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by CAPTAIN FREDERICK MARRYAT LONDON MDCCCXCVI Contents CHAPTER ICHAPTER IICHAPTER IIICHAPTER IVCHAPTER VCHAPTER VICHAPTER VIICHAPTER VIIICHAPTER IXCHAPTER XCHAPTER XICHAPTER XIICHAPTER XIIICHAPTER XIVCHAPTER XVCHAPTER XVICHAPTER XVIICHAPTER XVIIICHAPTER XIXCHAPTER XXCHAPTER XXICHAPTER XXIICHAPTER XXIIICHAPTER XXIVCHAPTER XXVCHAPTER XXVICHAPTER XXVIICHAPTER XXVIIICHAPTER XXIXCHAPTER XXXCHAPTER XXXICHAPTER XXXIICHAPTER XXXIIICHAPTER XXXIVCHAPTER XXXVCHAPTER XXXVICHAPTER XXXVIICHAPTER XXXVIIICHAPTER XXXIXCHAPTER XLCHAPTER XLICHAPTER XLII Prefatory Note THE PHANTOM SHIP is the most notable of the three novels constructed by Marryat on an historic basis, and like its predecessor in the same category, Snarleyyow, depends largely for its interest on the element of diablerie, which is very skilfully manipulated....

THE POEMS AND PROSE OF ERNEST DOWSON with a MEMOIR by ARTHUR SYMONS CONTENTS MEMOIR. By Arthur Symons POEMS IN PREFACE: FOR ADELAIDE A CORONAL VERSES: Nuns of the Perpetual Adoration Villanelle of Sunset My Lady April To One in Bedlam Ad Domnulam Suam Amor Umbratilis Amor Profanus Villanelle of Marguerites Yvonne of Brittany Benedictio Domini Growth Ad Manus Puellae Flos Lunae Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae Vanitas Exile Spleen O Mors!...

THE POOR CLARE by Elizabeth Gaskell CHAPTER I. December 12th, 1747.–My life has been strangely bound up with extraordinary incidents, some of which occurred before I had any connection with the principal actors in them, or indeed, before I even knew of their existence. I suppose, most old men are, like me, more given to looking back upon their own career with a kind of fond interest and affectionate remembrance, than to watching the events– though these may have far more interest for the multitude– immediately passing before their eyes....

OF RENE DESCARTES (1596-1650) TRANSLATED BY JOHN VEITCH, LL. D. LATE PROFESSOR OF LOGIC AND RHETORIC IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW From the Publisher’s Preface. The present volume contains a reprint of the preface and the first part of the Principles of Philosophy, together with selections from the second, third and fourth parts of that work, corresponding to the extracts in the French edition of Gamier, are also given, as well as an appendix containing part of Descartes’ reply to the Second Objections (viz....

THE PUBLIC ORATIONS OF DEMOSTHENESIN TWO VOLUMESVOL I TRANSLATED BYARTHUR WALLACE PICKARD ON THE CHERSONESE (OR. VIII) [Introduction. Late in the year 343 (some time after the acquittal of Aeschines) Philip invaded Epirus, made Alexander, brother of his wife Olympias, king of the Molossi instead of Arybbas, and so secured, his own influence in that region. Arybbas was honourably received at Athens. Philip next threatened Ambracia and Leucas, which were colonies of Corinth, and promised to restore Naupactus, which was in the hands of the Achaeans, to the Aetolians....

“I am Iranon, and come from Aira, a far city that I recall only dimly but seek to find again. I am a singer of songs that I learned in the far city, and my calling is to make beauty with the things remembered of childhood. My wealth is in little memories and dreams, and in hopes that I sing in gardens when the moon is tender and the west wind stirs the lotos-buds....

The Revelation Explained An Exposition, Text by Text,of the Apocalypse of St. John Showing the Marvelous Development of the Prophecies from the Time of their Delivery on the Isle of Patmos–The Establishment and Growth of Christianity–Rise of Mohammedanism in the Eastern Empire–Of the Papacy in the Western Division–Of Protestantism–The Civil History of the Territory Comprising the Ancient Roman Empire until the End of Time–Together with the Conflicts and Triumphs of the Redeemed until the Final Judgment, and their Eternal Reward and Home in the “New Heavens and New Earth....

Sir Samuel White Baker PREFACE. Upwards of twenty years have passed since the ‘Rifle and Hound in Ceylon’ was published, and I have been requested to write a preface for a new edition. Although this long interval of time has been spent in a more profitable manner than simple sport, nevertheless I have added considerably to my former experience of wild animals by nine years passed in African explorations. The great improvements that have been made in rifles have, to a certain extent, modified the opinions that I expressed in the ‘Rifle and Hound in Ceylon....

by DAVID V. BUSH Author of “The Fundamentals of Applied Psychology”, “Applied Psychology and Scientific Living”, “Practical Psychology and Sex Life”, “The Universality of the Master Mind”, “Will Power and Success” Editor, “Mind Power Plus” BELOW IS A SERIES OF SIX 25c BOOKLETS By David V. Bush Entitled “How to Demonstrate Prosperity” “Why Some People Fail in Visualizing–Rules for Visualization” “The Influence of Suggestion and Auto-Suggestion” “The Silence, What It Is and How to Use It” “What to Eat–Scientific Feeding” “What Is God?...

