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How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Dr. Isabelle A. Moser with Steve Solomon Steve Solomon, June, 1997. Table of Contents Forward by Steve SolomonChapter One: How I Became a Hygienist Chapter Two: The Nature and Cause of Disease Chapter Three: FastingChapter Four: Colon CleansingChapter Five: Diet and NutritionChapter Six: Vitamins and Other Food Supplements Chapter Seven: The Analysis of Disease States–Helping the Body RecoverAppendices Forward Tis a gift to be simpleTis a gift to be free,Tis a gift to come downWhere we ought to be....

Hunted Down by Charles Dickens I. Most of us see some romances in life. In my capacity as Chief Manager of a Life Assurance Office, I think I have within the last thirty years seen more romances than the generality of men, however unpromising the opportunity may, at first sight, seem. As I have retired, and live at my ease, I possess the means that I used to want, of considering what I have seen, at leisure....

Indian Games and Danceswith Native Songs Arranged from American IndianCeremonials and Sports BYALICE C. FLETCHER Holder of the Thaw Fellowship, Peabody Museum, Harvard University Author of The Hako, The Omaha Tribe, Indian Stories and Song, etc. 1915 Dedicated to THE YOUTH OF AMERICA PREFACE This little book took its rise in the following experience that came to me many years ago when living with the Indians in their homes and pursuing my ethnological studies: One day I suddenly realized with a rude shock that, unlike my Indian friends, I was an alien, a stranger in my native land; its fauna and flora had no fond, familiar place amid my mental imagery, nor did any thoughts of human aspiration or love give to its hills and valleys the charm of personal companionship....

Kennedy Square by F. Hopkinson Smith Author’s Preface: “Kennedy Square, in the late fifties, was a place of birds and trees and flowers; of rude stone benches, sagging arbors smothered in vines, and cool dirt paths bordered by sweet-smelling box. Giant magnolias filled the air with their fragrance, and climbing roses played hide-and-seek among the railings of the rotting fence. Along the shaded walks laughing boys and girls romped all day, with hoop and ball, attended by old black mammies in white aprons and gayly colored bandannas; while in the more secluded corners, sheltered by protecting shrubs, happy lovers sat and talked, tired wayfarers rested with hats off, and staid old gentlemen read by the hour, their noses in their books....

LATIN LITERATURE BY J. W. MACKAIL, Sometime Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford A history of Latin Literature was to have been written for this series of Manuals by the late Professor William Sellar. After his death I was asked, as one of his old pupils, to carry out the work which he had undertaken; and this book is now offered as a last tribute to the memory of my dear friend and master....

LIGHT BY HENRI BARBUSSEAUTHOR OF “UNDER FIRE” “WE OTHERS,” ETC. TRANSLATED BYFITZWATER WRAY1919 CONTENTS I. MYSELF II. OURSELVES III. EVENING AND DAWN IV. MARIE V. DAY BY DAY VI. A VOICE IN THE EVENING VII. A SUMMARY VIII. THE BRAWLER IX. THE STORM X. THE WALLS XI. AT THE WORLD’S END XII. THE SHADOWS XIII. WHITHER GOEST THOU? XIV. THE RUINS XV. AN APPARITION XVI. DE PROFUNDIS CLAMAVI XVII. MORNINGXVIII....

LITTLE NOVELS by Wilkie Collins MRS. ZANT AND THE GHOST. I. THE course of this narrative describes the return of a disembodied spirit to earth, and leads the reader on new and strange ground. Not in the obscurity of midnight, but in the searching light of day, did the supernatural influence assert itself. Neither revealed by a vision, nor announced by a voice, it reached mortal knowledge through the sense which is least easily self-deceived: the sense that feels....

LIVES OF GIRLS WHO BECAME FAMOUS. BY SARAH K. BOLTON, AUTHOR OF “POOR BOYS WHO BECAME FAMOUS,” “SOCIAL STUDIES IN ENGLAND,” ETC. 1914 “Earth’s noblest thing, a woman perfected.” –JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. “Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow from them.” –MADAME DE STAEEL. TO MY AUNT, MRS. MARTHA W. MILLER,Whose culture and kindness I countamong the blessings ofmy life. PREFACE. All of us have aspirations. We build air-castles, and are probably the happier for the building....

LOMBARD STREET A Description of the Money Market. By WALTER BAGEHOT CHAPTER I. Introductory. I venture to call this Essay ‘Lombard Street,’ and not the ‘Money Market,’ or any such phrase, because I wish to deal, and to show that I mean to deal, with concrete realities. A notion prevails that the Money Market is something so impalpable that it can only be spoken of in very abstract words, and that therefore books on it must always be exceedingly difficult....

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. This etext was produced by David Widger [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....

MADAME CHRYSANTHEME By PIERRE LOTI BOOK 4. CHAPTER XLVII A MIDNIGHT ALARM It is the middle of the night, perhaps about two o’clock in the morning. Our lamps are burning somewhat dimly before our placid idols. Chrysantheme wakes me suddenly, and I turn to look at her: she has raised herself on one arm, and her face expresses the most intense terror; she makes a sign, without daring to speak, that some one or something is near, creeping up to us....

