introduction. CHAPTER I. _A GENERAL account of_ Guinea; _particularly those [..] > read more

My Lady Ludlow by Elizabeth Gaskell

Published on 2012-04-10 02:00:12

I am an old woman now, and things are very different to what theywere in my youth. Then we, who travelled, travelled in coaches,carrying six inside, and making a two days' journey out of whatpeople now go over in a couple of hours with a whizz and a flash, anda screaming whistle, enough to deafen one. Then letters came in butthree times a week: indeed, in some places in Scotland where I havestayed when I was a girl, the post came in but once a month;--butletters were letters then; and we made gr [..] > read more

A Daughter of Eve by Honore de Balzac

Published on 2012-04-09 02:00:07

If you remember, madame, the pleasure your conversation gave to a traveller by recalling Paris to his memory in Milan, you will not be surprised to find him testifying his gratitude for many pleasant evenings passed beside you by laying one of his works at your feet, and begging you to protect it with your name, as in former days that name protected the tales of an ancient writer dear to the Milanese. You have an Eugenie, already beautiful, whose intelligent smile gives promise that she has inhe [..] > read more

The Stark Munro Letters by Arthur Conan Doyle

Published on 2012-04-08 02:00:09

BEING A SERIES OF TWELVE LETTERSWRITTEN BY J. STARK MUNRO, M.B.,TO HIS FRIEND AND FORMER FELLOW-STUDENT,HERBERT SWANBOROUGH,OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS,DURING THE YEARS 1881-1884EDITED AND ARRANGED BYA. CONAN DOYLEThe letters of my friend Mr. Stark Munro appear tome to form so connected a whole, and to give so plain anaccount of some of the troubles which a young man may becalled upon to face right away at the outset of hiscareer, that I have handed them over to the gentleman whois about to edit th [..] > read more

An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad

Published on 2012-04-07 02:00:06

Pues el delito mayor Del hombre es haber nacito --CALDERON TO EDWARD LANCELOT SANDERSON[page intentionally blank] AUTHOR'S NOTE "An Outcast of the Islands" is my second novel in theabsolute sense of the word; second in conception, secondin execution, second as it were in its essence. Therewas no hesitation, half-formed plan, vague idea, or thevaguest reverie of anything else between it and"Almayer's Folly." The only doubt I suffered [..] > read more

Three Plays by Padraic Colum

Published on 2012-04-06 02:00:07

THE FIDDLER'S HOUSE THE LAND THOMAS MUSKERRYBYPADRAIC COLUMBOSTONLITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY1916TO MY FRIENDTHOMAS HUGHES KELLYTHESE THREE IRISH PLAYS _AUTHOR'S NOTE_I have been asked to say something about the intentions and ideasthat underlie the three short plays in this volume.These plays were conceived in the early days of the Irish NationalTheatre. I had been one of the group that formed the NationalTheatre Society and I wrote plays for players who were my colleaguesand my instructors; I wr [..] > read more

British Airships: Past, Present and Future

Published on 2012-04-05 02:00:06

CHAPTER IVBRITISH ARMY AIRSHIPSCHAPTER VEARLY DAYS OF THE NAVAL AIRSHIP SECTION-- PARSEVAL AIRSHIPS, ASTRA-TORRES TYPE, ETC.CHAPTER VINAVAL AIRSHIPS: THE NON-RIGIDS-- S.S. TYPE COASTAL AND C STAR AIRSHIPS THE NORTH SEA AIRSHIPCHAPTER VIINAVAL AIRSHIPS: THE RIGIDS RIGID AIRSHIP NO. 1 RIGID AIRSHIP NO. 9 RIGID AIRSHIP NO. 23 CLASS RIGID AIRSHIP NO. 23 X CLASS RIGID AIRSHIP NO. 31 CLASS RIGID AIRSHIP NO. 33 CLASSCHAPTER VIIITHE WORK OF THE AIRSHIP IN THE WORLD WARCHAPTER IXTHE F [..] > read more

The Mystery of Orcival by Emile Gaboriau

Published on 2012-04-04 02:00:05

On Thursday, the 9th of July, 186-, Jean Bertaud and his son, wellknown at Orcival as living by poaching and marauding, rose at threeo'clock in the morning, just at daybreak, to go fishing.Taking their tackle, they descended the charming pathway, shadedby acacias, which you see from the station at Evry, and which leadsfrom the burg of Orcival to the Seine.They made their way to their boat, moored as usual some fifty yardsabove the wire bridge, across a field adjoining Valfeuillu, theimposing est [..] > read more

Bees in Amber by John Oxenham

Published on 2012-04-03 02:00:05

In these rushful days an apology is advisable, if not absolutelyessential, from any man, save the one or two elect, who has the temerityto publish a volume of verse.These stray lines, such as they are, have come to me from time to time,I hardly know how or whence; certainly not of deliberate intention or ofmalice aforethought. More often than not they have come to theinterruption of other, as it seemed to me, more important--andundoubtedly more profitable--work.They are for the most part, simply [..] > read more

The Four Faces by William le Queux

Published on 2012-04-02 02:00:07

AUTHOR OF "THE DEATH DOCTOR," "FATAL THIRTEEN" "LYING LIPS," ETC. ETC.CONTENTSCHAPTERI. CURIOSITY IS AROUSEDII. THE ANGEL FACESIII. A HAMPSTEAD MYSTERYIV. IN FULL CRYV. HUGESSON GASTRELL AT HOMEVI. THE HOUSE IN GRAFTON STREETVII. OSBORNE'S STORYVIII. MORE SUSPICIONSIX. THE SNAREX. NARRATES A CONFESSIONXI. CONCERNS MRS. STAPLETONXII. THE BROAD HIGHWAYXIII. THE BARONXIV. IN THE MISTSXV. THE MODERN VICEXVI. SECRETS OF DUSKY FOWLXVII. IS SUSPICIOUSXVIII. [..] > read more

The Crown of Life by George Gissing

Published on 2012-04-01 02:00:05

Amid the throng of suburban arrivals volleyed forth from WaterlooStation on a May morning in the year '86, moved a slim, dark,absent-looking young man of one-and-twenty, whose name was PiersOtway. In regard to costume--blameless silk hat, and dark morningcoat with lighter trousers--the City would not have disowned him,but he had not the City countenance. The rush for omnibus seats lefthim unconcerned; clear of the railway station, he walked at amoderate pace, his eyes mostly on the ground; he cr [..] > read more

Sweetapple Cove by George van Schaick

Published on 2012-03-31 02:00:04

Have I shown wisdom or made an arrant, egregious fool of myself? This, Isuppose, is a question every man puts to himself after taking a suddendecision upon which a great deal depends.I have shaken the dust of the great city by the Hudson and forsaken itsrich laboratories, its vast hospitals, the earnest workers who werebeginning to show some slight interest in me. It was done not aftermature consideration but owing to the whim of a moment, to a suddendesire to change the trend of things I felt I [..] > read more

American Negro Slavery by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips

Published on 2012-03-30 02:00:06

A Survey of the Supply,Employment and ControlOf Negro LaborAs Determined by the Plantation RegimeTOMY WIFECONTENTSCHAPTER I. THE EARLY EXPLOITATION OF GUINEA II. THE MARITIME SLAVE TRADE III. THE SUGAR ISLANDS IV. THE TOBACCO COLONIES V. THE RICE COAST VI. THE NORTHERN COLONIES VII. REVOLUTION AND REACTION VIII. THE CLOSING OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE IX. THE INTRODUCTION OF COTTON AND SUGAR X. THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT XI. THE DOMESTIC SLAVE TRADE XII. THE COTTON REGIME XIII. TYPES OF LARGE [..] > read more

The Lion and the Unicorn by Richard Harding Davis

Published on 2012-03-29 02:00:05

IN MEMORY OF MANY HOT DAYS AND SOME HOT CORNERSTHIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TOLT.-COL. ARTHUR H. LEE, R.A.British Military Attache with the United States ArmyContentsTHE LION AND THE UNICORNON THE FEVER SHIPTHE MAN WITH ONE TALENTTHE VAGRANTTHE LAST RIDE TOGETHERTHE LION AND THE UNICORNPrentiss had a long lease on the house, and because it stood inJermyn Street the upper floors were, as a matter of course,turned into lodgings for single gentlemen; and because Prentisswas a Florist to the Queen, he pla [..] > read more

Old Saint Paul's by William Harrison Ainsworth

Published on 2012-03-28 02:00:06

The portion of the ensuing Tale relating to the Grocer of Wood-street,and his manner of victualling his house, and shutting up himself and hisfamily within it during the worst part of the Plague of 1665, is foundedon a narrative, which I have followed pretty closely in most of itsdetails, contained in a very rare little volume, entitled,"_Preparations against the Plague, both of Soul and Body_," theauthorship of which I have no hesitation in assigning to DEFOE. Indeed,I venture to pronounce it h [..] > read more

The Chinese Classics by James Legge

Published on 2012-03-27 02:00:04

Your computer must have the Big 5 character set (Traditional Chinese) installed to display the Chinese text in this file correctly.This text preserves the original page breaks. In a few places I have substituted the character forms available in the Big 5 character set for rare or (what are now considered) nonstandard forms used by Legge. Characters not included in the Big 5 character set in any form are described by their constituent elements.THE CHINESE CLASSICSwith a translation, critical and [..] > read more

The Amateur Cracksman by E. W. Hornung

Published on 2012-03-26 02:00:06

TOA. C. D.THIS FORM OF FLATTERYTHE AMATEUR CRACKSMANTHE IDES OF MARCHIIt was half-past twelve when I returned to the Albany as a lastdesperate resort. The scene of my disaster was much as I hadleft it. The baccarat-counters still strewed the table, with theempty glasses and the loaded ash-trays. A window had been openedto let the smoke out, and was letting in the fog instead. Raffles himself had merely discarded his dining jacket for one ofhis innumerable blazers. Yet he arched his eyebrows as t [..] > read more

The Life Everlasting: A Reality of Romance by Marie Corelli

Published on 2012-03-25 02:00:04

AUTHOR'S PROLOGUE I. THE HEROINE BEGINS HER STORY II. THE FAIRY SHIP III. THE ANGEL OF A DREAM IV. A BUNCH OF HEATHER V. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING VI. RECOGNITION VII. MEMORIES VIII. VISIONS IX. DOUBTFUL DESTINY X. STRANGE ASSOCIATIONS XI. ONE WAY OF LOVE XII. A LOVE-LETTER XIII. THE HOUSE OF ASELZION XIV. CROSS AND STAR XV. A FIRST LESSON XVI. SHADOW AND SOUND XVII. THE MAGIC BOOK XVIII. DREAMS WITHIN A DREAM XIX. THE UNKNOWN DEEP XX. INTO THE LIGHTTHE LIFE EV [..] > read more

The Call of the Wild, by Jack London

Published on 2012-03-24 02:00:06

I Into the PrimitiveII The Law of Club and FangIII The Dominant Primordial BeastIV Who Has Won to MastershipV The Toil of Trace and TailVI For the Love of a ManVII The Sounding of the CallChapter IInto the Primitive "Old longings nomadic leap, Chafing at custom's chain; Again from its brumal sleep Wakens the ferine strain."Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known thattrouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tide-water dog, strong of muscl [..] > read more

