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THE VICAR OF TOURS BY HONORE DE BALZAC Translated ByKatharine Prescott Wormeley DEDICATION To David, Sculptor: The permanence of the work on which I inscribe your name– twice made illustrious in this century–is very problematical; whereas you have graven mine in bronze which survives nations –if only in their coins. The day may come when numismatists, discovering amid the ashes of Paris existences perpetuated by you, will wonder at the number of heads crowned in your atelier and endeavour to find in them new dynasties....

BY THE SAME AUTHOR Pigs is Pigs The Great American Pie Company Mike Flannery On Duty and off The Thin Santa Claus That Pup, Kilo, etc. THE WATER GOATS AND OTHER TROUBLES BY ELLIS PARKER BUTLER CONTENTS I. THE WATER GOATSII. MR. BILLINGS’S POCKETSIII. OUR FIRST BURGLAR ITHE WATER GOATS “And then,” said the landscape gardener, combing his silky, pointed beard gently with his long, artistic fingers, “in the lake you might have a couple of gondolas....

PRESIDENTIAL EDITION THE WINNING OF THE WEST BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT VOLUME TWO FROM THE ALLEGHANIES TO THE MISSISSIPPI 1777-1783 WITH MAPS THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED WITH HIS PERMISSION TO FRANCIS PARKMAN TO WHOM AMERICANS WHO FEEL A PRIDE IN THE PIONEER HISTORY OF THEIR COUNTRY ARE SO GREATLY INDEBTED CONTENTS. CHAPTER I.–THE WAR IN THE NORTHWEST, 1777-1778. II.–CLARK’S CONQUEST OF THE ILLINOIS, 1778. III.–CLARK’S CAMPAIGN AGAINST VINCENNES, 1779. IV.–CONTINUANCE OF THE STRUGGLE IN KENTUCKY AND THE NORTHWEST, 1779-1781....

THOMAS WINGFOLD, CURATE. By George MacDonald, LL.D. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL I. THOMAS WINGFOLD, CURATE. CHAPTER I. HELEN LINGARD. A swift, gray November wind had taken every chimney of the house for an organ-pipe, and was roaring in them all at once, quelling the more distant and varied noises of the woods, which moaned and surged like a sea. Helen Lingard had not been out all day. The morning, indeed, had been fine, but she had been writing a long letter to her brother Leopold at Cambridge, and had put off her walk in the neighbouring park till after luncheon, and in the meantime the wind had risen, and brought with it a haze that threatened rain....

TOLD AFTER SUPPER by Jerome K. Jerome Contents: IntroductoryHow the Stories came to be toldTeddy Biffles’ Story–Johnson and Emily; or, the Faithful Ghost Interlude–The Doctor’s StoryMr. Coombe’s Story–The Haunted Mill; or, the Ruined Home InterludeMy Uncle’s Story–The Ghost of the Blue Chamber A Personal ExplanationMy Own Story INTRODUCTORY It was Christmas Eve. I begin this way because it is the proper, orthodox, respectable way to begin, and I have been brought up in a proper, orthodox, respectable way, and taught to always do the proper, orthodox, respectable thing; and the habit clings to me....

TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR-BOATOr The Rivals of Lake Carlopa By VICTOR APPLETON CONTENTS I —– A Motor-boat AuctionII —- Some Lively BiddingIII — A Timely WarningIV —- Tom And Andy ClashV —– A Test Of SpeedVI —- Towing Some GirlsVII — A Brush With AndyVIII — Off On A TripIX —- Mr. Swift Is AlarmedX —– A Cry For HelpXI —- A Quick RunXII — Suspicious CharactersXIII — Tom In DangerXIV — The ARROW DisappearsXV —- A Damaging StatementXVI — Still On The SearchXVII — “There She Is!...

TRAMPING THROUGH MEXICO, GUATEMALA AND HONDURAS Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond By Harry A. Franck Author Of “A Vagabond Journey Around The World,” “Zone Policeman 88,” etc. Illustrated With Photographs By The Author To The Mexican Peon With Sincerest Wishes For His Ultimate Emancipation FOREWORD This simple story of a journey southward grew up of itself. Planning a comprehensive exploration of South America, I concluded to reach that continent by some less monotonous route than the steamship’s track; and herewith is presented the unadorned narrative of what I saw on the way,–the day-by-day experiences in rambling over bad roads and into worse lodging-places that infallibly befall all who venture afield south of the Rio Grande....

