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THE WORLD’S GREATEST BOOKS JOINT EDITORS ARTHUR MEE Editor and Founder of the Book of Knowledge J.A. HAMMERTON Editor of Harmsworth’s Universal Encyclopaedia VOL. IX LIVES AND LETTERS MCMX * * * * * Table of Contents ABELARD AND HELOISE Love-Letters AMIEL, H.F. Fragments of an Intimate Diary AUGUSTINE, SAINT Confessions BOSWELL, JAMES Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. BREWSTER, SIR DAVID Life of Sir Isaac Newton BUNYAN, JOHN Grace Abounding CARLYLE, ALEXANDER Autobiography CARLYLE, THOMAS Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell Life of Schiller CELLINI, BENVENUTO Autobiography CHATEAUBRIAND, FRANCOIS RENE DE Memoirs from Beyond the Grave CHESTERFIELD, EARL OF Letters to His Son CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS Letters COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR Biographia Literaria COWPER, WILLIAM Letters DE QUINCEY, THOMAS Confessions of an English Opium-Eater DUMAS, ALEXANDRE Memoirs EVELYN, JOHN Diary FORSTER, JOHN Life of Goldsmith FOX, GEORGE Journal FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN Autobiography GASKELL, MRS....

THREE EXPEDITIONS INTO THE INTERIOR OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA; WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE RECENTLY EXPLORED REGION OF AUSTRALIA FELIX, AND OF THE PRESENT COLONY OF NEW SOUTH WALES: BY MAJOR T.L. MITCHELL, F.G.S. & M.R.G.S. SURVEYOR-GENERAL. SECOND EDITION, CAREFULLY REVISED. … IN TWO VOLUMES. VOLUME 2. LONDON:T. & W. BOONE, NEW BOND STREET. … CONTENTS OF VOLUME 2. EXPEDITION TO THE RIVERS DARLING AND MURRAY, IN THE YEAR 1836. CHAPTER 3....

TWO YEARS AGO [Illustration] TWO YEARS AGO BYCHARLES KINGSLEY IN TWO VOLS.–VOL. II 1901 CONTENTS OF VOL. II. CHAP XV THE CRUISE OF THE WATERWITCH XVI COME AT LAST XVII BAALZEBUB’S BANQUET XVIII THE BLACK HOUND XIX BEDDGELERT XX BOTH SIDES OF THE MOON AT ONCE XXI NATURE’S MELODRAMA XXII FOND, YET NOT FOOLISH XXIII THE BROAD STONE OF HONOUR XXIV THE THIRTIETH OF SEPTEMBER XXV THE BANKER AND HIS DAUGHTER XXVI TOO LATE XXVII A RECENT EXPLOSION IN AN ANCIENT CRATER XXVIII LAST CHRISTMAS EVE TWO YEARS AGO....

[Transcriber’s note: The spelling irregularities of the original have been preserved in this etext.] VANGUARDSOF THE PLAINS [Illustration: I COULD NOT SPEAK THEN, FOR ONE SENTENCE WAS RINGING IN MY EARS–“I WAS ALWAYS THINKING OF YOU”] VANGUARDS OFTHE PLAINS A ROMANCE OF THE OLD SANTA FE TRAIL BYMARGARET HILL McCARTER AUTHOR OF_The Price of the Prairie_ HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERSNEW YORK AND LONDON [Illustration] VANGUARDS OF THE PLAINS 1917, Harper & BrothersPrinted in the United States of America DEDICATION This story of the old Santa Fe Trail would do honor to the memory of those stalwart men who defied the desert, who walked the prairies boldly, and who died bravely–vanguards in the building of a firm highway for the commerce of a westward-moving Empire....

Warlord of Mars By Edgar Rice Burroughs CONTENTS On the River IssUnder the MountainsThe Temple of the SunThe Secret TowerOn the Kaolian RoadA Hero in KaolNew AlliesThrough the Carrion CavesWith the Yellow MenIn DuranceThe Pity of Plenty“Follow the Rope!”The Magnet SwitchThe Tide of BattleRewardsThe New Ruler ON THE RIVER ISS In the shadows of the forest that flanks the crimson plain by the side of the Lost Sea of Korus in the Valley Dor, beneath the hurtling moons of Mars, speeding their meteoric way close above the bosom of the dying planet, I crept stealthily along the trail of a shadowy form that hugged the darker places with a persistency that proclaimed the sinister nature of its errand....

