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And Other Stories By REX BEACH AUTHOR OF “Rainbow’s End,” “Heart of the Sunset,” “The Spoilers,” Etc. 1917 [Illustration: “LIKE ME?” HE ASKED. PONATAH TURNED AWAY BLINDLY] Mr. William Hyde was discharged from Deer Lodge Penitentiary a changed man. That was quite in line with the accepted theory of criminal jurisprudence, the warden’s discipline, and the chaplain’s prayers. Yes, Mr. Hyde was changed, and the change had bitten deep; his humorous contempt for the law had turned to abiding hatred; his sunburned cheeks were pallid, his lungs were weak, and he coughed considerably....

LAY MORALS AND OTHER PAPERS Contents: Lay Morals Chapter I Chapter II Chapter III Chapter IV Father Damien The Pentland Rising Chapter I–The Causes of the Revolt Chapter II–The Beginning Chapter III–The March of the Rebels Chapter IV–Rullion Green Chapter V–A Record of Blood The Day After To-morrow College Papers Chapter I–Edinburgh Students in 1824 Chapter II–The Modern Student Chapter III–Debating Societies Criticisms Chapter I–Lord Lytton’s “Fables in Song” Chapter II–Salvini’s Macbeth Chapter III–Bagster’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” Sketches The Satirist Nuits Blanches The Wreath of Immortelles Nurses A Character The Great North Road Chapter I–Nance at the “Green Dragon” Chapter II–In which Mr....

LEGENDS AND LYRICS – SECOND SERIES by Adelaide Ann Proctor Contents: A Legend of ProvenceEnvyOver the MountainBeyondA WarningMaximusOptimusA Lost ChordToo LateThe RequitalReturned–“Missing”In the WoodTwo WorldsA New MotherGive PlaceMy WillKing and SlaveA ChantDream-LifeRestThe Tyrant and the CaptiveThe Carver’s LessonThree RosesMy Picture GallerySent to HeavenNever AgainListening AngelsGolden DaysPhilip and MildredBorrowed ThoughtsLight and ShadeA ChangelingDiscouragedIf Thou couldst knowThe Warrior to his Dead BrideA LetterA ComforterUnseenA Remembrance of AutumnThree Evenings in a LifeThe WindExpectationAn IdealOur DeadA Woman’s AnswerThe Story of the Faithful SoulA ContrastThe Bride’s DreamThe Angel’s BiddingSpringEvening HymnThe Inner ChamberHeartsTwo LovesA Woman’s Last WordPast and PresentFor the Future VERSE: A LEGEND OF PROVENCE The lights extinguished, by the hearth I leant, Half weary with a listless discontent....

LIBRARY OF THE WORLD’S BEST MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE STORIES EDITED BY JULIAN HAWTHORNE One Hundred and One Tales of MysteryBy Famous Authors of East and West In Six Volumes New YorkThe Review of Reviews Company 1907 AMERICAN :: FRENCH, ITALIAN, ETC.ENGLISH: SCOTCH :: GERMAN, RUSSIAN, ETC. ENGLISH: IRISH :: ORIENTAL: MODERN MAGIC MAUPASSANT VOLTAIREMILLE ALARCONADAM CAPUANAERCKMANN-CHATRIAN APULEIUSBALZAC PLINY, THE YOUNGER [Illustration: “Through a Mist in the Depths of the Looking-Glass....

A Complete Collection of the Funny and Witty Anecdotes that made Abraham Lincoln Famous as America’s Greatest Story Teller With Introduction and Anecdotes By Colonel Alexander K. McClure Profusely Illustrated THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY CHICAGO & PHILADELPHIA ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the Great Story Telling President, whose Emancipation Proclamation freed more than four million slaves, was a keen politician, profound statesman, shrewd diplomatist, a thorough judge of men and possessed of an intuitive knowledge of affairs....

