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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....

Contents VOLUME II The Purloined LetterThe Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherezade A Descent into the MaelströmVon Kempelen and his DiscoveryMesmeric RevelationThe Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar The Black CatThe Fall of the House of UsherSilence — a FableThe Masque of the Red DeathThe Cask of AmontilladoThe Imp of the PerverseThe Island of the FayThe AssignationThe Pit and the PendulumThe Premature BurialThe Domain of ArnheimLandor’s CottageWilliam WilsonThe Tell-Tale HeartBereniceEleonora {Notes} THE PURLOINED LETTER Nil sapientiae odiosius acumine nimio....

THE WORLD’S GREAT SERMONS, VOLUME II (of 10) HOOKER TO SOUTH COMPILED BY GRENVILLE KLEISERFormerly of Yale Divinity School Faculty; Author of “How to Speak in Public,” Etc. With Assistance from Many of the Foremost Living Preachers and Other Theologians INTRODUCTION BY LEWIS O. BRASTOW, D.D. Professor Emeritus of Practical Theology in Yale University IN TEN VOLUMES HOOKER THE ACTIVITY OF FAITH; OR, ABRAHAM’S IMITATORS BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Thomas Hooker, graduate and fellow of Cambridge, England, and practically founder of Connecticut, was born in 1586....

The ever-present heat, as Earth drew nearer to the sun, withered and killed with pitiless rays. It had not come at once; long aeons had gone before any could feel the change. And all through those first ages man’s adaptable form had followed the slow mutation and modelled itself to fit the more and more torrid air. Then the day had come when men could bear their hot cities but ill, and a gradual recession began, slow yet deliberate....

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 In The City Of Gold or Marvelous Adventures Underground by Victor Appleton AUTHOR OF “TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR-CYCLE,” “TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIRSHIP,” “TOM SWIFT AND HIS WIRELESS MESSAGE,” “TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC RIFLE,” ETC....

by Howard Pyle Table of Contents IntroductionThe Stool of FortuneThe Talisman of SolomonIll-Luck and the FiddlerEmpty BottlesGood Gifts and a Fool’s FollyThe Good of a Few WordsWoman’s WitA Piece of Good LuckThe Fruit of HappinessNot a Pin to ChooseMuch Shall Have More and Little Shall Have Less Wisdom’s Wages and Folly’s PayThe Enchanted IslandAll Things are as Fate WillsWhere to Lay the BlameThe Salt of Life Introduction I found myself in Twilight Land....

URBAN SKETCHES by Bret Harte CONTENTS A VENERABLE IMPOSTOR FROM A BALCONY MELONS SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF MASTER CHARLES SUMMERTON SIDEWALKINGS A BOY’S DOG CHARITABLE REMINISCENCES “SEEING THE STEAMER OFF” NEIGHBORHOODS I HAVE MOVED FROM MY SUBURBAN RESIDENCE ON A VULGAR LITTLE BOY WAITING FOR THE SHIP URBAN SKETCHES A VENERABLE IMPOSTOR. As I glance across my table, I am somewhat distracted by the spectacle of a venerable head whose crown occasionally appears beyond, at about its level....

VITTORIA By George Meredith CONTENTS: BOOK 1.I. UP MONTE MOTTERONEII. ON THE HEIGHTSIII. SIGNORINA VITTORIAIV. AMMIANI’S INTERCESSIONV. THE SPYVI. THE WARNINGVII. BARTO RIZZOVIII. THE LETTER BOOK 2.IX. IN VERONAX. THE POPE’S MOUTHXI. LAURA PIAVENIXII. THE BRONZE BUTTERFLYXIII. THE PLOT OF THE SIGNOR ANTONIO BOOK 3.XIV. AT THE MAESTRO’S DOORXV. AMMIANI THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT XVI. COUNTESS AMMIANIXVII. IN THE PIAZZA D’ARMIXVIII. THE NIGHT OF THE FIFTEENTHXIX. THE PRIMA DONNA BOOK 4....

