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MARTIN HEWITT, INVESTIGATOR. ByArthur Morrison 1894 CONTENTS. I. THE LENTON CROFT ROBBERIES II. THE LOSS OF SAMMY CROCKETT III. THE CASE OF MR. FOGGATT IV. THE CASE OF THE DIXON TORPEDO V. THE QUINTON JEWEL AFFAIR VI. THE STANWAY CAMEO MYSTERY VII. THE AFFAIR OF THE TORTOISE MARTIN HEWITT, INVESTIGATOR. I. THE LENTON CROFT ROBBERIES. Those who retain any memory of the great law cases of fifteen or twenty years back will remember, at least, the title of that extraordinary will case, “Bartley v....

MATTHEW ARNOLD’S SOHRAB AND RUSTUM AND OTHER POEMS EDITED, WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY JUSTUS COLLINS CASTLEMAN HEAD OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, SOUTH DIVISION HIGH SCHOOL, MILWAUKEE 1905 CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION A Short Life of Arnold Arnold the Poet Arnold the Critic Chronological List of Arnold’s Works Contemporary Authors Bibliography SELECTIONS FROM ARNOLD’S POETICAL WORKS NARRATIVE POEMS Sohrab and Rustum Saint Brandan The Forsaken Merman Tristram and Iseult LYRICAL POEMS The Church of Brou Requiescat Consolation A Dream Lines written in Kensington Gardens The Strayed Reveller Morality Dover Beach Philomela Human Life Isolation–To Marguerite Kaiser Dead The Last Word Palladium Revolutions Self-Dependence A Summer Night Geist’s Grave Epilogue–To Lessing’s Laocooen SONNETS Quiet Work Shakespeare Youth’s Agitations Austerity of Poetry Worldly Place East London West London ELEGIAC POEMS Memorial Verses The Scholar-Gipsy Thyrsis Rugby Chapel NOTES INDEX * * * * * INTRODUCTION A SHORT LIFE OF ARNOLD Matthew Arnold, poet and critic, was born in the village of Laleham, Middlesex County, England, December 24, 1822....

MCCLURE’S MAGAZINE. Vol. VI. DECEMBER, 1895. No. I. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. EDITED BY IDA M. TARBELL. II. LIFE IN INDIANA.–REMOVAL TO ILLINOIS.–LINCOLN STARTS OUT IN LIFE FOR HIMSELF AT TWENTY-ONE.–THE BUILDING OF THE FLATBOAT AND THE TRIP TO NEW ORLEANS.–LINCOLN HIRES OUT AS A GROCERY CLERK IN NEW SALEM.–HIS FIRST VOTE. INDIANA REMINISCENCES OF LINCOLN. Abraham Lincoln grew to manhood in Southern Indiana. When he reached Spencer County in 1816, he was seven years of age; when he left in 1830, he had passed his twenty-first birthday....

[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, at the end of several of the files for those who may wish to sample the author’s ideas before making an entire meal of them. D.W.] MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, VOLUME 11. By LOUIS ANTOINE FAUVELET DE BOURRIENNE His Private Secretary Edited by R. W. PhippsColonel, Late Royal Artillery 1891 CONTENTS:CHAPTER XIX. to CHAPTER XXVII. 1809-1812 CHAPTER XIX. 1809. The castle of Diernstein–Richard Coeur de Lion and Marshal Lannes, –The Emperor at the gates of Vienna–The Archduchess Maria Louisa– Facility of correspondence with England–Smuggling in Hamburg–Brown sugar and sand–Hearses filled with sugar and coffee–Embargo on the publication of news–Supervision of the ‘Hamburg Correspondant’– Festival of Saint Napoleon–Ecclesiastical adulation–The King of Westphalia’s journey through his States–Attempt to raise a loan– Jerome’s present to me–The present returned–Bonaparte’s unfounded suspicions....

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. ***Steve Harris, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres By Henry Adams With an introduction by Ralph Adams Cram Editor’s Note From the moment when, through the courtesy of my friend Barrett Wendell, I came first to know Mr....

