WHAT KATY DID By SUSAN COOLIDGE With Frontispiece in Color by Ralph Pallen Coleman TO FIVE. Six of us once, my darlings, played together Beneath green boughs, which faded long ago, Made merry in the golden summer weather, Pelted each other with new-fallen snow. Did the sun always shine? I can’t remember A single cloud that dimmed the happy blue,– A single lightning-bolt or peal of thunder, To daunt our bright, unfearing lives: can you?...
WHERE THERE’S A WILL CHAPTER I I HAVE A WARNING When it was all over Mr. Sam came out to the spring-house to say good-by to me before he and Mrs. Sam left. I hated to see him go, after all we had been through together, and I suppose he saw it in my face, for he came over close and stood looking down at me, and smiling. “You saved us, Minnie,” he said, “and I needn’t tell you we’re grateful; but do you know what I think?...
On the floor, uncomfortably evident amidst the stifling summer heat, was the body of a dead man—but this was not what the four were afraid of. Their glances wandered from the table, on which lay a curious assortment of things, to the ceiling overhead, across whose smooth whiteness a series of huge, faltering alphabetical characters had somehow been scrawled in ink; and every now and then Dr. Van Keulen would glance half-furtively at a worn leather blank-book which he held in his left hand....
By Col. John WardC.B., C.M.G., M.P. With Eight Plates 1920 To MY COMRADES OFFICERS, N.C.O.s AND MEN OF THE18th, 19th, 25th AND 26th BATTALIONS OF THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT who, on sea and land, in sunshine and snow, so worthily upheld the traditional gallantry and honour of their people and country FORWARD Originally written for the private use of my sons in case I did not return, this narrative of events connected with the expedition to Siberia must of necessity lack many of the necessary elements which go to make a history....
WITHOUT PREJUDICE BY I. ZANGWILL Author Of “The Master,” “Children Of The Ghetto” Etc., Etc. * * * * * TO YOU * * * * * NOTE This book is a selection, slightly revised, from my miscellaneous work during the last four or five years, and the title is that under which the bulk of it has appeared, month by month, in the “Pall Mall Magazine.” In selecting, I have omitted those pieces which hang upon other people’s books, plays, or pictures–a process of exclusion which, while giving unity to a possible collection of my critical writings in another volume, leaves the first selection exclusively egoistic....
Ditchingham, May 27, 1911. My dear Jehu: For five long but not unhappy years, seated or journeying side by side, we have striven as Royal Commissioners to find a means whereby our coasts may be protected from “the outrageous flowing surges of the sea” (I quote the jurists of centuries ago), the idle swamps turned to fertility and the barren hills clothed with forest; also, with small success, how “foreshore” may be best defined!...
The old folk have gone away, and foreigners do not like to live there. French-Canadians have tried it, Italians have tried it, and the Poles have come and departed. It is not because of anything that can be seen or heard or handled, but because of something that is imagined. The place is not good for the imagination, and does not bring restful dreams at night. It must be this which keeps the foreigners away, for old Ammi Pierce has never told them of anything he recalls from the strange days....
Destruam et aedificabo. Deuteronomy: c. 32. VOLUME FIRST. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. OF THE ECONOMIC SCIENCE % 1. Opposition between FACT and RIGHT in Social Economy % 2. Inadequacy of Theories and Criticisms CHAPTER II. OF VALUE % 1. Opposition of Value in USE and Value in EXCHANGE % 2. Constitution of Value; Definition of Wealth % 3. Application of the Law of Proportionality of Values CHAPTER III. ECONOMIC EVOLUTIONS....
THE PHANTOM ‘RICKSHAW AND OTHER GHOST STORIES by Rudyard Kipling * * * * * The Phantom ‘RickshawMy Own True Ghost StoryThe Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes The 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. –Evening Hymn. One of the few advantages that India has over England is a great Knowability....
THE NOVELS AND STORIES OF RICHARD HARDING DAVIS THE RED CROSS GIRL BY RICHARD HARDING DAVIS WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GOUVERNEUR MORRIS CONTENTS Introduction by Gouverneur Morris THE RED CROSS GIRL THE GRAND CROSS OF THE CRESCENT THE INVASION OF ENGLAND BLOOD WILL TELL THE SAILORMAN THE MIND READER THE NAKED MAN THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF THE CARD-SHARP INTRODUCTION R. H. D. “And they rise to their feet as he passes, gentlemen unafraid....
THE SHOPKEEPER TURNED GENTLEMAN. (LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME.) BY MOLIERE, TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE. WITH SHORT INTRODUCTIONS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES. BY CHARLES HERON WALL. ‘Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme’ was acted before the King for the first time at Chambord, on October 14, 1670, and on November 28 at the Palais Royal. After the second representation, Louis XIV. said to Moliere, “You have never written anything which amused me more, and your play is excellent....
SKETCHES BY SEYMOUR Part 1. EBOOK EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION: “Sketches by Seymour” was published in various versions about 1836. My copy has no date and was published by Thomas Fry, London. Some of the plates note only Seymour’s name, many are inscribed “Engravings by H. Wallis from sketches by Seymour.” There are 90 plates including the title pages. I believe this book was originally a compilation of five smaller volumes, though the separate volumes are not apparent....
