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SEE AMERICA FIRST BY ORVILLE O. HIESTAND IN COLLABORATION WITH CHAS. J. HERR To Mr. and Mrs. Chas. J. Herr whose kind beneficence and interest in the Great Out-of-Doors made this book possible; these Wayside Sketches are affectionately dedicated “I see the spectacle of morning from the hill tops over against my house, from daybreak to sunrise, with emotions which an angel might share. The long, slender bars of cloud float like golden fishes in the crimson light....

BY THE REV. F. W. FARRAR, D.D., F.R.S., CANON OF WESTMINSTER. SENECA. “Ce nuage frange de rayons qui toucbe presqu’ a l’immortelle aurore des verites chretiennes.”–PONTMAOTIN. INTRODUCTORY. On the banks of the Baetis–the modern Guadalquiver,–and under the woods that crown the southern slopes of the Sierra Morena, lies the beautiful and famous city of Cordova. It had been selected by Marcellus as the site of a Roman colony; and so many Romans and Spaniards of high rank chose it for their residence, that it obtained from Augustus the honourable surname of the “Patrician Colony....

SPECULATIONS FROM POLITICAL ECONOMY BY C. B. CLARKE, F.R.S. INTRODUCTION The following nine articles are “Speculations,” by no means altogether recommendations. They are from Political Economy, i.e. they have nearly all of them been suggested by considering mere propositions of Political Economy. Some of them are old, or given me by friends: some are, I believe, new: these many persons will set aside as unpractical or impracticable, as that is the approved word by which people indicate that an idea is new to them....

[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.] LITERATURE AND LIFE–Staccato Notes of a Vanished Summer by William Dean Howells STACCATO NOTES OF A VANISHED SUMMER Monday afternoon the storm which had been beating up against the southeasterly wind nearly all day thickened, fold upon fold, in the northwest....

STORIES BY ENGLISH AUTHORS SCOTLAND Editors: Scribners CONTENTS The Courting of T’nowhead’s Bell J. M. Barrie “The Heather Lintie” S. R. Crockett A Doctor of the Old School Ian Maclaren Wandering Willie’s Tale Sir Walter Scott The Glenmutchkin Railway Professor Aytoun Thrawn Janet R. L. Stevenson THE COURTING OF T’NOWHEAD’S BELL BY J. M. BARRIE For two years it had been notorious in the square that Sam’l Dickie was thinking of courting T’nowhead’s Bell, and that if Little Sanders Elshioner (which is the Thrums pronunciation of Alexander Alexander) went in for her, he might prove a formidable rival....

Taras Bulba and Other Tales By Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol Introduction byJohn Cournos Taras BulbaSt. John’s EveThe CloakHow the Two Ivans QuarrelledThe Mysterious PortraitThe Calash INTRODUCTION Russian literature, so full of enigmas, contains no greater creative mystery than Nikolai Vasil’evich Gogol (1809-1852), who has done for the Russian novel and Russian prose what Pushkin has done for Russian poetry. Before these two men came Russian literature can hardly have been said to exist....

[Illustration:] The Angel over the Right Shoulder [Illustration:] The Angel over the Right Shoulder or the BEGINNING OF A NEW YEAR. BY THE AUTHOR OF “SUNNY SIDE.” 1852. The Angel over the Right Shoulder * * * * * “There! a woman’s work is never done,” said Mrs. James; “I thought, for once, I was through; but just look at that lamp, now! it will not burn, and I must go and spend half an hour over it....

Text scanned and proofread by JC Byers. (http://www.capitalnet.com/~jcbyers/index.htm) The “Aldine” Edition of The Arabian Nights Entertainments Illustrated by S. L. Wood FROM THE TEXT OF DR. JONATHAN SCOTT In Four Volumes Volume 1 Only 500 copies of the Small Paper Edition are printed for America, of which this is No. 217 London Pickering and Chatto 1890 The Publishers’ Preface. This, the “Aldine Edition” of “The Arabian Nights Entertainments,” forms the first four volumes of a proposed series of reprints of the Standard works of fiction which have appeared in the English language....