This etext was produced by Col Choat colchoat@yahoo.com.au CONTENTS Volume I. Chapter I. The WillChapter II. Disappointment and Hope; Prose and Poetry Chapter III. Closed DoorsChapter IV. An Evening At Mr. Rennie’s Chapter V. A Humble FriendChapter VI. A Bundle Of Old Letters Chapter VII. Up And DownChapter VIII. Peggy Walker’s Adventures Chapter IX. Peggy Walker’s AdventuresChapter X. Elsie’s Literary Venture, and Its Success Chapter XI. Some Grave Talk In Gay Company Chapter XII....

BY CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW TO MY WIFE MAY PALMER DEPEW THIS BOOK GREW FROM HER ENCOURAGEMENT FOREWORD For many years my friends have insisted upon my putting in permanent form the incidents in my life which have interested them. It has been my good fortune to take part in history-making meetings and to know more or less intimately people prominent in world affairs in many countries. Every one so situated has a flood of recollections which pour out when occasion stirs the memory....

Door Josef Cohen Met 32 Illustratiën in kleurendruk en zwart Door Pol Dom. Inhoud Hoofdstuk. Bladz. Voorrede. I. Het vrouwtje van Stavoren 1 II. Straffe Gods 11 III. Hoe Montfort ordeloos ligt 18 IV. Hoe Eenrum, Mensingeweer, Obergum en Winsum een naam kregen 20 V. De slaper in het Voorhout, de Vorst van éénen dag of de Vroolijke Willem 22 VI. Gerard, de slechte Heer 32 VII. De Basiliscus van Utrecht 53 VIII....

NORMANDY: THE SCENERY & ROMANCE OF ITS ANCIENT TOWNS: DEPICTED BY GORDON HOME Part 1. PREFACE This book is not a guide. It is an attempt to convey by pictures and description a clear impression of the Normandy which awaits the visitor. The route described could, however, be followed without covering the same ground for more than five or six miles, and anyone choosing to do this would find in his path some of the richest architecture and scenery that the province possesses....

Novelle by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Novelle, Kapitel 1 Ein dichter Herbstnebel verhüllte noch in der Frühe die weiten Räume des fürstlichen Schloßhofes, als man schon mehr oder weniger durch den sich lichtenden Schleier die ganze Jägerei zu Pferde und zu Fuß durcheinander bewegt sah. Die eiligen Beschäftigungen der Nächsten ließen sich erkennen: man verlängerte, man verkürzte die Steigbügel, man reichte sich Büchse und Patrontäschchen, man schob die Dachsranzen zurecht, indes die Hunde ungeduldig am Riemen den Zurückhaltenden mit fortzuschleppen drohten....

OBITER DICTA ‘An obiter dictum, in the language of the law, is a gratuitous opinion, an individual impertinence, which, whether it be wise or foolish, right or wrong, bindeth none–not even the lips that utter it.’ OLD JUDGE. PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION. This seems a very little book to introduce to so large a continent. No such enterprise would ever have suggested itself to the home-keeping mind of the Author, who, none the less, when this edition was proposed to him by Messrs....

This is a story of Heinrich Heine and his Mathilda. At present we have only this one chapter/story of this book. This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} Heine and Mathilde by Richard Le Gallienne The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving....

INFORMAZIONI SUI TESTI ELETTRONICI, SU LIBER LIBER E SUL PROGETTO MANUZIO ————————————- IL PROGETTO MANUZIO Il “Progetto Manuzio” è una iniziativa dell’associazione culturale “Liber Liber”. Aperto a chiunque voglia collaborare, si pone come scopo la pubblicazione e la diffusione gratuita di opere letterarie in formato elettronico. ————————————- INFORMAZIONI TECNICHE Il testo allegato può essere in vari formati: suffisso | descrizione ———+————————— .TXT | ASCII .RTF | Rich Text Format ....

