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ODD CRAFT By W.W. Jacobs THE PERSECUTION OF BOB PRETTY The old man sat on his accustomed bench outside the Cauliflower. A generous measure of beer stood in a blue and white jug by his elbow, and little wisps of smoke curled slowly upward from the bowl of his churchwarden pipe. The knapsacks of two young men lay where they were flung on the table, and the owners, taking a noon-tide rest, turned a polite, if bored, ear to the reminiscences of grateful old age....

OR BOOK OF POETRY: ALL THE PIECES AND STANZAS IN IT ILLUSTRATING THE RELIGIOUS VIEWS AND PRACTICES OF THE WRITERS AND THEIR TIMES. Translated by James Legge From the Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 3 First Published 1879 Scanned at www.sacred-texts.com August-September 2000 THE SHIH KING OR BOOK OF POETRY. INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER I. THE NAME AND CONTENTS OF THE CLASSIC. Among the Chinese classical books next after the Shu in point of antiquity comes the Shih or Book of Poetry....

By Edgar Rice Burroughs To Hulbert Burroughs Chapter 1 The long boat of the Marjorie W. was floating down the broad Ugambi with ebb tide and current. Her crew were lazily enjoying this respite from the arduous labor of rowing up stream. Three miles below them lay the Marjorie W. herself, quite ready to sail so soon as they should have clambered aboard and swung the long boat to its davits....

THE COMPLETE YULE-CORDIER EDITION Including the unabridged third edition (1903) of Henry Yule’s annotated translation, as revised by Henri Cordier; together with Cordier’s later volume of notes and addenda (1920) IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME II Containing the second volume of the 1903 edition and the 1920 volume of addenda (two original volumes bound as one) [Illustration: “MARCVS POLVS VENETVS TOTIVS ORBIS ET INDIE PEREGRATOR PRIMVS” Copied by permission from a painting bearing the above inscription in the Gallery of Monsignore Padia in Rome] CONTENTS OF VOL....

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Dear Melmoth:– . . . So you are busy delving into the shady past of that insufferable young Asiatic Varius Avitus Bassianus? Ugh! There are few persons I loathe more than that cursed little Syrian rat! I have myself been carried back to Roman times by my recent perusal of James Rhoades’ Æneid, a translation never before read by me, and more faithful to P. Maro than any other versified version I have ever seen—including that of my late uncle Dr....

THE WANDERING JEW By Eugene Sue BOOK VII. XL. The East Indian in ParisXLI. RisingXLII. DoubtsXLIII. The LetterXLIV. Adrienne and DjalmaXLV. The ConsultationXLVI. Mother Bunch’s DiaryXLVII. The Diary ContinuedXLVIII. The DiscoveryXLIX. The Trysting-Place of the Wolves L. The Common Dwelling-HouseLI. The SecretLII. Revelations CHAPTER XL. THE EAST INDIAN IN PARIS. Since three days, Mdlle. de Cardoville had left Dr. Baleinier’s. The following scene took place in a little dwelling in the Rue Blanche, to which Djalma had been conducted in the name of his unknown protector....

THE WORLD’S GREATEST BOOKS JOINT EDITORS ARTHUR MEE Editor and Founder of the Book of Knowledge J.A. HAMMERTON Editor of Harmsworth a Universal Encyclopaedia VOL. XII MODERN HISTORY * * * * * Table of Contents MODERN HISTORY AMERICA ELIOT, SAMUEL History of the United Stales PRESCOTT, W.H. History of the Conquest of Mexico History of the Conquest of Peru ENGLAND EDWARD HYDE, E. OF CLARENDON History of the Rebellion MACAULAY, LORD History of England BUCKLE, HENRY History of Civilization in England BAGEHOT, WALTER English Constitution FRANCE VOLTAIRE Age of Louis XIV TOCQUEVILLE, DE Old Regime MIGNET, FRANCOIS History of the French Revolution CARLYLE, THOMAS History of the French Revolution LAMARTINE, A....

THE WORLD WAR AND WHAT WAS BEHIND IT or THE STORY OF THE MAP OF EUROPE By L. P. BENEZET SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, EVANSVILLE, INDIANA [Illustration: The Peace Palace at the Hague] PREFACE This little volume is the result of the interest shown by pupils, teachers, and the general public in a series of talks on the causes of the great European war which were given by the author in the fall of 1914....

TO BE READ AT DUSK One, two, three, four, five. There were five of them. Five couriers, sitting on a bench outside the convent on the summit of the Great St. Bernard in Switzerland, looking at the remote heights, stained by the setting sun as if a mighty quantity of red wine had been broached upon the mountain top, and had not yet had time to sink into the snow....

ByVICTOR APPLETON CONTENTS CHAPTER I A TEMPTING OFFER II TROUBLE STARTS III TOM SWIFT’S FRIENDS IV MUCH TO THINK ABOUT V BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS VI THE CONTRACT SIGNED VII THE MAN WITH BIG FEET VIII AN ENEMY IN THE DARK IX WHERE WAS KOKU? X A STRANGE CONVERSATION XI TOUCH AND GO XII THE TRY-OUT DAY ARRIVES XIII HOPES AND FEARS XIV SPEED XV THE ENEMY STILL ACTIVE XVI OFF FOR THE WEST XVII THE WRECK OF FORTY-EIGHT XVIII ON THE HENDRICKTON & PAS ALOS XIX PERIL, THE MOTHER OF INVENTION XX THE RESULT XXI THE OPEN SWITCH XXII A DESPERATE CHASE XXIII MR....

