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{A brief introduction to “The Lumley Autograph.”: {“The Lumley Autograph” was inspired, as Susan’s introductory note states, by the constant stream of letters received by her father, asking in often importunate terms for his autograph or for pages from his manuscripts, and even requesting that he supply autographs of other famous men who might have written to him. He generally complied with these requests courteously and to the best of his ability; after his death in 1851, Susan continued to do so, as well as selling fragments of his manuscripts to raise money for charity during the Civil War....

[Note on text: Italicized stanzas will be indented 5 spaces. Italicized words or phrases will be capitalized. Lines longer than 75 characters have been broken according to metre, and the continuation is indented two spaces. Also, some obvious errors, after being confirmed against other sources, have been corrected.] [Note on content: Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson were writing for the Sydney Bulletin’ in 1892 when Lawson suggested a duel’ of poetry to increase the number of poems they could sell to the paper....

PERSONAL MEMOIRES OF P. H. SHERIDAN VOLUME 2. Part 4 By Philip Henry Sheridan CHAPTER I. ORGANIZING SCOUTS–MISS REBECCA WRIGHT–IMPORTANT INFORMATION–DECIDE TO MOVE ON NEWTOWN–MEETING GENERAL GRANT–ORGANIZATION OF THE UNION ARMY–OPENING OF THE BATTLE OF THE OPEQUON–DEATH OF GENERAL RUSSELL –A TURNING MOVEMENT–A SUCCESSFUL CAVALRY CHARGE–VICTORY–THREE LOYAL GIRLS–APPOINTED A BRIGADIER-GENERAL IN THE REGULAR ARMY –REMARKS ON THE BATTLE. While occupying the ground between Clifton and Berryville, referred to in the last chapter of the preceding volume, I felt the need of an efficient body of scouts to collect information regarding the enemy, for the defective intelligence-establishment with which I started out from Harper’s Ferry early in August had not proved satisfactory....

[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 7. CHAPTER XLVII Death of D’Avaux.–A Quarrel about a Window.–Louvois and the King.– Anecdote of Boisseuil.–Madame de Maintenon and M....

THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. 10, NO. 270.] SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1827. [PRICE 2d. TOWN-HALL, LIVERPOOL. [Illustration: Town-Hall, Liverpool.] From a small inconsiderable hamlet, Liverpool, within a century and a half, has been singularly advanced in national importance. In Leland’s time it had only a chapel, its parish church being at Walton, a distance of four miles from the town. In the year 1571 the inhabitants of Liverpool sent a memorial to Queen Elizabeth, praying relief from a subsidy which they thought themselves unable to bear, wherein they styled themselves “her majesty’s poor decayed town of Liverpool....

THE LADY OF THE BARGE AND OTHER STORIES By W. W. Jacobs THE MONKEY’S PAW I. Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire....

CELEBRATED CRIMES BY ALEXANDER DUMAS, PERE VOLUME 4, Part 3 NISIDA 1825 If our readers, tempted by the Italian proverb about seeing Naples and then dying, were to ask us what is the most favourable moment for visiting the enchanted city, we should advise them to land at the mole, or at Mergellina, on a fine summer day and at the hour when some solemn procession is moving out of the cathedral....

Sequel to “Homeward Bound.” By J. Fenimore Cooper. Complete in one volume. 1871. “Thou art perfect.” PR. HON Preface Those who have done us the favour to read “Homeward Bound” will at once perceive that the incidents of this book commence at the point where those of the work just mentioned ceased. We are fully aware of the disadvantage of dividing the interest of a tale in this manner; but in the present instance, the separation has been produced by circumstances over which the writer had very little control....

[Illustration: THE YOUNG NAVIGATORS.] HURRAH FOR NEW ENGLAND! OR THE VIRGINIA BOY’S VACATION. BY THE AUTHOR OF “THE BOY OF SPIRIT” “WHEN ARE WE HAPPIEST?” ETC. CONTENTS LETTER I. THE DOCTOR’S PRESCRIPTION II. FITTING OUT FOR THE CRUISE III. OUR MESSMATES IV. TALK ABOUT GREAT MEN V. OLD JACK VI. VISIT TO THE CUNARD STEAMER VII. MOODY DICK’S SISTER LOUISA VIII. DAVID’S GLIMPSE OF NOBILITY IX. BOSTON LIONS HURRAH FOR NEW ENGLAND!...

INDISCRETIONS OF ARCHIE P. G. WODEHOUSE It wasn’t Archie’s fault really. Its true he went to America and fell in love with Lucille, the daughter of a millionaire hotel proprietor and if he did marry her–well, what else was there to do? From his point of view, the whole thing was a thoroughly good egg; but Mr. Brewster, his father-in-law, thought differently, Archie had neither money nor occupation, which was distasteful in the eyes of the industrious Mr....

INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY MISCELLANY Of Literature, Art, and Science. * * * * * Vol. I. NEW YORK, JULY 15, 1850. No. 3. * * * * * GEORGE SAND, IN THE MEMOIRS OF CHATEAUBRIAND. George Sand is about to publish a book called “Memoirs of my Life,” which is looked for with great expectations by both the admirers of her genius and the lovers of scandalous gossip. It is certain that if she makes a clean breast of her adventures and experiences, the world will have reason both for admiration and disgust over the confessions: admiration for the generosity of her character–for she never did a mean thing, and probably never had a mean thought–disgust at the recklessness with which she has cast off the delicacy and modesty of woman, and undermined the morality on which the holiest institutions of society depend....