[Transcriber’s Note: There were several words that appeared to be printers errors in this book. These have been changed; the changes are marked, and the original spellings are at the end of the text.] WIFE IN NAME ONLY By Charlotte M. Braeme (Bertha M. Clay) Chicago By The Same Author In Uniform Style Dora ThorneFrom Gloom to SunlightHer MartyrdomGolden HeartHer Only SinLady Damer’s SecretThe Squire’s DarlingHer Mother’s SinWife in Name OnlyWedded and PartedShadow of a Sin Wife in Name Only Chapter I....

Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre–Buch 2 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Zweites Buch Erstes Kapitel Jeder, der mit lebhaften Kr‰ften vor unsern Augen eine Absicht zu erreichen strebt, kann, wir mˆgen seinen Zweck loben oder tadeln, sich unsre Teilnahme versprechen; sobald aber die Sache entschieden ist, wenden wir unser Auge sogleich von ihm weg; alles, was geendigt, was abgetan daliegt, kann unsre Aufmerksamkeit keineswegs fesseln, besonders wenn wir schon fr¸he der Unternehmung einen ¸beln Ausgang prophezeit haben....

ENDTHE SMALL PRINT! FOR PUBLIC DOMAIN ETEXTSVer.04.29.93END* This etext was prepared by Michael Pullen, globaltraveler5565@yahoo.com. Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre–Buch 3 oder die Entsagenden Drittes Buch Erstes Kapitel Nach allem diesem, und was daraus erfolgen mochte, war nun Wilhelms erstes Anliegen, sich den Verb¸ndeten wieder zu n‰hern und mit irgendeiner Abteilung derselben irgendwo zusammenzutreffen. Er zog daher sein T‰felchen zu Rat und begab sich auf den Weg, der ihn vor andern ans Ziel zu f¸hren versprach....

THE PATAGONIA by Henry James CHAPTER I The houses were dark in the August night and the perspective of Beacon Street, with its double chain of lamps, was a foreshortened desert. The club on the hill alone, from its semi-cylindrical front, projected a glow upon the dusky vagueness of the Common, and as I passed it I heard in the hot stillness the click of a pair of billiard-balls. As “every one” was out of town perhaps the servants, in the extravagance of their leisure, were profaning the tables....

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the beginning of the nineteenth century Volume IV, 1576-1582 E. H. Blair & J. A. Robertson Contents of Volume IV Preface Documents of 1576-78: Relation of the Filipinas Islands....

PLAYS OF JOHN GALSWORTHY–SERIES 3 THE PIGEONA Fantasy in Three Acts By John Galsworthy PERSONS OF THE PLAY CHRISTOPHER WELLWYN, an artistANN, his daughterGUINEVERE MEGAN, a flower-sellerRORY MEGAN, her husbandFERRAND, an alienTIMSON, once a cabmanEDWARD BERTLEY, a CanonALFRED CALWAY, a ProfessorSIR THOMAS HOXTON, a Justice of the Peace Also a police constable, three humble-men, and some curious persons The action passes in Wellwyn’s Studio, and the street outside. ACT I....

THE PILOT A Tale of the Sea. BY J. FENIMORE COOPER TO WILLIAM BRANFORD SHUBRICK, ESQ., U. S. NAVY. MY DEAR SHUBRICK, Each year brings some new and melancholy chasm in what is now the brief list of my naval friends and former associates. War, disease, and the casualties of a hazardous profession have made fearful inroads in the limited number; while the places of the dead are supplied by names that to me are those of strangers....

THE PLEASURES OF LIFE SIR JOHN LUBBOCK CONTENTS. PART I CHAPTER ITHE DUTY OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER IITHE HAPPINESS OF DUTY CHAPTER IIIA SONG OF BOOKS CHAPTER IVTHE CHOICE OF BOOKS CHAPTER VTHE BLESSING OF FRIENDS CHAPTER VITHE VALUE OF TIME CHAPTER VIITHE PLEASURES OF TRAVEL CHAPTER VIIITHE PLEASURES OF HOME CHAPTER IXSCIENCE CHAPTER XEDUCATION PART II CHAPTER IAMBITION CHAPTER IIWEALTH CHAPTER IIIHEALTH CHAPTER IVLOVE CHAPTER VART CHAPTER VIPOETRY CHAPTER VIIMUSIC CHAPTER VIIITHE BEAUTIES OF NATURE CHAPTER IXTHE TROUBLES OF LIFE CHAPTER XLABOR AND REST CHAPTER XIRELIGION CHAPTER XIITHE HOPE OF PROGRESS CHAPTER XIIITHE DESTINY OF MAN PREFACE Those who have the pleasure of attending the opening meetings of schools and colleges, and of giving away prizes and certificates, are generally expected at the same time to offer such words of counsel and encouragement as the experience of the world might enable them to give to those who are entering life....

