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MEMOIRS OF JAMES ROBERT HOPE-SCOTT, VOLUME II MEMOIRS OF JAMES ROBERT HOPE-SCOTT OF ABBOTSFORD, D.C.L., Q.C. LATE FELLOW OF MERTON COLLEGE, OXFORD WITH SELECTIONS FROM HIS CORRESPONDENCE BY ROBERT ORNSBY, M.A. PROFESSOR OF GREEK AND LATIN LITERATURE IN THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND; FELLOW OF THE ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND; LATE FELLOW OF TRIN. COLL. OXFORD IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II. CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. CHAPTER XVIII. 1841, 1842....

BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE 1883 PART I. CHAPTER I. MR. SCARBOROUGH. It will be necessary, for the purpose of my story, that I shall go back more than once from the point at which it begins, so that I may explain with the least amount of awkwardness the things as they occurred, which led up to the incidents that I am about to tell; and I may as well say that these first four chapters of the book–though they may be thought to be the most interesting of them all by those who look to incidents for their interest in a tale–are in this way only preliminary....

CELEBRATED CRIMES VOLUME 7, Part 3 By Alexander Dumas, Pere MURAT 1815 I TOULON On the 18th June, 1815, at the very moment when the destiny of Europe was being decided at Waterloo, a man dressed like a beggar was silently following the road from Toulon to Marseilles. Arrived at the entrance of the Gorge of Ollioulles, he halted on a little eminence from which he could see all the surrounding country; then either because he had reached the end of his journey, or because, before attempting that forbidding, sombre pass which is called the Thermopylae of Provence, he wished to enjoy the magnificent view which spread to the southern horizon a little longer, he went and sat down on the edge of the ditch which bordered the road, turning his back on the mountains which rise like an amphitheatre to the north of the town, and having at his feet a rich plain covered with tropical vegetation, exotics of a conservatory, trees and flowers quite unknown in any other part of France....

[Illustration: AN INVITATION TO ATTEND THE OPENING OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY.] [Illustration: AN INVITATION TO A COURT BALL.] [Illustration: SAFE CONDUCT FOR AMBASSADOR GERARD AND HIS FAMILY, UNDER THE SIGNATURE OF SECRETARY ZIMMERMANN, FEBRUARY, 5, 1917.] [Illustration: AMBASSADOR GERARD SAYING GOOD-BYE TO THE AMERICANS LEAVING ON A SPECIAL TRAIN, AUGUST, 1914.] MY FOUR YEARS IN GERMANY BY JAMES W. GERARD LATE AMBASSADOR TO THE GERMAN IMPERIAL COURT TO MY SMALL BUT TACTFUL FAMILY OF ONE MY WIFE FOREWORD I am writing what should have been the last chapter of this book as a foreword because I want to bring home to our people the gravity of the situation; because I want to tell them that the military and naval power of the German Empire is unbroken; that of the twelve million men whom the Kaiser has called to the colours but one million, five hundred thousand have been killed, five hundred thousand permanently disabled, not more than five hundred thousand are prisoners of war, and about five hundred thousand constitute the number of wounded or those on the sick list of each day, leaving at all times about nine million effectives under arms....

OF FIDDLE MORD There was a man named Mord whose surname was Fiddle; he was the son of Sigvat the Red, and he dwelt at the “Vale” in the Rangrivervales. He was a mighty chief, and a great taker up of suits, and so great a lawyer that no judgments were thought lawful unless he had a hand in them. He had an only daughter, named Unna. She was a fair, courteous, and gifted woman, and that was thought the best match in all the Rangrivervales....

Oberon Christoph Martin Wieland Ein romantisches Heldengedicht in zwölf Gesängen (1780) Inhalt: Vorrede * 1. Gesang * 2. Gesang * 3. Gesang * 4. Gesang * 5. Gesang * 6. Gesang * 7. Gesang * 8. Gesang * 9. Gesang * 10. Gesang * 11. Gesang * 12. Gesang * Glossarium A-K * Glossarium L-Z An den Leser. Die Romanzen und Ritterbücher, womit Spanien und Frankreich im zwölften, dreyzehnten und vierzehnten Jahrhundert ganz Europa so reichlich versehen haben, sind, eben so wie die fabelhafte Götter–und Heldengeschichte der Morgenländer und der Griechen, eine Fundgrube von poetischem Stoffe, welche, selbst nach allem was Bojardo, Ariost, Tasso, Allemanni, und andere daraus gezogen haben, noch lange für unerschöpflich angesehen werden kann....

