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Once when the wind was soft and scented I heard the south calling, and sailed endlessly and languorously under strange stars. Once when the gentle rain fell I glided in a barge down a sunless stream under the earth till I reached another world of purple twilight, iridescent arbours, and undying roses. And once I walked through a golden valley that led to shadowy groves and ruins, and ended in a mighty wall green with antique vines, and pierced by a little gate of bronze....

by William Congreve Quem tulit ad scenam ventoso Gloria curru, Exanimat lentus spectator; sedulus inflat: Sic leve, sic parvum est, animum quod laudis avarum Subruit, and reficit. HORAT. Epist. I. lib. ii. To the Right Honourable Charles, Lord Clifford of Lanesborough, etc. My Lord,–It is with a great deal of pleasure that I lay hold on this first occasion which the accidents of my life have given me of writing to your lordship: for since at the same time I write to all the world, it will be a means of publishing (what I would have everybody know) the respect and duty which I owe and pay to you....

THE POETICAL WORKS OF BEATTIE, BLAIR, AND FALCONER. With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes, BY THE REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN. CONTENTS Beattie’s Poetical WorksThe Life and Poetry of James Beattie The Minstrel; or, the Progress of Genius Miscellaneous Poems Ode to Hope Ode to Peace Ode on Lord Hay’s Birthday The Judgment of Paris The Triumph of Melancholy Elegy Elegy, written in the year 1758 Retirement The Hermit On the Report of a Monument to be erected in Westminster Abbey, to the Memory of a late Author (Churchill) The Battle of the Pigmies and Cranes The Hares....

POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN. With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes, BY THE REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN. VOL. II. M. DCCC. LV. CRITICAL ESTIMATE OF THE GENIUS AND POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN. In our Life of Dryden we promised to say something about the question, how far is a poet, particularly in the moral tendency and taste of his writings, to be tried–and either condemned or justified–by the character and spirit of his age?...

Editorial note: We now know that “Elizabeth and Her German Garden” was written by Elizabeth von Arnim (1866-1941). Born Mary Annette Beauchamp in Australia, she grew up in England and married a German, Count Henning August von Arnim-Schlagenthin. After the couple moved to his country estate she began writing children’s books. Many of her early books were published “By the Author of ‘Elizabeth and Her German Garden’,” and later she published as simply “Elizabeth....

Men of strength and honour fashioned that Street; good, valiant men of our blood who had come from the Blessed Isles across the sea. At first it was but a path trodden by bearers of water from the woodland spring to the cluster of houses by the beach. Then, as more men came to the growing cluster of houses and looked about for places to dwell, they built cabins along the north side; cabins of stout oaken logs with masonry on the side toward the forest, for many Indians lurked there with fire-arrows....

THE TALE OF BALEN by Algernon Charles Swinburne DEDICATION TO MY MOTHER Love that holds life and death in fee, Deep as the clear unsounded seaAnd sweet as life or death can be,Lays here my hope, my heart, and me Before you, silent, in a song.Since the old wild tale, made new, found grace, When half sung through, before your face, It needs must live a springtide space,While April suns grow strong....

I The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated. The fire burned brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses. Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere when thought roams gracefully free of the trammels of precision....

The Turquoise Cup, and, The Desert By Arthur Cosslett Smith 1903 “KHADIJA BELIEVES IN ME” CONTENTS I The Turquoise Cup II The Desert THE TURQUOISE CUP The Cardinal Archbishop sat on his shaded balcony, his well-kept hands clasped upon his breast, his feet stretched out so straight before him that the pigeon, perched on the rail of the balcony, might have seen fully six inches of scarlet silk stocking. The cardinal was a small man, but very neatly made....

VOL. II EDITED BY MONTAGUE SUMMERS CONTENTS ABDELAZER; OR, THE MOOR’S REVENGETHE YOUNG KING; OR, THE MISTAKETHE CITY HEIRESS; OR, SIR TIMOTHY TREAT-ALL THE FEIGN’D CURTEZANS; OR, A NIGHT’S INTRIGUE NOTES ABDELAZER; OR, THE MOOR’S REVENGE. ARGUMENT. The old King of Spain, having conquered Fez and killed the Moorish monarch, has taken the orphaned prince Abdelazer under his protection and in time made him General. Abdelazer, though always courageous, has the desire of revenge ever uppermost, and to gain influence, rather than from any love, he becomes the Queen’s paramour....

THREE MEN ON THE BUMMEL by Jerome K. Jerome CHAPTER I Three men need change–Anecdote showing evil result of deception– Moral cowardice of George–Harris has ideas–Yarn of the Ancient Mariner and the Inexperienced Yachtsman–A hearty crew–Danger of sailing when the wind is off the land–Impossibility of sailing when the wind is off the sea–The argumentativeness of Ethelbertha- -The dampness of the river–Harris suggests a bicycle tour–George thinks of the wind–Harris suggests the Black Forest–George thinks of the hills–Plan adopted by Harris for ascent of hills– Interruption by Mrs....