An Interpretation BY CHARLES ALEXANDER EASTMAN(OHIYESA) TO MY WIFEELAINE GOODALE EASTMANIN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF HEREVER-INSPIRING COMPANIONSHIPIN THOUGHT AND WORKAND IN LOVE OF HER MOSTINDIAN-LIKE VIRTUESI DEDICATE THIS BOOK I speak for each no-tongued treeThat, spring by spring, doth nobler be, And dumbly and most wistfullyHis mighty prayerful arms outspreads, And his big blessing downward sheds.SIDNEY LANIER. But there’s a dome of nobler span, A temple givenThy faith, that bigots dare not ban– Its space is heaven!...

An Account of the NorwegianAntarctic Expedition in the “Fram,” 1910 — 1912 By Roald Amundsen Translated from the Norwegian byA. G. Chater To My Comrades,The Brave Little Band That Promised In Funchal RoadsTo Stand by Me in the Struggle for the South Pole, I Dedicate this Book. Roald Amundsen. Uranienborg, August 15, 1912. Chapter The First Account Introduction, by Fridtjof Nansen I. The History of the South PoleII. Plan and PreparationsIII....

[Illustration: Mr. Frog Had Been Hiding Among the Lily-pads] THE TALE OF BROWNIE BEAVER BY ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY CONTENTS I A QUEER PLACE TO LIVE II HOW TO FELL A TREE III STICKS AND MUD IV THE FRESHET V BROWNIE SAVES THE DAM VI A HAPPY THOUGHT VII A NEWFANGLED NEWSPAPER VIII MR. CROW IS UPSET IX THE SIGN ON THE TREE X A HOLIDAY XI BAD NEWS XII GRANDADDY BEAVER THINKS XIII A LUCKY FIND XIV WAS IT A GUN?...

CONTENTS I. ON THE MARCH II. ARCADES AMBO III. THE LETTER IV. AT THE SIGN OF THE MITRE V. AFTER WORCESTER FIELD VI. COMPANIONS IN MISFORTUNE VII. THE TAVERN KNIGHT’S STORY VIII. THE TWISTED BAR IX. THE BARGAIN X. THE ESCAPE XI. THE ASHBURNS XII. THE HOUSE THAT WAS ROLAND MARLEIGH’S XIII. THE METAMORPHOSIS OF KENNETH XIV. THE HEART OF CYNTHIA ASHBURN XV. JOSEPH’S RETURN XVI. THE RECKONING XVII. JOSEPH DRIVES A BARGAIN XVIII....

The elongated S’s have been changed to small s’s and the conjoined ae have been changed to ae. I have left the spelling, punctuation, capitalization as close as possible to the printed text. I have corrected some spelling mistakes (I have put together a spelling dictionary devised from the spellings of the Geneva Bible and Shakespeare’s First Folio and have unified spellings according to this template), typo’s and expanded abbreviations as I have come across them....

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THE TWO BROTHERS BY HONORE DE BALZAC Translated ByKatharine Prescott Wormeley DEDICATION To Monsieur Charles Nodier, member of the French Academy, etc. Here, my dear Nodier, is a book filled with deeds that are screened from the action of the laws by the closed doors of domestic life; but as to which the finger of God, often called chance, supplies the place of human justice, and in which the moral is none the less striking and instructive because it is pointed by a scoffer....

THE WRITINGS OF SAMUEL ADAMS COLLECTED AND EDITED BY HARRY ALONSO CUSHING VOLUME III 1773-1777 CONTENTS OF VOLUME III. 1773. To James Otis, March 19th . . .Political Activity of Mr. Bacon. To the Town of Boston, March 23rd . . . Report of Resolutions in Reply to Governor–Legality of Town Meetings–Right of Petition–Supremacy of Parliament. To John Dickinson, March 27th . . .Controversy with Governor. To Committee of Correspondence of Littleton, March 31st ....

THE YELLOW FAIRY BOOK Edited byANDREW LANG Dedication TO JOAN, TODDLES, AND TINY Books Yellow, Red, and Green and Blue, All true, or just as good as true, And here’s the Yellow Book for YOU! Hard is the path from A to Z, And puzzling to a curly head, Yet leads to Books–Green, Blue, and Red. For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met....

THROUGH CENTRAL BORNEO AN ACCOUNT OF TWO YEARS’ TRAVEL IN THE LAND OF THE HEAD-HUNTERS BETWEEN THE YEARS 1913 AND 1917 BY CARL LUMHOLTZ MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF SCIENCES OF CHRISTIANIA, NORWAY GOLD MEDALLIST OF THE NORWEGIAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY ASSOCIE ETRANGER DE LA SOCIETE DE L’ANTHROPOLOGIE DE PARIS, ETC. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR AND WITH MAP We may safely affirm that the better specimens of savages are much superior to the lower examples of civilized peoples....