By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM Author of “A Maker of History,” “The Long Arm of Mannister,” “The Missioner,” etc. 1909 ILLUSTRATEDBY WILL GREFE AND HOWARD SOMERVILLE CONTENTS BOOK I. CHAPTER I. MR. PHINEAS DUGE II. COUSIN STELLA III. STORM CLOUDS IV. A MEETING OF GIANTS V. TREACHERY VI. MR. WEISS IN A HURRY VII. A PROFESSIONAL BURGLAR VIII. FIREARMS IX. CONSPIRATORS X. MR. NORRIS VINE XI. MR. LITTLESON, FLATTERER XII. STELLA SUCCEEDS XIII....
NEW-YORK: PRINTED AND SOLD BY SAMUEL WOOD, At the Juvenile Book-store, No. 357, Pearl-street. 1813. [Illustration] And God made every thing that creepeth upon the earth. Gen. 1. 25. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z....
Except for Greek, all literally cited non-English words that do not refer to texts cited as academic references, words that in the source manuscript appear italicized, are rendered with a single preceding, and a single following dash; thus, -xxxx-. Greek words, first transliterated into Roman alphabetic equivalents, are rendered with a preceding and a following double- dash; thus, –xxxx–. Note that in some cases the root word itself is a compound form such as xxx-xxxx, and is rendered as –xxx-xxx– Simple unideographic references to vocalic sounds, single letters, or alphabeic dipthongs; and prefixes, suffixes, and syllabic references are represented by a single preceding dash; thus, -x, or -xxx....
THE IMAGINARY INVALID. (LE MALADE IMAGINAIRE.) BY MOLIERE, TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE. WITH SHORT INTRODUCTIONS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES. BY CHARLES HERON WALL. This is the last comedy written by Moliere. He was very ill, nearly dying, at the time he wrote it. It was first acted at the Palais Royal Theatre, on February 10, 1673. Moliere acted the part of Argan. PERSONS REPRESENTED. ARGAN, an imaginary invalid. BELINE, second wife to ARGAN....
INNOCENTS ABROAD by Mark Twain [From an 1869–1st Edition] CONTENTS CHAPTER I.Popular Talk of the Excursion–Programme of the Trip–Duly Ticketed for the Excursion–Defection of the Celebrities CHAPTER II.Grand Preparations–An Imposing Dignitary–The European Exodus –Mr. Blucher’s Opinion–Stateroom No. 10–The Assembling of the Clans –At Sea at Last CHAPTER III.“Averaging” the Passengers–Far, far at Sea.–Tribulation among the Patriarchs–Seeking Amusement under Difficulties–Five Captains in the Ship CHAPTER IV.The Pilgrims Becoming Domesticated–Pilgrim Life at Sea –“Horse-Billiards”–The “Synagogue”–The Writing School–Jack’s “Journal” –The “Q....
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THE LADY OF THE BARGE AND OTHER STORIES By W. W. Jacobs CONTENTS THE LADY OF THE BARGETHE MONKEY’S PAWBILL’S PAPER CHASETHE WELLCUPBOARD LOVEIN THE LIBRARYCAPTAIN ROGERSA TIGER’S SKINA MIXED PROPOSALAN ADULTERATION ACTA GOLDEN VENTURETHREE AT TABLE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS He denied it again, hotly frontispiece “You villain!” she said, in a choking voice “What’s that?” cried the old womanMrs. Driver fell back before the emerging form of Mr. Bodfish Burleigh, with a feeling of nausea, drew back toward the door Gunn placed a hand, which lacked two fingers, on his breast and bowed again “Don’t you think Major Brill is somewhat hasty in his conclusions?...
by Bram Stoker CHAPTER I–ADAM SALTON ARRIVES Adam Salton sauntered into the Empire Club, Sydney, and found awaiting him a letter from his grand-uncle. He had first heard from the old gentleman less than a year before, when Richard Salton had claimed kinship, stating that he had been unable to write earlier, as he had found it very difficult to trace his grand-nephew’s address. Adam was delighted and replied cordially; he had often heard his father speak of the older branch of the family with whom his people had long lost touch....
The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson – Volume 1 CHAPTER I – STUDENT DAYS AT EDINBURGH, TRAVELS AND EXCURSIONS, 1868-1873 Letter: SPRING GROVE SCHOOL, 12TH NOVEMBER 1863. MA CHERE MAMAN, – Jai recu votre lettre Aujourdhui et comme le jour prochaine est mon jour de naisance je vous ecrit ce lettre. Ma grande gatteaux est arrive il leve 12 livres et demi le prix etait 17 shillings. Sur la soiree de Monseigneur Faux il y etait quelques belles feux d’artifice....
