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THE WOLVES AND THE LAMB by William Makepeace Thackeray DRAMATIS PERSONAE. MR. HORACE MILLIKEN, a Widower, a wealthy City Merchant. GEORGE MILLIKEN, a Child, his Son.CAPTAIN TOUCHIT, his Friend.CLARENCE KICKLEBURY, brother to Milliken’s late Wife. JOHN HOWELL, M’s Butler and confidential Servant. CHARLES PAGE, Foot-boy.BULKELEY, Lady Kicklebury’s Servant. MR. BONNINGTON.Coachman, Cabman; a Bluecoat Boy, another Boy (Mrs. Prior’s Sons). LADY KICKLEBURY, Mother-in-law to Milliken. MRS. BONNINGTON, Milliken’s Mother (married again)....

The Young Engineers in Colorado or, At Railwood Building in Earnest By H. Irving Hancock CONTENTS CHAPTERS I. The Cub Engineers Reach Camp II. Bad Pete Becomes Worse III. The Day of Real Work Dawns IV. “Trying Out” the Gridley Boys V. Tom Doesn’t Mind “Artillery” VI. The Bite from the Bush VII. What a Squaw Knew VIII. ‘Gene Black, Trouble-Maker IX. “Doctored” Field Notes? X. Things Begin to go Down Hill XI....

THE LADY OF THE BARGE AND OTHER STORIES By W. W. Jacobs THREE AT TABLE The talk in the coffee-room had been of ghosts and apparitions, and nearly everybody present had contributed his mite to the stock of information upon a hazy and somewhat thread-bare subject. Opinions ranged from rank incredulity to childlike faith, one believer going so far as to denounce unbelief as impious, with a reference to the Witch of Endor, which was somewhat marred by being complicated in an inexplicable fashion with the story of Jonah....

Thuvia, Maid of Mars By Edgar Rice Burroughs CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I Carthoris and Thuvia . . . . . . . . 7 II Slavery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 III Treachery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 IV A Green Man’s Captive . . . . . . . 34 V The Fair Race ....

ByVICTOR APPLETON CONTENTSI A BreakdownII A Daring ProjectIII The Hand of the CzarIV The SearchV A Clew from RussiaVI Rescuing Mr. PetrofskyVII The Air GliderVIII In a Great GaleIIX The SpiesX Off in the AirshipXI A Storm at SeaXII An AccidentXIII Seeking a QuarrelXIV Hurried FlightXV PursuedXVI The NihlistsXVII On to SiberiaXVIII In a Russian PrisonXIX Lost in a Salt MineXX The EscapeXXI The RescueXXII In the HurricaneXXIII The Lost MineXXIV The Leaking TanksXXV Homeward Bound–Conclusion TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIR GLIDER CHAPTER I A BREAKDOWN “Well, Ned, are you ready?...

‘TWIXT FRANCE AND SPAIN; Or, A Spring in the Pyrenees BY E. ERNEST BILBROUGH. [Illustration: MAP OF THE PYRENEES(To accompany “TWIXT FRANCE & SPAIN”) With the Principal Peaks, Rivers & Roads.] CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAU. Trains and steamers–Bordeaux and its hotels–Lamothe –Morcenx–Dax–Puyoo–Orthez–First impressions of Pau–The hotels and pensions–Amusements–Pension Colbert–Making up parties for the Pyrenees–The Place Royale and the view–The castle of Pau and its approaches–Origin of name–Historical notes–The towers–Visiting hours–The tapestries–The wonderful bedstead–The delusive tortoiseshell cradle–The “Tour de la Monnaie”–The park–The Billeres plains–Tennis and golf–The Route de Billeres and the Billeres woods–French sportsmen–Hunting–Racing–Lescar and its old cathedral–Fontaine de Marnieres–The bands–The Parc Beaumont –Ballooning–The Casino–Polo–The cemetery–The churches of St....