ON THE RELATIONS OF MAN TO THE LOWER ANIMALS by Thomas H. Huxley Multis videri poterit, majorem esso differentiam Simiae et Hominis, quam diei et noctis; verum tamen hi, comparatione instituta inter summos Europae Heroes et Hottentottos ad Caput bonae spei degentes, difficillime sibi persuadebunt, has eosdem habere natales; vel si virginem nobilem aulicam, maxime comtam et humanissimam, conferre vellent cum homine sylvestri et sibi relicto, vix augurari possent, hunc et illam ejusdem esse speciei....

RESCUING THE CZAR Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated by JAMES P. SMYTHE, A.M., Ph.D. THIRD EDITION 1920 PART ONE RESCUING THE CZAR FOREWORD by W.E. Aughinbaugh, M.D., LL.B., LL.M. Is the former Czar and his Imperial family still alive? There are millions of people in Europe and America who are asking this question. European governments have considered the question of sufficient interest to justify the investigation by official bodies of the alleged extinction of this ancient Royal Line....

SAMANTHA AT SARATOGA BY JOSIAH ALLEN’S WIFE (Marietta Holly) Dedication: TO THE GREAT ARMY OF SUMMER TRAMPS THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED BY THEIR COMRADE AND FELLOW WANDERER THE AUTHOR CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. SAMANTHA AT SARATOGA CHAPTER II. ARDELIA TUTT AND HER MOTHER CHAPTER III. THE CHERITY OF THE JONESVILLIANS CHAPTER IV. ARDELIA AND ABRAM GEE CHAPTER V. WE ARRIVE AT SARATOGA CHAPTER VI. SARATOGA BY DAYLIGHT CHAPTER VII. SEEING THE DIFFERENT SPRINGS CHAPTER VIII....

Published in 1864 as ‘Emilia in England’ CONTENTS BOOK 1 I. THE POLES PRELUDE II. THE EXPEDITION BY MOONLIGHT III. WILFRID’S DIPLOMACY IV. EMILIA’S FIRST TRIAL IN PUBLIC V. EMILIA PLAYS ON THE CORNET VI. EMILIA SUPPLIES THE KEY TO HERSELF AND CONTINUES HER PERFORMANCE ON THE CORNET VII. THREATS OF A CRISIS IN THE GOVERNMENT OF BROOKFIELD: AND OF THE VIRTUE RESIDENT IN A TAIL-COAT VIII. IN WHICH A BIG DRUM SPEEDS THE MARCH OF EMILIA’S HISTORY IX....

SKETCHES IN LAVENDER, BLUE AND GREEN by Jerome K. Jerome Contents: Reginald Blake, Financier and CadAn item of Fashionable Intelligence Blase BillyThe Choice of Cyril HarjohnThe Materialisation of Charles and Mivanway Portrait of a LadyThe Man Who Would ManageThe Man Who Lived For OthersA Man of HabitThe Absent-minded ManA Charming WomanWhibley’s SpiritThe Man Who Went WrongThe Hobby RiderThe Man Who Did Not Believe In Luck Dick Dunkerman’s CatThe Minor Poet’s StoryThe Degeneration of Thomas HenryThe City of The SeaDriftwood La-ven-der’s blue, did-dle, did-dle!...

THE AMBER WITCH by Mary Schweidler The most interesting trial for witchcraft ever known. Printed from an imperfect manuscript by her father Abraham Schweidler, the pastor of Coserow, in the Island of Usedom. Edited by W. MeinholdDoctor of Theology, and Pastor, etc. Translated from the German by Lady Duff Gordon. Original publication date: 1846. PREFACE In laying before the public this deeply affecting and romantic trial, which I have not without reason called on the title-page the most interesting of all trials for witchcraft ever known, I will first give some account of the history of the manuscript....

THE AVALANCHE _A MYSTERY STORY_ BY GERTRUDE ATHERTON 1919 TO CHARLES HANSON TOWNE CHAPTER I I Price Ruyler knew that many secrets had been inhumed by the earthquake and fire of San Francisco and wondered if his wife’s had been one of them. After all, she had been born in this city of odd and whispered pasts, and there were moments when his silent mother-in-law suggested a past of her own....

by Marian Keith THE BLACK BEARDED BARBARIAN[1] [1] The name by which George Leslie Mackay was known among the Chinese of north Formosa. CHAPTER I. SPLITTING ROOKS Up in the stony pasture-field behind the barn the boys had been working all the long afternoon. Nearly all, that is, for, being boys, they had managed to mix a good deal of fun with their labor. But now they were tired of both work and play, and wondered audibly, many times over, why they were not yet called home to supper....