TOWARD THE GULF BY EDGAR LEE MASTERS CONTENTS TOWARD THE GULF THE LAKE BOATS CITIES OF THE PLAIN EXCLUDED MIDDLE SAMUEL BUTLER, ET AL JOHNNY APPLESEED THE LOOM DIALOGUE AT PERKO’S SIR GALAHAD ST. DESERET HEAVEN IS BUT THE HOUR VICTOR RAFOLSKI ON ART THE LANDSCAPE TO-MORROW IS MY BIRTHDAY SWEET CLOVER SOMETHING BEYOND THE HILL FRONT THE AGES WITH A SMILE POOR PIERROT MIRAGE OF THE DESERT DAHLIAS THE GRAND RIVER MARSHES DELILAH THE WORLD-SAVER RECESSIONAL THE AWAKENING IN THE GARDEN AT THE DAWN HOUR FRANCE BERTRAND AND GOURGAUD TALK OVER OLD TIMES DRAW THE SWORD, O REPUBLIC DEAR OLD DICK THE ROOM OF MIRRORS THE LETTER CANTICLE OF THE RACE BLACK EAGLE RETURNS TO ST....

TWENTY YEARS AT HULL-HOUSE WITH AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOTES BY JANE ADDAMS HULL-HOUSE, CHICAGO AUTHOR OF “DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL ETHICS,” “NEWER IDEALS OF PEACE,” “THE SPIRIT OF YOUTH AND THE CITY STREETS,” ETC. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BYNORAH HAMILTON HULL-HOUSE, CHICAGO TOTHE MEMORY OFMY FATHER PREFACE CONTENTS Preface viiI. EARLIEST IMPRESSIONS 1II. INFLUENCE OF LINCOLN 23III. BOARDING-SCHOOL IDEALS 43IV. THE SNARE OF PREPARATION 65V. FIRST DAYS AT HULL-HOUSE 89VI. THE SUBJECTIVE NECESSITY FOR SOCIAL SETTLEMENTS 113 VII....

PREFACE This story of the Mellstock Quire and its old established west- gallery musicians, with some supplementary descriptions of similar officials in Two on a Tower, A Few Crusted Characters, and other places, is intended to be a fairly true picture, at first hand, of the personages, ways, and customs which were common among such orchestral bodies in the villages of fifty or sixty years ago. One is inclined to regret the displacement of these ecclesiastical bandsmen by an isolated organist (often at first a barrel-organist) or harmonium player; and despite certain advantages in point of control and accomplishment which were, no doubt, secured by installing the single artist, the change has tended to stultify the professed aims of the clergy, its direct result being to curtail and extinguish the interest of parishioners in church doings....

Under Two Flags by Ouida [Louise de la Ramee] TO COLONEL POULETT CAMERON whose family has given so many brilliant soldiers to the armies of France and England and made the battle-fields of Europe ring with “The War-Cry of Lochiel” this story of a soldier’s life is dedicated in sincere friendship. AVIS AU LECTEUR. This Story was originally written for a military periodical. It has been fortunate enough to receive much commendation from military men, and for them it is now specially issued in its present form....

WASHINGTON AND HIS COLLEAGUES A CHRONICLE OF THE RISE AND FALL OF FEDERALISM BY HENRY JONES FORD NEW HAVEN: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1918 Textbook Edition The Chronicles of America Series Allen Johnson, Editor Gerhard R. Lomer and Charles W. Jefferys, Assistant Editors CONTENTS I. AN IMITATION COURT II. GREAT DECISIONS III. THE MASTER BUILDER IV. ALARUMS AND EXCURSIONS V. TRIBUTE TO THE ALGERINES VI. FRENCH DESIGNS ON AMERICA VII. A SETTLEMENT WITH ENGLAND VIII....

[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.] ZIBELINE By PHILIPPE DE MASSA Translated by D. KNOWLTON RANOUS ALEXANDRE-PHILIPPE-REGNIER DE MASSA MARQUIS DE MASSA, soldier, composer, and French dramatist, was born in Paris, December 5, 1831. He selected the military career and received a commission in the cavalry after leaving the school of St....

In form the discovery resembles an ordinary notebook, about 5 × 3 inches in size, and containing thirty leaves. In material, however, it presents marked peculiarities. The covers are apparently of some dark stony substance unknown to geologists, and unbreakable by any mechanical means. No chemical reagent seems to act upon them. The leaves are much the same, save that they are lighter in colour, and so infinitely thin as to be quite flexible....

1902 Chapter 1. In the spring of 1847, the little village of Ruralville was thrown into a state of exitement by the arrival of a strange brig in the harbour. It carried no flag, & everything about it was such as would exite suspicion. It had no name. Its captain was named Manuel Ruello. The exitement increased however when John Griggs dissapeared from his home. This was Oct. 4. on Oct....

THE ORDEAL OF RICHARD FEVEREL By George Meredith 1905 BOOK 4. XXVIII. RELATES HOW PREPARATIONS FOR ACTION WERE CONDUCTED UNDER THE APRIL OF LOVERS XIX. IN WHICH THE LAST ACT OF THE COMEDY TAKES THE PLACE OF THE FIRSTXXX. CELEBRATES THE BREAKFASTXXXI. THE PHILOSOPHER APPEARS IN PERSON XXXII. PROCESSION OF THE CAKEXXXIII. NURSING THE DEVIL CHAPTER XXVIII Beauty, of course, is for the hero. Nevertheless, it is not always he on whom beauty works its most conquering influence....