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[Illustration: Yollande appears emerging from her shroud.] THE CURLY-HAIRED HEN TEXT AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY A. VIMAR TRANSLATED BY NORA K. HILLS CONTENTS CHAPTER IMother Etienne’s Farm CHAPTER IIA Mother’s Devotion CHAPTER IIIYollande’s Trousseau CHAPTER IVFather Gusson’s Secret CHAPTER VSir Booum Calls upon Mother Etienne CHAPTER VIThe Separation CHAPTER VIISir Booum’s Circus CHAPTER VIIIMother Etienne’s Dream CHAPTER IXMother Etienne’s Fortune CHAPTER XTriumph of the Ointment CHAPTER I MOTHER ETIENNE’S FARM “Oh Grandfather, tell us a story, do....

The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper Chapter I. “There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but nature more, From these our interviews, in which I steal From all I may be, or have been before, To mingle with the universe, and feel What I can ne’er express, yet cannot all conceal” Childe Harold....

BY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM 1915 CHAPTER I The woman leaned across the table towards her companion. “My friend,” she said, “when we first met–I am ashamed, considering that I dine alone with you to-night, to reflect how short a time ago–you spoke of your removal here from Paris very much as though it were a veritable exile. I told you then that there might be surprises in store for you....

[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.] ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Translated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazilitt 1877 CONTENTS OF VOLUME 16. VI. Of Coaches.VII. Of the Inconvenience of Greatness. VIII. Of the Art of Conference. CHAPTER VI OF COACHES It is very easy to verify, that great authors, when they write of causes, not only make use of those they think to be the true causes, but also of those they believe not to be so, provided they have in them some beauty and invention: they speak true and usefully enough, if it be ingeniously....

THE FIGURE IN THE CARPET I had done a few things and earned a few pence–I had perhaps even had time to begin to think I was finer than was perceived by the patronising; but when I take the little measure of my course (a fidgety habit, for it’s none of the longest yet) I count my real start from the evening George Corvick, breathless and worried, came in to ask me a service....

THE HABITANT AND OTHER FRENCH-CANADIAN POEMS By William Henry Drummond, M.D. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY Louis Frechette AND WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY Frederick Simpson Coburn TO MY DEAR FRIEND AND FORMER TEACHER GEORGE MURRAY, ESQ., B.A., A.K.C., F.R.S.C. THESE VERSES ARE DEDICATED WITH SINCERE ADMIRATION AND RESPECT INTRODUCTION On me demande, pour ce charmant volume, un mot de préface en français; le voici: Quand, en 1863, je publiai mon premier recueil de poésies–écrites au collège, pour la plupart,–le grand poète américain Longfellow eut la flatteuse bienveillance de m’appeler The pathfinder of a new land of song....

THE HEROES, OR GREEK FAIRY TALES FOR MY CHILDREN Contents: Preface Perseus How Perseus and his mother came to Seriphos How Perseus vowed a Rash Vow How Perseus slew the Gorgon How Perseus came to the AEthiops How Perseus came home again The Argonauts How the Centaur trained the Heroes on Pelion How Jason lost his sandal in Anauros How they built the ship ‘Argo’ in Iolcos How the Argonauts sailed to Colchis How the Argonauts were driven into the Unknown Sea What was the end of the Heroes Theseus How Theseus lifted the stone How Theseus slew the devourers of men How Theseus slew the minotaur How Theseus fell by his pride PREFACE MY DEAR CHILDREN, Some of you have heard already of the old Greeks; and all of you, as you grow up, will hear more and more of them....

Scanned by Dianne Bean. Proofed by Joseph Buersmeyer. THE HISPANIC NATIONS OF THE NEW WORLD, A CHRONICLE OF OUR SOUTHERN NEIGHBORS BY WILLIAM R. SHEPHERD NEW HAVEN: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESSTORONTO: GLASGOW, BROOK & CO.LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORDOXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1919 CONTENTS I. THE HERITAGE FROM SPAIN AND PORTUGAL II. “OUR OLD KING OR NONE” III. “INDEPENDENCE OR DEATH” IV. PLOUGHING THE SEA V. THE AGE OF THE DICTATORS VI. PERIL FROM ABROAD VII....

