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Ramsey Milholland by Booth Tarkington To the Memory of Billy Miller(William Henry Harrison Miller II)1908 – 1918Little Patriot, Good CitizenFriend of Mankind Chapter I When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah! Hurrah! We’ll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah! Hurrah! The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we’ll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again! The old man and the little boy, his grandson, sat together in the shade of the big walnut tree in the front yard, watching the “Decoration Day Parade,” as it passed up the long street; and when the last of the veterans was out of sight the grandfather murmured the words of the tune that came drifting back from the now distant band at the head of the procession....

RED SAUNDERS His Adventures West & East By Henry Wallace Phillips 1901 CONTENTS A CHANCE SHOTA RED-HAIRED CUPIDTHE GOLDEN FORDWHEN THE CHINOOK STRUCK FAIRFIELD A Chance Shot Reddy and I were alone at the Lake beds. He sat outside the cabin, braiding a leather hat-band–eight strands, and the “repeat” figure–an art that I never could master. I sat inside, with a one-pound package of smoking tobacco beside me, and newspapers within reach, rolling the day’s supply of cigarettes....

REDEMPTION AND TWO OTHER PLAYS By LEO TOLSTOY Introduction By ARTHUR HOPKINS CONTENTS INTRODUCTION BY ARTHUR HOPKINSREDEMPTIONTHE POWER OF DARKNESSFRUITS OF CULTURE INTRODUCTION After making a production of Redemption, the chief feeling of the producer is one of deep regret that Tolstoi did not make more use of the theatre as a medium. His was the rare gift of vitalization: the ability to breathe life into word-people which survives in them so long as there is any one left to turn up the pages they have made their abode....

RELIGION IN EARNEST. A MEMORIAL OF MRS. MARY LYTH, OF YORK. BY HER SON JOHN LYTH. 1861. DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY BELOVED SISTER ELIZA HILL, WHOSE RARE AND UNOSTENTATIOUS VIRTUES SHED FRAGRANCE ON EARTH, BUT ARE ONLY RECORDED IN HEAVEN. PREFACE. In compiling the following sheets, the Author has discharged what he felt to be an act, not merely of filial affection, but of Christian duty. To his deceased and venerated Mother he owes more than words can express;–a Mother whose consistent example, earnest piety and frequent effectual prayers, perhaps even more than her oft-repeated counsels, produced upon his mind, while yet a child, the settled conviction that religion is the one business of life....

Reprinted Pieces THE LONG VOYAGE WHEN the wind is blowing and the sleet or rain is driving against the dark windows, I love to sit by the fire, thinking of what I have read in books of voyage and travel. Such books have had a strong fascination for my mind from my earliest childhood; and I wonder it should have come to pass that I never have been round the world, never have been shipwrecked, ice-environed, tomahawked, or eaten....

ROUGHING IT by Mark Twain 1880 Part 5. CHAPTER XLI. Captain Nye was very ill indeed, with spasmodic rheumatism. But the old gentleman was himself–which is to say, he was kind-hearted and agreeable when comfortable, but a singularly violent wild-cat when things did not go well. He would be smiling along pleasantly enough, when a sudden spasm of his disease would take him and he would go out of his smile into a perfect fury....

SAINT AUGUSTIN BY LOUIS BERTRAND TRANSLATED BY VINCENT O’SULLIVAN TRANSLATOR’S NOTE The quotations from Saint Augustin’s Confessions are taken from Canon Bigg’s scholarly version, which seems to me the best in English. But there are places where M. Bertrand’s reading of the original text differs from Dr. Bigg’s, and in such cases I have felt myself obliged to follow the author of this book. These differences never seriously affect the meaning of a passage; sometimes it is a mere matter of choice, as with the word collactaneum (i, 7) which Dr....

[Illustration] SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 799 NEW YORK, APRIL 25, 1891 Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XXXI, No. 799. Scientific American established 1845 Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year. Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year. * * * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS. I. ARCHITECTURE.–Marble and Mosaic.–By T.R. SPENCE.–A paper recently read before the Architectural Association, London, containing valuable suggestions for designers of buildings. The St. Lawrence Hospital for the Insane....