The History Of Rome, Book III by Theodor Mommsen

Published on 2012-03-23 02:00:03

1) Except for Greek, all literally cited non-English words that donot refer to texts cited as academic references, words that in thesource manuscript appear italicized, are rendered with a singlepreceding, and a single following dash; thus, -xxxx-.2) Greek words, first transliterated into Roman alphabeticequivalents, are rendered with a preceding and a following double-dash; thus, --xxxx--. Note that in some cases the root word itselfis a compound form such as xxx-xxxx, and is rendered as --xxx- [..] > read more

Supplemental Copyright Information by The United States Copyright Office

Published on 2012-03-22 02:00:05

a. Circular 3: Copyright Noticeb. Circular 15: Renewal of Copyrightc. Circular 15t: Extension of Copyright Termsd. Circular 22: Highlights of Copyright Amendments Contained in the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA)e. WIPO Copyright Treaty*****United States Copyright OfficeCircular 3Copyright Notice========================================================================INTRODUCTIONThe use of a copyright notice is no longer required under U.S. law,although it is often beneficial. [..] > read more

Through the Eye of the Needle by W. D. Howells

Published on 2012-03-21 02:00:03

Aristides Homos, an Emissary of the Altrurian Commonwealth, visited theUnited States during the summer of 1893 and the fall and winterfollowing. For some weeks or months he was the guest of a well-knownman of letters at a hotel in one of our mountain resorts; in the earlyautumn he spent several days at the great Columbian Exhibition inChicago; and later he came to New York, where he remained until hesailed, rather suddenly, for Altruria, taking the circuitous route bywhich he came. He seems to h [..] > read more

The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Volume 1 by Charles Dudley Warner

Published on 2012-03-20 02:00:05

MY SUMMER IN A GARDENBACKLOG STUDIESBADDECKINTRODUCTORY LETTERMY DEAR MR. FIELDS,--I did promise to write an Introduction to thesecharming papers but an Introduction,--what is it?--a sort ofpilaster, put upon the face of a building for looks' sake, andusually flat,--very flat. Sometimes it may be called a caryatid,which is, as I understand it, a cruel device of architecture,representing a man or a woman, obliged to hold up upon his or herhead or shoulders a structure which they did not build, an [..] > read more

Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray

Published on 2012-03-19 02:00:03

In the Morning of Life the Truthful wooed the Beautiful, and theiroffspring was Love. Like his Divine parents, He is eternal. Hehas his Mother's ravishing smile; his Father's steadfast eyes. Herises every day, fresh and glorious as the untired Sun-God. He isEros, the ever young. Dark, dark were this world of ours hadeither Divinity left it--dark without the day-beams of the LatonianCharioteer, darker yet without the daedal Smile of the God of theOther Bow! Dost know him, reader?Old is he, Eros, [..] > read more

The Nine-Tenths by James Oppenheim

Published on 2012-03-14 02:00:04

That windy autumn noon the young girls of the hat factory darted out ofthe loft building and came running back with cans of coffee, and bags ofcandy, and packages of sandwiches and cakes. They frisked hilariouslybefore the wind, with flying hair and sparkling eyes, and crowded intothe narrow entrance with the grimy pressmen of the eighth floor. Overand over again the one frail elevator was jammed with the laughing crowdand shot up to the hat factory on the ninth floor and back.The men smoked cig [..] > read more

A Heart-Song of To-day by Annie Gregg Savigny

Published on 2012-03-13 02:00:02

The speaker, one of the handsomest men I have ever seen, started tohis feet as a beautiful Italian mantel clock rang in silver chimes thehour of midnight."Sit down again my dear Captain, I have not told you all, and am awilful woman and must have my way. I know whom you have missed," shesaid truly, for Sir Tilton Everly has informed her, out-come her womanwit to prevent the meeting. "Is she anything to you?""No, and yes, as all women beautiful or fascinating are, I love youall.""You have large c [..] > read more

Old Mortality, Complete, Illustrated by Sir Walter Scott

Published on 2012-03-12 02:00:04

The origin of "Old Mortality," perhaps the best of Scott's historicalromances, is well known. In May, 1816, Mr. Joseph Train, the gauger fromGalloway, breakfasted with Scott in Castle Street. He brought gifts inhis hand,--a relic of Rob Roy, and a parcel of traditions. Among thesewas a letter from Mr. Broadfoot, schoolmaster in Pennington, whofacetiously signed himself "Clashbottom." To cleish, or clash, is to"flog," in Scots. From Mr. Broadfoot's joke arose Jedediah Cleishbotham,the dominie of [..] > read more

Silas Marner by George Eliot

Published on 2012-03-11 03:00:02

"A child, more than all other gifts That earth can offer to declining man, Brings hope with it, and forward-looking thoughts."--WORDSWORTH.PART ONECHAPTER IIn the days when the spinning-wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses--and even great ladies, clothed in silk and thread-lace, had theirtoy spinning-wheels of polished oak--there might be seen indistricts far away among the lanes, or deep in the bosom of thehills, certain pallid undersized men, who, by the side of the brawnycountry-folk, looke [..] > read more

Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters

Published on 2012-03-10 02:00:04

Scanned by Charles Keller withOmniPage Professional OCR softwarepurchased from Caere Corporation, 1-800-535-7226.Contact Mike Lough Pre-Frontispiece Caption:THE TITANICThe largest and finest steamship in the world; on her maiden voyage,loaded with a human freight of over 2,300 souls, she collided witha huge iceberg 600 miles southeast of Halifax, at 11.40 P.M. SundayApril 14, 1912, and sank two and a half hours later, carrying over1,600 of her passengers and crew with her.Frontispiece Caption:CA [..] > read more

Over the Sliprails by Henry Lawson

Published on 2012-03-09 02:00:02

Of the stories in this volume many have already appearedin the columns of [various periodicals], while several now appear in printfor the first time.H. L. Sydney, June 9th, 1900.ContentsThe Shanty-Keeper's WifeA Gentleman Sharper and Steelman SharperAn Incident at Stiffner'sThe Hero of RedclayThe Darling RiverA Case for the OracleA Daughter of MaorilandNew Year's NightBlack JoeThey Wait on the Wharf in BlackSeeing the Last of YouTwo Boys at Grinder Brothers'The Selector's DaughterMitchell on the [..] > read more

ANTHOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS POETS

Published on 2012-03-08 02:00:03

HOME-BOUNDTHE moon is a wavering rim where one fishslips,The water makes a quietness of sound;Night is an anchoring of many shipsHome-bound.There are strange tunnelers in the dark, and whirsOf wings that die, and hairy spiders spinThe silence into nets, and tenantersMove softly in.I step on shadows riding through the grass,And feel the night lean cool against my face;And challenged by the sentinel of space,I pass.JOSEPH AUSLANDEAMERICA THE BEAUTIFULO BEAUTIFUL for spacious skies,For amber waves [..] > read more

Common Sense by Yoritomo-Tashi

Published on 2012-03-07 02:00:02

The quality popularly designated as "Common Sense" comprehends, accordingto the modern point of view, the sound judgment of mankind whenreflecting upon problems of truth and conduct without bias from logicalsubtleties or selfish interests. It is one of Nature's priceless gifts;an income in itself, it is as valuable as its application is rare.How often we hear the expression "Why, I never thought of that!" Why?Because we have failed to exercise Common Sense--that genius of mankind,which, when pro [..] > read more

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde

Published on 2012-03-06 02:00:04

Lord Arthur Savile's CrimeThe Canterville GhostThe Sphinx Without a SecretThe Model MillionaireThe Portrait of Mr. W. H.LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIMECHAPTER IIt was Lady Windermere's last reception before Easter, and BentinckHouse was even more crowded than usual. Six Cabinet Ministers hadcome on from the Speaker's Levee in their stars and ribands, all thepretty women wore their smartest dresses, and at the end of thepicture-gallery stood the Princess Sophia of Carlsruhe, a heavyTartar-looking lady [..] > read more

Conrad Aiken, The House of Dust

Published on 2012-03-05 02:00:02

. . . Parts of this poem have been printed in "The North AmericanReview, Others, Poetry, Youth, Coterie, The Yale Review". . . . I amindebted to Lafcadio Hearn for the episode called "The Screen Maiden"in Part II.THE HOUSE OF DUSTPART I.I.The sun goes down in a cold pale flare of light.The trees grow dark: the shadows lean to the east:And lights wink out through the windows, one by one.A clamor of frosty sirens mourns at the night.Pale slate-grey clouds whirl up from the sunken sun.And the wande [..] > read more

Sir Thomas More by William Shakespeare [Apocrypha]

Published on 2012-03-04 02:00:05

An anonymous play of the sixteen century ascribed in part toWilliam Shakespeare. First printed in 1844 and herere-edited from the Harleian MS. 7368 in the British Museum.DRAMATIS PERSONAE.Earl of SHREWSBURY.Earl of SURREY.Sir THOMAS PALMER.Sir ROGER CHOMLEY.Sir THOMAS MORE.Lord Mayor.Aldermen.SURESBY, a Justice.Other Justices.Sheriffs.Recorder.Sergeant at Arms.Clerk of the Council.ERASMUS.Bishop of Rochester.ROPER, son-in-law to MORE.JOHN LINCOLN, a broker.GEORGE BETTS.His brother (the 'Clown'). [..] > read more

Albert Durer by T. Sturge Moore

Published on 2012-03-03 02:00:02

Produced by Steve Schulze and PG Distributed Proofreaders.Page images generously provided by the CWRU PreservationDepartment Digital Library.[Transcriber's note: The printing errors of the original have beenretained in this etext.]ALBERT DRERBYT. STURGE MOOREPREFACEWhen the late Mr. Arthur Strong asked me to undertake the presentvolume, I pointed out to him that, to fulfil the advertised programme ofthe Series he was editing, was more than could be hoped from myattainments. He replied, that in t [..] > read more

Captain Brassbound's Conversion by George Bernard Shaw

Published on 2012-03-02 02:00:04

On the heights overlooking the harbor of Mogador, a seaport onthe west coast of Morocco, the missionary, in the coolness of thelate afternoon, is following the precept of Voltaire bycultivating his garden. He is an elderly Scotchman, spiritually alittle weatherbeaten, as having to navigate his creed in strangewaters crowded with other craft but still a convinced son of theFree Church and the North African Mission, with a faithful browneye, and a peaceful soul. Physically a wiry small-knit man, w [..] > read more

Little Rivers by Henry van Dyke

Published on 2012-03-01 02:00:03

"And suppose he takes nothing, yet he enjoyeth a delightful walk bypleasant Rivers, in sweet Pastures, amongst odoriferous Flowers,which gratifie his Senses, and delight his Mind; which Contentmentsinduce many (who affect not Angling) to choose those places ofpleasure for their summer Recreation and Health."COL. ROBERT VENABLES, The Experienc'd Angler, 1662.DEDICATIONTo one who wanders by my sideAs cheerfully as waters glide;Whose eyes are brown as woodland streams,And very fair and full of drea [..] > read more

Moral Science; A Compendium of Ethics by Alexander Bain

Published on 2012-02-18 02:00:05

Author of "Mental Science: A Compendium of Psychology;" "TheSenses and the Intellect;" "The Emotions and the Will;" "AManual ooof Rhetoric;" Professor of Logic in the Universityof Aberdeen, etc., etc., etc.1869PREFACEThe present Dissertation falls under two divisions.The first division, entitled The Theory of Ethics, gives an account ofthe questions or points brought into discussion, and handles at lengththe two of greatest prominence, the Ethical Standard, and the MoralFaculty.The second divisi [..] > read more