The Boy CaptivesAn Incident of the Indian War of 1695 by John Greenleaf Whittier THE township of Haverhill, even as late as the close of the seventeenth century, was a frontier settlement, occupying an advanced position in the great wilderness, which, unbroken by the clearing of a white man, extended from the Merrimac River to the French villages on the St. Francois. A tract of twelve miles on the river and three or four northwardly was occupied by scattered settlers, while in the centre of the town a compact village had grown up....

THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY By Scout Master Robert Shaler CONTENTS CHAPTERS I. The Golden Feather II. A Timely Suggestion III. The Combat on the Cliff IV. A Night in the Woods V. Friends at the Farm VI. A Nocturnal Visitor VII. Boy Scout Detectives VIII. The Surveying Squad IX. Awaiting a Decision X. Camp Life XI. The New Project XII. An Illustrious Example XIII. The Result of the Surveys CHAPTER I THE GOLDEN FEATHER “This was a pretty fair catch, for a change,” thought Ralph Kenyon, as he tied the limp animal to his pack-saddle, and reset the trap, hoping next time to catch the dead mink’s larger mate....

THE BUCCANEER FARMER BY HAROLD BINDLOSS 1918 PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND UNDER THE TITLE “ASKEW’S VICTORY” CONTENTS PART I–AT ASHNESS CHAPTER I THE LEASE II THE OTTER HOUNDS III A COUNCIL OF DEFENSE IV THE PEAT CUTTERS V RAILTON’S TALLY VI BLEATARN GHYLL VII THE RECKONING VIII GRACE FINDS A WAY IX THE PLAN WORKS X JANET MEDDLES XI OSBORN’S PRIDE GETS HURT XII OSBORN INTERFERES PART II–ON THE CARIBBEAN I THE OLD BUCCANEER II THE PRESIDIO III THE GOLD ONZA IV THE PRESIDENT’S BALL V OLSEN’S OFFER VI THE PRESIDENT’S WATCHERS VII ADAM RESUMES CONTROL VIII THE MANGROVE SWAMP IX ADAM’S LAST REQUEST X THE ROAD TO THE MISSION XI KIT KEEPS HIS PROMISE XII THE LAST CARGO PART III–KIT’S RETURN I KIT’S WELCOME II A DANGEROUS TALENT III THE HORSE SHOW IV THE FLOOD V KIT TELLS A STORY VI THORN MAKES A PLAN VII GERALD’S RETURN VIII GRACE’S CONFIDENCE IX KIT GOES TO THE RESCUE X GRACE’S CHOICE XI OSBORN’S SURRENDER PART I–AT ASHNESS CHAPTER I THE LEASE The morning was bright after heavy rain, and when Osborn looked out of the library window a warm, south-west breeze shook the larches about Tarnside Hall....

THE CHIMES CHAPTER I–First Quarter. Here are not many people–and as it is desirable that a story- teller and a story-reader should establish a mutual understanding as soon as possible, I beg it to be noticed that I confine this observation neither to young people nor to little people, but extend it to all conditions of people: little and big, young and old: yet growing up, or already growing down again–there are not, I say, many people who would care to sleep in a church....

THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE CHAPTER I I TAKE A COUNTRY HOUSE: This is the story of how a middle-aged spinster lost her mind, deserted her domestic gods in the city, took a furnished house for the summer out of town, and found herself involved in one of those mysterious crimes that keep our newspapers and detective agencies happy and prosperous. For twenty years I had been perfectly comfortable; for twenty years I had had the window- boxes filled in the spring, the carpets lifted, the awnings put up and the furniture covered with brown linen; for as many summers I had said good-by to my friends, and, after watching their perspiring hegira, had settled down to a delicious quiet in town, where the mail comes three times a day, and the water supply does not depend on a tank on the roof....

The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Volume 1 CONTENTS: MY SUMMER IN A GARDENBACKLOG STUDIESBADDECK INTRODUCTORY LETTER MY DEAR MR. FIELDS,–I did promise to write an Introduction to these charming papers but an Introduction,–what is it?–a sort of pilaster, put upon the face of a building for looks’ sake, and usually flat,–very flat. Sometimes it may be called a caryatid, which is, as I understand it, a cruel device of architecture, representing a man or a woman, obliged to hold up upon his or her head or shoulders a structure which they did not build, and which could stand just as well without as with them....