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The Economist 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 Economist records Socrates and Critobulus in a talk about profitable estate management, and a lengthy recollection by Socrates of Ischomachus’ discussion of the same topic....

THE ENGLISH GOVERNESS AT THE SIAMESE COURT BEING RECOLLECTIONS OF SIX YEARS IN THE ROYAL IN THE ROYAL PALACE AT BANGKOK BY ANNA HARRIETTE LEONOWENS. With Illustrations,FROM PHOTOGRAPHS PRESENTED TO THE AUTHOR BY THE KING OF SIAM. [Illustration: Gateway Of the Old Palace.] TO MRS. KATHERINE S. COBB. I have not asked your leave, dear friend, to dedicate to you these pages of my experience in the heart of an Asiatic court; but I know you will indulge me when I tell you that my single object in inscribing your name here is to evince my grateful appreciation of the kindness that led you to urge me to try the resources of your country instead of returning to Siam, and to plead so tenderly in behalf of my children....

The Face and the Mask BY ROBERT BARR [Illustration: “THE GIRL KISSED THE TIPS OF HER FINGERS.”] THE HON. WILLIAM E. QUINBY (United States Minister to the Netherlands) HAS HELPED SO MANY UNKNOWN LITERARY ASPIRANTS THAT HE CAN HARDLY HAVE HOPED TO ESCAPE THE DEDICATION TO HIM OF A BOOK BY AT LEAST ONE OF THEM CONTENTS. CHAP. I. THE WOMAN OF STONE II. THE CHEMISTRY OF ANARCHY III. THE FEAR OF IT IV....

THE FIGHT FOR CONSERVATION By GIFFORD PINCHOT 1910 CONTENTS Introduction I. Prosperity II. Home-building for the Nation III. Better Times on the Farm IV. Principles of Conservation V. Waterways VI. Business VII. The Moral Issue VIII. Public Spirit IX. The Children X. An Equal Chance XI. The New Patriotism XII. The Present Battle Index INTRODUCTION The following discussion of the conservation problem is not a systematic treatise upon the subject....

THE GERMANY AND THE AGRICOLA OF TACITUS. THE OXFORD TRANSLATION REVISED, WITH NOTES. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY EDWARD BROOKS, JR. INTRODUCTION. Very little is known concerning the life of Tacitus, the historian, except that which he tells us in his own writings and those incidents which are related of him by his contemporary, Pliny. His full name was Caius Cornelius Tacitus. The date of his birth can only be arrived at by conjecture, and then only approximately....

ENDTHE SMALL PRINT! FOR PUBLIC DOMAIN ETEXTSVer.04.29.93END* This etext was prepared from a reprint of the 1639 edition by Donal O’Danachair, email Kodak_seaside@hotmail.com The Golden Asse by Lucius Apuleius “Africanus” Translated by William Adlington First published 1566This version as reprinted from the edition of 1639. Typed, scanned and proofed by Donal O’Danachair, kodak_seaside@hotmail.comThe original spelling, capitalisation and punctuation have been retained. Dedication To the Right Honourable and Mighty Lord, THOMAS EARLE OF SUSSEX, Viscount Fitzwalter, Lord of Egremont and of Burnell, Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter, Iustice of the forrests and Chases from Trent Southward; Captain of the Gentleman Pensioners of the House of the QUEENE our Soveraigne Lady....

E-text prepared by Jim Ludwig The Grammar School Boys in Summer Athletics or, Dick & Co. Make Their Fame Secure By H. Irving Hancock CONTENTS CHAPTERS I. A Jolt on a Quiet Day II. The Vanishing Man III. Dick Marches His Nine On IV. The Story of the Uniforms V. North Grammars Play Real Ball VI. Setting With a Teaser VII. Ted Teall Faces the Storm VIII. Two Rivals Plan Dire Revenge IX....

THE GREAT CONSPIRACY Its Origin and History Part 5 BY JOHN LOGAN CHAPTER XVIII. FREEDOM PROCLAIMED TO ALL. While mentally revolving the question of Emancipation–now, evidently “coming to a head,”–no inconsiderable portion of Mr. Lincoln’s thoughts centered upon, and his perplexities grew out of, his assumption that the “physical difference” between the Black and White–the African and Caucasian races, precluded the idea of their living together in the one land as Free men and equals....

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. THE HAND BUT NOT THE HEART; OR, THE LIFE-TRIALS OF JESSIE LORING. BY T. S. ARTHUR. NEW YORK: 1858. THE HAND BUT NOT THE HEART. CHAPTER I....

