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[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the file for those who may wish to sample the author’s ideas before making an entire meal of them. D.W.] RECOLLECTIONS OF THE PRIVATE LIFE OF NAPOLEON, V6 By CONSTANT PREMIER VALET DE CHAMBRE TRANSLATED BY WALTER CLARK 1895 CHAPTER VII. We arrived in Paris on the 1st of January at nine o’clock in the evening; and as the theater of the palace of the Tuileries was now completed, on the Sunday following his Majesty’s return the Griselda of M....

He was in the changeless, legend-haunted city of Arkham, with its clustering gambrel roofs that sway and sag over attics where witches hid from the King’s men in the dark, olden days of the Province. Nor was any spot in that city more steeped in macabre memory than the gable room which harboured him—for it was this house and this room which had likewise harboured old Keziah Mason, whose flight from Salem Gaol at the last no one was ever able to explain....

The Outlet by Andy Adams PREFACE At the close of the civil war the need for a market for the surplus cattle of Texas was as urgent as it was general. There had been numerous experiments in seeking an outlet, and there is authority for the statement that in 1857 Texas cattle were driven to Illinois. Eleven years later forty thousand head were sent to the mouth of Red River in Louisiana, shipped by boat to Cairo, Illinois, and thence inland by rail....

[Illustration] THEPEARL BOX. CONTAININGONE HUNDREDBEAUTIFUL STORIESFOR YOUNG PEOPLE. BY A PASTOR. Transcribers Note: There are many, but not one hundred, stories in this volume. PREFACE. In preparing this volume of stories for young readers, the writer has had in view their instruction, by presenting to them their station in a familiar and instructive story. Each story contains a moral, and teaches principles by which the youth should be governed in their private, social and public relations in life....

THE PERPETUATION OF LIVING BEINGS, HEREDITARY TRANSMISSION AND VARIATION by Thomas Henry Huxley The inquiry which we undertook, at our last meeting, into the state of our knowledge of the causes of the phenomena of organic nature,–of the past and of the present,–resolved itself into two subsidiary inquiries: the first was, whether we know anything, either historically or experimentally, of the mode of origin of living beings; the second subsidiary inquiry was, whether, granting the origin, we know anything about the perpetuation and modifications of the forms of organic beings....

THE PRICE OF THINGS BY ELINOR GLYN 1919 FOREWORD I wrote this book in Paris in the winter of 1917-18–in the midst of bombs, and raids, and death. Everyone was keyed up to a strange pitch, and only primitive instincts seemed to stand out distinctly. Life appeared brutal, and our very fashion of speaking, the words we used, the way we looked at things, was more realistic–coarser–than in times of peace, when civilization can re-assert itself again....

The Rhythm of Life and Other Essays Contents The Rhythm of LifeDecivilisedA RemembranceThe SunThe FlowerUnstable EquilibriumThe Unit of the WorldBy the Railway SidePocket VocabulariesPathosThe Point of HonourComposureDr. Oliver Wendell HolmesJames Russell LowellDomus AngustaRejectionThe Lesson of LandscapeMr. Coventry Patmore’s OdesInnocence and ExperiencePenultimate Caricature THE RHYTHM OF LIFE If life is not always poetical, it is at least metrical. Periodicity rules over the mental experience of man, according to the path of the orbit of his thoughts....

THE ROWLEY POEMS BY THOMAS CHATTERTON REPRINTED FROM TYRWHITT’S THIRD EDITION EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY MAURICE EVAN HARE MCMXI CONTENTS. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION I. CHATTERTON’S LIFE AND DEATH AND THE GENESIS OF THE ROWLEY POEMS II. THE VALUE OF THE ROWLEY POEMS III. BIBLIOGRAPHY IV. NOTE ON THE TEXT V. NOTES VI. APPENDIX ON THE ROWLEY CONTROVERSY REPRINT OF THE EDITION OF 1778. (The Table of Contents follows the 1778 title-page....

THE SAINT’S TRAGEDY PREFACE BY THE REV. F. D. MAURICE, M.A. (1848) The writer of this play does not differ with his countrymen generally, as to the nature and requirements of a Drama. He has learnt from our Great Masters that it should exhibit human beings engaged in some earnest struggle, certain outward aspects of which may possibly be a spectacle for the amusement of idlers, but which in itself is for the study and the sympathy of those who are struggling themselves....

By Garrett P. Serviss 1912 [Illustration: “THEY MEANT TO CARRY THE ARK WITH A RUSH” [Page 106] ] FOREWORD What is here set down is the fruit of long and careful research among disjointed records left by survivors of the terrible events described. The writer wishes frankly to say that, in some instances, he has followed the course which all historians are compelled to take by using his imagination to round out the picture....

THE SKY PILOT A TALE OF THE FOOTHILLS by Ralph Connor PREFACE The measure of a man’s power to help his brother is the measure of the love in the heart of him and of the faith he has that at last the good will win. With this love that seeks not its own and this faith that grips the heart of things, he goes out to meet many fortunes, but not that of defeat....

