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OUR CHURCHES AND CHAPELS THEIR PARSONS, PRIESTS, & CONGREGATIONS; BEING A CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNTOF EVERY PLACE OF WORSHIP IN PRESTON. BY “ATTICUS” (A. HEWITSON). ‘T is pleasant through the loopholes of retreat to peep at such a world.–Cowper. Reprinted from the Preston Chronicle. PRINTED AT THE “CHRONICLE” OFFICE, FISHERGATE, PRESTON. 1869. TO THE READER. The general satisfaction given by the following sketches when originally printed in the Preston Chronicle, combined with a desire, largely expressed, to see them republished, in book form, is the principal excuse offered for the appearance of this volume....

by Annie Hamilton Donnell Contents I. THE HUNDRED AND ONETH II. THE THOUSAND QUILT III. THE BIBLE DREAM IV. THE COOK-BOOK DIARY V. THE BEREAVEMENT VI. THE FEEL DOLL VII. THE PLUMMER KIND VIII. ARTICLE SEVEN IX. UN-PLUMMERED The Hundred and Oneth Rebecca Mary took another stitch. Then another. “Ninety-sevvun, ninety-eight,” she counted aloud, her little pointed face gravely intent. She waited the briefest possible space before she took ninety-nine....

REMINISCENCES OF PIONEER DAYS IN ST. PAUL A Collection of Articles Written for and Published in the Daily Pioneer Press. By FRANK MOORE NEWSPAPER STRUGGLES OF PIONEER DAYS. A BRIEF NARRATION OF INCIDENTS AND EVENTS CONNECTED WITH THE EARLY DAYS OF ST. PAUL, DAILY NEWSPAPERS. If James M. Goodhue could revisit the earth and make a tour among the daily newspaper offices of St. Paul he would discover that wonderful strides had been made in the method of producing a newspaper during the latter half of the past century....

[Illustration] SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 430 NEW YORK, MARCH 29, 1884 Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XVII, No. 430. Scientific American established 1845 Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year. Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year. * * * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS. I. ENGINEERING, MECHANICS, ETC.–The Iron Industry In Brazil.–By Prof. P. FEHRAND.–Methods of obtaining iron.–Operation of the system.–Elaboration of the ore.–Setting up a forge.– Selling price of iron The Steamer Churchill, built by Messrs....

TACITUS ON GERMANY Translated byThomas Gordon PREPARER’S NOTE This text was prepared from a 1910 edition, published by P F Collier & Son Company, New York. INTRODUCTORY NOTE The dates of the birth and death of Tacitus are uncertain, but it is probable that he was born about 54 A. D. and died after 117. He was a contemporary and friend of the younger Pliny, who addressed to him some of his most famous epistles....

[Transcriber’s note: Both “Matilde” and “Matilda” appear in the source text.] TAQUISARA BY F. MARION CRAWFORD 1895 CHAPTER I. “Where shall I sign my name?” Veronica Serra’s thin, dark fingers rolled the old silver penholder nervously as she sat at one end of the long library table, looking up at the short, stout man who stood beside her. “Here, if you please, Excellency,” answered Lamberto Squarci, with an affable smile....

The Antiquities of the Jews (1) by Flavius Josephus Translated by William Whiston PREFACE. Those who undertake to write histories, do not, I perceive, take that trouble on one and the same account, but for many reasons, and those such as are very different one from another. For some of them apply themselves to this part of learning to show their skill in composition, and that they may therein acquire a reputation for speaking finely: others of them there are, who write histories in order to gratify those that happen to be concerned in them, and on that account have spared no pains, but rather gone beyond their own abilities in the performance: but others there are, who, of necessity and by force, are driven to write history, because they are concerned in the facts, and so cannot excuse themselves from committing them to writing, for the advantage of posterity; nay, there are not a few who are induced to draw their historical facts out of darkness into light, and to produce them for the benefit of the public, on account of the great importance of the facts themselves with which they have been concerned....

The Art of the Exposition Personal Impressions of the Architecture, Sculpture, Mural Decorations, Color Scheme & Other Aesthetic Aspects of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition ByEugen NeuhausUniversity of CaliforniaChairman of the Western Advisory Committee and Member of the San Francisco Jury in the Department of Fine Arts of the Exposition To the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. A Great Work of Peace. These lines are appreciatively dedicated May the First 1915 Publisher’s Announcement The following pages have grown out of many talks given during the year by Mr....

LES FÂCHEUX. COMÉDIE. * * * * * THE BORES. A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS. (THE ORIGINAL IN VERSE.) AUGUST 17TH, 1661. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE. The Bores is a character-comedy; but the peculiarities taken as the text of the play, instead of being confined to one or two of the leading personages, are exhibited in different forms by a succession of characters, introduced one after the other in rapid course, and disappearing after the brief performance of their rôles....

by Edgar B. P. Darlington CONTENTS CHAPTER I UNDER CANVAS AGAINII IN THEIR HOME TOWNIII THE CIRCUS MAKES A CALLIV A FRIENDLY AUDIENCEV TAKEN BY SURPRISEVI IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMYVII SHIVERS AND HIS SHADOWVIII A RIVAL IN THE FIELDIX PHIL MAKES A DISCOVERYX THE CIRCUS BOY IS RECOGNIZEDXI ON SULLY’S PRIVATE CARXII LOCKED IN THE LINEN CLOSETXIII THROUGH RINGS OF FIREXIV A DASH FOR FREEDOMXV OUTWITTING THE PURSUERSXVI THE BATTLE OF THE ELEPHANTSXVII MONKEYS IN THE AIRXVIII TEDDY TAKES A DROPXIX THE CIRCUS ON AN ISLANDXX DISASTER BEFALLS THE FAT LADYXXI ON A FLYING TRAPEZEXXII IN A LIVELY BLOW-DOWNXXIII THE LION HUNTXXIV CONCLUSION The Circus Boys in Dixie Land CHAPTER I UNDER CANVAS AGAIN “I reckon the fellows will turn out to see us tomorrow night, Teddy....