Robert Falconer by George MacDonald

Published on 2012-02-17 02:00:03

Note from electronic text creator: I have compiled a glossary withdefinitions of most of the Scottish words found in this work andplaced it at the end of this electronic text. This glossary doesnot belong to the original work, but is designed to help with theconversations and references in Broad Scots found in this work. Afurther explanation of this list can be found towards the end ofthis document, preceding the glossary.Any notes that I have made in the text (e.g. relating to Greek wordsin the [..] > read more

Grimms' Fairy Tales by The Brothers Grimm

Published on 2012-02-16 02:00:06

Etext prepared by Emma Dudding, emma_302@hotmail.comJohn Bickers, jbickers@ihug.co.nzand Dagny, dagnyj@hotmail.comFAIRY TALESTHE BROTHERS GRIMMPREPARER'S NOTEThe text is based on translations fromthe Grimms' Kinder und Hausmarchen byEdgar Taylor andMarian Edwardes.CONTENTS:THE GOLDEN BIRDHANS IN LUCKJORINDA AND JORINDELTHE TRAVELLING MUSICIANSOLD SULTANTHE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEANBRIAR ROSETHE DOG AND THE SPARROWTHE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSESTHE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFETHE WIL…Original artic [..] > read more

THE CLEVER WOMAN OF THE FAMILY by Charlotte M. Yonge

Published on 2012-02-15 02:00:02

and proofed by Sandra Laythorpe, slaythorpe@cwcom.net, from the 1880 edition published by MacMillan and Co., London. A Web Site for Charlotte M. Yonge can be found at www.menorot.com/cmyonge.htm. THE CLEVER WOMAN OF THE FAMILYby Charlotte M. YongeCHAPTER IIN SEARCH OF A MISSION"Thou didst refuse the daily round Of useful, patient love, And longedst for some great emprise Thy spirit high to prove."--C. M. N."Che mi sedea con l'antica Rachele."--DANTE."It is very kind in the dear mother." "But- [..] > read more

Wieland; or The Transformation, An American Tale by Charles Brockden Brown

Published on 2012-02-14 02:00:05

From Virtue's blissful paths awayThe double-tongued are sure to stray;Good is a forth-right journey still,And mazy paths but lead to ill.Advertisement.The following Work is delivered to the world as the first ofa series of performances, which the favorable reception of thiswill induce the Writer to publish. His purpose is neitherselfish nor temporary, but aims at the illustration of someimportant branches of the moral constitution of man. Whetherthis tale will be classed with the ordinary or fri [..] > read more

Stage Confidences by Clara Morris

Published on 2012-02-13 02:00:03

"THE FAIR THE CHASTE THE UNEXPRESSIVE SHE"__GREETINGTo those dear girls who honour me with their liking and theirconfidences, greetings first, then a statement and a proposition.Now I have the advantage over you of years, but you have the advantageover me of numbers. You can ask more questions in an hour than I cananswer in a week. You can fly into a hundred "tiffs" of angrydisappointment with me while I am struggling to utter the soft answerthat turneth away the wrath of one.Now, you eager, i [..] > read more

The Existence of God by Francois de Salignac de La Mothe- Fenelon

Published on 2012-02-12 02:00:03

An ancestor of the French divine who under the name of Fenelon hasmade for himself a household name in England as in France, wasBertrand de Salignac, Marquis de la Mothe Fenelon, who in 1572, asambassador for France, was charged to soften as much as he could theresentment of our Queen Elizabeth when news came of the massacre ofSt. Bartholomew. Our Fenelon, claimed in brotherhood by Christiansof every denomination, was born nearly eighty years after that time,at the chateau of Fenelon in Perigord [..] > read more

Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens

Published on 2012-02-11 02:00:02

This Etext was created byDonald Lainsoncharlie@idirect.comI've left in archaic forms such as 'to-morrow' or 'to-day' as they occured in my copy. Also please be aware if spell-checking,that within dialog many 'mispelled' words exist, i.e. 'wery' for 'very', as intended by the author.BARNABY RUDGE - A TALE OF THE RIOTS OF 'EIGHTYbyCharles DickensPREFACEThe late Mr Waterton having, some time ago, expressed his opinion that ravens are gradually becoming extinct in England, I offered the few followi [..] > read more

Our American Cousin by Tom Taylor

Published on 2012-02-10 02:00:04

This etext was produced by the Levin family, Englewood, CO.Like many plays, there is no authoritative version andit evolved over the course of time, indeed in multipledirections. The 1869 printing upon which this etext isprimarily based was poorly printed and we have correctedoutright punctuation and grammatical errors while maintainingits original, whimisical use of capitalization and punctuation.This version contains very few "Dundrearyisms" such as"birds of a feather gather no moss" for which [..] > read more

Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Published on 2012-02-09 02:00:02

THE LOVES OF ALONZO FITZ CLARENCE AND ROSANNAH ETHELTONON THE DECAY OF THE ART OF LYINGABOUT MAGNANIMOUS-INCIDENT LITERATURE THE GRATEFUL POODLE THE BENEVOLENT AUTHOR THE GRATEFUL HUSBANDPUNCH, BROTHERS, PUNCHTHE GREAT REVOLUTION IN PITCAIRNTHE CANVASSER'S TALEAN ENCOUNTER WITH AN INTERVIEWERPARIS NOTESLEGEND OF SAGENFELD, IN GERMANYSPEECH ON THE BABIESSPEECH ON THE WEATHERCONCERNING THE AMERICAN LANGUAGEROGERSTHE LOVES OF ALONZO FITZ CLARENCE AND ROSANNAH ETHELTONIt was well along in the [..] > read more

Bacon is Shake-Speare by Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence

Published on 2011-07-06 02:00:02

The plays known as Shakespeare's are at the present time universallyacknowledged to be the "Greatest birth of time," the grandestproduction of the human mind. Their author also is generallyrecognised as the greatest genius of all the ages. The more t > read more

The Mountebank by William J. Locke

Published on 2011-07-04 02:00:03

On the occasion of our last meeting when I kept you up to an ungodly hourof the morning with the story of my wretched affairs to which you patientlylistened without seeming bored, you were good enough to suggest that Imight write a book about myself, > read more

The Black Creek Stopping-House by Nellie McClung

Published on 2011-07-03 02:00:01

_To the Pioneer Women of the West, who made life tolerable, and evencomfortable, for the others of us; who fed the hungry, advised theerring, nursed the sick, cheered the dying, comforted the sorrowing,and performed the last sad rites for the dead;Th > read more

A Fair Barbarian by Francis Hodgson Burnett

Published on 2011-07-02 02:00:02

It may as well be explained, however, at the outset, that it would nottake much of a sensation to give Slowbridge a great shock. In the firstplace, Slowbridge was not used to sensations, and was used to going onthe even and respectable tenor of its w > read more

The Lost Ambassador by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Published on 2011-07-01 02:00:03

BOSTON LITTLE,BROWN, AND COMPANY1910CONTENTSCHAPTER I. A RENCONTRE II. A CAFE IN PARIS III. DELORA IV. DANGEROUS PLAY V. SATISFACTION VI. AN INFORMAL TRIBUNAL VII. A DOUBLE ASSIGNATION VIII. LOUIS INSISTS IX. A TRAVELLING ACQUAINTANCE > read more

The Shagganappi by E. Pauline Johnson

Published on 2011-06-30 02:00:02

How well I remember my first meeting with Tekahionwake, the Indian girl!I see her yet as she stood in all ways the ideal type of her race, litheand active, with clean-cut aquiline features, olive-red complexion andlong dark hair; but developed by her > read more

The Battle of Life by Charles Dickens

Published on 2011-06-29 02:00:01

The Battle of Life by Charles DickensScanned and proofed by David Priceemail ccx074@coventry.ac.ukThe Battle of LifeCHAPTER I - Part The FirstOnce upon a time, it matters little when, and in stalwart England, it matters little where, a fierce battle > read more

Specimens of Greek Tragedy by Goldwin Smith

Published on 2011-06-28 02:00:02

Greek drama, forerunner of ours, had its origin in the festival ofDionysus, god of wine, which was celebrated with dance, song, andrecitative. The recitative, being in character, was improved into theDrama, the chief author of the improvement, tradit > read more

The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield by Edward Robins

Published on 2011-06-27 02:00:01

I. FROM TAVERN TO THEATRE II. AN ENTRE-ACTE III. A BELLE OF METTLE IV. MANAGERIAL WICKEDNESS V. A DEAD HERO VI. IN TRAGIC PATHS VII. NANCE AT HOME VIII. THE MIMIC WORLD IX. "GRIEF A LA MODE" X. THE BARTON BOOTHS XI. THE FADING OF A STAR > read more

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Published on 2011-06-25 02:00:02

3 May. Bistritz.--Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving atVienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train wasan hour late. Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpsewhich I got of it from the train and the little > read more

How to Teach by George Drayton Strayer and Naomi Norsworthy

Published on 2011-06-23 02:00:01

The art of teaching is based primarily upon the science of psychology.In this book the authors have sought to make clear the principles ofpsychology which are involved in teaching, and to show definitely theirapplication in the work of the classroom. > read more

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Published on 2011-06-22 02:00:03

Prepared by:Donald Lainsoncharlie@idirect.comOUR MUTUAL FRIENDCharles DickensCONTENTSBook the FirstTHE CUP AND THE LIP1. ON THE LOOK OUT2. THE MAN FROM SOMEWHERE3. ANOTHER MAN4. THE R. WILFER FAMILY5. BOFFIN'S BOWER6. CUT ADRIFT7. MR WEGG LOOKS AFTER > read more

The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat by George A. Warren

Published on 2011-06-20 02:00:01

It is with the greatest pleasure that I present you with the third volumeof the "Banner Boy Scouts Series." This is a complete story in itself;and yet most of the leading characters you, who have already read thefirst and second volumes, will easily > read more

The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. II. by William Wordsworth

Published on 2011-06-19 02:00:01

MY DEAR FRIEND--The Tale of 'Peter Bell', which I now introduce to your notice, and to that of the Public, has, in its Manuscript state, nearly survived its _minority_:--for it first saw the light in the summer of 1798. During this long interval, pai > read more

The World Set Free by H.G. Wells [Herbert George Wells]

Published on 2011-06-16 02:00:02

WE AREALL THINGS THATMAKE AND PASS,STRIVING UPON AHIDDEN MISSION,OUT TO THEOPEN SEA.THE WORLD SET FREEH.G. WELLSTOFREDERICK SODDY'S'INTERPRETATION OF RADIUM'THIS STORY, WHICH OWES LONG PASSAGESTO THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER OFTHAT BOOK, ACKNOWLEDGESAND INSC > read more

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau

Published on 2011-06-15 02:00:01

_italic_^small caps^A paragraph with a margin of two spaces represents a quotation,represented in the text by a smaller type.A series of lines indented three or more spaces represent poetry:spaces, end of lines and empty lines should be preserved.--- > read more

Ladies Must Live by Alice Duer Miller

Published on 2011-06-14 02:00:02

Mrs. Ussher was having a small house party in the country over New Year'sDay. This is equivalent to saying that the half dozen most fashionablepeople in New York were out of town.Certain human beings are admitted to have a genius for discrimination i > read more