[Illustration: MARIE DE MEDICIS, SECOND QUEEN OF HENRY IV OF FRANCE.] THE LIFE OF MARIE DE MEDICIS Queen of France CONSORT OF HENRI IV, AND REGENT OF THE KINGDOM UNDER LOUIS XIII BY JULIA PARDOE AUTHOR OF ‘LOUIS XIV AND THE COURT OF FRANCE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY,’ ‘THE COURT AND REIGN OF FRANCIS THE FIRST,’ ETC. IN THREE VOLUMESVOL. I 1890 TO MR. AND MRS. CHARLES BECKET (OF HEVER COURT, KENT) These Volumes ARE VERY AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION All the existing records of European royalty do not, probably, comprise the annals of a life of greater vicissitude than that which has been chosen as the subject of the present work....
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 MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. 10, No. 266.] SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1827. [PRICE 2d. * * * * * CROYDON PALACE. [Illustration] The palace of Croydon is a building of great antiquity, and was for several centuries the magnificent abode of the haughty dignitaries of Canterbury. At the period of the Conquest, Lanfranc resided here, and most of the decrees and audits of his successors were issued from, and held at, this palace....
VOL. 12, NO. 348.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1828. [PRICE 2d. [Illustration: Barber’s Barn, Hackney.] The engraving represents a place of historical interest–an ancient mansion in Mare-street, Hackney, built about the year 1591, upon a spot of ground called Barbour Berns, by which name, or rather Barber’s Barn, the house has been described in old writings. In this house resided the noted Colonel John Okey, one of the regicides “charged with compassing and imagining the death of the late King Charles I....
THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. XVII, NO. 476.] SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1831. [PRICE 2d. LORD BYRON’S PALACE, AT VENICE. [Illustration: LORD BYRON’S PALACE, AT VENICE.] Scores of readers who have been journeying through Mr. Moore’s concluding portion of the Life of Lord Byron, will thank us for the annexed Illustration. It presents a view of the palace occupied by Lord Byron during his residence at Venice. When, after his unfortunate marriage, he left England, “in search of that peace of mind which was never destined to be his,” Venice naturally occurred to him as a place where, for a time at least, he should find a suitable residence....
VOL. 17, NO. 481.] SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1831. [PRICE 2d. RELICS OF ARIOSTO. [Illustration: Inkstand.] [Illustration: Chair.] We need not bespeak the reader’s interest in these “trivial fond” relics–these consecrated memorials–of one of the most celebrated poets of Italy. They are preserved with reverential care at Ferrara, the poet’s favourite residence, though not his birthplace. The Ferrarese, however, claim him “exclusively as their own” Lord Byron, in the Notes[1] to Childe Harold, canto 4, says, “the author of the Orlando is jealously claimed as the Homer, not of Italy, but Ferrara....
THE NIGHT-BORN CONTENTS: THE NIGHT-BORNTHE MADNESS OF JOHN HARNEDWHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNGTHE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBTWINGED BLACKMAILBUNCHES OF KNUCKLESWARUNDER THE DECK AWNINGSTO KILL A MANTHE MEXICAN THE NIGHT-BORN It was in the old Alta-Inyo Club–a warm night for San Francisco–and through the open windows, hushed and far, came the brawl of the streets. The talk had led on from the Graft Prosecution and the latest signs that the town was to be run wide open, down through all the grotesque sordidness and rottenness of manhate and man-meanness, until the name of O’Brien was mentioned–O’Brien, the promising young pugilist who had been killed in the prize-ring the night before....
PREFACE. A singular fatality has ruled the destiny of nearly all the most famous of Leonardo da Vinci’s works. Two of the three most important were never completed, obstacles having arisen during his life-time, which obliged him to leave them unfinished; namely the Sforza Monument and the Wall-painting of the Battle of Anghiari, while the third–the picture of the Last Supper at Milan–has suffered irremediable injury from decay and the repeated restorations to which it was recklessly subjected during the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries....
MORGA’S PHILIPPINE ISLANDS VOLUME I Of this work five hundred copies are issued separately from “The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898,” in fifty-five volumes. HISTORY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS From their discovery by Magellan in 1521 to the beginning of the XVII Century; with descriptions of Japan, China and adjacent countries, by Dr. ANTONIO DE MORGA Alcalde of Criminal Causes, in the Royal Audiencia of Nueva España, and Counsel for the Holy Office of the Inquisition Completely translated into English, edited and annotated by E....
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. HOME SCENES, AND HOME INFLUENCE. A Series of Tales and Sketches. T. S. ARTHUR. PHILADELPHIA: 1854. PREFACE. MANY of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother’s influence with her children; a few include the marriage relation; and a few give other domestic pictures....
The Hound of the Baskervillesby Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Chapter 1Mr. Sherlock Holmes Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked up the stick which our visitor had left behind him the night before. It was a fine, thick piece of wood, bulbous-headed, of the sort which is known as a “Penang lawyer....