WAR AND THE FUTUREItaly, France and Britain at Warby H. G. Wells ContentsThe Passing of the EffigyThe War in Italy (August, 1916) I. The Isonzo Front II. The Mountain WarIII. Behind the FrontThe Western War (September, 1916) I. Ruins II. The Grades of WarIII. The War Landscape IV. New Arms for Old Ones V. TanksHow People Think About the War I. Do they Really Think at all? II. The Yielding Pacifist and the Conscientious Objector III....

WOMAN’S INSTITUTE LIBRARY OF COOKERY SALADS AND SANDWICHES COLD AND FROZEN DESSERTS CAKES, COOKIES, AND PUDDINGS PASTRIES AND PIES WOMAN’S INSTITUTE OF DOMESTIC ARTS AND SCIENCES, Inc. PREFACE This volume, the fourth of the Woman’s Institute Library of Cookery, deals with salads, sandwiches, cold desserts, cakes, both large and small, puddings, pastry, and pies. Such foods constitute some of the niceties of the diet, but skill in their preparation signifies at once a housewife’s mastery of the science of cookery....

The firm of Ticknor and Fields, after many mergers and acquisitions, continues to exist today as Houghton Mifflin Books. The firm’s original store, the Old Corner Bookstore, still exists as a bookstore at the corner of School and Washington streets in Boston. * * * * * CONTENTS. I. INTRODUCTORY II. THACKERAY III. HAWTHORNE IV. DICKENS V. WORDSWORTH VI. MISS MITFORD VII. “BARRY CORNWALL” AND SOME OF HIS FRIENDS INTRODUCTORY....

1As armas e os barões assinalados,Que da ocidental praia Lusitana,Por mares nunca de antes navegados,Passaram ainda além da Taprobana,Em perigos e guerras esforçados,Mais do que prometia a força humana,E entre gente remota edificaramNovo Reino, que tanto sublimaram; 2E também as memórias gloriosasDaqueles Reis, que foram dilatandoA Fé, o Império, e as terras viciosasDe África e de Ásia andaram devastando;E aqueles, que por obras valerosasSe vão da lei da morte libertando;Cantando espalharei por toda parte,Se a tanto me ajudar o engenho e arte....

This digitized version preserves the original page breaks. The text of each page is followed by its notes. Note reference numbers in the text are enclosed in brackets. In a few places I have substituted the character forms available in the Big 5 character set for rare or (what are now considered) nonstandard forms used by Legge. Characters not included in the Big 5 character set in any form are described by their constituent elements....

COPPET, Sept. 1, 1820. I am sure that you have heard of us, and of all we have done and seen from Edgeworthstown as far as Berne: from thence we went to Thun: there we took char-à-bancs, little low carriages, like half an Irish jaunting car, with four wheels, and a square tarpaulin awning over our heads. Jolting along on these vehicles, which would go over a house, I am sure, without being overturned or without being surprised, we went—the Swiss postillion jolting along at the same round rate up and down, without ever looking back to see whether the carriages and passengers follow, yet now and then turning to point to mountains, glaciers, and cascades....

THE ORDEAL OF RICHARD FEVEREL By George Meredith 1905 CONTENTS I. THE INMATES OF RAYNHAM ABBEYII. FATES SELECTED THE FOURTEENTH BIRTHDAY TO TRY THE STRENGTH III. THE MAGIAN CONFLICTIV. ARSONV. ADRIAN PLIES HIS HOOKVI. JUVENILE STRATAGEMSVII. DAPHNE’S BOWERVIII. THE BITTER CUPIX. A FINE DISTINCTIONX. RICHARD PASSES THROUGH HIS PRELIMINARY ORDEAL XI. THE LAST ACT OF THE BAKEWELL COMEDY IS CLOSED IN A LETTER XII. THE BLOSSOMING SEASONXIII. THE MAGNETIC AGEXIV....

