THE LIFE EVERLASTING A REALITY OF ROMANCE BY MARIE CORELLI AUTHOR OF THELMA, ETC. CONTENTS AUTHOR’S PROLOGUE I. THE HEROINE BEGINS HER STORY II. THE FAIRY SHIP III. THE ANGEL OF A DREAM IV. A BUNCH OF HEATHER V. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING VI. RECOGNITION VII. MEMORIES VIII. VISIONS IX. DOUBTFUL DESTINY X. STRANGE ASSOCIATIONS XI. ONE WAY OF LOVE XII. A LOVE-LETTER XIII. THE HOUSE OF ASELZION XIV. CROSS AND STAR XV....
by Rafael Sabatini I. THE FANATIC II. AT THE “ADAM AND EVE” III. THE WITNESS IV. Mr. GREEN V. MOONSHINE VI. HORTENSIA’S RETURN VII. FATHER AND SON VIII. TEMPTATION IX. THE CHAMPION X. SPURS TO THE RELUCTANT XI. THE ASSAULT-AT-ARMS XII. SUNSHINE AND SHADOW XIII. THE FORLORN HOPE XIV. LADY OSTERMORE XV. LOVE AND RAGE XVI. Mr. GREEN EXECUTES HIS WARRANT XVII. AMID THE GRAVES XVIII. THE GHOST OF THE PAST XIX....
THE LITTLE LADY OF LAGUNITAS A FRANCO-CALIFORNIAN ROMANCE BY Richard Henry Savage INTRODUCTION. Forty-two years have passed since California’s golden star first glittered in the flag of the United States of America. Its chequered history virtually begins with the rush for gold in ’48-’49. Acquired for the evident purpose of extending slave-holding territory, it was occupied for years by a multitude of cosmopolitan “free lances,” who swept away the defenceless Indians, and brutally robbed the great native families, the old “Dons....
CHRONICLES OF CANADAEdited by George M. Wrong and H. H. Langton In thirty-two volumes Volume 2 THE MARINER OF ST MALOA Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier By STEPHEN LEACOCKTORONTO, 1915 CHAPTER I EARLY LIFE In the town hall of the seaport of St Malo there hangs a portrait of Jacques Cartier, the great sea-captain of that place, whose name is associated for all time with the proud title of ‘Discoverer of Canada....
VOL. 10, No. 262.] SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1827. [PRICE 2d. * * * * * HIS MAJESTY’S PONEY PHAETON. [Illustration] We commence our tenth volume of the MIRROR with an embellishment quite novel in design from the generality of our graphic illustrations, but one which, we flatter ourselves, will excite interest among our friends, especially after so recently, presenting them with a Portrait and Memoir of his Majesty in the Supplement, which last week completed our ninth volume....
VOL. 10, No. 275.] SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1827. [PRICE 2d. * * * * * KEW PALACE. [Illustration: Kew Palace.] Innumerable are the instances of princes having sought to perpetuate their memories by the building of palaces, from the Domus Aurea, or golden house of Nero, to the comparatively puny structures of our own times. As specimens of modern magnificence and substantial comfort, the latter class of edifices may be admirable; but we are bound to acknowledge, that in boldness and splendour of design, they cannot assimilate to the labours of antiquity, much of whose stupendous character is to this day preserved in many series of interesting ruins:– Whilst in the progress of the long decay, Thrones sink to dust, and nations pass away....
[Illustration: PORTRAIT of the late SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, Bart.] * * * * * THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION: CONTAINING ORIGINAL ESSAYS; HISTORICAL NARRATIVES; BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS; SKETCHES OF SOCIETY; TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS; NOVELS AND TALES; ANECDOTES; SELECT EXTRACTS FROM NEW AND EXPENSIVE WORKS;_POETRY, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED:_THE SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS;DISCOVERIES IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES; USEFUL DOMESTIC HINTS; &c. &c. &c. * * * * * VOL. XIII....
THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. XVII. No. 473.] SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1831. [PRICE 2d. [Illustration: THE STRAND, FROM ARUNDEL HOUSE, ANNO 1700.] [Illustration: STRAND CROSS, COVENT GARDEN, &c. ANNO 1547.] THE STRAND, ANCIENT AND MODERN. (Inscription copied from the original of the annexed Engraving.) THE STRAND, In its ancient state, anno 1547. With the Strand Cross, Convent Garden, &c. With the Procession of Edward VI. THE STRAND, And its Neighbourhood, anno 1700....
BY JACOB ABBOTT WITH ENGRAVINGS 1904 [Illustration: THE PIRATES AT ANCHOR.] [Illustration] PREFACE It is the object of this series of histories to present a clear, distinct, and connected narrative of the lives of those great personages who have in various ages of the world made themselves celebrated as leaders among mankind, and, by the part they have taken in the public affairs of great nations, have exerted the widest influence on the history of the human race....
HISTORY OF KERSHAW’S BRIGADE With Complete Roll of Companies, Biographical Sketches, Incidents, Anecdotes, etc. by D. AUGUSTUS DICKERT [Illustration: LT. COL. AXALLA JOHN HOOLE Eighth South Carolina Volunteer Regiment Kershaw’s Brigade October 12, 1822-September 20, 1863] INTRODUCTION. For three reasons, one purely personal (as you will soon see), I am pleased to play even a small part in the reprinting of D. Augustus Dickert’s The History of Kershaw’s Brigade … an undertaking in my judgment long, long, overdue....
IN MIDSUMMER DAYSAND OTHER TALES. BY AUGUST STRINDBERG TRANSLATED BY ELLIE SCHLEUSSNER CONTENTS IN MIDSUMMER DAYSTHE BIG GRAVEL-SIFTERTHE SLUGGARDTHE PILOT’S TROUBLESPHOTOGRAPHER AND PHILOSOPHERHALF A SHEET OF FOOLSCAPCONQUERING HERO AND FOOLWHAT THE TREE-SWALLOW SANG IN THE BUCKTHORN TREE THE MYSTERY OF THE TOBACCO SHEDTHE STORY OF THE ST. GOTTHARDTHE STORY OF JUBAL WHO HAD NO “I”THE GOLDEN HELMETS IN THE ALLEBERGLITTLE BLUEWING FINDS THE GOLDPOWDER IN MIDSUMMER DAYS In Midsummer days when in the countries of the North the earth is a bride, when the ground is full of gladness, when the brooks are still running, the flowers in the meadows still untouched by the scythe, and all the birds singing, a dove flew out of the wood and sat down before the cottage in which the ninety-year-old granny lay in her bed....
IN THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH. A NOVEL. BYAMELIA B. EDWARDS 1874 [Illustration] CAXTON PRESS OFSHERMAN & CO., PHILADELPHIA. CHAPTER I. MY BIRTHPLACE AND PARENTAGE. Dolce sentier, Colle, che mi piacesti, Ov’ancor per usanza amor mi mena! PETRARCH. Sweet, secluded, shady Saxonholme! I doubt if our whole England contains another hamlet so quaint, so picturesquely irregular, so thoroughly national in all its rustic characteristics. It lies in a warm hollow environed by hills....
INTENTIONS Contents The Decay of LyingPen, Pencil, and PoisonThe Critic as ArtistThe Truth of Masks THE DECAY OF LYING: AN OBSERVATION A DIALOGUE. Persons: Cyril and Vivian. Scene: the Library of a country house in Nottinghamshire. CYRIL (coming in through the open window from the terrace). My dear Vivian, don’t coop yourself up all day in the library. It is a perfectly lovely afternoon. The air is exquisite. There is a mist upon the woods, like the purple bloom upon a plum....