[Transcriber’s note: The spelling inconsistencies of the original are retained in this etext.] BY THE SAME AUTHOR POEMS INSURRECTIONS (Maunsel) THE HILL OF VISION “ GREEN BRANCHES “ SONGS FROM THE CLAY (Macmillan) THE ADVENTURES OF SEUMAS BEG “ * * * * * PROSE THE CHARWOMANS DAUGHTER (Macmillan) THE CROCK OF GOLD “ HERE ARE LADIES “ THE DEMI-GODS “ * * * * * THE INSURRECTION IN DUBLIN BY JAMES STEPHENS MAUNSEL & COMPANY, LTD....

1910 [Illustration: “It is a prison, and the young girl is a king’s daughter.”] “WORDS FITLY SPOKEN”Every Story Contains an Important Lesson [Illustration: SABBATH READINGS FOR THE HOME CIRCLE] CONTENTS The King’s DaughterThe Old Brown HouseA Story for School GirlsWhat One Lie DidTwo Ways of Reading the BibleCourtesy to StrangersLive for SomethingJennie BrowningPast and FutureAnna’s DifficultyCompany MannersConfide in MotherThey Took Me InThe Little SistersA Valuable SecretTelling MotherA Story of School LifeHow Bess Managed TomA Little Girl’s ThoughtsCareless Gracie’s LessonVicarious PunishmentPatty’s SecretMopsey’s MistakeA Girl’s SongCarrie’s MarksSusie’s PrayerThe Stolen OrangeWee Janet’s ProblemBertha’s GrandmotherPutting Off Till To-morrowNothing FinishedWhat’s The UseSusy Diller’s Christmas FeastThe Barn That BlossomedI Shall Not WantHow Dorothy Helped the AngelOne Girl’s InfluenceTwo Kinds of ServiceDuty and PleasureThe Dangerous DoorThe Golden WindowsTrust Always: Never FretThe New LifeThe Impossible YesterdayA Child’s PuzzleHow She Showed She Was Sorry ILLUSTRATIONS FrontispieceI WISH I WERE A PRINCESSIn the Temple PrisonExecution of Louis XVIQueen Marie Antoinette Led to the Tribunal THE OLD BROWN HOUSEDriven in for ShelterI Will Keep Your RoseIt Never Looked so Dirty BeforeAunt Ruth Must Have MovedBessie Meets Aunt RuthA STORY FOR SCHOOL GIRLSThe RecessWHAT ONE LIE DIDThe Spelling ClassI Did Not Tell a LieWill You Go With Me To-nightAt the GraveAmy’s SorrowTWO WAYS OF READING THE BIBLEWhom I Shall See for MyselfCOURTESY TO STRANGERSJENNIE BROWNINGSaved Her Sister’s LifeHe Pulled Jennie’s HairThe Flame in the RugSmothering the FireANNA’S DIFFICULTYComing to a ConclusionCOMPANY MANNERSA Glass of WaterCONFIDE IN MOTHERTHEY TOOK ME INThank You, My DearTHE LITTLE SISTERSExplaining the RuleBoth Sisters at SchoolA VALUABLE SECRETTELLING MOTHERA STORY OF SCHOOL LIFEJust the Amount, I BelieveBegged to be ReleasedIn the Sick RoomThe Book at the LoomCrying Like a BabyHOW BESS MANAGED TOMCARELESS GRACIE’S LESSONWe Are InvitedIn the AutomobileVICARIOUS PUNISHMENTPATTY’S SECRETWill You Ask for Me?...

THE LONDON and COUNTRY BREWER 1736 Containing an Account, I. Of the Nature of the Barley-Corn, and of the proper Soils and Manures for the Improvement thereof. II. Of making good Malts. III. To know good from bad Malts. IV. Of the Use of the Pale, Amber, and Brown Malts. V. Of the Nature of several Waters, and their Use in Brewing. VI. Of Grinding Malts. VII. Of Brewing in general....