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. Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight or On the Border for Uncle Sam by Victor Appleton AUTHOR OF “TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR-CYCLE,” “TOM SWIFT AND HIS SUBMARINE BOAT,” “TOM SWIFT AND HIS WIRELESS MESSAGE,” “TOM SWIFT IN CAPTIVITY,” ETC....

Under Fire The Story of a Squad By Henri Barbusse (1874-1935) Translated by Fitzwater Wray To the memory of the comrades who fell by my side at Crouy and on Hill 119 January, May, and September, 1915 Contents The Vision In the Earth The Return Volpatte and Fouillade Sanctuary Habits Entraining On Leave The Anger of Volpatte Argoval The Dog The Doorway The Big Words Of Burdens The Egg An Idyll The Sap A Box of Matches Bombardment Under Fire The Refuge Going About The Fatigue-Party The Dawn I The Vision MONT BLANC, the Dent du Midi, and the Aiguille Verte look across at the bloodless faces that show above the blankets along the gallery of the sanatorium....

ENDTHE SMALL PRINT! FOR PUBLIC DOMAIN ETEXTSVer.04.29.93END* This etext was prepared by Michael Pullen, globaltraveler5565@yahoo.com. Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre–Buch 1 oder die Entsagenden Erstes Buch Erstes Kapitel Die Flucht nach ƒgypten Im Schatten eines m‰chtigen Felsen safl Wilhelm an grauser, bedeutender Stelle, wo sich der steile Gebirgsweg um eine Ecke herum schnell nach der Tiefe wendete. Die Sonne stand noch hoch und erleuchtete die Gipfel der Fichten in den Felsengr¸nden zu seinen F¸flen....

WITHIN THE LAW by MARVIN DANA FROM THE PLAY OFBAYARD VEILLER CONTENTS. CHAPTERI. The Panel of LightII. A Cheerful ProdigalIII. Only Three YearsIV. Kisses and KleptomaniaV. The Victim of the Law VI. InfernoVII. Within the LawVIII. A Tip from Headquarters X. A Legal DocumentX. Marked MoneyXI. The ThiefXII. A Bridegroom SpurnedXIII. The Advent of GriggsXIV. A Wedding AnnouncementXV. Aftermath of TragedyXVI. Burke PlotsXVII. Outside the Law XVIII. The Noiseless Death XIX....

YOLANDA MAID OF BURGUNDY By CHARLES MAJOR WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLOTTE WEBER DITZLER MCMV 1905. CONTENTS CHAPTER IA CASTLE AMONG THE CRAGS CHAPTER IIKNIGHTS-ERRANT CHAPTER IIIYOLANDA THE SORCERESS CHAPTER IVDOWN THE RHINE TO BURGUNDY CHAPTER VWHO IS YOLANDA? CHAPTER VIDUKE CHARLES THE RASH CHAPTER VIIA RACE WITH THE DUKE CHAPTER VIIION THE MOAT BRIDGE CHAPTER IXTHE GREAT RIDDLE CHAPTER XTHE HOUSE UNDER THE WALL CHAPTER XIPERONNE LA PUCELLE CHAPTER XIIA LIVE WREN PIE CHAPTER XIIIA BATTLE IN MID AIR CHAPTER XIVSIR KARL MEETS THE PRINCESS CHAPTER XVTHE CROSSING OF A “T” CHAPTER XVIPARTICEPS CRIMINIS CHAPTER XVIITRIAL BY COMBAT CHAPTER XVIIIYOLANDA OR THE PRINCESS?...

It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude. I found it in the glare of mid-afternoon, in the clangour of a metropolis, and in the teeming midst of a shabby and commonplace rooming-house with a prosaic landlady and two stalwart men by my side. In the spring of 1923 I had secured some dreary and unprofitable magazine work in the city of New York; and being unable to pay any substantial rent, began drifting from one cheap boarding establishment to another in search of a room which might combine the qualities of decent cleanliness, endurable furnishings, and very reasonable price....

There is nothing more absurd, as I view it, than that conventional association of the homely and the wholesome which seems to pervade the psychology of the multitude. Mention a bucolic Yankee setting, a bungling and thick-fibred village undertaker, and a careless mishap in a tomb, and no average reader can be brought to expect more than a hearty albeit grotesque phase of comedy. God knows, though, that the prosy tale which George Birch’s death permits me to tell has in it aspects beside which some of our darkest tragedies are light....

THE POETICAL WORKS OFHENRY KIRKE WHITE. WITH A MEMOIRBY SIR HARRIS NICOLAS. TOPETER SMITH, ESQ.THIS VOLUMEIS INSCRIBEDIN TESTIMONY OF ESTEEM AND FRIENDSHIP. CONTENTS. Memoir of Henry Kirke White MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. Clifton GroveTimeChildhood; Part I Part IIThe ChristiadLines written on a Survey of the Heavens Lines supposed to be spoken by a Lover at the Grave of his MistressMy StudyDescription of a Summer’s EveLines–“Go to the raging sea, and say, ‘Be still!...

The Prose of Alfred LichtensteinAlfred Lichtenstein The Winner Max Mechenmal was an independent manager of a newspaper kiosk. He ate and drank well; he had relations with many women, but he was careful. Because his salary was insufficient, he occasionally permitted himself to take money from Ilka Leipke. Ilka Leipke was an unusually small, but well-developed, elegant whore, who attracted many men and women with her bizarre nature and apparently silly ideas, as well as with her actually tasteful clothing....