by EDGAR WALLACE CHAPTER I The 4.15 from Victoria to Lewes had been held up at Three Bridges in consequence of a derailment and, though John Lexman was fortunate enough to catch a belated connection to Beston Tracey, the wagonette which was the sole communication between the village and the outside world had gone. “If you can wait half an hour, Mr. Lexman,” said the station-master, “I will telephone up to the village and get Briggs to come down for you....

The Autocrat of the Breakfast-tableThe Professor at the Breakfast-table The Poet at the Breakfast TableOver the TeacupsElsie VennerThe Guardian AngelA Mortal AntipathyPages from an Old Volume of Life Bread and the Newspaper My Hunt after “The Captain” The Inevitable Trial Cinders from Ashes The Pulpit and the PewMedical Essays Homeopathy and its Kindred Delusions The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever Currents and Counter-currents in Medical Science Border Lines of Knowledge in Some Provinces of Medical Science Scholastic and Bedside Teaching The Medical Profession in Massachusetts The Young Practitioner Medical Libraries Some of My Early TeachersA Memoir of John Lothrop Motley THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE by Oliver Wendell Holmes [Scanned and proofed by David Price ] THE AUTOCRAT’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY....

SCENE: Rome, the conspirators’ camp near Sardis, and the plains of Philippi. ACT I. SCENE I.Rome. A street. Enter Flavius, Marullus, and certain Commoners. FLAVIUS. Hence, home, you idle creatures, get you home. Is this a holiday? What, know you not, Being mechanical, you ought not walk Upon a laboring day without the sign Of your profession? Speak, what trade art thou? FIRST COMMONER. Why, sir, a carpenter. MARULLUS. Where is thy leather apron and thy rule?...

[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.] THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU (In 12 books) Privately Printed for the Members of the Aldus Society London, 1903 BOOK XI. Although Eloisa, which for a long time had been in the press, did not yet, at the end of the year, 1760, appear, the work already began to make a great noise....

[Illustration: Photo Henry Dixon & Son From the Portrait painted by Harrington Mann for Gray’s Inn] JAMES M. BECK HONORARY BENCHER OF GRAY’S INN The Constitution of the United States A brief Study of the Genesis, Formulation and Political Philosophy of the Constitution of the United States By James M. Beck, LL.D. Solicitor-General of the United States, Honorary Bencher of Gray’s Inn With a Preface by The Earl of Balfour “Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he that keepeth the Law, happy is he....

THE CRIMES OFENGLAND BYGILBERT K. CHESTERTON MCMXVI 1916 CONTENTS CHAPTER I SOME WORDS TO PROFESSOR WHIRLWIND The German Professor, his need of Education for Debate–Three Mistakes of GermanControversialists–The Multiplicity of Excuses–Falsehood against Experience–Kultur preached by Unkultur–The Mistake about Bernard Shaw–German Lack ofWelt-Politik–Where England is really Wrong. CHAPTER II THE PROTESTANT HERO Suitable Finale for the German Emperor–Frederick II. and the Power ofFear–German Influence in England since Lather–Our German Kings and Allies–Triumph of Frederick the Great....

The Diverting History of John Gilpin One of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books 1878 [Illustration: The Diverting History of John Gilpin] [Illustration] ==THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN:== Showing how he went farther than he intended, and came safe home again. [Illustration: Written by William Cowper with drawings by R. Caldecott.] John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band captain eke was he, Of famous London town. John Gilpin’s spouse said to her dear, “Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen....

THE ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGY BY WILLIAM HARMON NORTON PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY IN CORNELL COLLEGE PREFACE Geology is a science of such rapid growth that no apology is expected when from time to time a new text-book is added to those already in the field. The present work, however, is the outcome of the need of a text-book of very simple outline, in which causes and their consequences should be knit together as closely as possible,–a need long felt by the author in his teaching, and perhaps by other teachers also....

THE ETHICS OF DRINK AND OTHER SOCIAL QUESTIONS OR__JOINTS IN OUR SOCIAL ARMOUR BY JAMES RUNCIMAN_Author of “A Dream of the North Sea,” “Skippers and Shellbacks,” Etc_ LondonHODDER AND STOUGHTON27, PATERNOSTER ROWMDCCCXCII [1892] THE ETHICS OF THE DRINK QUESTION. All the statistics and formal statements published about drink are no doubt impressive enough to those who have the eye for that kind of thing; but, to most of us, the word “million” means nothing at all, and thus when we look at figures, and find that a terrific number of gallons are swallowed, and that an equally terrific amount in millions sterling is spent, we feel no emotion....

THE ROMANES LECTURE1900 The Evolution of English Lexicography BY JAMES A.H. MURRAYM.A., LL.D., D.C.L., PH.D. DELIVERED IN THE SHELDONIAN THEATRE, OXFORD, JUNE 22, 1900 THE EVOLUTION OF ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY When the ‘Act to facilitate the provision of Allotments for the Labouring Classes’ was before the House of Commons in 1887, a well-known member for a northern constituency asked the Minister who had charge of the measure for a definition of the term allotment, which occurred so often in the Bill....