The Mahatma and the HareA Dream Story by H. Rider Haggard “Ultimately a good hare was found which took the field at . . . There the hounds pressed her, and on the hunt arriving at the edge of the cliff the hare could be seen crossing the beach and going right out to sea. A boat was procured, and the master and some others rowed out to her just as she drowned, and, bringing the body in, gave it to the hounds....

THE MAN WHOM THE TREES LOVED ALGERNON BLACKWOOD 1912 ~I~ He painted trees as by some special divining instinct of their essential qualities. He understood them. He knew why in an oak forest, for instance, each individual was utterly distinct from its fellows, and why no two beeches in the whole world were alike. People asked him down to paint a favorite lime or silver birch, for he caught the individuality of a tree as some catch the individuality of a horse....

The Marriages by Henry James CHAPTER I “Won’t you stay a little longer?” the hostess asked while she held the girl’s hand and smiled. “It’s too early for every one to go– it’s too absurd.” Mrs. Churchley inclined her head to one side and looked gracious; she flourished about her face, in a vaguely protecting sheltering way, an enormous fan of red feathers. Everything in her composition, for Adela Chart, was enormous....

THE MEMOIRS OF GENERAL THE BARON DE MARBOT. Translated by Oliver C. Colt Volume 1. Table of contents Chap. 1. Origins of my family. My father joins the bodyguard. The de Certain family. Life at Lariviere. Episode in infancy. Chap. 2. Outbreak of revolution. My father’s attitude. He rejoins the army. I go to Mlle. Mongalvi. My life as a boarder. Chap. 3. My father is posted to Toulouse. He takes me with him....

THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. 14, No. 382.] SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1829. [PRICE 2d. POPE’S TEMPLE, AT HAGLEY [Illustration: Pope’s Temple, at Hagley] Reader! are you going out of town “in search of the picturesque”–if so, bend your course to the classic, the consecrated ground of HAGLEY! think of LYTTLETON, POPE, SHENSTONE, and THOMSON, or refresh your memory from the “Spring” of the latter, as– Courting the muse, thro’ Hagley Park thou strayst....

THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. No. 469.] SATURDAY JANUARY 1, 1831 [PRICE 2d. [Illustration: Copied from one of the prints of last year’s Landscape Annual, from a drawing, by Prout. This proves what we said of the imperishable interest of the Engravings of the L.A.] Petrarch and Arqua; Ariosto, Tasso, and Ferrara;–how delightfully are these names and sites linked in the fervour of Italian poetry. Lord Byron halted at these consecrated spots, in his “Pilgrimage” through the land of song:– There is a tomb in Arqua;–rear’d in air, Pillar’d in their sarcophagus, repose The bones of Laura’s lover: here repair Many familiar with his well-sung woes, The pilgrims of his genius....

VOL. 17, NO. 488.] SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1831. [PRICE 2d. [Illustration: ST. GEORGE’S CHAPEL, WINDSOR.] ST. GEORGE’S CHAPEL, WINDSOR. This venerable structure, as we explained in No. 486 of The Mirror, is situated in the lower ward or court of Windsor Castle. It stands in the centre, and in a manner, divides the court into two parts. On the north or inner side are the houses and apartments of the Dean and Canons of St....

THE MISTLETOE BOUGH by Anthony Trollope “Let the boys have it if they like it,” said Mrs. Garrow, pleading to her only daughter on behalf of her two sons. “Pray don’t, mamma,” said Elizabeth Garrow. “It only means romping. To me all that is detestable, and I am sure it is not the sort of thing that Miss Holmes would like.” “We always had it at Christmas when we were young....

THE NEW REVELATION by ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE To all the brave men and women, humble or learned, who have the moralcourage during seventy years toface ridicule or worldly disadvantage in order to testifyto an all-important truth March, 1918 PREFACE Many more philosophic minds than mine have thought over the religious side of this subject and many more scientific brains have turned their attention to its phenomenal aspect. So far as I know, however, there has been no former attempt to show the exact relation of the one to the other....