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[Johann Cristoph Friedrich von Schiller: German Writer — 1759-1805.] [This is Volume I. Hopefully the rest will follow.] The History of the Thirty Years’ Warby Frederick Schiller Translated from the German by the Rev. A. J. W. Morrison, M.A. Preface The present is the only collected edition of the principal works of Schiller which is accessible to English readers. Detached poems or dramas have been translated at various times, and sometimes by men of eminence, since the first publication of the original works; and in several instances these versions have been incorporated, after some revision or necessary correction, into the following collection; but on the other hand a large proportion of the contents have been specially translated for this edition, in which category are the historical works which occupy this volume and a portion of the next....

THE HOLLOW NEEDLE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF ARSENE LUPIN BY MAURICE LEBLANC AUTHOR OF “ARSENE LUPIN,” “THE BLONDE LADY,” ETC. TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS CONTENTS I. The Shot II. Isidore Beautrelet, Sixth-form Schoolboy III. The Corpse IV. Face to Face V. On the Track VI. An Historic Secret VII. The Treatise of the Needle VIII. From Caesar to Lupin IX. Open, Sesame! X. The Treasures of the Kings of France ILLUSTRATIONS Valmeras loved Raymonde’s melancholy charm She put the gun to her shoulder, calmly took aim and fired Two huge letters, each perhaps a foot long, appeared cut in relief in the granite of the floor “We’re going now....

AND OTHER STORIES BY GEORGE GISSING 1906 TO WHICH IS PREFIXED THE WORK OF GEORGE GISSING AN INTRODUCTORY SURVEY BY THOMAS SECCOMBE CONTENTS THE WORK OF GEORGE GISSING A CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD THE HOUSE OF COBWEBS A CAPITALIST CHRISTOPHERSON HUMPLEBEE THE SCRUPULOUS FATHER A POOR GENTLEMAN MISS RODNEY’S LEISURE A CHARMING FAMILY A DAUGHTER OF THE LODGE THE RIDING-WHIP FATE AND THE APOTHECARY TOPHAM’S CHANCE A LODGER IN MAZE POND THE SALT OF THE EARTH THE PIG AND WHISTLE THE WORK OF GEORGE GISSING AN INTRODUCTORY SURVEY ‘Les gens tout a fait heureux, forts et bien portants, sont-ils prepares comme il faut pour comprendre, penetrer, exprimer la vie, notre vie si tourmentee et si courte?...

WILL. N. HARBEN Chapter I. The balloon seemed scarcely to move, though it was slowly sinking toward the ocean of white clouds which hung between it and the earth. The two inmates of the car were insensible; their faces were bloodless, their cheeks sunken. They were both young and handsome. Harry Johnston, an American, was as dark and sallow as a Spaniard. Charles Thorndyke, an English gentleman, had yellow hair and mustache, blue eyes and a fine intellectual face....

Scanner’s Notes: What this is and isn’t. This was taken from a copy of Shakespeare’s first folio and it is as close as I can come in ASCII to the printed text. The elongated S’s have been changed to small s’s and the conjoined ae have been changed to ae. I have left the spelling, punctuation, capitalization as close as possible to the printed text. I have corrected some spelling mistakes (I have put together a spelling dictionary devised from the spellings of the Geneva Bible and Shakespeare’s First Folio and have unified spellings according to this template), typo’s and expanded abbreviations as I have come across them....

THE LOST AMBASSADOR OR, THE SEARCH FOR THE MISSING DELORA BY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM AUTHOR OF “THE ILLUSTRIOUS PRINCE,” “THE MISSIONER,” “JEANNE OF THE MARSHES,” ETC. With Illustrations in Color by HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY BOSTON LITTLE,BROWN, AND COMPANY1910 CONTENTS CHAPTER I. A RENCONTRE II. A CAFE IN PARIS III. DELORA IV. DANGEROUS PLAY V. SATISFACTION VI. AN INFORMAL TRIBUNAL VII. A DOUBLE ASSIGNATION VIII. LOUIS INSISTS IX. A TRAVELLING ACQUAINTANCE X....

[The spelling conforms to the original: “s’s” instead of our “z’s”; and “c’s” where we would have “s’s”; and “…our” as in colour and flavour; many interesting double consonants; etc.] FORSYTE SAGA I. THE MAN OF PROPERTY By John Galsworthy VOLUME I TO MY WIFE: I DEDICATE THE FORSYTE SAGA IN ITS ENTIRETY, BELIEVING IT TO BE OF ALL MY WORKS THE LEAST UNWORTHY OF ONE WITHOUT WHOSE ENCOURAGEMENT, SYMPATHY AND CRITICISM I COULD NEVER HAVE BECOME EVEN SUCH A WRITER AS I AM....

