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By Kathleen BurkeKnight of St. Sava, SerbiaOfficier de l’Instruction Publique, France This Little Book IsRespectfully And Affectionately Dedicated To Madame Jusserand,Ambassadrice de France in Washington, and toMonsieur Gaston Liebert,Consul General de France Dr. C. O. Mailloux And to all my good friends in the United States and Canada, whose sympathy and encouragement have helped me so much in my work. VIVE LA FRANCE Contents Chapter I The True Philosophers II The Bridge At Meaux III Recruiting Rat-Catchers IV A Gun Carriage An Altar V Life Behind The Lines VI Devotion To Animals VII Hunting For Generals VIII An Instance Of Quick Wit IX At The Headquarters Of General Petain X A Meeting With “Forain” XI Value Of Women’s Work XII The “Movies” Under Fire XIII A Subterranean Cut XIV Poilu And Tommy XV Abbreviated French XVI The Brown And Black Sons Of France XVII At General Nivelle’s HeadquartersXVIII Rheims XIX At The Headquarters Of The Generalissimo XX To The Glory Of The Women Of France The True Philosophers We left Paris determined to undertake the journey to the Front in the true spirit of the French Poilu, and, no matter what happened, “de ne pas s’en faire....

THOMAS CARLYLE BY JOHN NICHOL, LL. D, M.A., BALLIOL, OXON 1904 PREFATORY NOTE The following record of the leading events of Carlyle’s life and attempt to estimate his genius rely on frequently renewed study of his work, on slight personal impressions–“vidi tantum”–and on information supplied by previous narrators. Of these the great author’s chosen literary legatee is the most eminent and, in the main, the most reliable. Every critic of Carlyle must admit as constant obligations to Mr....

TRAVELS IN SYRIA AND THE HOLY LAND; BY THE LATE JOHN LEWIS BURCKHARDT. PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING THE DISCOVERY OF THE INTERIOR PARTS OF AFRICA. [1822] PREFACE OF THE EDITOR. [p.i]It is hoped that little apology is necessary for the publication of a volume of Travels in Asia, by a Society, whose sole professed object is the promotion of discoveries in the African continent. The Association having had the good fortune to obtain the services of a person of Mr....

UNCLE SAM’S BOYS WITH PERSHING’S TROOPS orDick Prescott at Grips with the Boche By H. Irving Hancock CONTENTS CHAPTERS I. Dick at Training Camp II. Greg has to be Stern III. Bad Blood Comes to the Surface IV. As it is Done in the Army V. The Camp Carpenter’s Talk VI. The Enemy in Camp Berry VII. At Grips with German Spies VIII. With the Conscientious Objectors IX. Order for “Over There” X....

VENETIA BY THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD, K.G. 1905 ‘Is thy face like thy mother’s, my fair child?’ ‘The child of love, though born in bitterness And nurtured in convulsion.’ TO LORD LYNDHURST. In happier hours, when I first mentioned to you the idea of this Work, it was my intention, while inscribing it with your name, to have entered into some details as to the principles which had guided me in its composition, and the feelings with which I had attempted to shadow forth, though as ‘in in a glass darkly,’ two of the most renowned and refined spirits that have adorned these our latter days....

VITTORIA By George Meredith CONTENTS: BOOK 5.XXVI. THE DUEL IN THE PASSXXVII. A NEW ORDEALXXVIII. THE ESCAPE OF ANGELO CHAPTER XXVI THE DUEL IN THE PASS Meanwhile Captain Weisspriess had not been idle. Standing at a blunt angle of the ways converging upon Vittoria’s presumed destination, he had roused up the gendarmerie along the routes to Meran by Trent on one side, and Bormio on the other; and he soon came to the conclusion that she had rejected the valley of the Adige for the Valtelline, whence he supposed that she would be tempted either to cross the Stelvio or one of the passes into Southernmost Tyrol....