THE PORT OF ADVENTURE By Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson 1913 Published in Great Britain under the title: The Love Pirate. BY THE SAME AUTHORS LORD LOVELAND DISCOVERS AMERICA ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHER LADY BETTY ACROSS THE WATER MY FRIEND THE CHAUFFEUR THE LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR THE GUESTS OF HERCULES THE PRINCESS VIRGINIA THE GOLDEN SILENCE THE CAR OF DESTINY THE MOTOR MAID THE CHAPERON SET IN SILVER THE HEATHER MOON TO THREE FRIENDS IN CALIFORNIA CONTENTS CHAPTER I....

Contents. I. The beginning of things. II. Peter’s coal-mine. III. The old gentleman. IV. The engine-burglar. V. Prisoners and captives. VI. Saviours of the train. VII. For valour. VIII. The amateur fireman. IX. The pride of Perks. X. The terrible secret. XI. The hound in the red jersey. XII. What Bobbie brought home. XIII. The hound’s grandfather. XIV. The End. Chapter I. The beginning of things. They were not railway children to begin with....

ZANE GREY THEREDHEADEDOUTFIELDAND OTHER BASEBALL STORIES CONTENTS THE REDHEADED OUTFIELD THE RUBETHE RUBE’S PENNANTTHE RUBE’S HONEYMOONTHE RUBE’S WATERLOOBREAKING INTO FAST COMPANYTHE KNOCKERTHE WINNING BALLFALSE COLORSTHE MANAGER OF MADDEN’S HILLOLD WELL-WELL THE REDHEADED OUTFIELDAND OTHER BASEBALL STORIES There was Delaney’s red-haired trio–Red Gilbat, left fielder; Reddy Clammer, right fielder, and Reddie Ray, center fielder, composing the most remarkable outfield ever developed in minor league baseball. It was Delaney’s pride, as it was also his trouble....

 St. Margaret’s, Westminster SERMONS ON SUBJECTS SUGGESTEDBY THE WAR THIRD SERIES THE RELIGIOUS SPIRITOF THE SLAVS THREE LECTURES GIVEN IN LENT, 1916 BY The Rev. FATHER NICOLAI VELIMIROVIC Priest of the Serbian Church, and Professor of Theology in the University of Belgrade I. SLAV ORTHODOXYII. SLAV REVOLUTIONARY CATHOLICISMIII. THE RELIGIOUS SPIRIT OF THE SLAVS 1916 I SLAV ORTHODOXY The Holy Synod and Tolstoi. When Count Tolstoi was excommunicated by the Holy Synod of Russia because “he preached the teachings which are contrary to the Christian faith,” the world was divided in opinion and sympathy into two parts....

THE WRITINGS OF MRS HUMPHRY WARD FENWICK’S CAREERANDTHE STORY OF BESSIE COSTRELL [Illustration: [[Latin inscription: TOVT BIEN OV BIEN]]] BOSTON AND NEW YORKHOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANYMDCCCCX COPYRIGHT, 1895, 1905, 1906, BY MRS. HUMPHRY WARD COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY THESTORY OF BESSIE COSTRELL SCENE I It was an August evening, still and cloudy after a day unusually chilly for the time of year. Now, about sunset, the temperature was warmer than it had been in the morning, and the departing sun was forcing its way through the clouds, breaking up their level masses into delicate latticework of golds and greys....

THE TORRENT (ENTRE NARANJOS) By VICENTE BLASCO IBANEZ TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH BY ISAAC GOLDBERG AND ARTHUR LIVINGSTON 1921 THE TORRENT PART ONE I “Your friends are waiting for you at the Club. They saw you for a moment only, this morning; they’ll be wanting to hear all your stories about life in Madrid.” Dona Bernarda fixed upon the young deputy a pair of deep, scrutinizing, severely maternal eyes that recalled to Rafael all the roguish anxieties of his childhood....

Scanner’s Notes: What this is and isn’t. This was taken from a copy of Shakespeare’s first folio and it is as close as I can come in ASCII to the printed text. The elongated S’s have been changed to small s’s and the conjoined ae have been changed to ae. I have left the spelling, punctuation, capitalization as close as possible to the printed text. I have corrected some spelling mistakes (I have put together a spelling dictionary devised from the spellings of the Geneva Bible and Shakespeare’s First Folio and have unified spellings according to this template), typo’s and expanded abbreviations as I have come across them....