1900 ContainsThe White SilenceThe Son of the WolfThe Men of Forty MileIn a Far CountryTo the Man on the TrailThe Priestly PrerogativeThe Wisdom of the TrailThe Wife of a KingAn Odyssey of the North The White Silence ‘Carmen won’t last more than a couple of days.’ Mason spat out a chunk of ice and surveyed the poor animal ruefully, then put her foot in his mouth and proceeded to bite out the ice which clustered cruelly between the toes....
[Illustration: GREAT TRUNK SHOT DOWNWARD AND BACKWARD PICKED UP THE MAN AND HURLED HIM YARDS AWAY] THE STORY OF AB A TALE OF THE TIME OF THE CAVE MAN BY STANLEY WATERLOO 1905 Author of “A Man and a Woman,” “An Odd Situation,” etc. INTRODUCTION. This is the story of Ab, a man of the Age of Stone, who lived so long ago that we cannot closely fix the date, and who loved and fought well....
I had discovered the old mirror, covered with dust and cobwebs, in an outbuilding of an abandoned estate-house in Santa Cruz’s sparsely settled Northside territory, and had brought it to the United States from the Virgin Islands. The venerable glass was dim from more than two hundred years’ exposure to a tropical climate, and the graceful ornamentation along the top of the gilt frame had been badly smashed. I had had the detached pieces set back into the frame before placing it in storage with my other belongings....
CHAPTER 2.XIII.–INHERITANCE continued–REVERSION OR ATAVISM. DIFFERENT FORMS OF REVERSION –IN PURE OR UNCROSSED BREEDS, AS IN PIGEONS, FOWLS, HORNLESS CATTLE AND SHEEP, IN CULTIVATED PLANTS –REVERSION IN FERAL ANIMALS AND PLANTS –REVERSION IN CROSSED VARIETIES AND SPECIES –REVERSION THROUGH BUD-PROPAGATION, AND BY SEGMENTS IN THE SAME FLOWER OR FRUIT –IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY IN THE SAME ANIMAL –THE ACT OF CROSSING A DIRECT CAUSE OF REVERSION, VARIOUS CASES OF, WITH INSTINCTS –OTHER PROXIMATE CAUSES OF REVERSION –LATENT CHARACTERS–SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS –UNEQUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE TWO SIDES OF THE BODY –APPEARANCE WITH ADVANCING AGE OF CHARACTERS DERIVED FROM A CROSS –THE GERM, WITH ALL ITS LATENT CHARACTERS, A WONDERFUL OBJECT –MONSTROSITIES –PELORIC FLOWERS DUE IN SOME CASES TO REVERSION....
THE WAYS OF MEN CHAPTER 1–“Uncle Sam” The gentleman who graced the gubernatorial armchair of our state when this century was born happened to be an admirer of classic lore and the sonorous names of antiquity. It is owing to his weakness in bestowing pompous cognomens on our embryo towns and villages that to-day names like Utica, Syracuse, and Ithaca, instead of evoking visions of historic pomp and circumstance, raise in the minds of most Americans the picture of cocky little cities, rich only in trolley-cars and Methodist meeting-houses....
By GERTRUDE KNEVELS [Illustration] WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY EMILY HALL CHAMBERLIN 1912 [Illustration: Ann was ready to cry and Rudolf had drawn his sword.] [Illustration] [Illustration] CONTENTS I AUNT JANE’S OLD TOYS II THE ANGRY WARMING-PAN III A VISIT TO THE GOOSE IV THE FALSE HARE V REAL LIVE PIRATES VI ABOARD THE MERRY MOUSER VII CATNIP ISLAND VIII MUTINY ON BOARD IX CAPTAIN JINKS X MEETING A QUEEN XI THE GOOD DREAMS XII ENTER THE KNIGHT-MARE XIII THE BAD DREAMS XIV IN THE HOLLOW TREE XV COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] CHAPTER I AUNT JANE’S OLD TOYS It was beginning to get dark in the big nursery....
by H. E. Marshall (Henrietta Elizabeth) Contents Part I STORIES OF EXPLORERS AND PIONEERS How the Vikings of Old Sought And Found New Lands 2. The Sea of Darkness And the Great Faith of Columbus 3. How Columbus Fared Forth Upon the Sea of Darkness And Came To Pleasant Lands Beyond 4. How Columbus Returned in Triumph 5. How America Was Named 6. How the Flag of England Was Planted on the Shores of the New World 7....
by Andrew Barton Banjo’ Paterson [Australian Poet, Reporter — 1864-1941.] [Note on text: Italicized words or phrases are capitalized. Some obvious errors have been corrected.] [This etext is transcribed from the original edition of 1917, which was published in Sydney.] Three Elephant Power and Other Stories By A. B. Paterson, Author of The Man from Snowy River, Rio Grande, Saltbush Bill, J.P., An Outback Marriage, Etc. These stories appeared originally in several Australian journals....