LOVE AMONG THE CHICKENS BY P. G. WODEHOUSE DEDICATION TO W. TOWNEND DEAR BILL,– I have never been much of a lad for the TO—– But For Whose Sympathy and Encouragement This Book Would Never Have Been Written type of dedication. It sounds so weak-minded. But in the case of Love Among the Chickens it is unavoidable. It was not so much that you sympathised and encouraged–where you really came out strong was that you gave me the stuff....

LOVE AND MR. LEWISHAM By H. G. WELLS [Illustration: “Why on earth did you put my roses here?” he asked.] [Illustration] CONTENTS I. INTRODUCES MR. LEWISHAM II. “AS THE WIND BLOWS” III. THE WONDERFUL DISCOVERY IV. RAISED EYEBROWS V. HESITATIONS VI. THE SCANDALOUS RAMBLE VII. THE RECKONING VIII. THE CAREER PREVAILS IX. ALICE HEYDINGER X. IN THE GALLERY OF OLD IRON XI. MANIFESTATIONS XII. LEWISHAM IS UNACCOUNTABLE XIII. LEWISHAM INSISTS XIV....

LOVE’S PILGRIMAGE A NOVEL Upton Sinclair NEW YORK AND LONDON CONTENTS PART I Love’s Entaglement BOOK I THE VICTIMBOOK II THE SNAREBOOK III THE VICTIM HESITATESBOOK IV THE VICTIM APPROACHESBOOK V THE BAIT IS SEIZEDBOOK VI THE CORDS ARE TIGHTENEDBOOK VII THE CAPTURE IS COMPLETED PART II Love’s Captivity BOOK VIII THE CAPTIVE BOUNDBOOK IX THE CAPTIVE IN LEASHBOOK X THE END OF THE TETHERBOOK XI THE TORTURE-HOUSEBOOK XII THE TREADMILLBOOK XIII THE MASTERS OF THE SNAREBOOK XIV THE PRICE OF RANSOMBOOK XV THE CAPTIVE FAINTSBOOK XVI THE BREAK FOR FREEDOM LOVE’S PILGRIMAGE PART I Loves Entanglement BOOK I THE VICTIM It was in a little woodland glen, with a streamlet tumbling through it....

LUCASTA. TOWILLIAM HAZLITT, ESQ., OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, A REGISTRAR OF THE COURT OF BANKRUPTCY IN LONDON, This Little Volume IS INSCRIBED AS A SLIGHT TESTIMONY OF THE GREATEST RESPECT, BY HIS AFFECTIONATE SON, THE EDITOR. CONTENTS. PART I. PAGEDedication 3 Verses addressed to the Author 5 I. Poems Addressed or Relating To Lucasta. Song. To Lucasta. Going beyond the Seas 25 Song. To Lucasta. Going to the Warres 26 A Paradox 27Song....

by William Shakespeare Persons Represented DUNCAN, King of Scotland.MALCOLM, his Son.DONALBAIN, his Son.MACBETH, General in the King’s Army. BANQUO, General in the King’s Army.MACDUFF, Nobleman of Scotland.LENNOX, Nobleman of Scotland.ROSS, Nobleman of Scotland.MENTEITH, Nobleman of Scotland.ANGUS, Nobleman of Scotland.CAITHNESS, Nobleman of Scotland.FLEANCE, Son to Banquo.SIWARD, Earl of Northumberland, General of the English Forces. YOUNG SIWARD, his Son.SEYTON, an Officer attending on Macbeth. BOY, Son to Macduff.An English Doctor. A Scotch Doctor....

MANUAL FOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES OF INFANTRY OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES 1917 To be used by Engineer companies (dismounted) and Coast Artillery companies for Infantry instruction and training. WAR DEPARTMENT Document No. 574 OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, _April_14,1917. The following Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States is approved and herewith published for the information and government of all concerned....

by JACOB ABBOTT 1852 Preface. The design of the series of volumes, entitled MARCO PAUL’S ADVENTURES IN THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE, is not merely to entertain the reader with a narrative of juvenile adventures, but also to communicate, in connection with them, as extensive and varied information as possible, in respect to the geography, the scenery, the customs and the institutions of this country, as they present themselves to the observation of the little traveler, who makes his excursions under the guidance of an intelligent and well-informed companion, qualified to assist him in the acquisition of knowledge and in the formation of character....