Plato's Republic

Published on 2011-06-13 02:00:01

THE Republic of Plato is the longest of his works with the exceptionof the Laws, and is certainly the greatest of them. There are nearerapproaches to modern metaphysics in the Philebus and in the Sophist;the Politicus or Statesman is more ideal; the > read more

Essays and Tales by Joseph Addison

Published on 2011-06-12 02:00:02

IntroductionPublic CreditHousehold SuperstitionsOpera LionsWomen and WivesThe Italian OperaLampoonsTrue and False HumourSa Ga Yean Qua Rash Tow's Impressions of LondonThe Vision of MarratonSix Papers on WitFriendshipChevy-Chase (Two Papers)A Dream of > read more

Theodore Roosevelt; An Intimate Biography, by William Roscoe Thayer

Published on 2011-06-10 02:00:02

In finishing the correction of the last proofs of this sketch, Iperceive that some of those who read it may suppose that Iplanned to write a deliberate eulogy of Theodore Roosevelt. Thisis not true. I knew him for forty years, but I never followed hi > read more

Wild Animals I Have Known by Ernest Thompson Seton

Published on 2011-06-09 02:00:01

Books by Ernest Thompson SetonBiography of a GrizzlyLives of the HuntedWild Animals at HomeWild Animal WaysStories in This BookLobo, the King of Currumpaw Silverspot, the Story of a CrowRaggylug, the Story of a Cottontail Rabbit Bingo, the Story of > read more

Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz by H. Irving Hancock

Published on 2011-06-08 02:00:01

CHAPTERS I. Ready for Fight or Frolic II. At the Mercy of a Bully III. The Junior Worm Turns IV. The Ward-Room Hears Real News V. Watching and Waiting--Behind the Guns VI. First to Invade Mexico VII. Dave Darrin to the Rescue VIII. Disobedience > read more

Penny Plain by Anna Buchan (writing as O. Douglas)

Published on 2011-06-07 02:00:01

"The actors are at hand, And by their show You shall know all that you are like to know." _Midsummer Night's Dream_.It was tea-time in Priorsford: four-thirty by the clock on a chillOctober afternoon.The hills circling the little town were shroud > read more

Balzac by Frederick Lawton

Published on 2011-06-06 02:00:02

Excusing himself for not undertaking to write a life of Balzac,Monsieur Brunetiere, in his study of the novelist publishedshortly before his death, refused somewhat disdainfully to admitthat acquaintance with a celebrated man's biography hasnecessari > read more

The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) by Theophilus Cibber

Published on 2011-06-05 02:00:01

Motteux Manley Mrs. Needler Hughes Prior Centlivre Mrs. Brady Stepney Pack Dawes Arch. York Congreve Vanbrugh Steele Marvel Thomas Mrs. Fenton Booth Sewel Hammond Eusden Eachard Oldmixon Welsted Smyth More Dennis Granville L. Lansdowne Gay Philip D. > read more

The Lady of Big Shanty by Frank Berkeley Smith

Published on 2011-06-04 02:00:02

This story, written by a man who has passed many years of his life inthe Adirondack woods, strikes a note not often sounded--the power ofthe primeval over the human mind.Once abandoned in the wilderness, wholly dependent upon what canbe wrested from > read more

George Eliot; A Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by George Willis Cooke

Published on 2011-06-03 02:00:01

The publication of a new edition of this work permits me to say that theessay on "The Lady Novelists," quoted in the seventh chapter, was writtenby George Henry Lewes. Its opinions, however, are substantially those ofGeorge Eliot, and they will be fo > read more

The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher

Published on 2011-06-02 02:00:02

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE,C.F. CLAY, MANAGER.London: FETTER LANE, E.C.Glasgow: 50, WELLINGTON STREET.Leipzig: F.A. BROCKHAUS.New York: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.Bombay and Calcutta: MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD.[_All Rights reserved._]NOTE:The text > read more

The Visioning by Susan Glaspell

Published on 2011-06-01 02:00:01

Miss Katherine Wayneworth Jones was bunkered. Having been bunkered manytimes in the past, and knowing that she would be bunkered upon manyoccasions in the future, Miss Jones was not disposed to take a tragicview of the situation. The little white bal > read more

Backlog Studies by Charles Dudley Warner

Published on 2011-05-31 02:00:02

The fire on the hearth has almost gone out in New England; the hearthhas gone out; the family has lost its center; age ceases to berespected; sex is only distinguished by a difference betweenmillinery bills and tailors' bills; there is no more toast- > read more

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Published on 2011-05-30 02:00:02

AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED TOTHE HON. Mr. AND Mrs. RICHARD WATSON,OF ROCKINGHAM, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.CONTENTSI. I Am BornII. I ObserveIII. I Have a ChangeIV. I Fall into DisgraceV. I Am Sent AwayVI. I Enlarge My Circle of AcquaintanceVII. My ' > read more

Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II by Charlotte Mary Yonge

Published on 2011-05-29 02:00:02

The "Cameos" here put together are intended as a book for young peoplejust beyond the elementary histories of England, and able to enter insome degree into the real spirit of events, and to be struck withcharacters and scenes presented in some relief > read more

The Flaming Forest by James Oliver Curwood

Published on 2011-05-28 02:00:02

editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the USunless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we usually do notkeep etexts in compliance with any particular paper edition.The "legal small print" and other information about this bookmay > read more

The Parent's Assistant by Maria Edgeworth

Published on 2011-05-27 02:00:01

Our great lexicographer, in his celebrated eulogium on Dr. Watts, thusspeaks in commendation of those productions which he so successfullypenned for the pleasure and instruction of the juvenile portion of thecommunity."For children," says Dr. Johnson > read more

Ballad Book by Katherine Lee Bates (ed.)

Published on 2011-05-26 02:00:02

"The plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago." --WILLIAM WORDSWORTHPREFACEProbably no teacher of English literature in our schools or collegeswould gainsay the statement that the chief aim of such instruction i > read more

The Yellow Streak by Williams, Valentine

Published on 2011-05-25 02:00:01

Of all the luxuries of which Hartley Parrish's sudden rise to wealthgave him possession, Bude, his butler, was the acquisition in which hetook the greatest delight and pride. Bude was a large and comfortable-looking person, triple-chinned like an arc > read more

Among My Books by James Russell Lowell

Published on 2011-05-24 02:00:02

Love comes and goes with music in his feet, And tunes young pulses to his roundelays; Love brings thee this: will it persuade thee, Sweet, That he turns proser when he comes and stays? * * * * *CONTENTS.DRYDENWITCHCRAFTSHAKESPEARE ON > read more

The Flirt by Booth Tarkington

Published on 2011-05-23 02:00:02

Valentine Corliss walked up Corliss Street the hottest afternoonof that hot August, a year ago, wearing a suit of white sergewhich attracted a little attention from those observers who wereable to observe anything except the heat. The coat was shaped > read more

The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James

Published on 2011-05-22 10:48:11

The story had held us, round the fire, sufficiently breathless,but except the obvious remark that it was gruesome, as, on ChristmasEve in an old house, a strange tale should essentially be,I remember no comment uttered till somebody happened to say t > read more

The History of a Mouthful of Bread by Jean Mace

Published on 2011-05-22 02:00:02

The volume of which the following pages are a translation, has beenadopted by the _University Commission at Paris_ among their prizebooks, and has reached an eighth edition. Perhaps these facts speaksufficiently in its favor; but as translator, and t > read more

The Iron Rule by T.S. Arthur

Published on 2011-05-21 02:00:01

editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the USunless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we usually do notkeep etexts in compliance with any particular paper edition.The "legal small print" and other information about this bookmay > read more

The Jute Industry: From Seed to Finished Cloth by T. Woodhouse and P. Kilgour

Published on 2011-05-20 02:00:02

FORMERLY MANAGER MESSRS. WALTON & CO., LINEN MANUFACTURERS, BLEACHERS AND FINISHERS, KNARESBOROUGH. AUTHOR OF "THE FINISHING OF JUTE AND LINEN FABRICS," "HEALDS AND REEDS FOR WEAVING: SETTS AND PORTERS," JOINT AUTHOR OF "JUTE AND LINEN WEAVING > read more

Miss Billy Married by Eleanor H. Porter

Published on 2011-05-19 02:00:01

Scanned by Charles Keller withOmniPage Professional OCR softwaredonated by Caere Corporation, 1-800-535-7226.Contact Mike Lough MISS BILLY--MARRIEDBYELEANOR H. PORTERAUTHOR OFPOLLYANNA, Etc.TOMy Cousin MaudCONTENTSCHAPTER I. SOME > read more

Hopes and Fears for Art by William Morris

Published on 2011-05-18 02:00:02

The Lesser ArtsThe Art of the PeopleThe Beauty of LifeMaking the Best of ItThe Prospects of Architecture in CivilisationTHE LESSER ARTS {1}Hereafter I hope in another lecture to have the pleasure of layingbefore you an historical survey of the lesser > read more

Romantic Ballads Translated from the Danish and Miscellaneous Pieces by George Borrow

Published on 2011-05-17 02:00:02

PrefaceLines from Allan Cunningham to George BorrowThe Death-raven. From the Danish of OehlenslaegerFridleif and Helga. From the Danish of OehlenslaegerSir Middel. From the Old DanishElvir-shades. From the Danish of OehlenslaegerThe Heddybee-spectre. > read more

Mohammed Ali and His House by Luise von Muhlbach

Published on 2011-05-16 02:00:02

CHAPTER I. The Sea II. Mother and Son III. Boyish Dreams IV. Premonition of Death V. The Story-teller VI. The Mamelukes VII. Dreams of the FutureVIII. The Friends IX. A Soul in the Agonies of Death X. Cousrouf Pacha XI. The RevoltBOOK II PARADIS > read more

You Never Can Tell by [George] Bernard Shaw

Published on 2011-05-15 02:00:01

In a dentist's operating room on a fine August morning in 1896. Notthe usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnishedlodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylin > read more

The Tragedie of Richard the Third by William Shakespeare

Published on 2011-05-14 02:00:05

Scanner's Notes: What this is and isn't. This was taken froma copy of Shakespeare's first folio and it is as close as I cancome in ASCII to the printed text.The elongated S's have been changed to small s's and theconjoined ae have been changed to ae. > read more

The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories by Rudyard Kipling

Published on 2011-05-12 02:00:02

The Phantom 'RickshawMy Own True Ghost StoryThe Strange Ride of Morrowbie JukesThe Man Who Would Be King"The Finest Story in The World" * * * * *THE PHANTOM 'RICKSHAW May no ill dreams disturb my rest, Nor Powers of Darkness me molest. > read more

American Institutions and Their Influence by Alexis de Tocqueville et al

Published on 2011-05-11 02:00:02

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851,BY A.S. BARNES & CO.,In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for theSouthern District of New York.ADVERTISEMENT.The American publishers of M. De Tocqueville's "Democr > read more

The Outlet by Andy Adams

Published on 2011-05-10 02:00:02

At the close of the civil war the need for a market for thesurplus cattle of Texas was as urgent as it was general. Therehad been numerous experiments in seeking an outlet, and there isauthority for the statement that in 1857 Texas cattle were driven > read more

