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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ARTEMUS WARD, PART 6, ARTEMUS WARD’S PANORAMA (CHARLES FARRAR BROWNE) With a biographical sketch by Melville D. Landon, “Eli Perkins” CONTENTS. PART VI. Artemus Ward’s Panorama. 6.1. Prefatory Note by Melville D. Landon. 6.2. The Egyptian Hall Lecture. 6.3. “The Times” Notice. 6.4. Programme of the Egyptian Hall Lecture. 6.5. Announcement and Programme of the Dodworth Hall Lecture. PART VI. ARTEMUS WARD’S PANORAMA. (ILLUSTRATED AS DELIVERED AT EGYPTIAN HALL, LONDON....

Memorial EditionThe Complete Works ofJames Whitcomb RileyIN TEN VOLUMESIncluding Poems and Prose Sketches, many of which have not heretofore beenpublished; an authentic Biography, an elaborate Index and numerousIllustrations in color from Paintings by Howard Chandler Christyand Ethyl Franklin Betts VOLUME I HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERSNEW YORK AND LONDON COPYRIGHT1883, 1885, 1887, 1888, 1890, 1891, 189, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 190, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 191, 1913, BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDCOPYRIGHT 1916JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY TOTHE MEMORY OFJames Whitcomb RileyANDIN PLEASANT RECOLLECTION OF MORE THAN THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF BUSINESS AND PERSONAL ASSOCIATIONTHESE FINAL VOLUMESARE AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BORN: DIED:October 7, 1849, July 22, 1916 Greenfield, Ind....

PREFACE I now pass on to explaining the results, which must necessarily follow from the essence of God, or of the eternal and infinite being; not, indeed, all of them (for we proved in Part i., Prop. xvi., that an infinite number must follow in an infinite number of ways), but only those which are able to lead us, as it were by the hand, to the knowledge of the human mind and its highest blessedness....

THE FAIRY GODMOTHERS AND OTHER TALES. BY MRS. ALFRED GATTY. 1851. [Illustration: HERMIONE SKETCHING.] Col miele, e non coll’ aceto si piglian le mosche. Italian Proverb. To My Children These tales are most affectionately dedicated. They were written in hours of sickness, but are intended to be read by the healthy and joyous young: and to illustrate some favourite and long cherished convictions. Margaret Gatty. Ecclesfield Vicarage,27th March, 1851. CONTENTS....

THE GODS OF PEGANA LORD DUNSANY CONTENTS Preface Introduction Of Skarl the Drummer Of the Making of the Worlds Of the Game of the Gods The Chaunt of the Gods The Sayings of Kib Concerning Sish The Sayings of Slid The Deeds of Mung The Chaunt The Sayings of Limpang-Tung Of Yoharneth-Lahai Of Roon, the God of Going, and the Thousand Home Gods The Revolt of the Home Gods Of Dorozhand The Eye in the Waste Of the Thing That Is Neither God Nor Beast Yonath the Prophet Yug the Prophet Alhireth-Hotep The Prophet Kabok The Prophet Of the Calamity That Befel Yun-Hara by the Sea, and of the Building of the Tower of the Ending of Days Of How the Gods Whelmed Sidith Of How Imbaun Became High Prophet in Aradec of all the Gods Save One Of How Imbaun Met Zodrak Pegana The Sayings of Imbaun Of How Imbaun Spake of Death to the King Of Ood The River The Bird of Doom and THE END PREFACE In the mists before THE BEGINNING, Fate and Chance cast lots to decide whose the Game should be; and he that won strode through the mists to MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI and said: “Now make gods for Me, for I have won the cast and the Game is to be Mine....

With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style By Edwin P. Whipple 1923 [Illustration] PREFACE. The object of the present volume is not to supersede the standard edition of Daniel Webster’s Works, in six octavo volumes, edited by Edward Everett, and originally issued in the year 1851, by the publishers of this volume of Selections. It is rather the purpose of the present publication to call attention anew to the genius and character of Daniel Webster, as a lawyer, statesman, diplomatist, patriot, and, citizen, and, by republishing some of his prominent orations and speeches of universally acknowledged excellence, to revive public interest in the great body of his works....

THE HAPPY DAYS OF THE EMPRESS MARIE LOUISE BY IMBERT DE SAINT-AMAND TRANSLATED BY THOMAS SERGEANT PERRY ILLUSTRATED CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. EARLY YEARS II. 1809 III. THE PRELIMINARIES OP THE WEDDING IV. THE BETROTHAL V. THE RELIGIOUS DIFFICULTY VI. THE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY VII. THE WEDDING AT VIENNA VIII. THE DEPARTURE IX. THE TRANSFER X. THE JOURNEY XI. COMPIEGNE XII. THE CIVIL WEDDING XIII. THE ENTRANCE INTO PARIS XIV. THE RELIGIOUS CEREMONY XV....

