THE SPARTAN TWINS By Lucy Fitch Perkins 1918 CONTENTS LIST OF CHARACTERS I. COMPANY AT THE FARM II. THE STRANGER’S STORYIII. THE SHEPHERDS IV. SOWING AND REAPING V. THE TWINS GO TO ATHENS VI. THE FESTIVAL OF ATHENAVII. HOME AGAIN THE SPARTAN TWINS The Characters in this Story are:– MELAS, a Spartan living on the Island of Salamis, just off the coast of Greece. He is Overseer on the Farm of Pericles, Archon of Athens....
THE WRITINGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Volume Five CONSTITUTIONAL EDITION TO SYDNEY SPRING, GRAYVILLE, ILL. SPRINGFIELD, June 19, 1858. SYDNEY SPRING, Esq. MY DEAR SIR:–Your letter introducing Mr. Faree was duly received. There was no opening to nominate him for Superintendent of Public Instruction, but through him Egypt made a most valuable contribution to the convention. I think it may be fairly said that he came off the lion of the day–or rather of the night....
by Alexandre Dumas 1 The Shade of Cardinal Richelieu. In a splendid chamber of the Palais Royal, formerly styled the Palais Cardinal, a man was sitting in deep reverie, his head supported on his hands, leaning over a gilt and inlaid table which was covered with letters and papers. Behind this figure glowed a vast fireplace alive with leaping flames; great logs of oak blazed and crackled on the polished brass andirons whose flicker shone upon the superb habiliments of the lonely tenant of the room, which was illumined grandly by twin candelabra rich with wax-lights....
What’s the Matter with Ireland? By Ruth Russell 1920 TO MY MOTHER CONTENTS I. WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH IRELAND II. SINN FEIN AND REVOLUTIONIII. IRISH LABOR AND CLASS REVOLUTION IV. AE’S PEACEFUL REVOLUTION V. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND COMMUNISM VI. WHAT ABOUT BELFAST? ELECTED GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND (AMERICAN DELEGATION) January 29, 1920. Miss Ruth’ Russell, Chicago, Illinois. Dear Miss Russell: I have read the advance copy of your book, “What’s the Matter with Ireland?...
WHAT SAMI SINGS WITH THE BIRDS BY JOHANNA SPYRI TRANSLATED BY HELEN B. DOLE 1917 [Illustration: “Up in the ash-trees the birds piped and sang merrily together.”] CONTENTS CHAPTER FIRST OLD MARY ANN SECOND AT THE GRANDMOTHER’S THIRD ANOTHER LIFE FOURTH HARD TIMES FIFTH THE BIRDS ARE STILL SINGING SIXTH SAMI SINGS TOO LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS UP IN THE ASH-TREES THE BIRDS PIPED AND SANG MERRILY TOGETHER. WHERE HAVE YOU COME FROM WITH ALL YOUR HOUSEHOLD GOODS?...
VILLAS IN THE REGENT’S PARK. [Illustration: MARQUESS OF HERTFORD’S VILLA.] [Illustration: DORIC VILLA.] The definition of the word villa is a country seat; but the reader will ask, how can a country seat be in the midst of a metropolis, or in its brick and mortar confines? The term, however, admits of various modifications. The villas of the Romans resembled large city palaces removed into the country, and some of them were four times larger than Versailles with its three thousand apartments....
By Charles Dickens CHAPTER 1 Night is generally my time for walking. In the summer I often leave home early in the morning, and roam about fields and lanes all day, or even escape for days or weeks together; but, saving in the country, I seldom go out until after dark, though, Heaven be thanked, I love its light and feel the cheerfulness it sheds upon the earth, as much as any creature living....
THE OREGON TRAIL by Francis Parkman, Jr. CONTENTS I THE FRONTIER II BREAKING THE ICE III FORT LEAVENWORTH IV “JUMPING OFF” V “THE BIG BLUE” VI THE PLATTE AND THE DESERT VII THE BUFFALO VIII TAKING FRENCH LEAVE IX SCENES AT FORT LARAMIE X THE WAR PARTIES XI SCENES AT THE CAMP XII ILL LUCK XIII HUNTING INDIANS XIV THE OGALLALLA VILLAGR XV THE HUNTING CAMP XVI THE TRAPPERS XVII THE BLACK HILLS XVIII A MOUNTAIN HUNT XIX PASSAGE OF THE MOUNTAINS XX THE LONELY JOURNEY XXI THE PUEBLO AND BENT’S FORT XXII TETE ROUGE, THE VOLUNTEER XXIII INDIAN ALARMS XXIV THE CHASE XXV THE BUFFALO CAMP XXVI DOWN THE ARKANSAS XXVII THE SETTLEMENTS CHAPTER I THE FRONTIER Last spring, 1846, was a busy season in the City of St....