THE ASHIEL MYSTERY A DETECTIVE STORY BY MRS. CHARLES BRYCE ”It is the difficulty of the Police Romance, that the reader is always a man of such vastly greater ingenuity than the writer.” ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. CHAPTER I When Sir Arthur Byrne fell ill, after three summers at his post in the little consulate that overlooked the lonely waters of the Black Sea, he applied for sick leave. Having obtained it, he hurried home to scatter guineas in Harley Street; for he felt all the uneasy doubts as to his future which a strong man who has never in his life known what it is to have a headache is apt to experience at the first symptom that all is not well....

THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY A MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE, ART, AND POLITICS CONTENTS. Abbe de l’Epee, theAgassiz’s Natural HistoryAkin by MarriageAmerican AntiquityAquarium, myArchitecture, DomesticArtAutocrat of the Breakfast-Table, the Battle of Lepanto, theBeecher, Henry WardBeethovenBerangerBirds and their WaysBooksBritish Gallery in New York, theBritish IndiaBuchanan’s AdministrationBurr, AaronButton-Rose, the Carlyle, ThomasCatacombs of Rome, theChild-Life by the GangesCretins and Idiots Diamond Lens, the Eben Jackson Financial Flurry, theFlorentine Mosaics Ghost Redivivus, theGreat Failure, theGrindwell Governing Machine, the Hundred Days, the IllusionsIndia, BritishIndian Revolt, theIntellectual Character Jerrold, DouglasJournal to my Cousin Mary Kansas Usurpation, Review of the Lepanto, the Battle ofL’Epee, the Abbe deLibrarian’s Story, theLoo Loo MamoulManchester Exhibition, theMaya, the PrincessMourning Veil, theMusicMy AquariumMy Journal to my Cousin Mary New England MinistersNotes on Domestic Architecture Our Birds and their Ways Pendlam, a Modern ReformerPersian PoetryPictures, Something aboutPresident’s Message, thePrima Donna, Who paid for thePure Pearl of Diver’s Bay, the Queen of the Red Chessmen, the Robin HoodRoger PierceRound Table, the Saints, and their BodiesSally Parsons’s DutySolitude and SocietySomething about PicturesSpartacus TeaTiflin of ParagraphsTurkey Tracks Welsh Musical FestivalWhere will it End?...

BACILLUS OF BEAUTY _A Romance of To-day_ _BY_ HARRIET STARK CONTENTS. CHAPTER Book I: The Broken Chrysalis: I. THE METAMORPHOSIS II. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD III. THE HORNETS’ NEST IV. THE GODDESS AND THE MOB V. A HIGH-CLASS CONCERT Book II: The Birth of the Butterfly: I. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MOMENT II. A SUNDAY-SCHOOL LESSON III. THE QUEST OF KNOWLEDGE IV. GIRL BACHELOR AND BIOLOGIST V. THE FINDING OF THE BACILLUS VI....

THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN THE COUNTRY BY LAURA LEE HOPE CONTENTS I. THE INVITATIONII. THE STARTIII. SNOOP ON THE TRAINIV. A LONG RIDEV. MEADOW BROOKVI. FRISKYVII. A COUNTRY PICNICVIII. FUN IN THE WOODSIX. FOURTH OF JULYX. A GREAT DAYXI. THE LITTLE GARDENERSXII. TOM’S RUNAWAYXIII. PICKING PEASXIV. THE CIRCUSXV. THE CHARIOT RACEXVI. THE FLOODXVII. A TOWN AFLOATXVIII. THE FRESH-AIR CAMPXIX. SEWING SCHOOLXX. A MIDNIGHT SCAREXXI. WHAT THE WELL CONTAINEDXXII. LITTLE JACK HORNER–GOOD-BYE THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN THE COUNTRY CHAPTER I THE INVITATION “There goes the bell!...

THE BOY ALLIES IN THE BALKAN CAMPAIGN OR The Struggle to Save a Nation By CLAIR W. HAYES AUTHOR OF “The Boy Allies in Great Peril,” “The Boy Allies at Liege,” “The Boy Allies on the Firing Line,” “The Boy Allies with the Cossacks,” “The Boy Allies in the Trenches.” 1916 CHAPTER I. IN THE AIR. “And how do you feel now, Mr. Stubbs?” Hal Paine took his eyes from the distance ahead long enough to gaze toward that part of the military aeroplane in which three other figures were seated....