DON QUIXOTE Volume II. Part 21. by Miguel de Cervantes Translated by John Ormsby CHAPTER XI. OF THE STRANGE ADVENTURE WHICH THE VALIANT DON QUIXOTE HAD WITH THE CAR OR CART OF “THE CORTES OF DEATH” Dejected beyond measure did Don Quixote pursue his journey, turning over in his mind the cruel trick the enchanters had played him in changing his lady Dulcinea into the vile shape of the village lass, nor could he think of any way of restoring her to her original form; and these reflections so absorbed him, that without being aware of it he let go Rocinante’s bridle, and he, perceiving the liberty that was granted him, stopped at every step to crop the fresh grass with which the plain abounded....

HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA, THE CATHOLIC. BYWILLIAM H. PRESCOTT. IN THREE VOLUMES.VOL. III. CONTENTS OF VOLUME III. PART SECOND. [CONTINUED.] CHAPTER X ITALIAN WARS.–PARTITION OF NAPLES.–GONSALVO OVERRUNS CALABRIA. LOUIS XII.’S DESIGNS ON ITALY POLITICS OF THAT COUNTRY THE FRENCH CONQUER MILAN ALARM OF THE SPANISH COURT REMONSTRANCE TO THE POPE BOLDNESS OF GARCILASSO DE LA VEGA NEGOTIATIONS WITH VENICE AND THE EMPEROR LOUIS OPENLY MENACES NAPLES VIEWS OF FERDINAND FLEET FITTED OUT UNDER GONSALVO DE CORDOVA PARTITION OF NAPLES GROUND OF FERDINAND’S CLAIM GONSALVO SAILS AGAINST THE TURKS STORMING OF ST....

The Home Book of Verse, Volume 1 by Burton Egbert Stevenson Contents of Volume I of the two volume set This includes contents of Volumes 1 through 4 of our Etext editions. PART I POEMS OF YOUTH AND AGE The Human Seasons John Keats THE BABY “Only a Baby Small” Matthias Barr Only Harriet Prescott Spofford Infant Joy William BlakeBaby George MacdonaldTo a New-Born Baby Girl Grace Hazard Conkling To Little Renee William Aspenwall Bradley A Rhyme of One Frederick Locker-Lampson To a New-Born Child Cosmo MonkhouseBaby May William Cox Bennett Alice Herbert BashfordSongs for Fragoletta Richard Le Gallienne Choosing a Name Mary LambWeighing the Baby Ethel Lynn Beers Etude Realiste Algernon Charles Swinburne Little Feet Elizabeth AkersThe Babie Jeremiah Eames Rankin Little Hands Laurence BinyonBartholomew Norman GaleThe Storm-Child May Byron“On Parent Knees” William Jones “Philip, My King” Dinah Maria Mulock Craik The King of the Cradle Joseph Ashby-Sterry The Firstborn John Arthur Goodchild No Baby in the House Clara DolliverOur Wee White Rose Gerald Massey Into the World and Out Sarah M....

[Illustration: ROSALIE LE GRANGE] THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY AN EPISODE IN THE CAREER OF ROSALIE LE GRANGE, CLAIRVOYANT By WILL IRWIN Illustrated by Frederick C. Yohn 1910 CONTENTS I. The Unknown Girl II. Mr. Norcross Wastes Time III. The Light IV. His First Call V. The Light Wavers VI. Enter Rosalie Le Grange VII. Rosalie’s First Report VIII. The Fish Nibbles XI. Rosalie’s Second Report X. The Streams Converge XI....

In this Etext, text in italics has been written in capital letters. Many French words in the text have accents, etc. which have been omitted. THE HOUSE OF THE WOLF A Romance by STANLEY WEYMAN CONTENTS. CHAP. I.–WARE WOLF! II.–THE VIDAME’S THREAT. III.–THE ROAD TO PARIS. IV.–ENTRAPPED! V.–A PRIEST AND A WOMAN. VI.–MADAME’S FRIGHT. VII.–A YOUNG KNIGHT ERRANT.VIII.–THE PARISIAN MATINS. IX.–THE HEAD OF ERASMUS. X.–HAU, HAU, HUGUENOTS! XI.–A NIGHT OF SORROW....