TUTT AND MR. TUTT By Arthur Train 1919 CONTENTS THE HUMAN ELEMENT MOCK HEN AND MOCK TURTLE SAMUEL AND DELILAH THE DOG ANDREW WILE Versus GUILE HEPPLEWHITE TRAMP LALLAPALOOSA LIMITED The Human Element Although men flatter themselves with their great actions, they are not so often the result of great design as of chance. –LA ROCHEFOUCAULD. “He says he killed him, and that’s all there is about it!” said Tutt to Mr....

BY EDITH BALLINGER PRICE Author of “SILVER SHOAL LIGHT,”“BLUE MAGIC,” etc. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR 1920 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Greg rigged himself up as an Excavator We hoped the Bottle Man would like the letter “Hang on, Chris!” Jerry said. “I can get it” “Ye be Three Poore Mariners” CHAPTER I It began with Jerry’s finishing off all the olives that were left, “like a pig would do,” as Greg said....

ECLOGUE IMELIBOEUS TITYRUS MELIBOEUSYou, Tityrus, ‘neath a broad beech-canopy Reclining, on the slender oat rehearseYour silvan ditties: I from my sweet fields, And home’s familiar bounds, even now depart. Exiled from home am I; while, Tityrus, you Sit careless in the shade, and, at your call, “Fair Amaryllis” bid the woods resound. TITYRUSO Meliboeus, ’twas a god vouchsafed This ease to us, for him a god will IDeem ever, and from my folds a tender lamb Oft with its life-blood shall his altar stain....

VOYAGES IN SEARCH OF THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE by Richard Hakluyt INTRODUCTION. Thirty-five years ago I made a voyage to the Arctic Seas in what Chaucer calls A little boteNo bigger than a manne’s thought; it was a Phantom Ship that made some voyages to different parts of the world which were recorded in early numbers of Charles Dickens’s “Household Words.” As preface to Richard Hakluyt’s records of the first endeavour of our bold Elizabethan mariners to find North-West Passage to the East, let me repeat here that old voyage of mine from No....

Waltoniana INEDITED REMAINS IN VERSE AND PROSE OF IZAAK WALTON AUTHOR OF THE COMPLETE ANGLER _WITH NOTES AND PREFACE_ BY RICHARD HERNE SHEPHERD LONDON 1878 CONTENTS. 1633. I. An Elegie upon Dr. Donne.1635. II. Lines on a Portrait of Donne. 1638. III. Commendatory Verses prefixed to The Merchants Mappe of Commerce.1645. IV. Preface to Quarles’ Shepherds Oracles. 1650. V. Couplet on Dr. Richard Sibbes. 1651. VI. Dedication of Reliquiae Wottonianae....

What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War By H.G. WELLS 1916 CONTENTS FORECASTING THE FUTURE 2. THE END OF THE WAR 3. NATIONS IN LIQUIDATION 4. BRAINTREE, BOCKING, AND THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD 5. How FAR WILL EUROPE GO TOWARD SOCIALISM? 6. LAWYER AND PRESS 7. THE NEW EDUCATION 8. WHAT THE WAR IS DOING FOR WOMEN 9. THE NEW MAP OF EUROPE10. THE UNITED STATES, FRANCE, BRITAIN, AND RUSSIA 11....

A little queer and uncertain in general aspect. A misprint kills a sensitive authorA nail will pick a lock that defies hatchet and hammer Absolute, peremptory facts are bulliesAdvised every literary man to have a profession. Afraid of books who have not handled them from infancy Age and neglect united graduallyAgreed on certain ultimata of belief Algebraic symbols of minds which have grown too weak All his geese are swansAll men are bores, except when we want them All men love all womenAll the forms of moral excellence, except truth All want to reach old age and grumble when they get it And now we two are walking the long path in peace together Another privilege of talking is to misquote Arc in the movement of a large intellect As a child, he should have tumbled about in a library As I understand truthAs to clever people’s hating each other Asked Solon what made him dare to be so obstinate Assume a standard of judgment in our own minds At the mercy of every superior mindAudacious self-esteem, with good ground for it Automatic and involuntary actions of the mind Babbage’s calculating machineBe very careful to whom you trust one of these keys Beautiful effects from wit,–all the prismatic colors Been in the same precise circumstances before Behave like men and gentlemen about it, if you know how....