Contents: How we Live and How we Might LiveWhigs, Democrats, and SocialistsFeudal EnglandThe Hopes of CivilizationThe Aims of ArtUseful Work versus Useless ToilDawn of a New Epoch HOW WE LIVE AND HOW WE MIGHT LIVE The word Revolution, which we Socialists are so often forced to use, has a terrible sound in most people’s ears, even when we have explained to them that it does not necessarily mean a change accompanied by riot and all kinds of violence, and cannot mean a change made mechanically and in the teeth of opinion by a group of men who have somehow managed to seize on the executive power for the moment....

Six Women By VICTORIA CROSS NEW YORK MITCHELL KENNERLEY * * * * * BY VICTORIA CROSS LIFE’S SHOP WINDOW ANNA LOMBARD SIX WOMEN SIX CHAPTERS OF A MAN’S LIFE THE WOMAN WHO DIDN’T TO-MORROW? PAULA A GIRL OF THE KLONDIKE THE RELIGION OF EVELYN HASTINGS LIFE OF MY HEART * * * * * DEDICATED TO H.M.G. AND E.F.C. AND OUR MEMORIES OF THE EAST. SIX WOMEN I CHAPTER I Listless and despondent, feeling that he hated everything in life, Hamilton walked slowly down the street....

THE LOCK AND KEY LIBRARY CLASSIC MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE STORIES EDITED BY JULIAN HAWTHORNE MODERN ENGLISH Table of Contents RUDYARD KIPLING (1865-) My Own True Ghost Story The Sending of Dana Da In the House of Suddhoo His Wedded Wife A. CONAN DOYLE (1859-) A Case of Identity A Scandal in Bohemia The Red-Headed League EGERTON CASTLE (1858-) The Baron’s Quarry STANLEY J. WEYMAN (1855-) The Fowl in the Pot ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850-94) The Pavilion on the Links WILKIE COLLINS (1824-89) The Dream Woman ANONYMOUS The Lost Duchess The Minor Canon The Pipe The Puzzle The Great Valdez Sapphire Modern English Mystery Stories Rudyard Kipling My Own True Ghost Story As I came through the Desert thus it was– As I came through the Desert....

Tarzan of the Apes By Edgar Rice Burroughs CONTENTS I Out to Sea II The Savage Home III Life and Death IV The Apes V The White Ape VI Jungle Battles VII The Light of Knowledge VIII The Tree-top Hunter IX Man and Man X The Fear-Phantom XI “King of the Apes” XII Man’s Reason XIII His Own Kind XIV At the Mercy of the Jungle XV The Forest God XVI “Most Remarkable” XVII Burials XVIII The Jungle Toll XIX The Call of the Primitive XX Heredity XXI The Village of Torture XXII The Search Party XXIII Brother Men XXIV Lost Treasure XXV The Outpost of the World XXVI The Height of Civilization XXVII The Giant AgainXXVIII Conclusion Chapter 1 Out to Sea I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other....

THE AUCHENSAUGH RENOVATION OF THE NATIONAL COVENANT AND SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVENANT; WITH THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SINS AND ENGAGEMENT TO DUTIES, AS THEY WERE RENEWED AT AUCHENSAUGH, NEAR DOUGLAS, JULY 24, 1712. (COMPARED WITH THE EDITIONS OF PAISLEY, 1820, AND BELFAST, 1835.) ALSO, THE RENOVATION OF THESE PUBLIC FEDERAL DEEDS ORDAINED AT PHILADELPHIA, OCTOBER 8, 1880, BY THE REFORMED PRESBYTERY, WITH ACCOMMODATION OF THE ORIGINAL COVENANTS, IN BOTH TRANSACTIONS, TO THEIR TIMES AND POSITIONS RESPECTIVELY....

Jonathan Swift, et al.The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers, etc. Annus Mirabilis PREDICTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1708 Wherein the month, and day of the month are set down, the persons named, and the great actions and events of next year particularly related, as will come to pass. Written to prevent the people of England from being farther imposed on by vulgar almanack-makers. By Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq. I have long consider’d the gross abuse of astrology in this kingdom, and upon debating the matter with myself, I could not possibly lay the fault upon the art, but upon those gross impostors, who set up to be the artists....

