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OLDPORT DAYS. BY THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON. BOSTON:LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS.NEW YORK:CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM.1888. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, BY JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO.,in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. University Press:JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE. CONTENTS. OLDPORT IN WINTEROLDPORT WHARVESTHE HAUNTED WINDOWA DRIFT-WOOD FIREAN ARTIST’S CREATIONIN A WHERRYMADAM DELIA’S EXPECTATIONSSUNSHINE AND PETRARCHA SHADOWFOOTPATHS OLDPORT DAYS. OLDPORT IN WINTER. Our August life rushes by, in Oldport, as if we were all shot from the mouth of a cannon, and were endeavoring to exchange visiting-cards on the way....

ON HORSEBACK By Charles Dudley Warner I “The way to mount a horse”–said the Professor. “If you have no ladder–put in the Friend of Humanity.” The Professor had ridden through the war for the Union on the right side, enjoying a much better view of it than if he had walked, and knew as much about a horse as a person ought to know for the sake of his character....

RECOLLECTIONS OF MY YOUTH BY ERNEST RENAN 1897 [Illustration: Ernest Renan] CONTENTS. THE FLAX-CRUSHER. PART I. PART II. PART III. PART IV. PRAYER ON THE ACROPOLIS ST. RENAN MY UNCLE PIERRE. GOOD MASTER SYSTEME. PART I. PART II. LITTLE NOEMI. PART I. PART II. THE PETTY SEMINARY OF ST. NICHOLAS DU CHARDONNET. PART I. PART II. PART III. THE ISSY SEMINARY. PART I. PART II. THE ST. SULPICE SEMINARY. PART I....

Rio Grande’s Last Race Now this was what Macpherson told By the Grey Gulf-water Far to the Northward there lies a land, With the Cattle The drought is down on field and flock, The First Surveyor The opening of the railway line! — the Governor and all! Mulga Bill’s Bicycle ‘Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that caught the cycling craze; The Pearl Diver Kanzo Makame, the diver, sturdy and small Japanee, The City of Dreadful Thirst The stranger came from Narromine and made his little joke — Saltbush Bill’s Gamecock ‘Twas Saltbush Bill, with his travelling sheep, was making his way to town; Hay and Hell and Booligal You come and see me, boys,’ he said; A Walgett Episode The sun strikes down with a blinding glare, Father Riley’s Horse ‘Twas the horse thief, Andy Regan, that was hunted like a dog The Scotch Engineer With eyes that searched in the dark, Song of the Future ‘Tis strange that in a land so strong, Anthony Considine Out in the wastes of the West countrie, Song of the Artesian Water Now the stock have started dying, for the Lord has sent a drought; A Disqualified Jockey’s Story You see, the thing was this way — there was me, The Road to Gundagai The mountain road goes up and down, Saltbush Bill’s Second Fight The news came down on the Castlereagh, and went to the world at large, Hard Luck I left the course, and by my side Song of the Federation As the nations sat together, grimly waiting — The Old Australian Ways The London lights are far abeam The Ballad of the Calliope’ By the far Samoan shore, Do They Know Do they know?...

ROBERT BROWNING BY G.K. CHESTERTON CONTENTS CHAPTER IBROWNING IN EARLY LIFE 1 CHAPTER IIEARLY WORKS 34 CHAPTER IIIBROWNING AND HIS MARRIAGE 55 CHAPTER IVBROWNING IN ITALY 81 CHAPTER VBROWNING IN LATER LIFE 105 CHAPTER VIBROWNING AS A LITERARY ARTIST 133 CHAPTER VII“THE RING AND THE BOOK” 160 CHAPTER VIIITHE PHILOSOPHY OF BROWNING 177 INDEX 203 ROBERT BROWNING CHAPTER I BROWNING IN EARLY LIFE On the subject of Browning’s work innumerable things have been said and remain to be said; of his life, considered as a narrative of facts, there is little or nothing to say....