With 100 Drawings by Ernest Thompson Seton Author ofWild Animals I have knownTrail of the Sandhill StagBiography of a GrizzlyLives of the Hunted.Two Little Savages. Etc. 1919 THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED To the memory of the days in Tallac’s Pines, where by the fire I heard this epic tale. Kind memory calls the picture up before me now, clear, living clear: I see them as they sat, the one small and slight, the other tall and brawny, leader and led, rough men of the hills....

MRS. SHELLEY BY LUCY MADOX ROSSETTI. 1890. PREFACE. I have to thank all the previous students of Shelley as poet and man–not last nor least among whom is my husband–for their loving and truthful research on all the subjects surrounding the life of Mrs. Shelley. Every aspect has been presented, and of known material it only remained to compare, sift, and use with judgment. Concerning facts subsequent to Shelley’s death, many valuable papers have been placed at my service, and I have made no new statement which there are not existing documents to vouch for....

MUTUAL AID A FACTOR OF EVOLUTION BY P. KROPOTKIN 1902 INTRODUCTION Two aspects of animal life impressed me most during the journeys which I made in my youth in Eastern Siberia and Northern Manchuria. One of them was the extreme severity of the struggle for existence which most species of animals have to carry on against an inclement Nature; the enormous destruction of life which periodically results from natural agencies; and the consequent paucity of life over the vast territory which fell under my observation....

NATIONAL EPICS BY KATE MILNER RABB 1896 TO MY MOTHER. PREFACE. This volume is intended for an introduction to the study of the epics. While the simplicity and directness of the epic style seem to make such a book unnecessary, the fact that to many persons of literary tastes some of these great poems are inaccessible, and that to many more the pleasure of exploring for themselves “the realms of gold” is rendered impossible by the cares of business, has seemed sufficient excuse for its being....

E-text prepared by Stan Goodman O. HENRY MEMORIAL AWARD PRIZE STORIES 1920 Chosen by the Society of Arts and Sciences With an Introduction by Blanche Colton Williams Author of “A Handbook on Story Writing,” “Our Short Story Writers,” Etc. Associate Professor of English, Hunter College of the City of New York. Instructor in Story Writing, Columbia University (Extension Teaching and Summer Session). CONTENTS EACH IN HIS GENERATION. By Maxwell Struthers Burt “CONTACT!...

by Emile Gaboriau PART I I There is not, perhaps, in all Paris, a quieter street than the Rue St. Gilles in the Marais, within a step of the Place Royale. No carriages there; never a crowd. Hardly is the silence broken by the regulation drums of the Minims Barracks near by, by the chimes of the Church of St. Louis, or by the joyous clamors of the pupils of the Massin School during the hours of recreation....

Now this is the story about the doll family I liked and the doll family I didn’t. When you read it you are to remember something I am going to tell you. This is it: If you think dolls never do anything you don’t see them do, you are very much mistaken. When people are not looking at them they can do anything they choose. They can dance and sing and play on the piano and have all sorts of fun....

A RECORD OF BUDDHISTIC KINGDOMS Being an Account by the Chinese Monk Fa-Hien of his Travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in Search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline Translated and annotatedwith a Corean recension of the Chinese text BY JAMES LEGGE PREFACE Several times during my long residence in Hong Kong I endeavoured to read through the “Narrative of Fa-hien;” but though interested with the graphic details of much of the work, its columns bristled so constantly–now with his phonetic representations of Sanskrit words, and now with his substitution for them of their meanings in Chinese characters, and I was, moreover, so much occupied with my own special labours on the Confucian Classics, that my success was far from satisfactory....