Contents The Blue Cross The Secret Garden The Queer Feet The Flying Stars The Invisible Man The Honour of Israel Gow The Wrong Shape The Sins of Prince Saradine The Hammer of God The Eye of Apollo The Sign of the Broken Sword The Three Tools of Death The Blue Cross Between the silver ribbon of morning and the green glittering ribbon of sea, the boat touched Harwich and let loose a swarm of folk like flies, among whom the man we must follow was by no means conspicuous–nor wished to be....

This PG project is dedicated to retired teacher Betty Sheridan, who read this little book to her elementary students while they were studying Japan. She generously loaned the book to be produced for PG. The Japanese Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins To the Dutch Twins and their friends Also by Lucy Fitch Perkins Geographical Series THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER. Grade I. THE ESKIMO TWINS. Grade II. THE DUTCH TWINS. Grade III....

BURNS’S LETTERS. THE LETTERS OF ROBERT BURNS, SELECTED AND ARRANGED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY J. LOGIE ROBERTSON, M.A. ”You shall write whatever comes first,–what you see, what you read, what you hear, what you admire, what you dislike; trifles, bagatelles, nonsense, or, to fill up a corner, e’en put down a laugh at full length”–Burns. ”My life reminded me of a ruined temple: what strength, what proportion in some parts!...

THE LETTERS OF THE YOUNGER PLINY. WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY BY JOHN B. FIRTH. FIRST SERIES. THE WALTER SCOTT PUBLISHING CO., LTD, LONDON AND FELLING-ON-TYNE.NEW YORK: 3 EAST 14TH STREET. NOTE.–In the following translation the Teubner text, edited by Keil, has been followed. INTRODUCTION. Some slight memoir and critical estimate of the author of this collection of Letters may perhaps be acceptable to those who are unfamiliar with the circumstances of the times in which he lived....

The LIGHT that LURES PERCY J.BREBNER. 1911 The English edition of this book was published under the title of “A Gentleman of Virginia” THE LIGHT THAT LURES PROLOGUE ACROSS THE WATERS OF THE BAY Seated on a green hummock, his knees drawn up, his elbows resting on his knees and his head supported in his open hands, a boy sat very still and preoccupied, gazing straight into the world before him, yet conscious of little beyond the visions conjured up by his young mind....

THE PLAYS OF JOHN GALSWORTHY–SERIES TWO THE LITTLE DREAMAn Allegory in six scenes By John Galsworthy CHARACTERS SEELCHEN, a mountain girlLAMOND, a climberFELSMAN, a glide CHARACTERS IN THE DREAM THE GREAT HORN |THE COW HORN | mountainsTHE WINE HORN | THE EDELWEISS |THE ALPENROSE | flowersTHE GENTIAN |THE MOUNTAIN DANDELION | VOICES AND FIGURES IN THE DREAM COWBELLSMOUNTAIN AIRFAR VIEW OF ITALYDISTANT FLUME OF STEAMTHINGS IN BOOKSMOTH CHILDRENTHREE DANCING YOUTHSTHREE DANCING GIRLSTHE FORMS OF WORKERSTHE FORMS OF WHAT IS MADE BY WORKDEATH BY SLUMBERDEATH BY DROWNINGFLOWER CHILDRENGOATHERDGOAT BOYSGOAT GODTHE FORMS OF SLEEP SCENE I It is just after sunset of an August evening....

THE LOVE-CHASE by James Sheridan Knowles DRAMATIS PERSONAE(AS ORIGINALLY PERFORMED AT THE HAYMARKET, IN l837.) Sir William Fondlove, an old Baronet Mr. Strickland.Waller, in love with Lydia Mr. Elton.Wildrake, a Sportsman Mr. Webster.Trueworth, a Friend of Sir William Mr Hemmings.Neville, Friend to Waller Mr. Worrell.Humphreys, Friend to Waller Mr. Hutchings.Lash Mr. Ross.Chargewell, a Landlord Mr. Edwards.George, a Waiter Mr. Bishop.First Lawyer Mr. Ray.Widow Green Mrs. Glover.Constance, Daughter to Sir William Fondlove Mrs....

VOL. 12, No. 331.] SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1828. [PRICE 2d. Charlecote Hall, near Stratford-upon-Avon. [Illustration] “One of the most delightful things in the world is going a journey.” Now if there be one of our million of friends who, like the fop in the play, thinks all beyond Hyde Park a desert, let him forthwith proceed on a pilgrimage to Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of SHAKSPEARE; and though he be the veriest Londoner that ever sung of the “sweet shady side of Pall Mall,” we venture to predict his reform....