The Jewish Manual by Judith Cohen Montefiore

Published on 2011-05-09 02:00:02

Among the numerous works on Culinary Science already in circulation,there have been none which afford the slightest insight to the Cookeryof the Hebrew kitchen.Replete as many of these are with information on various importantpoints, they are complet > read more

Ursula by Honore de Balzac (transl. Katharine Prescott Wormeley)

Published on 2011-05-08 02:00:02

It is a true pleasure, my dear niece, to dedicate to you thisbook, the subject and details of which have won theapprobation, so difficult to win, of a young girl to whom theworld is still unknown, and who has compromised with none ofthe lofty princip > read more

Concerning Animals and Other Matters by E.H. Aitken, (AKA Edward Hamilton)

Published on 2011-05-07 02:00:01

I FEET AND HANDS II BILLS OF BIRDS III TAILS IV NOSES V EARS VI TOMMY VII THE BARN OWL VIII DOMESTIC ANIMALS IX SNAKES X THE INDIAN SNAKE-CHARMER XI CURES FOR SNAKE-BITE XII THE COBRA BUNGALOW XIII THE PANTHER I DID NOT SHOOT XIV > read more

Sir Walter Raleigh and his Time from by Charles Kingsley

Published on 2011-05-06 02:00:02

This etext was produced from the 1890 Macmillan and Co. "Plays andPuritans and Other Historical Essays" edition by David Price, emailccx074@coventry.ac.ukSIR WALTER RALEIGH AND HIS TIME {1}by Charles Kingsley'Truth is stranger than fiction.' A trite > read more

The Deluge by DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS

Published on 2011-05-05 02:00:01

I MR. BLACKLOCK II IN THOSE DAYS AROSE KINGS III CAME A WOMAN IV A CANDIDATE FOR "RESPECTABILITY" V DANGER SIGNALS VI OF "GENTLEMEN" VII BLACKLOCK GOES INTO TRAINING VIII ON THE TRAIL OF LANGDON IX LANGDON AT HOME X TWO "PILLARS OF SOCIETY" > read more

Martin Eden by Jack London

Published on 2011-05-04 02:00:05

all of which are in the Public Domain in the United States, unless acopyright notice is included. Therefore, we do NOT keep these booksin compliance with any particular paper edition, usually otherwise.Martin EdenCHAPTER IThe one opened the door with > read more

The Mayor of Casterbridge, by Thomas Hardy

Published on 2011-05-03 02:00:01

One evening of late summer, before the nineteenth centuryhad reached one-third of its span, a young man and woman,the latter carrying a child, were approaching the largevillage of Weydon-Priors, in Upper Wessex, on foot. Theywere plainly but not ill > read more

The Friendly Road; New Adventures in Contentment by David Grayson

Published on 2011-05-02 02:00:02

DAVID GRAYSON (pseud of Ray Stannard Baker)Author of"Adventure in Contentment,""Adventures in Friendship"Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty"Surely it is good to be alive at a time like this."THE FRIENDLY ROADCopyright, 1913, by DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPA > read more

Captain John Smith by Charles Dudley Warner

Published on 2011-05-01 02:00:01

When I consented to prepare this volume for a series, which shoulddeal with the notables of American history with some familiarity anddisregard of historic gravity, I did not anticipate the seriousnessof the task. But investigation of the subject sho > read more

My Days of Adventure by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly

Published on 2011-04-30 02:00:01

Produced by Tonya Allen, Charles Bidwell, Tom Allen, and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team from images generously made availableby the Bibliothque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)at http://gallica.bnf.fr. MY DAYS OF ADVENTURE THE FALL OF FRA > read more

Three Times and Out by Nellie L. McClung

Published on 2011-04-29 02:00:01

Thanks to A Celebration of Women Writershttp://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/for providing the source text.THREE TIMES AND OUTTOLD BYPRIVATE SIMMONSWRITTEN BYNELLIE L. MCCLUNGAuthor of SOWING SEEDS IN DANNY, IN TIMES LIKE THESE,and THE NEXT OF KINW > read more

Autobiography of Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope

Published on 2011-04-28 02:00:02

It may be well that I should put a short preface to this book. Inthe summer of 1878 my father told me that he had written a memoirof his own life. He did not speak about it at length, but saidthat he had written me a letter, not to be opened until af > read more

Sandra Belloni by George Meredith, complete by George Meredith

Published on 2011-04-27 02:00:01

BOOK 1I. THE POLES PRELUDEII. THE EXPEDITION BY MOONLIGHTIII. WILFRID'S DIPLOMACYIV. EMILIA'S FIRST TRIAL IN PUBLICV. EMILIA PLAYS ON THE CORNETVI. EMILIA SUPPLIES THE KEY TO HERSELF AND CONTINUES HER PERFORMANCE ON THE CORNETVII > read more

Masters of Space by Walter Kellogg Towers

Published on 2011-04-26 02:00:03

MORSE _and the Telegraph_ THOMPSON _and the Cable_ BELL _and the Telephone_ MARCONI _and the Wireless Telegraph_ CARTY _and the Wireless Telephone_BY WALTER KELLOGG TOWERSILLUSTRATED1917 TO MY CO-LABORER AND COMPANION BERENICE LAURA TOWERS WHOSE ENCO > read more

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Published on 2011-04-25 02:00:02

the works of Edgar Allan Poe. The Windows (ISO-8891 or Latin-1)character set is used. Save the file as a "DOS" file to convert toDOS extended character set. A few characters will be missed in thecoded text in the "Gold Bug". Italics have been preserv > read more

The Cleveland Era by Henry Jones Ford

Published on 2011-04-24 02:00:01

NEW HAVEN: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESSTORONTO: GLASGOW, BROOK & CO.LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORDOXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS1919Volume 44 in the Chronicles of America Series. Abraham LincolnEdition.CONTENTSI. A TRANSITION PERIODII. POLITICAL GROPING AND PARTY FL > read more

Observations by Mr. Dooley by Finley Peter Dunne

Published on 2011-04-23 02:00:01

Release Date: December, 2003 [EBook #4729][Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule][This file was first posted on March 7, 2002]Edition: 10Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ASCII******************************************************** > read more

The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by James Lowell

Published on 2011-04-22 02:00:02

[Transcriber's Note: The text contains non-English words usingdiacritical marks not contained in the standard ASCII character set.Characters accented by those marks, and the corresponding textrepresentations are as follows (where x represents the cha > read more

Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche

Published on 2011-04-21 02:00:02

The following is a reprint of the Helen Zimmern translation fromGerman into English of "Beyond Good and Evil," as published inThe Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (1909-1913). Someadaptations from the original text were made to format it intoan > read more

Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Published on 2011-04-20 02:00:02

The Woman's Institute Library of Cookery consists of five volumes thatcover the various phases of the subject of cookery as it is carried onin the home. These books contain the same text as the Instruction Papersof the Institute's Course in Cookery a > read more

The World's Desire by Andrew Lang

Published on 2011-04-19 02:00:01

Etext prepared by John Bickers, jbickers@ihug.co.nzDagny, dagnyj@hotmail.comand Emma Dudding, emma_302@hotmail.comThe World's Desireby H. Rider Haggard and Andrew LangToW. B. RICHMOND, A.R.A.PREFACE The period in which the story of /The World's Desir > read more

The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Entire by George Meredith

Published on 2011-04-18 02:00:03

BOOK 1.I. I AM A SUBJECT OF CONTENTIONII. AN ADVENTURE ON MY OWN ACCOUNTIII. DIPWELL FARMIV. I HAVE A TASTE OF GRANDEURV. I HAVE A DEAR FRIENDVI. A TALE OF A GOOSEBOOK 2.VII. A FREE LIFE ON THE ROADVIII. JANET ILCHESTERIX. AN > read more

Lying Prophets by Eden Phillpotts

Published on 2011-04-17 02:00:02

"'Tis like this: your man did take plain Nature for God, an' he did talkfulishness 'bout finding Him in the scent o' flowers, the hum o' bees an'sichlike. Mayhap Nature's a gude working God for a selfish man but she ed'nwan for a maid, as you knaws b > read more

Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster

Published on 2011-04-16 02:00:01

The first Wednesday in every month was a Perfectly Awful Day--a dayto be awaited with dread, endured with courage and forgotten with haste. Every floor must be spotless, every chair dustless, and every bedwithout a wrinkle. Ninety-seven squirming lit > read more

The Red Lily, complete by Anatole France

Published on 2011-04-15 02:00:01

[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of thefile for those who may wish to sample the author's ideas before making anentire meal of them. D.W.]THE RED LILYBy ANATOLE FRANCEThe real name of the subject of this preface is J > read more

Demos by George Gissing

Published on 2011-04-14 02:00:03

Stanbury Hill, remote but two hours' walk from a region blasted withmine and factory and furnace, shelters with its western slope a fairgreen valley, a land of meadows and orchard, untouched by poisonousbreath. At its foot lies the village of Wanley. > read more

The Ebb-Tide by Robert Louis Stevenson in collaboration with Lloyde Osbourne

Published on 2011-04-13 02:00:01

Throughout the island world of the Pacific, scattered men ofmany European races and from almost every grade of societycarry activity and disseminate disease. Some prosper, somevegetate. Some have mounted the steps of thrones and ownedislands and navi > read more

An Inland Voyage by Robert Louis Stevenson

Published on 2011-04-12 02:00:02

Contents: Preface Antwerp to Boom On the Willebroek Canal The Royal Sport Nautique At Maubeuge On the Sambre Canalised: to Quartes Pont-sur-Sambre: We are Pedlars The Travelling Merchant On the Sambre Canalised: to Landrecies At Landreci > read more

Nomads Of The North by James Oliver Curwood

Published on 2011-04-11 02:00:01

editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the USunless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we usually do notkeep etexts in compliance with any particular paper edition.The "legal small print" and other information about this bookmay > read more

Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Vol 1 (of 2) by Thomas Mitchell

Published on 2011-04-10 02:00:01

The following Journals were written at the close of many a laborious day,when the energies both of mind and body were almost exhausted bylong-continued toil. The author trusts that this circumstance willaccount for, and palliate, some of the defects > read more

Droll Stories, Complete by Honore de Balzac

Published on 2011-04-09 02:00:02

When, in March, 1832, the first volume of the now famous _ContesDrolatiques_ was published by Gosselin of Paris, Balzac, in a shortpreface, written in the publisher's name, replied to those attackswhich he anticipated certain critics would make upon > read more

Thankful's Inheritance by Joseph C. Lincoln

Published on 2011-04-08 02:00:02

The road from Wellmouth Centre to East Wellmouth is not a good one;even in dry weather and daylight it is not that. For the first twomiles it winds and twists its sandy way over bare hills, withcranberry swamps and marshy ponds in the hollows between > read more

The Centralia Conspiracy by Ralph Chaplin

Published on 2011-04-07 02:00:02

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of flame; every prison a more illustrious abode; every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side. Th > read more

The Symposium by Xenophon

Published on 2011-04-06 02:00:02

Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was apupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans,and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave him landand property in Scillus, where he lived for manyyears before having to move once more, to settlein Corinth > read more

Fanny and the Servant Problem by Jerome K. Jerome

Published on 2011-04-05 02:00:02

FannyHer Husband, Vernon Wetherell, Lord BantockHer Butler, Martin BennetHer Housekeeper, Susannah BennetHer Maid, Jane BennetHer Second Footman, Ernest BennetHer Still-room Maid, Honoria BennetHer Aunts by marriage, the Misses WetherellHer Local Med > read more

