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THE WORKS OF KATHLEEN NORRIS MARTIE THE UNCONQUERED VOLUME VIII AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED TO JOSEPH SEXTON THOMPSON BOOK I CHAPTER I At about four o’clock on a windy, warm September afternoon, four girls came out of the post-office of Monroe, California. They had loitered on their way in, consciously wasting time; they had spent fifteen minutes in the dark and dirty room upon an absolutely unnecessary errand, and now they sauntered forth into the village street keenly aware that the afternoon was not yet waning, and disheartened by the slow passage of time....

Martin Eden CHAPTER I The one opened the door with a latch-key and went in, followed by a young fellow who awkwardly removed his cap. He wore rough clothes that smacked of the sea, and he was manifestly out of place in the spacious hall in which he found himself. He did not know what to do with his cap, and was stuffing it into his coat pocket when the other took it from him....

MELODY by LAURA E. RICHARDS 1894 TO THE LOVELY MEMORY OF My Sister, JULIA ROMANA ANAGNOS. CONTENTS I. THE CHILD II. THE DOCTOR III. ON THE ROAD IV. ROSIN THE BEAU V. IN THE CHURCHYARD VI. THE SERPENT VII. LOST VIII. WAITING IX. BLONDEL X. DARKNESS XI. LIGHT “Minded of nought but peace, and of a child.” SIDNEY LANIER. CHAPTER I. THE CHILD. “Well, there!” said Miss Vesta. “The child has a wonderful gift, that is certain....

MOON OF ISRAELA Tale of the Exodus by H. Rider Haggard AUTHOR’S NOTE This book suggests that the real Pharaoh of the Exodus was not Meneptah or Merenptah, son of Rameses the Great, but the mysterious usurper, Amenmeses, who for a year or two occupied the throne between the death of Meneptah and the accession of his son the heir-apparent, the gentle-natured Seti II. Of the fate of Amenmeses history says nothing; he may well have perished in the Red Sea or rather the Sea of Reeds, for, unlike those of Meneptah and the second Seti, his body has not been found....

TO MY FAVOURITE BROKER WITH THE EARNEST ASSURANCE THAT MR. BEVERLY IS NOT MEANT FOR HIM NOTE IN 1901, this story appeared anonymously as the ninth of a sequence of short stories by various authors, in a volume entitled A House Party. It has been slightly remodelled for separate publication. June 7, 1907, OWEN WISTER MOTHER When handsome young Richard Field–he was very handsome and very young– announced to our assembled company that if his turn should really come to tell us a story, the story should be no invention of his fancy, but a page of truth, a chapter from his own life, in which himself was the hero and a lovely, innocent girl was the heroine, his wife at once looked extremely uncomfortable....

MR. MEESON’S WILL BY H. RIDER HAGGARD CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. AUGUSTA AND HER PUBLISHER CHAPTER II. HOW EUSTACE WAS DISINHERITED CHAPTER III. AUGUSTA’S LITTLE SISTER CHAPTER IV. AUGUSTA’S DECISION CHAPTER V. THE R.M.S. KANGAROO CHAPTER VI. MR. TOMBEY GOES FORWARD CHAPTER VII. THE CATASTROPHE CHAPTER VIII. KERGUELEN LAND CHAPTER IX. AUGUSTA TO THE RESCUE CHAPTER X. THE LAST OF MR. MEESON CHAPTER XI. RESCUED CHAPTER XII. SOUTHAMPTON QUAY CHAPTER XIII....

MR STANDFAST JOHN BUCHAN TO THAT MOST GALLANT COMPANYTHE OFFICERS AND MENOF THESOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY BRIGADEon the Western Front CONTENTS PART I The Wicket-Gate2. ‘The Village Named Morality’3. The Reflections of a Cured Dyspeptic 4. Andrew Amos5. Various Doings in the West6. The Skirts of the Coolin7. I Hear of the Wild Birds8. The Adventures of a Bagman9. I Take the Wings of a Dove10. The Advantages of an Air Raid11....

ON SOME FOSSIL REMAINS OF MAN by Thomas H. Huxley I HAVE endeavoured to show, in the preceding Essay, that the ANTHROPINI, or Man Family, form a very well defined group of the Primates, between which and the immediately following Family, the CATARHINI, there is, in the existing world, the same entire absence of any transitional form or connecting link, as between the CATARHINI and PLATYRHINI. It is a commonly received doctrine, however, that the structural intervals between the various existing modifications of organic beings may be diminished, or even obliterated, if we take into account the long and varied succession of animals and plants which have preceded those now living and which are known to us only by their fossilized remains....

MAX BRAND RONICKY DOONE 1921 Chapter One A Horse in Need He came into the town as a solid, swiftly moving dust cloud. The wind from behind had kept the dust moving forward at a pace just equal to the gallop of his horse. Not until he had brought his mount to a halt in front of the hotel and swung down to the ground did either he or his horse become distinctly visible....

[Illustration: “I TAKE IT YOU FAILED TO WIN THE HUNDRED POUNDS, SIR?”] RUGGLES of RED GAP By Harry Leon Wilson 1915 [Dedication]TO HELEN COOKE WILSON CHAPTER ONE At 6:30 in our Paris apartment I had finished the Honourable George, performing those final touches that make the difference between a man well turned out and a man merely dressed. In the main I was not dissatisfied. His dress waistcoats, it is true, no longer permit the inhalation of anything like a full breath, and his collars clasp too closely....