“Il rasait bien, il chantait. . . . Si la France possedait dix poetes comme Jasmin, dix poetes de cette influence, elle n’aurait pas a craindre de revolutions.”–Sainte-Beuve CONTENTS. Preface CHAPTER I. Agen–Jasmins Boyhood Description of AgenStatue of JasminHis ‘Souvenirs’Birth of JasminPoverty of the FamilyGrandfather BoeThe CharivariJasmin’s Father and MotherHis PlayfellowsPlaying at SoldiersAgen FairsThe VintageThe Spinning WomenSchool detestedOld Boe carried to the HospitalDeath of Boe CHAPTER II. Jasmin at School Sister BoeJasmin enters the SeminaryHis ProgressHis Naughty TrickTumbles from a LadderHis PunishmentImprisonedThe PreservesExpelled from the SeminaryHis Mother sells her Wedding-ring for Bread The Abbe MirabenJasmin a Helpful Boy CHAPTER III....

[Illustration: KEPLER] Pioneers of Progress Men of ScienceEdited by S. Chapman, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S. KEPLER byWALTER W. BRYANTof the Royal Observatory, Greenwich 1920 CONTENTS. I. Astronomy Before Kepler II. Early Life of Kepler III. Tycho Brahe IV. Kepler Joins Tycho V. Kepler’s Laws VI. Closing Years Appendix I.–List of Dates Appendix II.–Bibliography Glossary CHAPTER I. ASTRONOMY BEFORE KEPLER. In order to emphasise the importance of the reforms introduced into astronomy by Kepler, it will be well to sketch briefly the history of the theories which he had to overthrow....

HOW HE WAS KIDNAPPED AND CAST AWAY; HIS SUFFERINGS IN A DESERT ISLE; HIS JOURNEY IN THE WILD HIGHLANDS; HIS ACQUAINTANCE WITH ALAN BRECK STEWART AND OTHER NOTORIOUS HIGHLAND JACOBITES; WITH ALL THAT HE SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF HIS UNCLE, EBENEZER BALFOUR OF SHAWS, FALSELY SO CALLED WRITTEN BY HIMSELF AND NOW SET FORTH BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON WITH A PREFACE BY MRS. STEVENSON PREFACETOTHE BIOGRAPHICAL EDITION While my husband and Mr....

LA CONSTANTIN By ALEXANDER DUMAS, PERE CHAPTER I Before beginning our story, we must warn the reader that it will not be worth his while to make researches among contemporary or other records as to the personage whose name it bears. For in truth neither Marie Leroux, widow of Jacques Constantin, nor her accomplice, Claude Perregaud, was of sufficient importance to find a place on any list of great criminals, although it is certain that they were guilty of the crimes with which they were charged....

LATTER-DAY PAMPHLETS.by Thomas Carlyle But as yet struggles the twelfth hour of the Night. Birds of darkness are on the wing; spectres uproar; the dead walk; the living dream. Thou, Eternal Providence, wilt make the Day dawn!–JEAN PAUL. Then said his Lordship, “Well. God mend all!”–“Nay, by God, Donald, we must help him to mend it!” said the other.–RUSHWORTH (Sir David Ramsay and Lord Rea, in 1630). CONTENTS. I. THE PRESENT TIME II....

January, 1876. Volume XVII, No. 97 TABLE OF CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS THE CENTURY: ITS FRUITS AND ITS FESTIVAL. I.–GENERAL PROGRESS. UP THE THAMES THIRD PAPER by EDWARD C. BRUCE. LINES WRITTEN AT VENICE IN OCTOBER, 1865 by FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE. SKETCHES OF INDIA. I. LADY ARTHUR EILDON’S DYING LETTER by THE AUTHOR OF “BLINDPITS.” THE HOUSE ON THE BEACH by REBECCA HARDING DAVIS. A DEAD LOVE by F.A. HILLARD. GENTILHOMME AND GENTLEMAN by G....

LITERARY COPYRIGHT By Charles Dudley Warner This is the first public meeting of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. The original members were selected by an invitation from the American Social Science Association, which acted under the power of its charter from the Congress of the United States. The members thus selected, who joined the Social Science Association, were given the alternative of organizing as an independent institute or as a branch of the Social Science Association....

Contents. Part I.Girlhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10. Part II.The Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-26. Part III.Fame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

MALAYAN LITERATURE Comprising Romantic Tales, Epic Poetry And Royal Chronicles Translated Into English For The First Time With A Special Introduction By CHAUNCEY C. STARKWEATHER, A.B., LL.B. SPECIAL INTRODUCTION Easily the most charming poem of Malayan Literature is the Epic of Bidasari. It has all the absorbing fascination of a fairy tale. We are led into the dreamy atmosphere of haunted palace and beauteous plaisance: we glide in the picturesque imaginings of the oriental poet from the charm of all that is languorously seductive in nature into the shadowy realms of the supernatural....