or, The Woleho Weavers By Hildegard G. Frey Author of “The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods”, “The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House”,“The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring.” 1916 CHAPTER I. CHRONICLES IN COLOR. “Speaking of diaries,” said Gladys Evans, “what do you think of this for one?” She spread out a bead band, about an inch and a half wide and a yard or more long, in which she had worked out in colors the main events of her summer’s camping trip with the Winnebago Camp Fire Girls....

by Edgar B. P. Darlington CONTENTS CHAPTER I The Boys Hear Good NewsII On The Road Once MoreIII Phil to RescueIV Renewing Old AcquaintancesV Doing a Man’s WorkVI The Showman’s RewardVII Trying The CulpritVIII Phil Makes a New FriendIX The Mule Distinguishes HimselfX His First Bareback LessonXI Summoned Before The ManagerXII The Human FootballXIII Ducked by an ElephantXIV In Dire PerilXV Emperor to The RescueXVI An Unexpected PromotionXVII The Circus Boys Win New Laurels XVIII Doing a Double SomersaultXIX Marooned in a Freight CarXX The Barnyard CircusXXI When The Crash CameXXII What Happened to a PacemakerXXIII Searching The TrainXXIV Conclusion The Circus Boys Across the Continent CHAPTER I THE BOYS HEAR GOOD NEWS “You never can guess it–you never can guess the news, Teddy,” cried Phil Forrest, rushing into the gymnasium, his face flushed with excitement....

THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (From the PUBLISHER’S NOTE: “The present Household Edition of Mr. Longfellow’s Poetical Writings . . . contains all his original verse that he wished to preserve, and all his translations except the Divina Commedia. The poems are printed as nearly as possible in chronological order . . . Boston, Autumn, 1902.” Houghton Mifflin Company.) CONTENTS.VOICES OF THE NIGHT. Prelude Hymn to the Night A Psalm of Life The Reaper and the Flowers The Light of Stars Footsteps of Angels Flowers The Beleaguered City Midnight Mass for the Dying Year EARLIER POEMS....

The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Volume 3 [SPELLING: There are many interesting spelling variations from modern day usage in the first two books which remind one that English is not a dead language (grewsome and bowlders I particularly like); but in Captain Smith and Pocohantas one is taken back into Elizabethan times where spelling of the same word may well vary three times a page and is a matter, as one may say, of “every man for himself....

MDCCCXXXIX. Volume 6. (Chapter XLII-LV) Contents: CHAPTER XLII.The Journey CHAPTER XLIII.The Journey CHAPTER XLIV.A Reminscence of the East CHAPTER XLV.A Day in the Phoenix CHAPTER XLVI.An Adventure in Canada CHAPTER XLVII.The Courier’s Passport CHAPTER XLVIII.A Night in Strasbourg CHAPTER XLIX.A Surprise CHAPTER L.Jack Waller’s Story CHAPTER LI.Munich CHAPTER LII.Inn at Munich CHAPTER LIII.The Ball CHAPTER LIV.A Discovery CHAPTER LV.Conclusion CHAPTER XLII. THE JOURNEY. Trevanion came at last. He had obtained my passport, and engaged a carriage to convey me about eight miles, where I should overtake the diligence–such a mode of travelling being judged more likely to favour my escape, by attracting less attention than posting....

[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.] THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU (In 12 books) Privately Printed for the Members of the Aldus Society London, 1903 BOOK XII. With this book begins the work of darkness, in which I have for the last eight years been enveloped, though it has not by any means been possible for me to penetrate the dreadful obscurity....

HERBERT B. ADAMS, Editor History is past Politics and Politics present History.–Freeman NINTH SERIES IX THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF JAPAN, 1853-1881 BY TOYOKICHI IYENAGA, PH. D. Professor of Political Science in Tokio Senmon-Gakko September, 1891 CONTENTS. INTRODUCTORY CHAP. I. (1853-1868). BEGINNING OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL MOVEMENT THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT GAVE RISE TO THE MOVEMENT THE ACCOUNT OF COMMODORE PERRY’S ARRIVAL BY THE AUTHOR OF GENJE YUME MONOGATARI DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE PRINCE OF MITO AND THE TOKUGAWA OFFICIALS AT THE COURT OF YEDO CONCLUSION OF TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN THE OLD PRINCE OF MITO, NARIAKI II KAMON NO KAMI BOMBARDMENTS OF KAGOSHIMA AND SHIMONOSHEKI THE EFFECTS OF THE BOMBARDMENT...