THE SKY PILOT IN NO MAN’S LAND by RALPH CONNOR CONTENTS CHAPTER I. ONLY A MISSIONARY II. ON THE RED PINE TRAIL III. A QUESTION OF CONSCIENCE IV. REJECTED V. THE WAR DRUM CALLS VI. THE MEN OF THE NORTH VII. BARRICADES AND BAYONETS VIII. A QUESTION OF NERVE IX. SUBMARINES, BULLPUPS AND OTHER THINGS X. FRANCE XI. THE NEW MESSAGE XII. A MAN OF GOD XIII. INTENSIVE TRAINING XIV....

BY HENRY VAN DYKE [Illustration: “IT IS THE SIGN” HE SAID] CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE SIGN IN THE SKY BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON FOR THE SAKE OF A LITTLE CHILD IN THE HIDDEN WAY OF SORROW A PEARL OF GREAT PRICE ILLUSTRATIONS “‘IT IS THE SIGN,’ HE SAID” “HE CAUGHT IT UP AND READ” “‘THERE IS NONE HERE SAVE ME”‘ “HE HEALED THE SICK” “THE OLD MAN FOLLOWED THE MULTITUDE” “THE OTHER WISE MAN HAD FOUND THE KING” Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul, May keep the path, but will not reach the goal; While he who walks in love may wander far, Yet God will bring him where the blessed are....

The “legal small print” and other information about this book may now be found at the end of this file. Please read this important information, as it gives you specific rights and tells you about restrictions in how the file may be used. ***This etext was produced by David A. Schwan. The Story of the Pony Express An account of the most remarkable mail service ever in existence, and its place in history....

FOOTFALLS In the cell over mine at nightA step goes to and froFrom barred door to iron wall–From wall to door I hear it go,Four paces, heavy and slow,In the heart of the sleeping jail:And the goad that drives, I know! I never saw his face or heard him speak; He may be Dutchman, Dago, Yankee, Greek; But the language of that prisoned step Too well I know! Unknown brother of the remorseless bars, Pent in your cage from earth and sky and stars, The hunger for lost life that goads you so, I also know!...

[Illustration: THE TRAIL OF THE TRAMP by A-No. 1“THE FAMOUS TRAMP WHO TRAVELED 500,000 MILES FOR $7.61”] [Illustration: Portrait of A-No. 1] THE TRAIL OF THE TRAMP BY A-No. 1 THE FAMOUS TRAMP WRITTEN BY HIMSELF FROM ACTUAL EXPERIENCES OF HIS OWN LIFE. Illustrated by JOSEPH EARL SHROCK EIGHTH EDITION PRICE, 25 CENTS. THEA-No. 1(TRADE MARK)PUBLISHING COMPANYERIE, PENN’A,U.S.A. Where to Obtain Our Books To The Public:– You may purchase our books of any news agent, aboard every passenger train in the United States, Canada, England and Australia, carrying a “news butcher....

PRESIDENTIAL EDITION THE WINNING OF THE WEST BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT VOLUME ONE FROM THE ALLEGHANIES TO THE MISSISSIPPI 1769-1776 WITH MAP This book is dedicated, with his permission to FRANCIS PARKMAN To whom Americans who feel a pride in the pioneer history of their country are so greatly indebted “O strange New World that yit wast never young, Whose youth from thee by gripin’ need was wrung, Brown foundlin’ o’ the woods, whose baby-bed Was prowled roun’ by the Injun’s cracklin’ tread, And who grew’st strong thru shifts an’ wants an’ pains, Nursed by stern men with empires in their brains, Who saw in vision their young Ishmel strain With each hard hand a vassal ocean’s mane; Thou skilled by Freedom and by gret events To pitch new states ez Old World men pitch tents....

The Raven Edition THE WORKS OFEDGAR ALLAN POE IN FIVE VOLUMES VOLUME I Contents Edgar Allan Poe, An AppreciationLife of Poe, by James Russell Lowell Death of Poe, by N. P. WillisThe Unparalled Adventures of One Hans Pfall The Gold BugFour Beasts in OneThe Murders in the Rue MorgueThe Mystery of Marie RogêtThe Balloon HoaxMS. Found in a BottleThe Oval Portrait EDGAR ALLAN POE AN APPRECIATION Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore– Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore Of “never–never more!...

THE YOUNG WOODSMAN OR Life in the Forests of Canada BY J. MACDONALD OXLEY Author of “Diamond Rock; or, On the Right Track,” &c. &c. 1895 CONTENTS. I. THE CALL TO WORK II. THE CHOICE OF AN OCCUPATION III. OFF TO THE WOODS IV. THE BUILDING OF THE SHANTY V. STANDING FIRE VI. LIFE IN THE LUMBER CAMP VII. A THRILLING EXPERIENCE VIII. IN THE NICK OF TIME IX. OUT OF CLOUDS, SUNSHINE X....

[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks at the end of this file for those who may wish to sample the author’s ideas before making an entire meal of them. D.W.] THEIR SILVER WEDDING JOURNEY. By William Dean Howells Part I. I. “You need the rest,” said the Business End; “and your wife wants you to go, as well as your doctor. Besides, it’s your Sabbatical year, and you, could send back a lot of stuff for the magazine....