MARIE, A Story of Russian Love From the Russian of Alexander Pushkin Translated by Marie H. de Zielinska CONTENTS. I. THE SERGEANT OF THE GUARDS. II. THE GUIDE. III. THE FORTRESS. IV. THE DUEL. V. LOVE. VI. POUGATCHEFF. VII. THE ASSAULT. VIII. THE UNEXPECTED VISIT. IX. THE SEPARATION. X. THE SIEGE. XI. THE REBEL CAMP. XII. MARIE. XIII. THE ARREST. XIV. THE SENTENCE. TRANSLATOR’S NOTE. Alexander Pushkin, the most distinguished poet of Russia, was born at Saint Petersburg, 1799....

MARIUS THE EPICUREAN, VOLUME ONEWALTER HORATIO PATER London: 1910. (The Library Edition.) NOTES BY THE E-TEXT EDITOR: Notes: The 1910 Library Edition employs footnotes, a style inconvenient in an electronic edition. I have therefore placed an asterisk immediately after each of Pater’s footnotes and a + sign after my own notes, and have listed each chapter’s notes at that chapter’s end. Pagination and Paragraphing: To avoid an unwieldy electronic copy, I have transferred original pagination to brackets....

MARIUS THE EPICUREAN, VOLUME TWOWALTER HORATIO PATER London: 1910. (The Library Edition.) NOTES BY THE E-TEXT EDITOR: Notes: The 1910 Library Edition employs footnotes, a style inconvenient in an electronic edition. I have therefore placed an asterisk immediately after each of Pater’s footnotes and a + sign after my own notes, and have listed each chapter’s notes at that chapter’s end. Pagination and Paragraphing: To avoid an unwieldy electronic copy, I have transferred original pagination to brackets....

Transcriber’s Note: This document is the text of Minnie’s Sacrifice. Any bracketed notations such as [Text missing], [?], and those inserting letters or other comments are from the original text. Transcriber’s Note About the Author:Francis Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) was born to free parents in Baltimore, Maryland. Orphaned at three, she was raised by her uncle, a teacher and radical advocate for civil rights. She attended the Academy for Negro Youth and was educated as a teacher....

MR. DOOLEY’S PHILOSOPHY by FINLEY PETER DUNNE Illustrated by F. OPPER. [Illustration: POOR PEOPLE ‘LL HAVE SIMPLE MEALS.] To the Hennessys of the world who suffer and are silent PREFACE The reporter of these monologues would apologize for the frequent reappearances of Mr. Dooley, if he felt the old gentleman would appreciate an apology in his behalf. But Mr. Dooley has none of the modesty that has been described as “an invention for protection against envy,” because unlike that one of his distinguished predecessors who discovered this theory to excuse his own imperfect but boastful egotism, he recognizes no such human failing as envy....

or, A Life Before the Mast By James Fenimore Cooper. Thou unrelenting Past! Strong are the barriers round thy dark domain, And fetters sure and fast Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign. BRYANT Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1843, by J. Fenimore Cooper, in the clerk’s office of the District Court of the United States for the Northern district of New York. Preface It is an old remark, that the life of any man, could the incidents be faithfully told, would possess interest and instruction for the general reader....

[Illustration: ALPHONSE DE LAMARATINE.] RAPHAEL, or PAGES OF THE BOOK OF LIFE AT TWENTY BY ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE ILLUSTRATED BY SANDOZ SOCIETE DES BEAUX-ARTSPARIS, LONDON AND NEW YORK 1905 Comedie d’Amour Series INTRODUCTION It is all very well for Lamartine to explain, in his original prologue, that the touching, fascinating and pathetic story of Raphael was the experience of another man. It is well known that these feeling pages are but transcripts of an episode of his own heart-history....

RAVENNAA STUDY BYEDWARD HUTTON ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR AND LINE by HARALD SUND 1913 TO MY FRIENDARTHUR SYMONSIN AFFECTIONATE HOMAGE PREFACE My intention in writing this book has been to demonstrate the unique importance of Ravenna in the history of Italy and of Europe, especially during the Dark Age from the time of Alaric’s first descent into the Cisalpine plain to the coming of Charlemagne. That importance, as it seems to me, has been wholly or almost wholly misunderstood, and certainly, as I understand it, has never been explained....

ROUGHING IT by Mark Twain 1880 Part 3. CHAPTER XXI. We were approaching the end of our long journey. It was the morning of the twentieth day. At noon we would reach Carson City, the capital of Nevada Territory. We were not glad, but sorry. It had been a fine pleasure trip; we had fed fat on wonders every day; we were now well accustomed to stage life, and very fond of it; so the idea of coming to a stand-still and settling down to a humdrum existence in a village was not agreeable, but on the contrary depressing....