RANALD BANNERMAN’S BOYHOOD By George MacDonald 1871 CONTENTS Chap. I. INTRODUCTORY II. THE GLIMMER OF TWILIGHT III. MY FATHER IV. KIRSTY V. I BEGIN LIFE VI. NO FATHER VII. MRS. MITCHELL IS DEFEATED VIII. A NEW SCHOOLMISTRESS IX. WE LEARN OTHER THINGS X. SIR WORM WYMBLE XI. THE KELPIE XII. ANOTHER KELPIE XIII. WANDERING WILLIE XIV. ELSIE DUFF XV. A NEW COMPANION XVI. I GO DOWN HILL XVII. THE TROUBLE GROWS XVIII....

VEDANTA PHILOSOPHY FIVE LECTURES ON REINCARNATION BY SWAMI ABHEDANANDA Author of “India and her People”, “Self-Knowledge”, “How to be a Yogi”, “Divine Heritage of Man”, etc. CONTENTS I.–REINCARNATION II.–HEREDITY AND REINCARNATION III.–EVOLUTION AND REINCARNATION IV.–WHICH IS SCIENTIFIC, RESURRECTION OR REINCARNATION? V.–THEORY OF TRANSMIGRATION I. REINCARNATION The visible phenomena of the universe are bound by the universal law of cause and effect. The effect is visible or perceptible, while the cause is invisible or imperceptible....

RUDYARD KIPLING Contents A CharmIntroductionCold Iron Cold IronGloriana The Two Cousins The Looking-GlassThe Wrong Thing A Truthful Song King Henry VII and the Shipwrights Marklake Witches The Way through the Woods Brookland RoadThe Knife and the Naked Chalk The Run of the Downs Song of the Men’s SideBrother Square-Toes Philadelphia If –‘A Priest in Spite of Himself’ A St Helena Lullaby ‘Poor Honest Men’The Conversion of St Wilfrid Eddi’s Service Song of the Red War-BoatA Doctor of Medicine An Astrologer’s Song ‘Our Fathers of Old’Simple Simon The Thousandth Man Frankie’s TradeThe Tree of Justice The Ballad of Minepit Shaw A Carol A Charm Take of English earth as muchAs either hand may rightly clutch....

THE TEMPLE BIOGRAPHIES Edited by Dugald Macfadyen, M.A. Robert Browning [Illustration: Robert Browning, from a portrait in oil, for which he sat to R.W. Curtis at Venice 1880.] ROBERT BROWNING BY EDWARD DOWDEN LITT.D., D.C.L., LL.D. PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN 1904 If I, too, should try and speak at times, Leading your love to where my love, perchance, Climbed earlier, found a nest before you knew, Why, bear with the poor climber, for love’s sake....

[Illustration] SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 392 NEW YORK, JULY 7, 1883 Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XVI, No. 392. Scientific American established 1845 Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year. Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year. * * * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS. I. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM.–Improved Dynamo Machine. Eight figures. An Improved Manganese Battery.–By GEO. LEUCHS. The Cause of Evident Magnetism in Iron, Steel, and other Magnetic Metals.–By Prof....

[Illustration] SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 601 NEW YORK, JULY 9, 1887 Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XXIV, No. 601. Scientific American established 1845 Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year. Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year. * * * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS. I. ASTRONOMY.–A Star Finder.–A simple apparatus that can be constructed by any mechanic.–1 illustration. Photographic Study of Stellar Spectra, Harvard College Observatory. –First annual report of the Henry Draper memorial observations....

Dedication ToTwo Little Elizabeths:Elizabeth YoungandElizabeth Magruder SOMEBODY’S LITTLE GIRL If I were just to tell the things that Bessie Bell remembered I should tell you some very strange things. Bessie Bell did not know whether she remembered them, or just knew them, or whether they just grew, those strange things in some strange country that never was wnywhere in the world; for when Bessie Bell tried to tell about those strange things great grown wise people said: “No, no, Bessie Bell, there is nothing in the world like that....