IS ULSTER RIGHT? A STATEMENT OF THE QUESTION AT ISSUE BETWEEN ULSTER AND THE NATIONALIST PARTY, AND OF THE REASONS–HISTORICAL, POLITICAL, AND FINANCIAL–WHY ULSTER IS JUSTIFIED IN OPPOSING HOME RULE BY AN IRISHMAN LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1913 CONTENTS. Preface Chapter I. The Ulster Covenant. The Questions Stated. Ireland under the Celts and the Danes II. Ireland from the time of Henry II to the time of Henry VIII III....
JIM WARING OF SONORA-TOWN OR, TANG OF LIFE BY HENRY HERBERT KNIBBS AUTHOR OF OVERLAND RED, ETC. ILLUSTRATIONS BY E. BOYD SMITH August 1918 To Robert Frothingham [Illustration: Waring of Sonora-Town] Waring of Sonora-Town The heat acrost the desert was a-swimmin’ in the sun, When Waring of Sonora-Town, Jim Waring of Sonora-Town,From Salvador come ridin’ down, a-rollin’ of his gun. He was singin’ low and easy to his pony’s steady feet, But his eye was live and driftin’ Round the scenery and siftin’All the crawlin’ shadows shiftin’ in the tremblin’ gray mesquite....
Proofreading Team. MADE-OVER DISHES BY MRS. S. T. RORER Author of Mrs. Rorer’s New Cook Book, Philadelphia Cook Book, Bread and Bread-Making, and other Valuable Works on Cookery. Revised and Enlarged Edition CONTENTS PrefaceStockCooked FishMeat Beef–Uncooked Beef–Cooked Mutton–Uncooked Mutton–Cooked Chicken–Uncooked Chicken–CookedGameBreadEggsPotatoes Cold BoiledCheeseSaucesSaladsCerealsVegetablesFruitsSour Milk and Cream PREFACE Wise forethought, which means economy, stands as the first of domestic duties. Poverty in no way affects skill in the preparation of food....
MARGOT ASQUITH AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY TWO VOLUMES IN ONE I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO MY HUSBAND What? Have you not received powers, to the limits of which you will bear all that befalls? Have you not received magnanimity? Have you not received courage? Have you not received endurance?– EPICTETUS PREFACE When I began this book I feared that its merit would depend upon how faithfully I could record my own impressions of people and events: when I had finished it I was certain of it....
INTRODUCTION The original prose version of Master Olof, which is here presented for the first time in English form, was written between June 8 and August 8, 1872, while Strindberg, then only twenty-three years old, was living with two friends on one of the numerous little islands that lie between Stockholm and the open sea. Up to that time he had produced half-a-dozen plays, one of which had been performed at the Royal Theatre of Stockholm and had won him the good-will and financial support of King Carl XV....
Selbstbiographie von Karl May Band I Freiburg i. Br.Verlag von Friedrich Ernst Fehsenfeld Druck der Hoffmannschen Buchdruckerei in Stuttgart. Wenn dich die Welt aus ihren Toren stoesst, So gehe ruhig fort, und lass das Klagen. Sie hat durch die Verstossung dich erloest Und ihre Schuld an dir nun selbst zu tragen. (Karl May “Im Reiche des silbernen Loewen”) Inhalt. _____ I. Das Maerchen von Sitara II. Meine Kindheit III. Keine Jugend IV....
MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, VOLUME 1. By LOUIS ANTOINE FAUVELET DE BOURRIENNE His Private Secretary Edited by R. W. PhippsColonel, Late Royal Artillery 1891 CONTENTS:Preface,Notes and IntroductionChapter I. to Chapter IV., 1797 PREFACE BY THE EDITORS OF THE 1836 EDITION. In introducing the present edition of M. de Bourrienne’s Memoirs to the public we are bound, as Editors, to say a few Words on the subject. Agreeing, however, with Horace Walpole that an editor should not dwell for any length of time on the merits of his author, we shall touch but lightly on this part of the matter....