PG Editor’s Note: In addition to various other variations of grammar and spelling from that old time, the word “their” is spelled as “thier” 17 times. It has been left there as “thier”. THE SABBATH IN PURITAN NEW ENGLAND by Alice Morse Earle Seventh Edition To the Memory of my Mother. Contents. I. The New England Meeting-House II. The Church Militant III. By Drum and Horn and Shell IV. The Old-Fashioned Pews V....

Security in Your Old Age Social Security Board Washington, D.C. To Employees of Industrialand Business Establishments FACTORIES–SHOPS–MINES–MILLS–STORES OFFICES AND OTHER PLACES OF BUSINESS Beginning November 24, 1936, the United States Government will set up a Social Security account for you, if you are eligible. To understand your obligations, rights, arid benefits you should read the following general explanation. There is now a law in this country which will give about 26 million working people something to live on when they are old and have stopped working....

Sir Dominick Ferrand by Henry James “There are several objections to it, but I’ll take it if you’ll alter it,” Mr. Locket’s rather curt note had said; and there was no waste of words in the postscript in which he had added: “If you’ll come in and see me, I’ll show you what I mean.” This communication had reached Jersey Villas by the first post, and Peter Baron had scarcely swallowed his leathery muffin before he got into motion to obey the editorial behest....

An anonymous play of the sixteen century ascribed in part to William Shakespeare. First printed in 1844 and here re-edited from the Harleian MS. 7368 in the British Museum. DRAMATIS PERSONAE. Earl of SHREWSBURY.Earl of SURREY.Sir THOMAS PALMER.Sir ROGER CHOMLEY.Sir THOMAS MORE.Lord Mayor.Aldermen.SURESBY, a Justice.Other Justices.Sheriffs.Recorder.Sergeant at Arms.Clerk of the Council.ERASMUS.Bishop of Rochester.ROPER, son-in-law to MORE.JOHN LINCOLN, a broker.GEORGE BETTS.His brother (the ‘Clown’).WILLIAMSON, a carpenter.SHERWIN, a goldsmith.FRANCIS DE BARDE, Lombard....

[TR: ***] = Transcriber Note[HW: ***] = Handwritten Note SLAVE NARRATIVES A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves TYPEWRITTEN RECORDS PREPARED BYTHE FEDERAL WRITERS’ PROJECT1936-1938ASSEMBLED BYTHE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PROJECTWORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATIONFOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIASPONSORED BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON 1941 VOLUME II ARKANSAS NARRATIVES PART 6 Prepared bythe Federal Writers’ Project ofthe Works Progress Administrationfor the State of Arkansas INFORMANTS Quinn, Doc Ralls, HenriettaRankins, DianaRassberry, SeniaReaves, ClayReece, JaneReed, FrankReeves, JamesRhone, ShepherdRichard, DoraRicks, JimRigger, CharlieRigley, IdaRitchie, MiltonRivers, AliceRoberts, Rev....

SPECIMENS WITH MEMOIRS OF THE LESS-KNOWN BRITISH POETS. With an Introductory Essay, BY THE REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN. COMPLETE VOL. I. M.DCCC.LX. INTRODUCTORY ESSAY We propose to introduce our ‘Specimens’ by a short Essay on the Origin and Progress of English Poetry on to the days of Chaucer and of Gower. Having called, in conjunction with many other critics, Chaucer ‘the Father of English Poetry,’ to seek to go back further may seem like pursuing antenatal researches....

BY GEORGE W. CABLE AUTHOR OF “THE GRANDISSIMES,” “BONAVENTURE,” ETC. ILLUSTRATED 1890 [Illustration: “TONTON.”(From a portrait now in the possession of Mme. Veuve Alcibiade De Blanc.)] TO MY FRIEND JAMES BIRNEY GUTHRIE CONTENTS PAGE HOW I GOT THEM 1 THE YOUNG AUNT WITH WHITE HAIR 23 THE ADVENTURES OF FRANCOISE AND SUZANNE. I. The Two Sisters 34 II. Making Up The Expedition 37 III. The Embarkation 43 IV. Alix Carpentier 51 V....

THIRD SERIES: MODERN SYMPHONIES. by PHILIP H. GOEPP 1913 PREFACE Criticism of contemporary art is really a kind of prophecy. For the appreciation of the classical past is an act of present perception, not a mere memory of popular verdicts. The classics live only because they still express the vital feeling of to-day. The new art must do more,–must speak for the morrow. And as the poet is a kind of seer, the true critic is his prophetic herald....

TEA-TABLE TALK CHAPTER I “They are very pretty, some of them,” said the Woman of the World; “not the sort of letters I should have written myself.” “I should like to see a love-letter of yours,” interrupted the Minor Poet. “It is very kind of you to say so,” replied the Woman of the World. “It never occurred to me that you would care for one.” “It is what I have always maintained,” retorted the Minor Poet; “you have never really understood me....

An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days By DANIEL KNOWER 1894 DEDICATED TOColonel Jonathan Stevenson,Colonel John C. Freemont, andCaptain John A. Sutter, THE THREE PRE-EMINENT PIONEERS OF CALIFORNIA. [Illustration: DANIEL KNOWER.] PREFACE The discovery of gold in California, in 1848, with its other mineral resources, including the Alamada quicksilver mine at San Jose, which is an article of first necessity in working gold or silver ore; and the great silver mines of Nevada, in 1860, the Comstock lode, in which, in ten years, from five to eight hundred millions of gold and silver were taken out, a larger amount than was ever taken from one locality before, the Alamada quicksilver mine being the second most productive of any in the world, the one in Spain being the largest, said to be owned by the Rothschilds....