Utopia of Usurers and other Essays by G. K. Chesterton

Published on 2011-04-04 02:00:01

Utopia of Usurers I. Art and Advertisement II. Letters and the New Laureates III. Unbusinesslike Business IV. The War on Holidays V. The Church of the Servile State VI. Science and the Eugenists VII. The Evolution of the Prison VIII. The Lash for Lab > read more

Maggie Miller by Mary J. Holmes

Published on 2011-04-03 02:00:01

'Mid the New England hills, and beneath the shadow of their dim oldwoods, is a running brook whose deep waters were not always as merryand frolicsome as now; for years before our story opens, pent up andimpeded in their course, they dashed angrily ag > read more

Government and Administration of the United States by Westel W. Willoughby and William F. Willoughby

Published on 2011-04-02 02:00:01

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY STUDIESINHISTORICAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCEHERBERT B. ADAMS, EditorHistory is past Politics and Politics present History--_Freeman_NINTH SERIESI-IIGOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATIONOF THEUNITED STATESBYWESTEL W. WILLOUGHBY, A.B._Fel > read more

The Poems of Goethe

Published on 2011-04-01 02:00:02

THE reluctance which must naturally be felt by any one inventuring to give to the world a book such as the present, wherethe beauties of the great original must inevitably be diminished,if not destroyed, in the process of passing through thetranslato > read more

The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope

Published on 2011-03-31 02:00:01

1 The Rassendylls--With a Word on the Elphbergs 2 Concerning the Colour of Men's Hair 3 A Merry Evening with a Distant Relative 4 The King Keeps his Appointment 5 The Adventures of an Understudy 6 The Secret of a Cellar 7 His Majesty Sleeps in Strels > read more

The Gilded Age by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner

Published on 2011-03-30 02:00:02

This book was not written for private circulation among friends; it wasnot written to cheer and instruct a diseased relative of the author's;it was not thrown off during intervals of wearing labor to amuse an idlehour. It was not written for any of t > read more

People of the Whirlpool by Mabel Osgood Wright

Published on 2011-03-29 02:00:05

_February 2_. Candlemas and mild, gray weather. If the woodchuck stirsup his banked life-fire and ventures forth, he will not see his shadow,and must straightway arrange with winter for a rebate in our favour.To-day, however, it seems like the very d > read more

Our Hundred Days in Europe by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Published on 2011-03-28 02:00:04

After an interval of more than fifty years, I propose taking a secondlook at some parts of Europe. It is a Rip Van Winkle experiment which Iam promising myself. The changes wrought by half a century in thecountries I visited amount almost to a transf > read more

A Group of Noble Dames by Thomas Hardy

Published on 2011-03-27 02:00:02

PrefacePart I--Before Dinner The First Countess of Wessex Barbara of the House of Grebe The Marchioness of Stonehenge Lady MottisfontPart II--After Dinner The Lady Icenway Squire Petrick's Lady Anna, Lady Baxby The Lady Penelope The Duchess > read more

Heretics

Published on 2011-03-26 02:00:04

Heretics was copyrighted in 1905 by the John Lane Company.This electronic text is derived from the twelth (1919) editionpublished by the John Lane Company of New York City and printedby the Plimpton Press of Norwood, Massachusetts. The text carefully > read more

Paul and Virginia by Bernardin de Saint Pierre

Published on 2011-03-25 02:00:05

In introducing to the Public the present edition of this well knownand affecting Tale,--the /chef d'oeuvre/ of its gifted author, thePublishers take occasion to say, that it affords them no littlegratification, to apprise the numerous admirers of "Pa > read more

Wholesale Price List of Newspapers and Periodicals by D. D. Cottrell's Subscription Agency

Published on 2011-03-24 02:00:07

This was a catalog from a magazine subscription agency MANYYEARS AGO. It is presented in order to show a cross section ofthe periodicals for the general public, and some professionaljournals, published in the USA at that time, and the kinds ofsubscri > read more

The Lay of the Cid by R. Selden Rose and Leonard Bacon

Published on 2011-03-23 02:00:02

Synopsis: The national epic of Spain, written in the twelfthcentury about Rodrigo Diaz of Bivar, conqueror of Valencia, whoonly died in 1099 but had already become a legend. Rendered intovigorous English rhymed couplets of seven iambic feet in 1919.* > read more

Fate Knocks at the Door by Will Levington Comfort

Published on 2011-03-22 02:00:03

In speaking of the first four notes of the opening movement, Beethovensaid, some time after he had finished the Fifth Symphony: "So pocht dasShicksal an die Pforte" ("Thus Fate Knocks at the Door"); and betweenthat opening knock, and the tremendous r > read more

England, My England by D.H. Lawrence

Published on 2011-03-21 02:00:04

He was working on the edge of the common, beyond the small brook that ranin the dip at the bottom of the garden, carrying the garden path incontinuation from the plank bridge on to the common. He had cut the roughturf and bracken, leaving the grey, d > read more

Essays Before a Sonata by Charles Ives

Published on 2011-03-20 02:00:04

BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHINTRODUCTORY FOOTNOTE BY CHARLES IVESINTRODUCTIONI--PROLOGUEII--EMERSONIII--HAWTHORNEIV--"THE ALCOTS"V--THOREAUVI--EPILOGUEINFORMATION ABOUT THIS E-TEXT EDITION**********************************************************BRIEF B > read more

Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais

Published on 2011-03-19 02:00:03

The text of the first Two Books of Rabelais has been reprinted from thefirst edition (1653) of Urquhart's translation. Footnotes initialled 'M.'are drawn from the Maitland Club edition (1838); other footnotes are by thetranslator. Urquhart's translat > read more

The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth by H.G. Wells

Published on 2011-03-18 02:00:03

In the middle years of the nineteenth century there first becameabundant in this strange world of ours a class of men, men tending forthe most part to become elderly, who are called, and who are veryproperly called, but who dislike extremely to be ca > read more

The Social Cancer by Jose Rizal

Published on 2011-03-17 02:00:01

"We travel rapidly in these historical sketches. The reader flies inhis express train in a few minutes through a couple of centuries. Thecenturies pass more slowly to those to whom the years are doled outday by day. Institutions grow and beneficently > read more

The Mystery of Monastery Farm by H. R. Naylor

Published on 2011-03-16 02:00:01

On the eleventh day of April, 18--, the officers of the Bank of Englandwere greatly excited on receiving notice of a special meeting called forthat night at ten o'clock, an unusual hour, and indicating, surely,something of great importance. Promptly > read more

The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

Published on 2011-03-15 02:00:02

TO JOHN WILSON CROKER ESQ.,LL.D., F.R.S.,SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY;WHO, BY THE OFFICIAL SITUATION WHICH HE SO ABLY FILLS,IS QUALIFIED TO APPRECIATE ITS HISTORICAL ACCURACY;AND WHO,AS A MEMBER OF THE REPUBLIC OF LETTERS,IS EQUALLY QUALIFIED TO DECIDE > read more

The Covered Wagon by Emerson Hough

Published on 2011-03-14 02:00:03

Molly Wingate, middle-aged, portly, dark browed and strong, stood at thedoor of the rude tent which for the time made her home. She was pointingdown the road which lay like an ecru ribbon thrown down across theprairie grass, bordered beyond by the ti > read more

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare [Collins edition]

Published on 2011-03-13 03:00:02

THESEUS, Duke of Athens.EGEUS, Father to Hermia.LYSANDER, in love with Hermia.DEMETRIUS, in love with Hermia.PHILOSTRATE, Master of the Revels to Theseus.QUINCE, the Carpenter.SNUG, the Joiner.BOTTOM, the Weaver.FLUTE, the Bellows-mender.SNOUT, the T > read more

The Personal Life Of David Livingstone by William Garden Blaikie

Published on 2011-03-12 02:00:03

CHIEFLY FROM HIS UNPUBLISHEDJOURNALS AND CORRESPONDENCEIN THE POSSESSION OF HIS FAMILYBYW. GARDEN BLAIKIE, D.D., LLD._Author of "Heroes of Israel," etc._PREFACE.The purpose of this work is to make the world better acquainted with thecharacter of Livi > read more

The World's Greatest Books, Vol VII by Various

Published on 2011-03-11 02:00:02

PEACOCK, THOMAS LOVE Headlong Hall Nightmare AbbeyPORTER, JANE Scottish ChiefsPUSHKIN The Captain's DaughterRABELAIS Gargantua and PantagruelREADE, CHARLES Hard Cash Never Too Late to Mend The Cloister and the HearthRICHARDSON, SAMUEL Pamela Clarissa > read more

The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honore de Balzac

Published on 2011-03-10 02:00:04

Etext prepared by John Bickers, jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nzDagny, dagnyj@hotmail.comand Bonnie SalaTHE LESSER BOURGEOISIE(The Middle Classes)by HONORE DE BALZACTranslated ByKatharine Prescott WormeleyDEDICATION To Constance-Victoire. Here, madame, > read more

The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton

Published on 2011-03-09 02:00:04

Geology is a science of such rapid growth that no apology isexpected when from time to time a new text-book is added to thosealready in the field. The present work, however, is the outcome ofthe need of a text-book of very simple outline, in which ca > read more

The Arabian Nights Entertainments, by Andrew Lang

Published on 2011-03-08 02:00:04

The stories in the Fairy Books have generally been such as oldwomen in country places tell to their grandchildren. Nobody knowshow old they are, or who told them first. The children of Ham,Shem and Japhet may have listened to them in the Ark, on wet > read more

Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans by Edward Eggleston

Published on 2011-03-07 02:00:02

AUTHOR OF "TRUE STORIES OF AMERICAN LIFE AND ADVENTURE""A FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY" AND "A HISTORYOF THE UNITED STATES AND ITS PEOPLE FORTHE USE OF SCHOOLS"1895PREFACE.The primary aim of this book is to furnish the little learner readingmatter > read more

The Fifth String by John Philip Sousa

Published on 2011-03-06 11:58:43

Scanned by Charles Keller withOmniPage Professional OCR softwaredonated by Caere Corporation, 1-800-535-7226.Contact Mike Lough The Fifth StringBy John Philip SousaIThe coming of Diotti to Americahad awakened more than usualinterest in the man and hi > read more

A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Jules Verne

Published on 2011-03-06 02:00:04

[Redactor's Note: The following version of Jules Verne's "Journeyinto the Interior of the Earth" was published by Ward, Lock, &Co.,Ltd., London, in 1877. This version is believed to be the mostfaithful rendition into English of this classic curre > read more

The Kentons by William Dean Howells

Published on 2011-03-05 02:00:01

[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks at the end of this filefor those who may wish to sample the author's ideas before makingan entire meal of them. D.W.]THE KENTONSBy William Dean HowellsI.The Kentons were not rich, but they were certainly rich > read more

Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. by John Knox Laughton

Published on 2011-03-04 02:00:04

How far the murderous attempt of Orsini, on January 14th, 1858, wasconnected with the political relations of France and Italy it is as yetimpossible to say. It was, and still is, very commonly believed that inhis youth Louis Napoleon had been affilia > read more

Poems, by Adam Lindsay Gordon

Published on 2011-03-03 02:00:03

[Note on text: Italicized stanzas will be indented 5 spaces.Italicized words or phrases will be capitalized.Lines longer than 75 characters have been broken according to metre,and the continuation is indented two spaces. Also,some obvious errors, aft > read more

