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[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of each file for those who may wish to sample the author’s ideas before making an entire meal of them. D.W.] MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF LOUIS XIV. AND OF THE REGENCY, v4 Being the Secret Memoirs of the Mother of the Regent, MADAME ELIZABETH-CHARLOTTE OF BAVARIA, DUCHESSE D’ORLEANS. BOOK 4. CONTENTS: Victor Amadeus II.The Grand Duchess, Consort of Cosimo II....

[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 MADAME LA MARQUISE DE MONTESPAN, v7 Written by Herself Being the Historic Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. BOOK 7. CHAPTER XXXVII The King Takes Luxembourg Because It Is His Will.–Devastation of the Electorate of Treves....

by MOLIERE (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673) Translated by Philip Dwight Jones Comedy-Ballet presented at Chambord, for the entertainment of the King, in the month of October 1670, and to the public in Paris for the first time at the Palais-Royal Theater 23 November 1670 The Cast Monsieur Jourdain, bourgeois. Madame Jourdain, his wife.Lucile, their daughter. Nicole, maid. Cleonte, suitor of Lucile.Covielle, Cleonte’s valet. Dorante, Count, suitor of Dorimene. Dorimene, Marchioness. Music Master....

THE MINISTER’S CHARGE OR THE APPRENTICESHIP OF LEMUEL BARKER BY WILLIAM D. HOWELLS AUTHOR OF “THE RISE OF SILAS LAPHAM,” “A MODERN INSTANCE,” “INDIAN SUMMER,” ETC. THE MINISTER’S CHARGE; OR, THE APPRENTICESHIP OF LEMUEL BARKER. I. On their way back to the farm-house where they were boarding, Sewell’s wife reproached him for what she called his recklessness. “You had no right,” she said, “to give the poor boy false hopes....

Etext prepared by John Bickers, jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz. THE MIRROR OF KONG HO BY ERNEST BRAMAH A lively and amusing collection of letters on western living written by Kong Ho, a Chinese gentleman. These addressed to his homeland, refer to the Westerners in London asbarbarians and many of the aids to life in our society give Kong Ho endless food for thought. These are things such as the motor car and the piano; unknown in China at this time....

VOL. 10, No. 264.] SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1827. [PRICE 2d. * * * * * ARCHITECTURAL ILLUSTRATIONS. NEW CHURCH, REGENT’S PARK. [Illustration] The architectural splendour which has lately developed itself in and about the precincts of the parish of St. Mary-le-Bonne, exhibits a most surprising and curious contrast with the former state of this part of London; and more particularly when compared with accounts extracted from newspapers of an early date....

THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL XII, NO. 334.] SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1828. [PRICE 2d. [Illustration: UNITED SERVICE CLUB-HOUSE.] UNITED SERVICE CLUB-HOUSE Modern club-houses are, for the most part, splendid specimens of the style which luxury and good-living have attained in this country. Such are their internal recommendations; but to the public they are interesting for the architectural embellishment which they add to the streets of the metropolis....

VOL. 12, No. 349.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1828. [PRICE 2d. THE ARCH OF CONSTANTINE, AT ROME. [Illustration: The Arch of Constantine, at Rome.] “Still harping” on the Fine Arts–Architecture and Painting. Of the former, the above engraving is an illustration; and of the latter, our readers will find a beautiful subject (from one of Turner’s pictures) in a Supplement published with the present Number.[1] [1] The Second of “the Spirit of the Annuals,” containing a fine Engraving, after a celebrated picture by Turner, and a string of POETICAL GEMS from the Anniversary, Keepsake, and Friendship’s Offering, with unique extracts from such of “the Annuals” as were not noticed in the previous Supplement....

THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. XIII, NO. 356.] SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1829. [PRICE 2d. Interior of the Colosseum. [Illustration: Interior of the Colosseum.] References to the Engraving. A. Column or Tower in the centre of the building, for supporting the Ascending Room, &c. B. Entrance to the Ascending-Room. C. Saloon for the reception of works of art. D. Passage lending to the Saloon, Galleries, and Ascending-Room. E....

THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. XIII, NO. 362.] SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1829. [PRICE 2d. [Illustration: CHESTER TERRACE, REGENT’S PARK.] CHESTER TERRACE, REGENT’S PARK. On the annexed page is a spirited representation of this splendid range of palatial residences, which present as noble an appearance as any similar structure in the Park. To familiarize the topography of Chester Terrace, we should say it stands between the Colosseum and St....

VOL. 14, NO. 403.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1829. [PRICE 2d. Fall of the Staubbath. [Illustration: Fall of the Staubbath.] In the poet and the philosopher, the lover of the sublime, and the student of the beautiful in art–the contemplation of such a scene as this must awaken ecstatic feelings of admiration and awe. Its effect upon the mere man of the world, whose mind is clogged up with common-places of life, must be overwhelming as the torrent itself; perchance he soon recovers from the impression; but the lover of Nature, in her wonders, reads lessons of infinite wisdom, combined with all that is most fascinating to the mind of inquiring man....