WOMAN’S INSTITUTE LIBRARY OF COOKERY VOLUME FIVE FRUIT AND FRUIT DESSERTS CANNING AND DRYING JELLY MAKING, PRESERVING, AND PICKLING CONFECTIONS BEVERAGES THE PLANNING OF MEALS WOMAN’S INSTITUTE OF DOMESTIC ARTS AND SCIENCES, Inc. PREFACE This volume, the fifth of the Woman’s Institute Library of Cookery, deals with the varieties of fruits and the desserts that can be made from them, the canning and preserving of foods, the making of confections of every description, beverages and their place in the diet, and every phase of the planning of meals....

RECOLLECTIONS OF THE PRIVATE LIFE OF NAPOLEON, V9 By CONSTANT PREMIER VALET DE CHAMBRE TRANSLATED BY WALTER CLARK 1895 CHAPTER I. In September, 1811, the Emperor decided to make a journey into Flanders in company with the Empress, that he might personally ascertain if his orders had been carried out in all matters concerning both the civil and religious administration. Their Majesties left Compiegne on the 19th, and arrived at Montreuil-sur-Mer at nine o’clock in the evening....

This Etext prepared byMichael Pullenglobaltraveler5565@yahoo.com THE MARBLE FAUN or The Romance of Monte Beni Nathaniel Hawthorne In Two Volumes This is Volume One Contents Volume I I MIRIAM, HILDA, KENYON, DONATELLO II THE FAUN III SUBTERRANEAN REMINISCENCES IV THE SPECTRE OF THE CATACOMB V MIRIAM’S STUDIO VI THE VIRGIN’S SHRINE VII BEATRICE VIII THE SUBURBAN VILLA IX THE FAUN AND NYMPH X THE SYLVAN DANCE XI FRAGMENTARY SENTENCES XII A STROLL ON THE PINCIAN XIII A SCULPTOR’S STUDIO XIV CLEOPATRA XV AN AESTHETIC COMPANY XVI A MOONLIGHT RAMBLE XVII MIRIAM’S TROUBLE XVIII ON THE EDGE OF A PRECIPICE XIX THE FAUN’S TRANSFORMATION XX THE BURIAL CHANT XXI THE DEAD CAPUCHIN XXII THE MEDICI GARDENS XXIII MIRIAM AND HILDA Volume II XXIV THE TOWER AMONG THE APENNINES XXV SUNSHINE XXVI THE PEDIGREE OF MONTE BENI XXVII MYTHS XXVIII THE OWL TOWER XXIX ON THE BATTLEMENTS XXX DONATELLO’S BUST XXXI THE MARBLE SALOON XXXII SCENES BY THE WAY XXXIII PICTURED WINDOWS XXXIV MARKET-DAY IN PERUGIA XXXV THE BRONZE PONTIFF’S BENEDICTION XXXVI HILDA’S TOWER XXXVII THE EMPTINESS OF PICTURE GALLERIES XXXVIII ALTARS AND INCENSE XXXIX THE WORLD’S CATHEDRAL XL HILDA AND A FRIEND XLI SNOWDROPS AND MAIDENLY DELIGHTS XLII REMINISCENCES OF MIRIAM XLIII THE EXTINCTION OF A LAMP XLIV THE DESERTED SHRINE XLV THE FLIGHT OF HILDA’S DOVES XLVI A WALK ON THE CAMPAGNA XLVII THE PEASANT AND CONTADINA XLVIII A SCENE IN THE CORSO XLIX A FROLIC OF THE CARNIVAL L MIRIAM, HILDA, KENYON, DONATELLO THE MARBLE FAUN Volume I CHAPTER I MIRIAM, HILDA, KENYON, DONATELLO From one of the windows of this saloon, we may see a flight of broad stone steps, descending alongside the antique and massive foundation of the Capitol, towards the battered triumphal arch of Septimius Severus, right below....

EDGAR RICEBURROUGHS Chapter One The house on the hill showed lights only upon the first floor–in the spacious reception hall, the dining room, and those more or less mysterious purLieus thereof from which emanate disagreeable odors and agreeable foods. From behind a low bush across the wide lawn a pair of eyes transferred to an alert brain these simple per- ceptions from which the brain deduced with Sherlock- ian accuracy and Raffleian purpose that the family of the president of The First National Bank of–Oh, let’s call it Oakdale–was at dinner, that the servants were be- low stairs and the second floor deserted....