THE ROUGH RIDERS BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT 1899 ON BEHALF OF THE ROUGH RIDERS I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE FIVE REGULAR REGIMENTS WHICH TOGETHER WITH MINE MADE UP THE CAVALRY DIVISION AT SANTIAGO I RAISING THE REGIMENT During the year preceding the outbreak of the Spanish War I was Assistant Secretary of the Navy. While my party was in opposition, I had preached, with all the fervor and zeal I possessed, our duty to intervene in Cuba, and to take this opportunity of driving the Spaniard from the Western World....

HIS HISTORY AND LITERATURE RUNNING A THOUSAND MILES FOR FREEDOM William and Ellen Craft RUNNING A THOUSAND MILES FOR FREEDOMOR, THE ESCAPE OF WILLIAM AND ELLEN CRAFT FROM SLAVERY. “Slaves cannot breathe in England: if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.” COWPER RUNNING A THOUSAND MILES FOR FREEDOM PREFACE. HAVING heard while in Slavery that “God made of one blood all nations of men,” and also that the American Declaration of Independence says, that “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness;” we could not understand by what right we were held as “chattels....

RUSSIA IN 1919BY ARTHUR RANSOME PUBLISHER’S NOTE On August 27, 1914, in London, I made this note in a memorandum book: “Met Arthur Ransome at_____’s; discussed a book on the Russian’s relation to the war in the light of psychological background–folklore.” The book was not written but the idea that instinctively came to him pervades his every utterance on things Russian. The versatile man who commands more than respect as the biographer of Poe and Wilde; as the (translator of and commentator on Remy de Gourmont; as a folklorist, has shown himself to be consecrated to the truth....

Septimius Felton; Or, The Elixir Of Life. By Nathanial Hawthorne 1883 INTRODUCTORY NOTE. SEPTIMIUS FELTON. The existence of this story, posthumously published, was not known to any one but Hawthorne himself, until some time after his death, when the manuscript was found among his papers. The preparation and copying of his Note-Books for the press occupied the most of Mrs. Hawthorne’s available time during the interval from 1864 to 1870; but in the latter year, having decided to publish the unfinished romance, she began the task of putting together its loose sheets and deciphering the handwriting, which, towards the close of Hawthorne’s life, had grown somewhat obscure and uncertain....

“SHAVINGS” by Joseph C. Lincoln CHAPTER I Mr. Gabriel Bearse was happy. The prominence given to this statement is not meant to imply that Gabriel was, as a general rule, unhappy. Quite the contrary; Mr. Bearse’s disposition was a cheerful one and the cares of this world had not rounded his plump shoulders. But Captain Sam Hunniwell had once said, and Orham public opinion agreed with him, that Gabe Bearse was never happy unless he was talking....

STRICTLY BUSINESS More Stories of the Four Million by O. HENRY CONTENTS I. STRICTLY BUSINESSII. THE GOLD THAT GLITTEREDIII. BABES IN THE JUNGLEIV. THE DAY RESURGENTV. THE FIFTH WHEELVI. THE POET AND THE PEASANTVII. THE ROBE OF PEACEVIII. THE GIRL AND THE GRAFTIX. THE CALL OF THE TAMEX. THE UNKNOWN QUANTITYXI. THE THING’S THE PLAYXII. A RAMBLE IN APHASIAXIII. A MUNICIPAL REPORTXIV. PSYCHE AND THE PSKYSCRAPERXV. A BIRD OF BAGDADXVI....

VOLUME FOUR To William H. Chandler, Esq,. Pembroke College, Oxford. My Dear Mr. Chandler, As without your friendly and generous aid this volume could never have seen the light, I cannot resist the temptation of inscribing it to you and without permission, for your modesty would have refused any such acknowledgment. I am, ever, Yours sincerely, Richard F. Burton. Trieste, March 10th, 1888. Contents of the Fourteenth Volume. Story of the Sultan of Al-Yaman and His Three Sons 2....

Supreme Personality FUN IN LIVING A Doubt, Fear, and Worry Cure If you are not grander and handsomer at eighty than at eighteen, your spiritual, mental and physical cash register has been outof working order more than fifty years. You can worry yourself a big lot, but you can’t build a happy home on the lot. THOUGHT WAVES Will Make You a World Builder Method and Codes, how to Create andtransmit them for Healing, Guidance and Personal Power....

by LORD REDESDALE, G.C.V.O., K.C.B.Formerly Second Secretary to the British Legation in Japan With Illustrations Drawn and Cut on Wood by Japanese Artists 1910 [Illustration: THE RONINS INVITE KOTSUKE NO SUKE TO PERFORM HARA-KIRI.] PREFACE In the Introduction to the story of the Forty-seven Ronins, I have said almost as much as is needful by way of preface to my stories. Those of my readers who are most capable of pointing out the many shortcomings and faults of my work, will also be the most indulgent towards me; for any one who has been in Japan, and studied Japanese, knows the great difficulties by which the learner is beset....

TALES OF THE FIVE TOWNS By ARNOLD BENNETT * * * * * First published January 1905 * * * * * TO MARCEL SCHWOB MY LITERARY GODFATHER IN FRANCE * * * * * CONTENTS PART I AT HOME HIS WORSHIP THE GOOSEDRIVER THE ELIXIR OF YOUTH MARY WITH THE HIGH HAND THE DOG A FEUD PHANTOM TIDDY-FOL-LOL THE IDIOT PART II ABROAD THE HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY THE SISTERS QITA NOCTURNE AT THE MAJESTIC CLARICE OF THE AUTUMN CONCERTS A LETTER HOME * * * * * PART I AT HOME * * * * * HIS WORSHIP THE GOOSEDRIVER I It was an amiable but deceitful afternoon in the third week of December....

TENT-LIFE IN SIBERIA By GEORGE KENNAN [Illustration: George Kennan 1868] Tent Life in Siberia A New Account of an Old Undertaking Adventures among the Koraks andOther Tribes In Kamchatka and Northern Asia By George Kennan Author of “Siberia and the Exile System,” “Campaigning in Cuba,” “The Tragedy of Pelee,” “Folk Tales of Napoleon” With 32 Illustrations and Maps 1910 PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION. This narrative of Siberian life and adventure was first given to the public in 1870–just forty years ago....

THE ARMIES OF LABOR, A CHRONICLE OF THE ORGANIZED WAGE-EARNERS BY SAMUEL P. ORTH NEW HAVEN: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS TORONTO: GLASGOW, BROOK & CO. LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1919 CONTENTS I. THE BACKGROUNDII. FORMATIVE YEARSIII. TRANSITION YEARSIV. AMALGAMATIONV. FEDERATIONVI. THE TRADE UNIONVII. THE RAILWAY BROTHERHOODSVIII. ISSUES AND WARFAREIX. THE NEW TERRORISM: THE I.W.W.X. LABOR AND POLITICSBIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE THE ARMIES OF LABOR CHAPTER I. THE BACKGROUND Three momentous things symbolize the era that begins its cycle with the memorable year of 1776: the Declaration of Independence, the steam engine, and Adam Smith’s book, “The Wealth of Nations....

THE AUTHOR OF BELTRAFFIO by Henry James CHAPTER I Much as I wished to see him I had kept my letter of introduction three weeks in my pocket-book. I was nervous and timid about meeting him–conscious of youth and ignorance, convinced that he was tormented by strangers, and especially by my country-people, and not exempt from the suspicion that he had the irritability as well as the dignity of genius....

THE BLOOD RED DAWN by CHARLES CALDWELL DOBIE 1920 To My Mother Book I CHAPTER I The pastor’s announcement had been swallowed up in a hum of truant inattention, and as the heralded speaker made his appearance upon the platform Claire Robson, leaning forward, said to her mother: “What?… Did you catch his name?” “A foreigner of some sort!” replied Mrs. Robson, with smug sufficiency. For a moment the elder woman’s sneer dulled the edge of Claire’s anticipations, but presently the man began to speak, and at once she felt a sense of power back of his halting words, a sudden bursting fort of bloom amid the frozen assembly that sat ice-bound, refusing to be melted by the fires of an alien enthusiasm....

CELEBRATED CRIMES VOLUME 1(of 8), Part 2 By Alexander Dumas, Pere THE CENCI 1598 Should you ever go to Rome and visit the villa Pamphili, no doubt, after having sought under its tall pines and along its canals the shade and freshness so rare in the capital of the Christian world, you will descend towards the Janiculum Hill by a charming road, in the middle of which you will find the Pauline fountain....