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RECOLLECTIONS OF THE PRIVATE LIFE OF NAPOLEON, V3 By CONSTANT PREMIER VALET DE CHAMBRE TRANSLATED BY WALTER CLARK 1895 CHAPTER XIII. The First Consul left Boulogne to return to Paris, in order to be present at the marriage of one of his sisters. Prince Camille Borghese, descendant of the noblest family of Rome, had already arrived at Paris to–marry Madame Pauline Bonaparte, widow of General Leclerc, who had died of yellow fever in San Domingo....

Chapter II Mysterious Mr. Bell. It was 3.10 o’clock in ye afternoone whenne The door bell of the Dobson mansion rang loudly, and the servant on going to the door, found an elderly man, with black hair, and side whiskers. He asked to see Miss Dobson. Upon arriving in her presence he said, “Miss Dobson, I know where your father is, and for £10,000 I will restore him. My name is Mr....

THE PARENT’S ASSISTANT OR STORIES FOR CHILDREN by Maria Edgeworth Preface Addressed to Parents. Our great lexicographer, in his celebrated eulogium on Dr. Watts, thus speaks in commendation of those productions which he so successfully penned for the pleasure and instruction of the juvenile portion of the community. “For children,” says Dr. Johnson, “he condescended to lay aside the philosopher, the scholar, and the wit, to write little poems of devotion, and systems of instruction adapted to their wants and capacities, from the dawn of reason to its gradation of advance in the morning of life....

CHARLES DICKENS CONTENTS The Pickwickians The first Day’s Journey, and the first Evening’s Adventures; with their Consequences A new Acquaintance–The Stroller’s Tale–A disagreeable Interruption, and an unpleasant Encounter A Field Day and Bivouac–More new Friends–An Invitation to the Country A short one–Showing, among other Matters, how Mr. Pickwick undertook to drive, and Mr. Winkle to ride, and how they both did it An old-fashioned Card-party–The Clergyman’s verses–The Story of the Convict’s Return How Mr....

Being an account of another adventure of Prof. George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Prof. Summerlee, and Mr. E. D. Malone,the discoverers of “The Lost World” Chapter I THE BLURRING OF LINES It is imperative that now at once, while these stupendous events are still clear in my mind, I should set them down with that exactness of detail which time may blur. But even as I do so, I am overwhelmed by the wonder of the fact that it should be our little group of the “Lost World”–Professor Challenger, Professor Summerlee, Lord John Roxton, and myself–who have passed through this amazing experience....

The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, to Lord Cromwell, on the birth of the Prince of Wales (afterward Edward VI.). From the National Manuscripts preserved by the British Government. Ryght honorable, Salutem in Christo Jesu, and Syr here ys no lesse joynge and rejossynge in thes partees for the byrth of our prynce, hoom we hungurde for so longe, then ther was (I trow), inter vicinos att the byrth of S....

THE REIGN OF TIBERIUS, OUT OF THE FIRST SIX ANNALS OF TACITUS; WITH HIS ACCOUNT OF GERMANY, AND LIFE OF AGRICOLA TRANSLATED BY THOMAS GORDON, AND EDITED BY ARTHUR GALTON. “Alme Sol, curru nitido diem qui Promis et celas, aliusque et idem Nasceris, possis nihil urbe Roma Visere maius.” CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE ANNALS, BOOK I THE ANNALS, BOOK II THE ANNALS, BOOK III THE ANNALS, BOOK IV THE ANNALS, BOOK V THE ANNALS, BOOK VI A TREATISE OF THE SITUATION, CUSTOMS, AND PEOPLE OF GERMANY THE LIFE OF AGRICOLA; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE SITUATION, CLIMATE, AND PEOPLE OF BRITAIN INTRODUCTION “I am going to offer to the publick the Translation of a work, which, for wisdom and force, is in higher fame and consideration, than almost any other that has yet appeared amongst men:” it is in this way, that Thomas Gordon begins The Discourses, which he has inserted into his rendering of Tacitus; and I can find none better to introduce this volume, which my readers owe to Gordon’s affectionate and laborious devotion....

THE ROMAN PRONUNCIATION OF LATIN WHY WE USE IT AND HOW TO USE IT BY FRANCES E. LORD PROFESSOR OF LATIN IN WELLESLEY COLLEGE BOSTON, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION The argument brought against the ‘Roman pronunciation’ of Latin is twofold: the impossibility of perfect theoretical knowledge, and the difficulty of practical attainment. If to know the main features of the classic pronunciation of Latin were impossible, then our obvious course would be to refuse the attempt; to regard the language as in reality dead, and to make no pretence of reading it....

The Sea Wolf CHAPTER I I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit. He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter mouths and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain. When summer came on, he elected to sweat out a hot and dusty existence in the city and to toil incessantly....