THE BUSHMAN: LIFE IN A NEW COUNTRY BY EDWARD WILSON LANDOR (ILLUSTRATION: “KANGAROO HUNTING.”) —————————- THE BUSHMAN. LIFE IN A NEW COUNTRY BY EDWARD WILSON LANDOR. PREFACE. The British Colonies now form so prominent a portion of the Empire, that the Public will be compelled to acknowledge some interest in their welfare, and the Government to yield some attention to their wants. It is a necessity which both the Government and the Public will obey with reluctance....

The Coming Race by Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton Chapter I. I am a native of ___, in the United States of America. My ancestors migrated from England in the reign of Charles II.; and my grandfather was not undistinguished in the War of Independence. My family, therefore, enjoyed a somewhat high social position in right of birth; and being also opulent, they were considered disqualified for the public service. My father once ran for Congress, but was signally defeated by his tailor....

David Reed haradda@aol.com or davidr@inconnect.com THE 14 GILBERT AND SULLIVAN PLAYS William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan collaborated on 14 operas in the period from 1871 to 1896. The are the following: GONDOLIERSGRAND DUKEH.M.S. PINAFOREIOLANTHETHE MIKADOPIRATES OF PENZANCEPRINCESS IDARUDDIGORETHE SORCERERTHESPISTRIAL BY JURYUTOPIA, LIMITEDYEOMEN OF THE GUARDPATIENCE The Gondoliers or The King of Barataria Libretto by William S. Gilbert Music by Arthur S. Sullivan DRAMATIS PERSONAE THE DUKE OF PLAZA-TORO (a Grandee of Spain) LUIZ (his attendant)DON ALHAMBRA DEL BOLERO (the Grand Inquisitioner) Venetian Gondoliers MARCO PALMIERI GIUSEPPE PALMIERI ANTONIO FRANCESCO GIORGIO ANNIBALE THE DUCHESS OF PLAZA-TOROCASILDA (her Daughter) Contadine GIANETTA TESSA FIAMETTA VITTORIA GIULIA INEZ (the King’s Foster-mother) Chorus of Gondoliers and Contadine, Men-at-Arms, Heralds and Pages ACT I The Piazzetta, Venice ACT II Pavilion in the Palace of Barataria (An interval of three months is supposed to elapse between Acts I and II) DATE 1750 ACT I Scene....

THE CONFESSIONS OF HARRY LORREQUER, v5 [By Charles James Lever (1806-1872)] Dublin MDCCCXXXIX. Volume 5. (Chapter XXIX-XLI) Contents: CHAPTER XXIX Captain Trevanion’s Adventure CHAPTER XXX Difficulties CHAPTER XXXI Explanation CHAPTER XXXII Mr O’Leary’s First Love CHAPTER XXXIII Mr O’Leary’s Second Love CHAPTER XXXIV The Duel CHAPTER XXXV Early Recollections–A First Love CHAPTER XXXVI Wise Resolves CHAPTER XXXVII The Proposal CHAPTER XXXVIII Thoughts upon Matrimony in general, and in the Army in particular–The Knight of Kerry and Billy M’Cabe CHAPTER XXXIX A Reminiscence CHAPTER XL The Two Letters CHAPTER XLI Mr O’Leary’s Capture CHAPTER XXIX....

THE CRUISE OF THE DAZZLER by JACK LONDON 1902 FOREWORD Tempting boys to be what they should be–giving them in wholesome form what they want–that is the purpose and power of Scouting. To help parents and leaders of youth secure books boys like best that are also best for boys, the Boy Scouts of America organized EVERY BOY’S LIBRARY. The books included, formerly sold at prices ranging from $1.50 to $2....

The Deputy of Arcis By Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley PART I THE ELECTION I ALL ELECTIONS BEGIN WITH A BUSTLE Before beginning to describe an election in the provinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Bar-sur-Aube, which is forty miles from Arcis; consequently there is no deputy from Arcis in the Chamber....