MEMOIRS OF GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN By William T. Sherman VOLUME II Part 3 CHAPTER XVI. ATLANTA CAMPAIGN-NASHVILLE AND CHATTANOOGA TO BENEBAW. MARCH, APRIL, AND MAY, 1864. On the 18th day of March, 1864, at Nashville, Tennessee, I relieved Lieutenant-General Grant in command of the Military Division of the Mississippi, embracing the Departments of the Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee, and Arkansas, commanded respectively by Major-Generals Schofield, Thomas, McPherson, and Steele. General Grant was in the act of starting East to assume command of all the armies of the United States, but more particularly to give direction in person to the Armies of the Potomac and James, operating against Richmond; and I accompanied him as far as Cincinnati on his way, to avail myself of the opportunity to discuss privately many little details incident to the contemplated changes, and of preparation for the great events then impending....

THE MEMORABILIA By Xenophon Translated 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 Memorabilia is a recollection of Socrates in word and deed, to show his character as the best and happiest of men....

THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. 14, No. 391.] SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1829. [PRICE 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: GURNEY’S IMPROVED STEAM CARRIAGE.] MR. GURNEY’S IMPROVED STEAM CARRIAGE. Mr. Gurney, in perfecting this invention, has followed Dr. Franklin’s advice–to tire and begin again. It is now four years since he first commenced his ingenious enterprise; and nearly two years since we reported and illustrated the progress he had made....

THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. 14, No. 393.] SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1829. [PRICE 2d. [Illustration: Glammis Castle] Glammis Castle Here is a castellated palace, or princely castle, associated with many great and daring events in the roll of Scottish history. It stands in the valley of Strathmore, in a park of 160 acres, a little to the north of Glammis, a village of Angus, N.B. The original foundation is of high antiquity; for Malcolm II....

The Modern Regime, Volume 2^M The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 6 ^M by Hippolyte A. Taine^M BOOK FIFTH. The Church. CHAPTER I. MORAL INSTITUTIONS CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III BOOK SIXTH. Public instruction. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. Evolution between 1814 and 1890. ———————————————————————- After Taine’s death in March 1893, his nephew André Chevrillon arranged his last manuscripts on the Church and Education for publication and wrote the following introduction which also tells us much about Taine and his works PREFACE By André Chevrillon....

THE STORMING OF SERINGAPATAM (1799) Extracted from a Family Paper I address these lines–written in India–to my relatives in England. My object is to explain the motive which has induced me to refuse the right hand of friendship to my cousin, John Herncastle. The reserve which I have hitherto maintained in this matter has been misinterpreted by members of my family whose good opinion I cannot consent to forfeit. I request them to suspend their decision until they have read my narrative....

MEMOIRS OF JACQUES CASANOVA de SEINGALT 1725-1798 ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH, Volume 4c–RETURN TO NAPLES THE RARE UNABRIDGED LONDON EDITION OF 1894 TRANSLATED BY ARTHUR MACHEN TO WHICH HAS BEEN ADDED THE CHAPTERS DISCOVERED BY ARTHUR SYMONS. RETURN TO NAPLES ROME–NAPLES–BOLOGNA CHAPTER VIII Cardinal Passianei–The Pope–Masiuccia–I Arrive At Naples Cardinal Passionei received me in a large hall where he was writing. He begged me to wait till he had finished, but he could not ask me to take a seat as he occupied the only chair that his vast room contained....

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KITTY’S CLASS DAY AND OTHER STORIES By Louisa M. Alcott Author of “Little Women,” etc. Originally published under the title “PROVERB STORIES” 1882 [Illustration: Deeper in the wood sounded the measured ring of axes] PREFACE Being forbidden to write anything at present I have collected various waifs and strays to appease the young people who clamor for more, forgetting that mortal brains need rest. As many girls have asked to see what sort of tales Jo March wrote at the beginning of her career, I have added “The Baron’s Gloves,” as a sample of the romantic rubbish which paid so well once upon a time....

LITERARY LAPSES By Stephen Leacock CONTENTS MY FINANCIAL CAREERLORD OXHEAD’S SECRETBOARDING-HOUSE GEOMETRYTHE AWFUL FATE OF MELPOMENUS JONESA CHRISTMAS LETTERHOW TO MAKE A MILLION DOLLARSHOW TO LIVE TO BE 200HOW TO AVOID GETTING MARRIEDHOW TO BE A DOCTORTHE NEW FOODA NEW PATHOLOGYTHE POET ANSWEREDTHE FORCE OF STATISTICSMEN WHO HAVE SHAVED MEGETTING THE THREAD OF ITTELLING HIS FAULTSWINTER PASTIMESNUMBER FIFTY-SIXARISTOCRATIC EDUCATIONTHE CONJURER’S REVENGEHINTS TO TRAVELLERSA MANUAL OF EDUCATIONHOODOO MCFIGGIN’S CHRISTMASTHE LIFE OF JOHN SMITHON COLLECTING THINGSSOCIETY CHIT-CHATINSURANCE UP TO DATEBORROWING A MATCHA LESSON IN FICTIONHELPING THE ARMENIANSA STUDY IN STILL LIFE: THE COUNTRY HOTEL AN EXPERIMENT WITH POLICEMAN HOGANTHE PASSING OF THE POETSELF-MADE MENA MODEL DIALOGUEBACK TO THE BUSHREFLECTIONS ON RIDINGSALOONIOHALF-HOURS WITH THE POETS– I....

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