Strawberry Acres By GRACE S. RICHMOND 1911 TO THE OWNER OF “GRASSLANDS” CONTENTS PART I.–FIVE MILES OUT CHAPTER I. Five Miles Out II. Everybody Explores III. The Apartment Overflows IV. Arguments and Answers V. Telephones and Tents VI. In the Pine Grove VII. Everybody is Satisfied VIII. Problems and Hearts IX. Max Compromises X. Jack-O’-Lantern PART II.–THE LANES AND THE ACRES I. What’s in a Name II. In the Old Garden III....
by Charles Kingsley PREFACE The rules of the Royal Institution forbid (and wisely) religious or political controversy. It was therefore impossible for me in these Lectures, to say much which had to be said, in drawing a just and complete picture of the Ancien Regime in France. The passages inserted between brackets, which bear on religious matters, were accordingly not spoken at the Royal Institution. But more. It was impossible for me in these Lectures, to bring forward as fully as I could have wished, the contrast between the continental nations and England, whether now, or during the eighteenth century....
A MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE, ART, AND POLITICS. VOL. II.–JULY, 1858.–NO. IX. THE CATACOMBS OF ROME.[Concluded.] –fessoque SacrandumSupponato capiti lapidem, Curistoque quiescam. PAULINUS OF NOLL Et factus est in pace locus ejus et halitatio in Sion. Ps. LXXV. 2 V. Rome is preeminently the city of monuments and inscriptions, and the lapidary style is the one most familiar to her. The Republic, the Empire, the Papacy, the Heathens, and the Christians have written their record upon marble....
The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat OR The Secret of Cedar Island By GEORGE A. WARREN 1913 CONTENTS CHAPTER I THE MYSTERIOUS BOXES II GLORIOUS NEWS III FOR CEDAR ISLAND–GHOST OR NO GHOST IV LAYING IN THE STORES V JUST AFTER THE CLOCK STRUCK TEN VI THE GREAT CRUISE OF THE SCOUTS BEGUN VII STUCK FAST IN THE MUD VIII WHAT THE WATER GAUGE SHOWED IX ON THE SWIFT RADWAY X DODGING THE SNAGS AND THE SNARES XI THE CAMP ON CEDAR ISLAND XII WAS IT A BURSTING METEOR?...
[Translator uncredited. Footnotes have been retained because they provide the meanings of Greek names, terms and ceremonies and explain puns and references otherwise lost in translation. Occasional Greek words in the footnotes have not been included. Footnote numbers, in brackets, start anew at [1] for each piece of dialogue, and each footnote follows immediately the dialogue to which it refers, labeled thus: f[1]. INTRODUCTION ‘The Birds’ differs markedly from all the other Comedies of Aristophanes which have come down to us in subject and general conception....
[Illustration: COOTS WAS DOWNED BY A FIERCE TACKLE ON THE PART OF SHADDUCK.] THE BOYS OF COLUMBIA HIGH ON THE GRIDIRON OR The Struggle for the Silver Cup BY GRAHAM B. FORBES AUTHOR OF “THE BOYS OF COLUMBIA HIGH,” “THE BOYS OF COLUMBIA HIGH ON THE DIAMOND,” ETC. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. OUT FOR PRACTICE II. ON THE ROAD TO TOWN III. THE STRANGE HISTORY OF RALPH IV. TREACHERY IN THE CAMP V....
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ARTEMUS WARD PART 5, THE LONDON PUNCH LETTERS (CHARLES FARRAR BROWNE) With a biographical sketch by Melville D. Landon, “Eli Perkins” PART V. The London Punch Letters. 5.1. Arrival in London. 5.2. Personal Recollections. 5.3. The Green Lion and Oliver Cromwell. 5.4. At the Tomb of Shakespeare. 5.5. Introduction to the Club. 5.6. The Tower of London. 5.7. Science and Natural History. 5.8. A Visit to the British Museum....
THE TEMPEST ACT 1 SCENE 1 On a ship at sea; a tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard [Enter a SHIPMASTER and a BOATSWAIN] MASTER. Boatswain! BOATSWAIN. Here, master; what cheer? MASTER. Good! Speak to th’ mariners; fall to’t yarely, or we run ourselves aground; bestir, bestir. [Exit] [Enter MARINERS] BOATSWAIN. Heigh, my hearts! cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to th’ master’s whistle....
PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS THAT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO LIVE PLEASURABLY ACCORDING TO THE DOCTRINE OF EPICURUS THAT A PHILOSOPHER OUGHT CHIEFLY TO CONVERSE WITH GREAT MEN SENTIMENTS CONCERNING NATURE, WITH WHICH PHILOSOPHERS WERE DELIGHTED ABSTRACT OF A DISCOURSE SHOWING THAT THE STOICS SPEAK GREATER IMPROBABILITIES THAN THE POETS SYMPOSIACS COMMON CONCEPTIONS AGAINST THE STOICS CONTRADICTIONS OF THE STOICS THE EATING OF FLESH CONCERNING FATE AGAINST COLOTES, THE DISCIPLE AND FAVORITE OF EPICURUS PLATONIC QUESTIONS LITERARY ESSAYS THE LIFE AND POETRY OF HOMER THE BANQUET OF THE SEVEN WISE MEN HOW A YOUNG MAN OUGHT TO HEAR POEMS ABSTRACT OF A COMPARISON BETWEEN ARISTOPHANES AND MENANDER THE MALICE OF HERODOTUS PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS THAT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO LIVE PLEASURABLY ACCORDING TO THE DOCTRINE OF EPICURUS....