THE PASSING OF THE FRONTIER, A CHRONICLE OF THE OLD WEST BY EMERSON HOUGH New Haven: Yale University PressToronto: Glasgow, Brook & Co.London: Humphrey MilfordOxford University Press1918 CONTENTS I. THE FRONTIER IN HISTORYII. THE RANGEIII. THE CATTLE TRAILSIV. THE COWBOYV. THE MINESVI. PATHWAYS OF THE WESTVII. THE INDIAN WARSVIII. THE CATTLE KINGSIX. THE HOMESTEADERBIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE THE PASSING OF THE FRONTIER Chapter I. The Frontier In History The frontier! There is no word in the English language more stirring, more intimate, or more beloved....
by William Shakespeare I. Did not the heavenly rhetoric of thine eye, ‘Gainst whom the world could not hold argument, Persuade my heart to this false perjury? Vows for thee broke deserve not punishment. A woman I forswore; but I will prove,Thou being a goddess, I forswore not thee: My vow was earthly, thou a heavenly love; Thy grace being gain’d cures all disgrace in me. My vow was breath, and breath a vapour is; Then, thou fair sun, that on this earth doth shine, Exhale this vapour vow; in thee it is:If broken, then it is no fault of mine....
AUGUST STRINDBERG THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS A TRILOGY ENGLISH VERSION BY GRAHAM RAWSON WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GUNNAR OLLEN CONTENTS INTRODUCTIONPART ONEPART TWOPART THREE INTRODUCTION Strindberg’s great trilogy The Road to Damascus presents many mysteries to the uninitiated. Its peculiar changes of mood, its gallery of half unreal characters, its bizarre episodes combine to make it a bewilderingly rich but rather ‘difficult’ work. It cannot be recommended to the lover of light drama or the seeker of momentary distraction....
THE RUDDER GRANGERS ABROAD AND OTHER STORIES BY FRANK R. STOCKTON 1891, 1894 CONTENTS. I. EUPHEMIA AMONG THE PELICANS II. THE RUDDER GRANGERS IN ENGLAND III. POMONA’S DAUGHTER IV. DERELICT V. THE BAKER OF BARNBURY VI. THE WATER-DEVIL EUPHEMIA AMONG THE PELICANS. The sun shone warm and soft, as it shines in winter time in the semi-tropics. The wind blew strong, as it blows whenever and wherever it listeth. Seven pelicans labored slowly through the air....
THE SONG OF THE BLOOD-RED FLOWER by Johannes Linnankoski From the Finnish. Original Title: “Laulu Tulipunaisesta Kukasta” First Published in 1920. CONTENTS THE FAIRY OF THE FOREST GAZELLE A MOTHER’S EYES FATHER AND SON PANSY AT SUNRISE ROWAN THE FIRST SNOWFALL DAISY THE RAPIDS THE SONG OF THE BLOOD-RED FLOWER WATER-SPRITE AND WATER-WITCH THE CAMP-FIRE AT NEITOKALLIO HAWTHORN SISTER MAYA CLEMATIS DARK FURROWS TO THE DREGS BY THE ROADSIDE THE CUPBOARD THE HOUSE BUILDING WAYS THAT MEET MOISIO THE BROKEN STRING THE BRIDAL CHAMBER THE SOMNAMBULIST OUT OF THE PAST THE MARK THE PILGRIMAGE THE RECKONING WAITING THE HOMECOMING THE FAIRY OF THE FOREST The setting sun shone on the wooded slopes of the hill....