WILD WINGS A ROMANCE OF YOUTH BY MARGARET REBECCA PIPER 1921 CONTENTS I MOSTLY TONY II WITH ROSALIND IN ARDEN III A GIRL WHO COULDN’T STOP BEING A PRINCESS IV A BOY WHO WASN’T AN ASS BUT BEHAVED LIKE ONE V WHEN YOUTH MEETS YOUTH VI A SHADOW ON THE PATH VII DEVELOPMENTS BY MAIL VIII THE LITTLE LADY WHO FORGOT IX TEDDY SEIZES THE DAY X TONY DANCES INTO A DISCOVERY XI THINGS THAT WERE NOT ALL ON THE CARD XII AND THERE IS A FLAME XIII BITTER FRUIT XIV SHACKLES XV ON THE EDGE OF THE PRECIPICE XVI IN WHICH PHIL GETS HIS EYES OPENED XVII A WEDDING RING IT WAS HARD TO REMEMBER XVIII A YOUNG MAN IN LOVE XIX TWO HOLIDAYS MAKE CONFESSION XX A YOUNG MAN NOT FOR SALE XXI HARRISON CRESSY REVERTS XXII THE DUNBURY CURE XXIII SEPTEMBER CHANGES XXIV A PAST WHICH DID NOT STAY BURIED XXV ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE XXVI THE KALEIDOSCOPE REVOLVES XXVII TROUBLED WATERS XXVIII IN DARK PLACES XXIX THE PEDIGREE OF PEARLS XXX THE FIERY FURNACE XXXI THE MOVING FINGER CONTINUES TO WRITE XXXII DWELLERS IN DREAMS XXXIII WAITING FOR THE END OF THE STORY XXXIV IN WHICH TWO MASSEYS MEET IN MEXICO XXXV GEOFFREY ANNERSLEY ARRIVES XXXVI THE PAST AND FUTURE MEET XXXVII ALAN MASSEY LOSES HIMSELF XXXVIII THE SONG IN THE NIGHT XXXIX IN WHICH THE TALE ENDS IN THE HOUSE ON THE HILL CHAPTER I MOSTLY TONY Among the voluble, excited, commencement-bound crowd that boarded the Northampton train at Springfield two male passengers were conspicuous for their silence as they sat absorbed in their respective newspapers which each had hurriedly purchased in transit from train to train....

WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE by James Bryce CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION No man has lived in our times of whom it is so hard to speak in a concise and summary fashion as Mr. Gladstone. For forty years he was so closely associated with the public affairs of his country that the record of his parliamentary life comes near to being an outline of English politics. His activity spread itself out over many fields....

THE WITNESS FOR THE DEFENCE BY A.E.W. MASON 1914 CONTENTS CHAPTER I. HENRY THRESK II. ON BIGNOR HILL III. IN BOMBAY IV. JANE REPTON V. THE QUEST VI. IN THE TENT AT CHITIPUR VII. THE PHOTOGRAPH VIII. AND THE RIFLE IX. AN EPISODE IN BALLANTYNE’S LIFE X. NEWS FROM CHITIPUR XI. THRESK INTERVENES XII. THRESK GIVES EVIDENCE XIII. LITTLE BEEDING AGAIN XIV. THE HAZLEWOODS XV. THE GREAT CRUSADE XVI. CONSEQUENCES XVII....

YORKSHIRE COAST AND MOORLAND SCENES Painted and Described By GORDON HOME Second Edition 1907 First Edition published April 26, 1904 Second Edition published April, 1907 PREFACE It may seem almost superfluous to explain that this book does not deal with the whole of Yorkshire, for it would obviously be impossible to get even a passing glimpse of such a great tract of country in a book of this nature. But I have endeavoured to give my own impressions of much of the beautiful coast-line, and also some idea of the character of the moors and dales of the north-east portion of the county....

[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the file for those who may wish to sample the author’s ideas before making an entire meal of them. D.W.] ZIBELINE By PHILIPPE DE MASSA BOOK 3. CHAPTER XX ZIBELINE RECEIVES The Duchesse de Montgeron had no children, and her most tender affections were concentrated upon her husband and her brother. The scruples which caused the latter to forswear matrimony grieved her deeply, for, knowing the inflexibility of his character, she was sure that no one in the world could make him alter his decision....

Tho’ many of my readers have at times observ’d and remark’d a Sort of antique Flow in my Stile of Writing, it hath pleased me to pass amongst the Members of this Generation as a young Man, giving out the Fiction that I was born in 1890, in America. I am now, however, resolv’d to unburthen myself of a Secret which I have hitherto kept thro’ Dread of Incredulity; and to impart to the Publick a true knowledge of my long years, in order to gratifie their taste for authentick Information of an Age with whose famous Personages I was on familiar Terms....