Scanned by Charles Keller with OmniPage Professional OCR software donated by Caere Corporation, 1-800-535-7226. Contact Mike Lough This eBook was corrected and updated by David Widger THE CROSSING By Winston Churchill CONTENTS BOOK I. THE BORDERLAND I. THE BLUE WALLII. WARS AND RUMORS OF WARSIII. CHARLESTOWNIV. TEMPLE BOWV. CRAM’S HELLVI. MAN PROPOSES, BUT GOD DISPOSES VII. IN SIGHT OF THE BLUE WALL ONCE MORE VIII. THE NOLLICHUCKY TRACEIX. ON THE WILDERNESS TRAILX....
This book belongs toLawrence and other children THE DUTCH TWINS By Lucy Fitch Perkins ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR Geographical Series THE DUTCH TWINS PRIMER. Grade I.THE DUTCH TWINS. Grade III.THE ESKIMO TWINS. Grade II.THE JAPANESE TWINS. Grade IV.THE SWISS TWINS. Grade IV.THE IRISH TWINS. Grade V.THE ITALIAN TWINS. Grades V and VI. THE SCOTCH TWINS. Grades V and VI.THE MEXICAN TWINS. Grade VI.THE BELGIAN TWINS. Grade VI.THE FRENCH TWINS. Grade VII....
THE EASIEST WAY [Illustration: EUGENE WALTER] EUGENE WALTER (Born, Cleveland, Ohio, November 27, 1874) When questioned once regarding “The Easiest Way,” Mr. Eugene Walter said, “Incidentally, I do not think much of it. To my mind a good play must have a tremendous uplift in thought and purpose. ‘The Easiest Way’ has none of this. There is not a character in the play really worth while, with the exception of the old agent....
THE EFFECTS OF CROSS & SELF-FERTILISATION IN THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. BY CHARLES DARWIN, M.A., F.R.S., ETC. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. Various means which favour or determine the cross-fertilisation of plants.–Benefits derived from cross-fertilisation.–Self-fertilisation favourable to the propagation of the species.–Brief history of the subject.–Object of the experiments, and the manner in which they were tried.–Statistical value of the measurements.–The experiments carried on during several successive generations.–Nature of the relationship of the plants in the later generations....
THE EXPERIENCES OF A BANDMASTER By John Philip Sousa During eighteen years spent in playing music for the masses, twelve years in the service of the United States and six in that of the general public, many curious and interesting incidents have come under my observation. While conductor of the Marine Band, which plays at all the state functions given by the President at the Executive Mansion, I saw much of the social life of the White House and was brought into more or less direct contact with all the executives under whom I had the honor of successively serving–Presidents Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland and Harrison....
THE FORTUNES OFOLIVER HORN by F. Hopkinson Smith I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO THE MEMORY OF “THE MAN OF ALL OTHERS ABOUT KENNEDYSQUARE MOST BELOVED, AND THE MAN OF ALL OTHERS LEAST UNDERSTOOD–RICHARD HORN,THE DISTINGUISHED INVENTOR.”F.H.S. THE FORTUNES OFOLIVER HORN CHAPTER I THE OLD HOUSE IN KENNEDY SQUARE Kennedy Square, in the late fifties, was a place of birds and trees and flowers; of rude stone benches, sagging arbors smothered in vines, and cool dirt-paths bordered by sweet-smelling box....
THE HUMAN DRIFT by Jack London Contents: The Human DriftSmall-Boat SailingFour Horses and a SailorNothing that Ever Came to AnythingThat Dead Men Rise up NeverA Classic of the Sea A Wicked Woman (Curtain Raiser) The Birth Mark (Sketch) THE HUMAN DRIFT “The Revelations of Devout and Learn’d Who rose before us, and as Prophets Burn’d, Are all but stories, which, awoke from Sleep, They told their comrades, and to Sleep return’d....
THE IMPOSTURES OF SCAPIN. (LES FOURBERIES DE SCAPIN.) BY MOLIERE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE. WITH SHORT INTRODUCTIONS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES BY CHARLES HERON WALL Acted on May 24, 1671, at the Palais Royal, ‘Les Fourberies de Scapin’ had great success. It is nothing, however, but a farce, taken partly from classical, partly from Italian or from French sources. Moliere acted the part of Scapin. PERSONS REPRESENTED. ARGANTE, father to OCTAVE and ZERBINETTE....
INNOCENTS ABROAD by Mark Twain [From an 1869–1st Edition] Part 5. CHAPTER XLI. When I last made a memorandum, we were at Ephesus. We are in Syria, now, encamped in the mountains of Lebanon. The interregnum has been long, both as to time and distance. We brought not a relic from Ephesus! After gathering up fragments of sculptured marbles and breaking ornaments from the interior work of the Mosques; and after bringing them at a cost of infinite trouble and fatigue, five miles on muleback to the railway depot, a government officer compelled all who had such things to disgorge!...
William J. Rolfe, A.M. Formerly Head Master of the High School, Cambridge, Mass. Boston 1883 Preface When I first saw Mr. Osgood’s beautiful illustrated edition of The Lady of the Lake, I asked him to let me use some of the cuts in a cheaper annotated edition for school and household use; and the present volume is the result. The text of the poem has given me unexpected trouble. When I edited some of Gray’s poems several years ago, I found that they had not been correctly printed for more than half a century; but in the case of Scott I supposed that the text of Black’s so-called “Author’s Edition” could be depended upon as accurate....
THE LAST HOPE BY HENRY SETON MERRIMAN “What is it thou knowest, sweet voice?” I cried. “A hidden hope,” the voice replied. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. LE ROI EST MORT II. VIVE LE ROI III. THE RETURN OF “THE LAST HOPE” IV. THE MARQUIS’S CREED V. ON THE DYKE VI. THE STORY OF THE CASTAWAYS VII. ON THE SCENT VIII. THE LITTLE BOY WHO WAS A KING IX. A MISTAKE X....