The Penance of Magdalena And Other Tales of the California Missions By J. Smeaton Chase With Illustrations Foreward Among the California Missions the southern group form a natural unit, just as does, geographically, Southern California itself–the region covered by the familiar California formula, “South of the Tehachapi.” It is thought that this little set of tales, extracted from the larger work, The California Padres and Their Missions, in which Mr....

A TALE OF TWO CONTINENTS A. CONAN DOYLE CONTENTS. PART I. IN THE OLD WORLD. Chapter I. THE MAN FROM AMERICA. II. A MONARCH IN DESHABILLE III. THE HOLDING OF THE DOOR IV. THE FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE V. CHILDREN OF BELIAL VI. A HOUSE OF STRIFE VII. THE NEW WORLD AND THE OLD VIII. THE RISING SUN IX. LE ROI S’AMUSE X. AN ECLIPSE AT VERSAILLES XI. THE SUN REAPPEARS XII....

THE SEABOARD PARISH BY GEORGE MAC DONALD, LL.D. VOL. III. CONTENTS OF VOL. III. I. A WALK WITH MY WIFE II. OUR LAST SHORE-DINNER III. A PASTORAL VISIT. IV. THE ART OF NATURE V. THE SORE SPOT VI. THE GATHERING STORM. VII. THE GATHERED STORM.VIII. THE SHIPWRECK IX. THE FUNERAL X. THE SERMON. XI. CHANGED PLANS. XII. THE STUDIO.XIII. HOME AGAIN. CHAPTER I. A WALK WITH MY WIFE. The autumn was creeping up on the earth, with winter holding by its skirts behind; but before I loose my hold of the garments of summer, I must write a chapter about a walk and a talk I had one night with my wife....

THE SEWERAGE OF SEA COAST TOWNS BY HENRY C. ADAMS CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE FORMATION OF TIDES AND CURRENTS II. OBSERVATIONS OF THE RISE AND FALL OF TIDES III. CURRENT OBSERVATIONS IV. SELECTION OF SITE FOR OUTFALL SEWER. V. VOLUME OF SEWAGE VI. GAUGING FLOW IN SEWERS VII. RAINFALL VIII. STORM WATER IN SEWERS IX. WIND AND WINDMILLS X. THE DESIGN OF SEA OUTFALLS XI ACTION OF SEA WATER ON CEMENT XII....

THE SHADOW OF THE CATHEDRAL BY VICENTE BLASCO IBANEZ 1919 Translated From The Spanish ByMrs. W.A. Gillespie With A Critical Introduction ByW.D. Howells INTRODUCTION There are three cathedrals which I think will remain chief of the Spanish cathedrals in the remembrance of the traveller, namely the Cathedral at Burgos, the Cathedral at Toledo, and the Cathedral at Seville; and first of these for reasons hitherto of history and art, and now of fiction, will be the Cathedral at Toledo, which the most commanding talent among the contemporary Spanish novelists has made the protagonist of the romance following....

THE SILVERADO SQUATTERS The scene of this little book is on a high mountain. There are, indeed, many higher; there are many of a nobler outline. It is no place of pilgrimage for the summary globe-trotter; but to one who lives upon its sides, Mount Saint Helena soon becomes a centre of interest. It is the Mont Blanc of one section of the Californian Coast Range, none of its near neighbours rising to one-half its altitude....

THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE: OR CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITS. “To know another well were to know one’s self.” CONTENTS. JEREMY BENTHAM WILLIAM GODWIN MR. COLERIDGE REV. MR. IRVING THE LATE MR. HORNE TOOKE SIR WALTER SCOTT LORD BYRON MR. CAMPBELL–MR. CRABBE SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH MR. WORDSWORTH MR. MALTHUS MR. GIFFORD MR. JEFFREY MR. BROUGHAM–SIR F. BURDETT LORD ELDON–MR. WILBERFORCE MR. SOUTHEY MR. T. MOORE–MR. LEIGH HUNT ELIA–GEOFFREY CRAYON THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE....