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THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO VOLUME I By ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE. The land of the orang-utan, and the bird or paradise. A narrative of travel, with sketches of man and nature. To CHARLES DARWIN, AUTHOR OF “THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES,” I dedicate this book,Not only as a token of personal esteem and friendship But alsoTo express my deep admirationForHis genius and his works. PREFACE. My readers will naturally ask why I have delayed writing this book for six years after my return; and I feel bound to give them full satisfaction on this point....

THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. XIX. No. 540.] SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1832. [PRICE 2d. BANKSIDE.–OLD THEATRES. [Illustration: BANKSIDE IN 1648.] [Illustration: BULL AND BEAR-BAITING THEATRES.] [Illustration: BEAR-BAITING–ROSE–GLOBE.] The ancient topography of the southern bank of the Thames (or Bankside) between London and Blackfriars bridges is peculiarly interesting to the lover of dramatic lore, as well as to the inquirer into the sports and pastimes of our ancestors....

THE MISER. (L’AVARE.) BY MOLIÈRE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE WITH A SHORT INTRODUCTION AND EXPLANATORY NOTES. BY CHARLES HERON WALL This play was acted for the first time on September 9, 1668. In it, Molière has borrowed from Plautus, and has imitated several other authors, but he far surpasses them in the treatment of his subject. The picture of the miser, in whom love of money takes the place of all natural affections, who not only withdraws from family intercourse, but considers his children as natural enemies, is finely drawn, and renders Molière’s Miser altogether more dramatic and moral than those of his predecessors....

This collection of prose written by Pauline Johnson was first assembled and published shortly after her death in 1913. THE MOCCASIN MAKER By E. Pauline Johnson With introduction by Sir Gilbert Parker and appreciation by Charles Mair. Dedicated to Sir Gilbert Parker, M.P. Whose work in literature has brought honour to Canada CONTENTS Introduction Pauline Johnson: An Appreciation My Mother Catharine of the “Crow’s Nest” A Red Girl’s Reasoning The Envoy Extraordinary A Pagan in St....

The Mountebank by William J. Locke Chapter I In the month of June, 1919, I received a long letter from Brigadier-General Andrew Lackaday together with a bulky manuscript. The letter, addressed from an obscure hotel in Marseilles, ran as follows:– MY DEAR FRIEND, On the occasion of our last meeting when I kept you up to an ungodly hour of the morning with the story of my wretched affairs to which you patiently listened without seeming bored, you were good enough to suggest that I might write a book about myself, not for the sake of vulgar advertisement, but in order to interest, perhaps to encourage, at any rate to stimulate the thoughts of many of my old comrades who have been placed in the same predicament as myself....

The Native Son By Inez Haynes Irwin To Those Proud Native Sons James W. CoffrothMeyer CohnPorter GarnettJohn CrowleyWillie RitchieJ. Cal EwingJames WilsonAndrew J. Gallagher And To Those Apologetic Adopted Sons Albert M. BenderAustin LewisSam BergerXavier MartinezGelett BurgessPerry NewberryMichael CaseyPatrick O’BrienPerry NewberryPatrick FlynnFremont OlderWill IrwinLemuel PartonAnton JohansenPaul ScharrenbergWaldemar Young All of Whom Have PlayedSome Graceful Part In TranslatingCalifornia To Me This Appreciation is Dedicated The Native Son The only drawback to writing about California is that scenery and climate – and weather even – will creep in....