At·tracÏtiv¶iÏty (?), n. The quality or degree of attractive power. AtÏtract¶or (?), n. One who, or that which, attracts. Sir T. Browne. At¶traÏhent (?), a. [L. attrahens, p. pr. of attrahere. See Attract, v. t.] Attracting; drawing; attractive. At¶traÏhent, n. 1. That which attracts, as a magnet. The motion of the steel to its attrahent. Glanvill. 2. (Med.) A substance which, by irritating the surface, excites action in the part to which it is applied, as a blister, an epispastic, a sinapism....

Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre–Buch 7 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Siebentes Buch Erstes Kapitel Der Fr¸hling war in seiner vˆlligen Herrlichkeit erschienen; ein fr¸hzeitiges Gewitter, das den ganzen Tag gedrohet hatte, ging st¸rmisch an den Bergen nieder, der Regen zog nach dem Lande, die Sonne trat wieder in ihrem Glanze hervor, und auf dem grauen Grunde erschien der herrliche Bogen. Wilhelm ritt ihm entgegen und sah ihn mit Wehmut an. “Ach!” sagte er zu sich selbst, “erscheinen uns denn eben die schˆnsten Farben des Lebens nur auf dunklem Grunde?...

WINNING HIS SPURS A Tale of the Crusades. BY G. A. HENTY 1895 CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE OUTLAWSCHAPTER II. A RESCUECHAPTER III. THE CAPTURE OF WORTHAM HOLD CHAPTER IV. THE CRUSADESCHAPTER V. PREPARATIONSCHAPTER VI. THE LISTSCHAPTER VII. REVENGECHAPTER VIII. THE ATTACKCHAPTER IX. THE PRINCESS BERENGARIA CHAPTER X. PIRATESCHAPTER XI. IN THE HOLY LANDCHAPTER XII. THE ACCOLADECHAPTER XIII. IN THE HANDS OF THE SARACENS CHAPTER XIV. AN EFFORT FOR FREEDOMCHAPTER XV....

Les deux frŠres Le 20 ao–t 1672, la ville de la Haye, si vivante, si blanche, sicoquette que l’on dirait que tous les jours sont des dimanches, laville de la Haye, avec son parc ombreux, avec ses grands arbresinclin‚s sur ses maisons gothiques, la ville de la Haye gonflaittoutes ses artŠres d’un flot noir et rouge de citoyens press‚s,haletants, inquiets,–lesquels couraient, le couteau … la ceinture,le mousquet sur l’‚paule ou le bƒton … la main, vers le Buytenhoff,formidable prison o—, depuis l’accusation d’assassinat port‚e contrelui par le chirugien Tyckelaer, languissait Corneille de Witt, frŠrede l’ex-grand pensionnaire de Hollande....

THE OLD GRAY HOMESTEAD BY FRANCES PARKINSON KEYES 1919 To the farmers, and their mothers, wives, and daughters, who have been my nearest neighbors and my best friends for the last fifteen years, and who have taught me to love the country and the people in it, this quiet story of a farm is affectionately and gratefully dedicated. THE OLD GRAY HOMESTEAD CHAPTER I “For Heaven’s sake, Sally, don’t say, ‘Isn’t it hot?...

THE PATRICIAN By John Galsworthy CHAPTER I Light, entering the vast room–a room so high that its carved ceiling refused itself to exact scrutiny–travelled, with the wistful, cold curiosity of the dawn, over a fantastic storehouse of Time. Light, unaccompanied by the prejudice of human eyes, made strange revelation of incongruities, as though illuminating the dispassionate march of history. For in this dining hall–one of the finest in England–the Caradoc family had for centuries assembled the trophies and records of their existence....

ENDTHE SMALL PRINT! FOR PUBLIC DOMAIN ETEXTSVer.04.29.93END* The Poetical Works of John MiltonScanned and proofed by Donal O’Danachair, kodak_seaside@hotmail.com Transcriber’s Notes:This e-text contains all of Milton’s poems in English and Italian. Poems in Latin have been ommitted.The original spelling, capitalisation and punctuation have been retained as far as possible. Characters not in the ANSI standard set have been replaced by their nearest equivalent. The AE & OE digraphs have been transcribed as two letters....