By Frederic Austin Ogg New Haven: Yale University PressToronto: Glasgow, Brook & Co.91 London: Humphrey MilfordOxford University Press 1919 CONTENTS I. PONTIAC’S CONSPIRACY II. “A LAIR OF WILD BEASTS”III. THE REVOLUTION BEGINSIV. THE CONQUEST COMPLETEDV. WAYNE, THE SCOURGE OF THE INDIANS VI. THE GREAT MIGRATIONVII. PIONEER DAYS AND WAYSVIII. TECUMSEHIX. THE WAR OF 1812 AND THE NEW WEST X. SECTIONAL CROSS CURRENTSXI. THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEYBIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE The Old Northwest Chapter I....

THE PHILIPPINES PAST AND PRESENT Peace and Prosperity. This chance photograph showing General Emilio Aguinaldo as he is to-day, standing with Director of Education Frank L. Crone, beside a field of corn raised by Emilio Aguinaldo, Jr., in a school contest, typifies the peace, prosperity, and enlightenment which have been brought about in the Philippine Islands under American rule. The Philippines Past and Present By Dean C. Worcester Secretary of the Interior of the Philippine Islands 1901-1913; Member of the Philippine Commission, 1900-1913 Author of “The Philippine Islands and Their People” In Two Volumes — With 128 PlatesVolume I1914 Contents VOL....

CONTENTS I THE POISONED PEN II THE YEGGMAN III THE GERM OF DEATH IV THE FIREBUG V THE CONFIDENCE KING VI THE SAND-HOG VII THE WHITE SLAVE VIII THE FORGER IX THE UNOFFICIAL SPY X THE SMUGGLER XI THE INVISIBLE RAY XII THE CAMPAIGN GRAFTER I THE POISONED PEN Kennedy’s suit-case was lying open on the bed, and he was literally throwing things into it from his chiffonier, as I entered after a hurried trip up-town from the Star office in response to an urgent message from him....

The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians By Xenophon Translation by H. G. Dakyns Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave him land and property in Scillus, where he lived for many years before having to move once more, to settle in Corinth. He died in 354 B.C. The Polity of the Lacedaemonians talks about the laws and institutions created by Lycurgus, which train and develop Spartan citizens from birth to old age....

The SatyriconPetronius Arbiter Translated by William BurnabyIntroduction by C. K. Scott Moncrieff ON READING PETRONIUS AN OPEN LETTER TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN My dear ——–, On a bright afternoon in summer, when we stand on the high ground above Saint Andrew’s, and look seaward for the Inchcape Rock, we can discern at first nothing at all, and then, if the day favours us, an occasional speck of whiteness, lasting no longer than the wave that is reflecting a ray of sunlight upwards against the indistinguishable tower....

THE SEQUEL OF APPOMATTOXA CHRONICLE OF THE REUNION OF THE STATES BY WALTER LYNWOOD FLEMING CHAPTER I. THE AFTERMATH OF WAR When the armies of the Union and of the Confederacy were disbanded in 1865, two matters had been settled beyond further dispute: the Negro was to be free, and the Union was to be perpetuated. But, though slavery and state sovereignty were no longer at issue, there were still many problems which pressed for solution....

[Illustration: He was leaning forward, aware of nothing in the world but the forthcoming crisis.FRONTISPIECE.] THE SKY LINE OF SPRUCE By EDISON MARSHALL AUTHOR OF “The Voice of the Pack,” “The Strength of the Pines,” “The Snowshoe Trail,” “Shepherds of the Wild,” etc. 1922 CONTENTS PART ONETHE WAKENING PART TWOTHE WOLF-MAN PART THREETHE TAMING PART ONE THE WAKENING I The convict gang had a pleasant place to work to-day. Their road building had taken them some miles from the scattered outskirts of Walla Walla, among fields green with growing barley....

The Story of Little Black SamboBy Helen Bannerman PREFACE. There is very little to say about the story of LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. Once upon a time there was an English lady in India, where black children abound and tigers are everyday affairs, who had two little girls. To amuse these little girls she used now and then to invent stories, for which, being extremely talented, she also drew and coloured the pictures....