Beautiful Joe by Marshall Saunders

Published on 2011-03-02 02:00:04

Beautiful Joe an AutobiographyBy Marshall SaundersWith an IntroductionBy Hezekiah ButterworthOf Youth's CompanionPhiladelphiaToGeorge Thorndike AngellPresident of the American Humane Education SocietyThe Massachusetts Society for the PreventionOf Cru > read more

The Saint's Tragedy by Charles Kingsley

Published on 2011-03-01 02:00:02

The writer of this play does not differ with his countrymengenerally, as to the nature and requirements of a Drama. He haslearnt from our Great Masters that it should exhibit human beingsengaged in some earnest struggle, certain outward aspects of wh > read more

Travels in the United States of America by William Priest

Published on 2011-02-28 02:00:04

An elegant writer observes that a preface may be dispensed with in anywork, if the author (either from his humility of justice) think that hisstyle be calculated only to put his readers to sleep. Though I do notthink the publication of the following > read more

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories by Count Leo Tolstoi

Published on 2011-02-27 02:00:03

Note: I have made the following changes to the text:PAGE LINE ORIGINAL CHANGED TO 8 10 wife wife. 47 8 is!" is!' 67 4 it she if she 75 22 antimated; animated; 78 6 larity, liarity, 84 19 distance distance. 1 > read more

The Bride of Dreams by Frederik van Eeden

Published on 2011-02-26 02:00:03

As one approaches my little city from the sea on a summer's day, onesees only the tall, round clump of trees on the ramparts and,overtopping it, the old bell-tower with its fantastically shaped andornamented stories and dome-top of deep cobalt blue. > read more

How To Tell Stories To Children And Some Stories To Tell by Sara Cone Bryant

Published on 2011-02-25 02:00:02

Scanned by Charles Keller for Tina withOmniPage Professional OCR softwaredonated by Caere Corporation, 1-800-535-7226.Contact Mike Lough SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR THESTORY-TELLERConcerning the fundamental points ofmethod in telling a story, I have little > read more

The Dust by David Graham Phillips

Published on 2011-02-24 02:00:04

Scanned by Charles Keller withOmniPage Professional OCR softwaredonated by Caere Corporation, 1-800-535-7226.Contact Mike Lough The Grain of DustA NOVEL by DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPSAUTHOR OFTHE FASHIONABLE ADVENTURES OFJOSHUA CRAIG, OLD WIVES FOR NEW,THE > read more

Openings in the Old Trail by by Bret Harte

Published on 2011-02-23 02:00:03

I. A MERCURY OF THE FOOT-HILLS II. COLONEL STARBOTTLE FOR THE PLAINTIFF III. THE LANDLORD OF THE BIG FLUME HOTEL IV. A BUCKEYE HOLLOW INHERITANCE V. THE REINCARNATION OF SMITH VI. LANTY FOSTER'S MISTAKE VII. AN ALI BABA OF THE SIERRASVIII. MISS PEGG > read more

The Hampstead Mystery by John R. Watson

Published on 2011-02-22 02:00:04

Detective-Inspector Chippenfield, of Scotland Yard, waited with thereceiver held to his ear. While he waited he scrutinised keenly a sheetof paper which lay on the desk in front of him. It was a flimsy,faintly-ruled sheet from a cheap writing-pad, bl > read more

Lighted to Lighten: The Hope of India by Alice B. Van Doren

Published on 2011-02-21 02:00:04

[Illustration: Regina ThumbooCollege, LucknowThe First M.A. from Isabella Thoburu]Lighted to LightenThe Hope of IndiaA Study of Conditionsamong Women in IndiaBy ALICE B. VAN DOREN1922FOREWORDThe Central Committee sends out this book on Indian girlhoo > read more

Belinda by A. A. Milne

Published on 2011-02-20 02:00:03

BELINDA TREMAYNE .......... _Irene Vanbrugh_. DELIA (her Daughter) ...... _Isabel Elsom_. HAROLD BAXTER ............. _Dion Boucicault_. CLAUDE DEVENISH ........... _Dennis Neilson-Terry_. JOHN TREMAYNE ............. _Ben Webster_. BETTY ....... > read more

A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang

Published on 2011-02-19 02:00:03

Norman Leslie of Pitcullo, whose narrative the reader has in hishands, refers more than once to his unfinished Latin Chronicle.That work, usually known as "The Book of Pluscarden," has beenedited by Mr. Felix Skene, in the series of "Historians of Sc > read more

Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw

Published on 2011-02-18 04:57:38

Mrs Warren's Profession has been performed at last, after a delayof only eight years; and I have once more shared with Ibsen thetriumphant amusement of startling all but the strongest-headed ofthe London theatre critics clean out of the practice of t > read more

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock

Published on 2011-02-18 04:57:07

I The Hostelry of Mr. SmithII The Speculations of Jefferson ThorpeIII The Marine Excursion of the Knights of PythiasIV The Ministrations of the Rev. Mr. DroneV The Whirlwind Campaign in MariposaVI The Beacon on the HillVII The Extraordinary Enta > read more

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum

Published on 2011-02-18 04:55:25

A Faithful Record of Their Amazing Adventures in an Underground World; and How with the Aid of Their Friends Zeb Hugson, Eureka the Kitten, and Jim the Cab-Horse, They Finally Reached the Wonderful Land of Ozby L. Frank Baum"Roya > read more

The Last of the Plainsmen by Zane Grey

Published on 2011-02-18 04:55:19

Buffalo Jones needs no introduction to American sportsmen, but tothese of my readers who are unacquainted with him a few words maynot be amiss.He was born sixty-two years ago on the Illinois prairie, and hehas devoted practically all of his life to t > read more

Penrod by Booth Tarkington

Published on 2011-02-18 04:55:12

CONTENTSCHAPTER I. A Boy and His DogII. RomanceIII. The CostumeIV. DesperationV. The Pageant of the Table RoundVI. EveningVII. Evils of DrinkVIII. SchoolIX. SoaringX. Uncle JohnXI. Fidelity of a Little DogXII. Miss Ren > read more

Published on 2011-02-18 04:52:49

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The Agony Column by Earl Derr Biggers

Published on 2011-02-18 04:42:19

London that historic summer was almost unbearably hot. It seems,looking back, as though the big baking city in those days was meantto serve as an anteroom of torture--an inadequate bit ofpreparation for the hell that was soon to break in the guise of > read more

Published on 2011-02-18 04:42:11

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The Top of the World by Ethel M. Dell

Published on 2011-02-18 02:00:03

When you have reached the top of the world And only the stars remain, Where there is never the sound of storm And neither cold nor rain, Will it be by wealth, success, or fame That you mounted to your goal? Nay, I mount only by faith and love And > read more

Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. by Lady Biddulph of Ledbury

Published on 2011-02-17 02:00:03

It is with great diffidence that I lay this memoir before the public; itis my first experience in such work, but my reasons for so doing appearto me unanswerable. It was to my care and judgment that my father, byhis will, committed his letters and jo > read more

Robert's Rules of Order by Henry M. Robert

Published on 2011-02-16 02:00:03

Pocket ManualofRules Of OrderForDeliberative Assemblies---Part I.Rules of Order.A Compendium of Parliamentary Law, based upon the rulesand practice of Congress.Part II.Organization and Conduct Of Business.A simple explanation of the methods of organi > read more

The Golden Sayings of Epictetus

Published on 2011-02-15 02:00:03

This Etext was prepared by:David P. Steelmandsteelma@eastern.eduThe Golden Sayings of EpictetusIAre these the only works of Providence in us? What wordssuffice to praise or set them forth? Had we but understanding,should we ever cease hymning and ble > read more

A Millionaire of Yesterday by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Published on 2011-02-14 02:00:04

"Filth," grunted Trent - "ugh! I tell you what it is, my venerablefriend - I have seen some dirty cabins in the west of Ireland andsome vile holes in East London. I've been in some places which Ican't think of even now without feeling sick. I'm not a > read more

The King's Cup-Bearer by Amy Catherine Walton

Published on 2011-02-13 02:00:03

The great Rab-shakeh, magnificently attired in all the brilliancy ofOriental costume, is walking towards the city gate. Above him stretchesthe deep blue sky of the East, about and around him stream the warm raysof the sun. It is the month of December > read more

The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

Published on 2011-02-12 02:00:07

I have wrought my simple plan If I give one hour of joy To the boy who's half a man, Or the man who's half a boy. The Lost World By SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE COPYRIGHT, 1912 Forewo > read more

Lying Prophets by Eden Phillpotts

Published on 2011-02-11 02:00:02

"'Tis like this: your man did take plain Nature for God, an' he did talkfulishness 'bout finding Him in the scent o' flowers, the hum o' bees an'sichlike. Mayhap Nature's a gude working God for a selfish man but she ed'nwan for a maid, as you knaws b > read more

A Little Tour In France by Henry James

Published on 2011-02-10 02:00:04

We good Americans - I say it without presumption- are too apt to think that France is Paris, just as weare accused of being too apt to think that Paris is thecelestial city. This is by no means the case, fortun-ately for those persons who take an int > read more

Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque

Published on 2011-02-09 02:00:02

Undine, thou image fair and blest, Since first thy strange mysterious glance, Shone on me from some old romance, How hast thou sung my heart to rest!How hast thou clung to me and smiled, And wouldest, whispering in my ear, Give vent to all thy miseri > read more

The Devil's Admiral by Frederick Ferdinand Moore

Published on 2011-02-08 02:00:04

I. Missionary and Red-Headed Beggar II. Red-Headed Beggar and Missionary III. The Spy and the Dead Boatswain IV. I Go Aboard the _Kut Sang_ V. The Dead Man in the Passage VI. The Red-Headed Man Makes an Accusation VII. I Turn Spy Myself VIII. Mr. > read more

The Rowley Poems by Thomas Chatterton

Published on 2011-02-07 02:00:02

Thomas Chatterton was born in Bristol on the 20th of November 1752.His father--also Thomas--dead three months before his son's birth, hadbeen a subchaunter in Bristol Cathedral and had held the mastershipin a local free school. We are told that he wa > read more

The Letters of the Younger Pliny The Letters of Pliny the Younger by Pliny the Younger

Published on 2011-02-06 02:00:07

THE WALTER SCOTT PUBLISHING CO., LTD,LONDON AND FELLING-ON-TYNE.NEW YORK: 3 EAST 14TH STREET.NOTE.--In the following translation the Teubner text, edited by Keil,has been followed.INTRODUCTION.Some slight memoir and critical estimate of the author of > read more

Grandfather's Chair by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Published on 2011-02-05 02:00:03

I. GRANDFATHER AND THE CHILDREN AND THE CHAIRII. THE PURITANS AND THE LADY ARBELLAIII. A RAINY DAYIV. TROUBLOUS TIMESV. THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ENGLANDVI. THE PINE-TREE SHILLINGSVII. THE QUAKERS AND THE INDIANSVIII. THE INDIAN BIBLEIX. ENGLAND AND NEW > read more

Sixes and Sevens by O Henry

Published on 2011-02-04 02:00:04

I THE LAST OF THE TROUBADOURSII THE SLEUTHSIII WITCHES' LOAVESIV THE PRIDE OF THE CITIESV HOLDING UP A TRAINVI ULYSSES AND THE DOGMANVII THE CHAMPION OF THE WEATHERVIII MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD KINIX AT ARMS WITH MORPHEUSX THE GHOST OF A CHANCEXI JIMMIE > read more