THE PUPPET CROWN by Harold MacGrath TO THE MEMORY OF THAT GOOD FRIEND AND COMRADE OF MY YOUTH MY FATHER CONTENTS I. THE SCEPTER WHICH WAS A STICK II. THE COUP D’ETAT OF COUSIN JOSEF III. AN EPISODE TEN YEARS AFTER IV. AN ADVENTURE WITH ROYALTY V. BEHIND THE PUPPET BOOTH VI. MADEMOISELLE OF THE VEIL VII. SOME DIALOGUE, AN SPRAINED ANKLE, AND SOME SOLDIERS VIII. THE RED CHATEAU IX....

The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Henry Kingsley TOMY FATHER AND MOTHERTHIS BOOK, THE FRUIT OF SO MANY WEARY YEARS OF SEPARATION, IS DEDICATED WITHTHE DEEPEST LOVE AND REVERENCE Chapter I INTRODUCTORY. Near the end of February 1857, I think about the 20th or so, though it don’t much matter; I only know it was near the latter end of summer, burning hot, with the bushfires raging like volcanoes on the ranges, and the river reduced to a slender stream of water, almost lost upon the broad white flats of quartz shingle....

by SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE It was in the spring of the year 1894 that all London was interested, and the fashionable world dismayed, by the murder of the Honourable Ronald Adair under most unusual and inexplicable circumstances. The public has already learned those particulars of the crime which came out in the police investigation, but a good deal was suppressed upon that occasion, since the case for the prosecution was so overwhelmingly strong that it was not necessary to bring forward all the facts....

I believe I have joined all the pieces correctly, but I could do nothing about the one or more missing lines shortly after the mention of “Koosy-oonek” in chapter IV. I have marked the hiatus with five asterisks (*****). I hope that someone will fill in the missing line(s). Yours sincerely,Thorild Vrang Bennett, Aarhus, Denmark. Email: thorild@imf.au.dk. jt Nov 03 – A reader reports from another edition that there is no missing word, and that the sentence does read “....

THE SCRANTON HIGH CHUMS ON THE CINDER PATH orThe Mystery of the Haunted Quarry by Donald Ferguson CONTENTS CHAPTERS I. The Five Nut Foragers II. On the old Quarry Road III. Talking of Ghosts IV. In Training for the Great Tournament V. Treachery in the Air VI. The Prowler VII. Caught in the Act VIII. Leon Promises to Reform IX. Scranton in Gala Attire X. When Muscles Counted XI. The Crisis in Claude’s Life XII....

THE SISTERS-IN-LAW A NOVEL OF OUR TIME BY GERTRUDE ATHERTON TO DR. ALANSON WEEKS OF SAN FRANCISCO Several people who enter casually into this novel are leading characters in other novels and stories of the “California Series,” which covers the social history of the state from the beginning of the last century. They are Gwynne, his mother, Lady Victoria Gwynne, Isabel Otis and the Hofers in ANCESTORS; the Randolphs in A DAUGHTER OF THE VINE; Lee Tarlton, Lady Barnstable, Lady Arrowmount, Coralie Geary, the Montgomerys and Trennahans in TRANSPLANTED and THE CALIFORNIANS; Rezanov in the novel of that name, and Chonita Iturbi y Moncada in THE DOOMSWOMAN, both bound in the volume, BEFORE THE GRINGO CAME; The Price Ruylers in THE AVALANCHE....

The Maastricht Treaty, 7th February, 1992. Contributed by Neil McLachlan, nmclachlan@delphi.com Note: In the Contents section, the short upper case heading of each chapter can be searched for, to jump to that chapter. CONTENTS HEADS Introduction of signatories TITLE1 Common ProvisionsTITLE2 Provisions Amending the Treaty Establishing the European Ecomonic Community with a View to Establishing the European CommunityTITLE3 Provisions Amending the Treaty Establishing the European Coal and Steel CommunityTITLE4 Provisions Amending the Treaty Establishing the European Atomic Energy CommunityTITLE5 Provisions on a Common Foreign & Security Policy TITLE6 Provisions on Cooperation in the Fields of Justice & Home AffairsTITLE7 Final ProvisionsPROTOCO ProtocolsFINAL FINAL ACTMAY1_92 Declaration on Protocol No....