THE MOON-VOYAGE. CONTAINING“FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON,”AND“ROUND THE MOON.” BY JULES VERNE, AUTHOR OF “TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA,” “AMONG THE CANNIBALS,” ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY HENRY AUSTIN. * * * * * CONTENTS. “FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON.” I. THE GUN CLUB II. PRESIDENT BARBICANE’S COMMUNICATION III. EFFECT OF PRESIDENT BARBICANE’S COMMUNICATION IV. ANSWER FROM THE CAMBRIDGE OBSERVATORY V. THE ROMANCE OF THE MOON VI. WHAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE AND WHAT IS NO LONGER ALLOWED TO BE BELIEVED IN THE UNITED STATES VII....

[Illustration: SIR ISAAC NEWTON (From the bust by Roubiliac In Trinity College, Cambridge.)] HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY BY GEORGE FORBES,M.A., F.R.S., M. INST. C. E., (FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, ANDERSON’S COLLEGE, GLASGOW) AUTHOR OF “THE TRANSIT OF VENUS,” RENDU’S “THEORY OF THE GLACIERS OF SAVOY,” ETC., ETC. CONTENTS PREFACE BOOK I. THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD PRIMITIVE ASTRONOMY AND ASTROLOGY ANCIENT ASTRONOMY–CHINESE AND CHALDAEANS ANCIENT GREEK ASTRONOMY THE REIGN OF EPICYCLES–FROM PTOLEMY TO COPERNICUS BOOK II....

OR, THE DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER, A CHINESE NOVEL IN TWO BOOKS BY CAO XUEQIN Translated by H. BENCRAFT JOLY BOOK I. PREFACE. This translation was suggested not by any pretensions to range myself among the ranks of the body of sinologues, but by the perplexities and difficulties experienced by me as a student in Peking, when, at the completion of the Tzu Erh Chi, I had to plunge in the maze of the Hung Lou Meng....

INDIAN SUMMER BY WILLIAM D. HOWELLS AUTHOR OF “THE RISE OF SILAS LAPHAM,” “A MODERN INSTANCE,” “WOMAN’S REASON,” ETC. INDIAN SUMMER * * * * * I Midway of the Ponte Vecchio at Florence, where three arches break the lines of the little jewellers’ booths glittering on either hand, and open an approach to the parapet, Colville lounged against the corner of a shop and stared out upon the river....

INITIATION INTO LITERATURE BY EMILE FAGUET TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY SIR HOME GORDON, BART. The Translator begs to acknowledge with appreciation the courtesy of the Author in graciously consenting to make some valuable additions, at his request, specially for the English version. PREFACE This volume, as indicated by the title, is designed to show the way to the beginner, to satisfy and more especially to excite his initial curiosity....

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE BY HARTLEY WITHERS BY THE SAME AUTHOR. OUR MONEY AND THE STATE,SECOND IMPRESSION. 3s. net. STOCKS AND SHARES. FIFTH IMPRESSION.6s. net. MONEY CHANGING: an Introduction toForeign Exchange,THIRD EDITION. 6s. net. THE MEANING OF MONEY.FIFTEENTH IMPRESSION. 6s. net. POVERTY AND WASTE. 6s. net. WAR AND LOMBARD STREET.THIRD EDITION. 3s. 6d. net. INTERNATIONAL FINANCE. 6s, net. INTERNATIONAL FINANCE BY HARTLEY WITHERS “While man cannot live by bread alone. he cannot go on living, even a good life if he really falls short of bread....

ITALIAN HOURS BY HENRY JAMES PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 1909 PREFACE The chapters of which this volume is composed have with few exceptions already been collected, and were then associated with others commemorative of other impressions of (no very extensive) excursions and wanderings. The notes on various visits to Italy are here for the first time exclusively placed together, and as they largely refer to quite other days than these–the date affixed to each paper sufficiently indicating this–I have introduced a few passages that speak for a later and in some cases a frequently repeated vision of the places and scenes in question....

DE VOLTAIRE. TOME XXXIII DE L’ IMPRIMERIE DE A. FIRMIN DIDOT, RUE JACOB, N° 24. OEUVRES DE VOLTAIRE PRÉFACES, AVERTISSEMENTS, NOTES, ETC. PAR M. BEUCHOT. TOME XXXIII. ROMANS. TOME I. A PARIS, CHEZ LEFÈVRE, LIBRAIRE, RUE DE L’ÉPERON, K° 6. WERDET ET LEQUIEN FILS, RUE DU BATTOIR, N° 2O. MDCCCXXIX. L’INGÉNU, HISTOIRE VÉRITABLE TIRÉE DES MANUSCRITS DU P. QUESNEL. 1767. Préface de l’Éditeur L’INGÉNU, histoire véritable, tirée des manuscrits du P....

MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY By Albert Bigelow Paine VOLUME III, Part 1: 1900-1907 CCXII THE RETURN OF THE CONQUEROR It would be hard to exaggerate the stir which the newspapers and the public generally made over the homecoming of Mark Twain. He had left America, staggering under heavy obligation and set out on a pilgrimage of redemption. At the moment when this Mecca, was in view a great sorrow had befallen him and, stirred a world-wide and soul-deep tide of human sympathy....