Dope by Sax Rohmer

Published on 2011-02-03 02:00:01

Monte Irvin, alderman of the city and prospective Lord Mayor ofLondon, paced restlessly from end to end of the well-appointed libraryof his house in Prince's Gate. Between his teeth he gripped the stumpof a burnt-out cigar. A tiny spaniel lay beside > read more

The Light That Failed by Rudyard Kipling

Published on 2011-02-02 02:00:03

So we settled it all when the storm was done As comf'y as comf'y could be; And I was to wait in the barn, my dears, Because I was only three; And Teddy would run to the rainbow's foot, Because he was five and a man; And that's how it all began, > read more

Love Me Little, Love Me Long by Charles Reade

Published on 2011-02-01 02:00:06

editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the USunless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we usually do notkeep etexts in compliance with any particular paper edition.The "legal small print" and other information about this bookmay > read more

EARLY EUROPEAN HISTORY by HUTTON WEBSTER

Published on 2011-01-31 02:00:03

"There is no part of history so generally useful as that which relates tothe progress of the human mind, the gradual improvement of reason, thesuccessive advances of science, the vicissitudes of learning andignorance, which are the light and darkness > read more

The Man from Snowy River by Andrew Barton `Banjo' Paterson

Published on 2011-01-30 02:00:03

[Note on text: Italicized stanzas will be indented 5 spaces.Italicized words or phrases will be capitalized.Lines longer than 75 characters have been broken according to metre,and the continuation is indented two spaces. Also,some obvious errors, aft > read more

George Washington by William Roscoe Thayer

Published on 2011-01-29 02:00:02

To obviate misunderstanding, it seems well to warn the reader thatthis book aims only at giving a sketch of George Washington's lifeand acts. I was interested to discover, if I could, the human residuewhich I felt sure must persist in Washington afte > read more

Jewel by Clara Louise Burnham

Published on 2011-01-28 02:00:05

Etext prepared by Dagny, dagnyj@hotmail.comEmma Dudding, emma_302@hotmail.comand John Bickers, jbickers@ihug.co.nzJewelby Clara Louise BurnhamJEWELA CHAPTER IN HER LIFEby CLARA LOUISE BURNHAMTOF. W. R.MY FIRST INSPIRATIONTHIS STORY ISOFFERED IN LOVIN > read more

Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work by Edith Van Dyne

Published on 2011-01-27 02:00:01

"Daddy," said Patricia Doyle at the breakfast table in her cosy New Yorkapartment, "here is something that will make you sit up and takenotice.""My dear Patsy," was the reply, "it's already sitting up I am, an'taking waffles. If anything at all would > read more

The Paths of Inland Commerce, A Chronicle of Trail, Road, by Archer B. Hulbert

Published on 2011-01-26 02:00:06

If the great American novel is ever written, I hazard the guessthat its plot will be woven around the theme of Americantransportation, for that has been the vital factor in thenational development of the United States. Every problem in thebuilding of > read more

The Story of My Life by Ellen Terry

Published on 2011-01-25 02:00:03

I. A CHILD OF THE STAGE, 1848-56 The Charles Keans, 1856 Training in Shakespeare, 1856-59II. ON THE ROAD, 1859-61 Life in a Stock Company, 1862-63 1864III. ROSSETTI, BERNHARDT, IRVING, 1865-67 My First Impressions of Henry IrvingIV > read more

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis

Published on 2011-01-24 02:00:05

The treatise "Of the Imitation of Christ" appears to have beenoriginally written in Latin early in the fifteenth century. Itsexact date and its authorship are still a matter of debate.Manuscripts of the Latin version survive in considerable numbersal > read more

Calvary Alley by Alice Hegan Rice

Published on 2011-01-23 02:00:01

THIS STORY IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED TO THE SMALL BAND OF KENTUCKYWRITERS WITH WHOM IT HAS BEEN MY HAPPY FORTUNE TO MAKE THE LITERARYPILGRIMAGECONTENTSCHAPTER I THE FIGHT II THE SNAWDORS AT HOME III THE CLARKES AT HOME IV JUVENILE COURT V ON > read more

Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Published on 2011-01-22 02:00:06

CHAPTER PAGE 1 Belgian and Arab 2 On the Road to Opar 3 The Call of the Jungle 4 Prophecy and Fulfillment 5 The Altar of the Flaming God 6 The Arab Raid 7 The Jewel-Room of Opar 8 The Escape from Opar 9 The Theft of the > read more

The Italians by Frances Elliot

Published on 2011-01-21 02:00:09

I. LUCCA II. THE CATHEDRAL OF LUCCA III. THE THREE WITCHES IV. THE MARCHESA GUINIGI V. ENRICA VI. MARCHESA GUINIGI AT HOME VII. COUNT MARESCOTTI VIII. THE CABINET COUNCIL IX. THE COUNTESS ORSETTI'S BALLPART II. I. CALUMNY II. CHURCH OF SAN > read more

Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Henry Theophilus Finck

Published on 2011-01-20 02:00:05

On page 654 of the present volume reference is made to a customprevalent in northern India of employing the family barber to selectthe boys and girls to be married, it being considered too trivial andhumiliating an act for the parents to attend to. I > read more

The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit by Hildegard G. Frey

Published on 2011-01-19 02:00:07

The long train, which for nearly an hour had been gliding smoothlyforward with a soothing, cradling motion of its heavy trucked Pullmans,and a crooning, lullaby sound of its droning wheels, came to a jarringstop at one of the mountain stations, and L > read more

Falk by Joseph Conrad

Published on 2011-01-18 02:00:05

Several of us, all more or less connected with thesea, were dining in a small river-hostelry not morethan thirty miles from London, and less than twentyfrom that shallow and dangerous puddle to whichour coasting men give the grandiose name of "Ger-ma > read more

Democracy An American Novel by Henry Adams

Published on 2011-01-17 02:00:02

First published anonymously, March 1880, and soon in variousunauthorized editions. It wasn't until the 1925 edition that Adamswas listed as author. Henry Adams remarked (ironically as usual),"The wholesale piracy of Democracy was the single real triu > read more

Miscellanies upon Various Subjects by John Aubrey

Published on 2011-01-16 02:00:05

LIFE of AubreyDedication to the First EditionDay-Fatality; or, Some Observations of Days Lucky and UnluckyDay-Fatality of RomeOf Fatalities of Families and PlacesOstenta; or, PortentsOmensDreamsApparitionsVoicesImpulsesKnockingsBlows invisibleProphes > read more

Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting by Harold P. Manly

Published on 2011-01-15 02:00:01

Together with Related Methods and Materials Used in Metal WorkingAndThe Oxygen Process for Removal of CarbonByHAROLD P. MANLYPREFACEIn the preparation of this work, the object has been to cover not only theseveral processes of welding, but also those > read more

Utopia by Thomas More

Published on 2011-01-14 02:00:04

Sir Thomas More, son of Sir John More, a justice of the King'sBench, was born in 1478, in Milk Street, in the city of London.After his earlier education at St. Anthony's School, inThreadneedle Street, he was placed, as a boy, in the household ofCardi > read more

The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin

Published on 2011-01-13 02:00:02

Primula veris or the cowslip.--Differences in structure between the two forms.--Their degrees of fertility when legitimately and illegitimately united.--P.elatior, vulgaris, Sinensis, auricula, etc.--Summary on the fertility of theheterostyled specie > read more

Legends of Vancouver by E. Pauline Johnson

Published on 2011-01-12 02:00:04

I have been asked to write a preface to these Legends of Vancouver,which, in conjunction with the members of the PublicationSub-committee--Mrs. Lefevre, Mr. L. W. Makovski and Mr. R. W.Douglas--I have helped to put through the press. But scarcely any > read more

The Pawns Count by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Published on 2011-01-11 02:00:02

The usual little crowd was waiting in the lobby of a fashionable Londonrestaurant a few minutes before the popular luncheon hour. Pamela VanTeyl, a very beautiful American girl, dressed in the extreme offashion, which she seemed somehow to justify, d > read more

Till the Clock Stops by John Joy Bell

Published on 2011-01-10 02:00:04

On a certain brilliant Spring morning in London's City the seed of theStory was lightly sown. Within the directors' room of the AasvogelSyndicate, Manchester House, New Broad Street, was done and hidden away adeed, simple and commonplace, which in du > read more

The Philanderers by A.E.W. Mason

Published on 2011-01-09 02:00:02

Five Englishmen were watching a camp fire in the centre of a forestclearing in mid-Africa. They did not speak, but sat propped against logs,smoking. One of the five knocked out the ashes of his pipe upon theground; a second, roused by the movement, p > read more

The Naval Pioneers of Australia by Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery

Published on 2011-01-08 02:00:03

This book does not pretend to be a history of Australia; it merely gathersinto one volume that which has hitherto been dispersed through many. Ourstory ends where Australian history, as it is generally written, begins;but the work of the forgotten na > read more

American Prisoners of the Revolution by Danske Dandridge

Published on 2011-01-07 02:00:02

The writer of this book has been interested for many years in thesubject of the sufferings of the American prisoners of theRevolution. Finding the information she sought widely scattered, shehas, for her own use, and for that of all students of the s > read more

The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield by Edward Robins

Published on 2011-01-06 02:00:05

I. FROM TAVERN TO THEATRE II. AN ENTRE-ACTE III. A BELLE OF METTLE IV. MANAGERIAL WICKEDNESS V. A DEAD HERO VI. IN TRAGIC PATHS VII. NANCE AT HOME VIII. THE MIMIC WORLD IX. "GRIEF A LA MODE" X. THE BARTON BOOTHS XI. THE FADING OF A STAR > read more

A Walk from London to John O'Groat's by Elihu Burritt

Published on 2011-01-05 02:00:02

CHAPTER I. Motives to the Walk--The Iron Horse and his Rider--The Losses and Gains by Speed--The Railway Track and Turnpike Road:Their Sceneries Compared.CHAPTER II. First Day's Observations and Enjoyment--Rural Foot-paths; Visit to Tiptree Farm- > read more

The Second Book of Modern Verse

Published on 2011-01-04 02:00:03

This etext was prepared by Alan R. Light (alight@vnet.net, formerlyalight@mercury.interpath.net, etc.). To assure a high quality text,the original was typed in (manually) twice and electronically compared.The Second Book of Modern VerseEd. Jessie B. > read more

The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton

Published on 2011-01-03 02:00:03

Geology is a science of such rapid growth that no apology isexpected when from time to time a new text-book is added to thosealready in the field. The present work, however, is the outcome ofthe need of a text-book of very simple outline, in which ca > read more

Ashton-Kirk, Investigator by John T. McIntyre

Published on 2011-01-02 02:00:04

Ashton-Kirk, who has solved so many mysteries, is himself something ofa problem even to those who know him best. Although young, wealthy,and of high social position, he is nevertheless an indefatigableworker in his chosen field. He smiles when men ca > read more

Death At The Excelsior by P. G. Wodehouse

Published on 2011-01-01 02:00:03

The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house,furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with asevere simplicity. It contained two beds, a pine chest of drawers, astrip of faded carpet, and a wash basin. But there > read more