THE SOLITARY OF JUAN FERNANDEZ; OR, THE REAL ROBINSON CRUSOE BY THE AUTHOR OF PICCIOLA. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH by ANNE T. WILBUR. MDCCCLI. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The Royal Salmon.–Pretty Kitty.–Captain Stradling.–William Dampier. –Reveries and Caprices of Miss Catherine. CHAPTER II. Alexander Selkirk.–The College.–First Love.–Eight Years of Absence. –Maritime Combats.–Return and Departure.–The Swordfish. CHAPTER III. The Tour of the World.–The Way to manufacture Negroes.–California. –The Eldorado.–Revolt of Selkirk.–The Log-Book.–Degradation. –A Free Shore....

by Rudyard Kipling Preface Poor Dear MammaThe World WithoutThe Tents of KedarWith Any AmazementThe Garden of EdenFatimaThe Valley of the ShadowThe Swelling of Jordan Preface To THE ADDRESS OF CAPTAIN J. MAFFLIN, Duke of Derry’s (Pink) Hussars. DEAR MAFFLIN,-You will remember that I wrote this story as an Awful Warning. None the less you have seen fit to disregard it and have followed Gadsby’s example–as I betted you would. I acknowledge that you paid the money at once, but you have prejudiced the mind of Mrs....

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....

THE WANDERER’S NECKLACE by H. Rider Haggard First Published 1914. DEDICATION In memory of Oodnadatta and many wanderings oversea I offer these pictures from the past, my dear Vincent, to you, a lover of the present if an aspirant who can look upon the future with more of hope than fear. Your colleague, H. Rider Haggard. To Sir Edgar Vincent, K.C.M.G. Ditchingham, November, 1913. NOTE BY THE EDITOR It chances that I, the Editor of these pages–for, in truth, that is my humble function–have recovered a considerable knowledge of a bygone life of mine....

by CLEMENCE HOUSMAN With Six Illustrations by Laurence Housman 1896 [Illustration: Holy Water] TO THE DEAR MEMORY OFE.W.P. “YOU WILL THINK OF ME SOMETIMES,MY DEAR?” LIST OF PLATES Holy WaterRol’s WorshipWhite Fell’s EscapeThe RaceThe FinishSweyn’s Finding THE WERE-WOLF The great farm hall was ablaze with the fire-light, and noisy with laughter and talk and many-sounding work. None could be idle but the very young and the very old: little Rol, who was hugging a puppy, and old Trella, whose palsied hand fumbled over her knitting....

From far shores came those white-sailed argosies of old; from far Eastern shores where warm suns shine and sweet odours linger about strange gardens and gay temples. The old captains of the sea came often to my grandfather and told him of these things, which in turn he told to my father, and my father told to me in the long autumn evenings when the wind howled eerily from the East....

Oxford English Classics * * * * * DR. JOHNSON’S WORKS. * * * * * MISCELLANEOUS PIECES. THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. IN NINE VOLUMES. VOLUME THE FIFTH. MDCCCXXV. CONTENTS OF THE FIFTH VOLUME. MISCELLANEOUS PIECES. The plan of an English dictionary Preface to the English dictionary Advertisement to the fourth edition of the English dictionary Preface to the octavo edition of the English dictionary Observations on the tragedy of Macbeth Proposals for printing the works of Shakespeare Preface to Shakespeare General observations on the plays of Shakespeare Account of the Harleian library Essay on the importance of small tracts Preface to the catalogue of the Harleian library, vol....

THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSONIN SIXTEEN VOLUMESVOLUME IV THE RAMBLER BY SAMUEL JOHNSON CONTENTS No. 171 Misella’s description of the life of a prostitute. 172 The effect of sudden riches upon the manners. 173 Unreasonable fears of pedantry. 174 The mischiefs of unbounded raillery. History of Dicaculus 175 The majority are wicked. 176 Directions to authors attacked by criticks. The various degrees of critical perspicacity. 177 An account of a club of antiquaries....

[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.] LITERATURE AND LIFE–The Young Contributor by William Dean Howells THE EDITOR’S RELATIONS WITH THE YOUNG CONTRIBUTOR One of the trustiest jokes of the humorous paragrapher is that the editor is in great and constant dread of the young contributor; but neither my experience nor my observation bears out his theory of the case....

Note: Images of the original pages are available through the Florida Board of Education, Division of Colleges and Universities, PALMM Project, 2001. (Preservation and Access for American and British Children’s Literature, 1850-1869.) See http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/dl/UF00001878.jpg or http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/dl/UF00001878.pdf THE YOUTH’S CORONAL BY HANNAH FLAGG GOULD Author of “Poems,” etc., etc. 1851 Whate’er the good instruction may reveal, The head must take, before the heart can feel. THE MORALIZER. ADDRESS TO THE YOUTH OF MY COUNTRY....

Theodore Roosevelt and His Times,a Chronicle of the Progressive Movement by Harold Howland CONTENTS I. THE YOUNG FIGHTERII. IN THE NEW YORK ASSEMBLYIII. THE CHAMPION OF CIVIL SERVICE REFORM IV. HAROUN AL ROOSEVELTV. FIGHTING AND BREAKFASTING WITH PLATT VI. ROOSEVELT BECOMES PRESIDENTVII. THE SQUARE DEAL FOR BUSINESSVIII. THE SQUARE DEAL FOR LABORIX. RECLAMATION AND CONSERVATIONX. BEING WISE IN TIMEXI. RIGHTS, DUTIES, AND REVOLUTIONS XII. THE TAFT ADMINISTRATIONXIII. THE PROGRESSIVE PARTYXIV....