THE HAUNTED BOOKSHOP BY CHRISTOPHER MORLEY TO THE BOOKSELLERS Be pleased to know, most worthy, that this little book is dedicated to you in affection and respect. The faults of the composition are plain to you all. I begin merely in the hope of saying something further of the adventures of ROGER MIFFLIN, whose exploits in “Parnassus on Wheels” some of you have been kind enough to applaud. But then came Miss Titania Chapman, and my young advertising man fell in love with her, and the two of them rather ran away with the tale....

THE HUNCHBACK by James Sheridan Knowles INTRODUCTION James Sheridan Knowles was born at Cork in 1784, and died at Torquay in December, 1862, at the age of 78. His father was a teacher of elocution, who compiled a dictionary, and who was related to the Sheridans. He moved to London when his son was eight years old, and there became acquainted with William Hazlitt and Charles Lamb. The son, after his school education, obtained a commission in the army, but gave up everything for the stage, and made his first appearance at the Crow Street Theatre, in Dublin....

THE ITALIANS: A Novel BY FRANCES ELLIOT AUTHOR OF “ROMANCE OF OLD COURT LIFE IN FRANCE,” “THE DIARY OF AN IDLE WOMAN IN ITALY,” ETC., ETC. 1875 TO THE REAL ENRICA, WITH THE AUTHOR’S LOVE. CONTENTS PART I. I. LUCCA II. THE CATHEDRAL OF LUCCA III. THE THREE WITCHES IV. THE MARCHESA GUINIGI V. ENRICA VI. MARCHESA GUINIGI AT HOME VII. COUNT MARESCOTTI VIII. THE CABINET COUNCIL IX. THE COUNTESS ORSETTI’S BALL PART II....

The Law and the Lady by Wilkie Collins NOTE: ADDRESSED TO THE READER. IN offering this book to you, I have no Preface to write. I have only to request that you will bear in mind certain established truths, which occasionally escape your memory when you are reading a work of fiction. Be pleased, then, to remember (First): That the actions of human beings are not invariably governed by the laws of pure reason....

THE LIFE AND WORKS OF FRIEDRICH SCHILLER By Calvin Thomas Professor in Columbia University To Eleanor Allen Thomas Herzelibe frouwe min, Got gebe dir hiute und iemer guot! Kunde ich bas gedenken din, Des haete ich willeclichen muot. PREFACE I have wished to give a trustworthy account of Schiller and his works on a scale large enough to permit the doing of something like justice to his great name, but not so large as in itself to kill all hope and chance of readableness....

AO TEA ROA By William Pember Reeves Agent-General In London for New Zealand 1899 [Illustration: Frontispiece. TE REINGA WATERFALL, GISBORNE Photo by W.F. CRAWFORD.] Preface I believe that there is amongst the people of the Mother Country a minority, now ceasing to be small, which takes a quickening interest in the Colonies. It no longer consists merely of would-be investors, or emigrants who want to inquire into the resources, industries, and finances of one or other of the self-governing parts of the Empire....

THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF A BIBLIOMANIAC BY EUGENE FIELD Introduction The determination to found a story or a series of sketches on the delights, adventures, and misadventures connected with bibliomania did not come impulsively to my brother. For many years, in short during the greater part of nearly a quarter of a century of journalistic work, he had celebrated in prose and verse, and always in his happiest and most delightful vein, the pleasures of book-hunting....

THE LYRIC AN ESSAY BY JOHN DRINKWATER 1922 CONTENTS What is Poetry The Best Words in the Best Order The Degrees of Poetry Paradise Lost What is Lyric The Classification of Poetry Lyric Forms Song The Popularity of Lyric Conclusion WHAT IS POETRY? If you were to ask twenty intelligent people, “What is the Thames?” the answer due to you from each would be–“a river.” And yet this would hardly be matter to satisfy your enquiring mind....

The Malay Archipelago by Alfred R. Wallace VOLUME II By ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE. CHAPTER XXI THE MOLUCCAS–TERNATE. ON the morning of the 8th of January, 1858, I arrived at Ternate, the fourth of a row of fine conical volcanic islands which shirt the west coast of the large and almost unknown n island of Gilolo. The largest and most perfectly conical mountain is Tidore, which is over four thousand Feet high–Ternate being very nearly the same height, but with a more rounded and irregular summit....

THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD [Illustration: Frontispiece. Photo by the author. Photomicrograph of a small block of western hemlock. At the top is the cross section showing to the right the late wood of one season’s growth, to the left the early wood of the next season. The other two sections are longitudinal and show the fibrous character of the wood. To the left is the radial section with three rays crossing it....

[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.] MEMOIRS OF LOUIS XIV AND HIS COURT AND OF THE REGENCY BY THE DUKE OF SAINT-SIMON VOLUME 10. CHAPTER LXX Character and Position of the Duc d’Orleans–His Manners, Talents, and Virtues.–His Weakness.–Anecdote Illustrative Thereof.– The “Debonnaire”–Adventure of the Grand Prieur in England....