A STORY OF THE GREAT “WHITE WAY” BY KENNETH MCGAFFEY 1908 These Stories were originally printed in The Morning Telegraph, New York. CONTENTS Chapter Explanation 1 Sabrina Discourses Theatrical Conditions 2 The Carrier Pigeon as a Benefit to Humanity 3 Sabrina Receives Money from an Unexpected Source 4 Sabrina Receives Her Fortune and Says Farewell to the Hall Bedroom 5 Sabrina Visits Her Patents in Emporia, and Shocks that Staid Town 6 Details of How Sabrina Stood Emporia on Edge and was Ejected Therefrom 7 The Chorus Girls’ Union Gave their Annual Ball 8 Sabrina Falls In Love with a Press Agent with Hectic Chatter 9 Sabrina Returns to the Chorus, so that She Can Keep Her Automobile Without Causing Comment 10 Sabrina and Her Former Room-mate Involved in an Argument at a Beefsteak Party 11 The Dramatic Possibilities of the “Mangled Doughnut” 12 Sabrina Passes a Few Remarks on Love, Comedians, and Spring Millinery 13 Sabrina Scores a Great Personal Success 14 Methods of the House Breakers’ Association Disclosed 15 Sabrina Denounces the Male Sex as Being All Alike, and Threatens to Take the Veil 16 After Investigating the Country Atmosphere Carefully, Sabrina Says the Only Healthful Ozone is Out of a Champagne Bottle 17 Sabrina Visits the Racetrack and Returns with Money 18 A Pink Whiskered Bark Tries to Convert the Merry-merry 19 Sabrina Advises Chorus Girls, Charging Time for their Company 20 Sabrina is Married and Goes Abroad on Her Wedding Trip EXPLANATION....
THE STORY OF GRETTIR THE STRONG TRANSLATED FROM THE ICELANDIC BYEIRIKR MAGNUSSONANDWILLIAM MORRIS 1900 A life scarce worth the living, a poor fame Scarce worth the winning, in a wretched land, Where fear and pain go upon either hand, As toward the end men fare without an aim Unto the dull grey dark from whence they came: Let them alone, the unshadowed sheer rocks stand Over the twilight graves of that poor band, Who count so little in the great world’s game!...
by KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN CONTENTS SPRING I. SACO WATERII. THE SISTERSIII. DEACON BAXTER’S WIVESIV. SOMETHING OF A HEROV. PATIENCE AND IMPATIENCEVI. A KISSVII. WHAT DREAMS MAY COME SUMMER VIII. THE JOINER’S SHOPIX. CEPHAS SPEAKS X. ON TORY HILLXI. A JUNE SUNDAYXII. THE GREEN-EYED MONSTERXIII. HAYING TIMEXIV. UNCLE BART DISCOURSESXV. IVORY’S MOTHER XVI. LOCKED OUT AUTUMN XVII. A BRACE OF LOVERSXVIII. A STATE O’ MAINE PROPHETXIX. AT THE BRICK STOREXX. THE ROD THAT BLOSSOMED XXI....
The Strength of the Strong Contents: The Strength of the StrongSouth of the SlotThe Unparalleled InvasionThe Enemy of All the WorldThe Dream of DebsThe Sea-FarmerSamuel THE STRENGTH OF THE STRONG “Parables don’t lie, but liars will parable.”–Lip-King. Old Long-Beard paused in his narrative, licked his greasy fingers, and wiped them on his naked sides where his one piece of ragged bearskin failed to cover him. Crouched around him, on their hams, were three young men, his grandsons, Deer-Runner, Yellow-Head, and Afraid-of-the-Dark....
THE WORKS OF FREDERICK SCHILLER Translated from the German Illustrated HISTORY OF THE THIRTY YEARS’ WAR IN GERMANY. PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION. The present is the best collected edition of the important works of Schiller which is accessible to readers in the English language. Detached poems or dramas have been translated at various times since the first publication of the original works; and in several instances these versions have been incorporated into this collection....
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. THE WEDDING GUEST: A FRIEND OF THE BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM. EDITED BY T.S. ARTHUR. CHICAGO, ILL.: 1856. THERE is no relation in life so important–none involving so much of happiness or misery, as that of husband and wife....
In publishing this tragedy, I do but challenge myself that liberty, which other men have taken before me; not that I affect praise by it, for, nos haec novimus esse nihil, only since it was acted in so dull a time of winter, presented in so open and black a theatre, that it wanted (that which is the only grace and setting-out of a tragedy) a full and understanding auditory; and that since that time I have noted, most of the people that come to that playhouse resemble those ignorant asses (who, visiting stationers’ shops, their use is not to inquire for good books, but new books), I present it to the general view with this confidence: Nec rhoncos metues maligniorum, Nec scombris tunicas dabis molestas....
