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It is after dinner on a January night, in the library in Lady Britomart Undershaft’s house in Wilton Crescent. A large and comfortable settee is in the middle of the room, upholstered in dark leather. A person sitting on it [it is vacant at present] would have, on his right, Lady Britomart’s writing table, with the lady herself busy at it; a smaller writing table behind him on his left; the door behind him on Lady Britomart’s side; and a window with a window seat directly on his left....

Why did he love her? Curious fool, be still! Is human love the fruit of human will? BYRON. Just about six months before my departure for Spain, I first met the Chevalier des Grieux. Though I rarely quitted my retreat, still the interest I felt in my child’s welfare induced me occasionally to undertake short journeys, which, however, I took good care to abridge as much as possible. I was one day returning from Rouen, where I had been, at her request, to attend a cause then pending before the Parliament of Normandy, respecting an inheritance to which I had claims derived from my maternal grandfather....

by BRET HARTE MARUJA CHAPTER I Morning was breaking on the high road to San Jose. The long lines of dusty, level track were beginning to extend their vanishing point in the growing light; on either side the awakening fields of wheat and oats were stretching out and broadening to the sky. In the east and south the stars were receding before the coming day; in the west a few still glimmered, caught among the bosky hills of the canada del Raimundo, where night seemed to linger....

Table of Contents with inital stage directions Dramatis Personae* Scene 1: Enter Charles the French King, [Catherine] the Queene Mother, the King of Navarre, the Prince of Condye, the Lord high Admirall, and [Margaret] the Queene of Navarre, with others. * Scene 2: Enter the Duke of Guise.* Scene 3: Enter the King of Navar and Queen [Margaret], and his [olde] Mother Queen [of Navarre], the Prince of Condy, the Admirall, and the Pothecary with the gloves, and gives them to the olde Queene....

MELMOTH RECONCILED BY HONORE DE BALZAC TranslatorEllen Marriage To Monsieur le General Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons. DE BALZAC. There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house–a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips....

[Frontispiece: Theodosia] MEMOIRS OF AARON BURR. WITH MISCELLANEOUS SELECTIONS FROM HIS CORRESPONDENCE. BY MATTHEW L. DAVIS. “I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.” IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II. * * * * * Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1836, by MATTHEW L. DAVIS, in the Clerk’s Office of the Southern District of New-York. * * * * * CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. CHAPTER I....

MISSY by DANA GATLIN TOVIOLA ROSEBORO’ CONTENTS I THE FLAME DIVINE II “YOUR TRUE FRIEND, MELISSA M” III LIKE A SINGING BIRD IV MISSY TACKLES ROMANCE V IN THE MANNER OF THE DUCHESS VI INFLUENCING ARTHUR VII BUSINESS OF BLUSHING VIII A HAPPY DOWNFALL IX DOBSON SAVES THE DAY X MISSY CANS THE COSMOS CHAPTER I THE FLAME DIVINE Melissa came home from Sunday-school with a feeling she had never had before....

MODERN FICTION By Charles Dudley Warner One of the worst characteristics of modern fiction is its so-called truth to nature. For fiction is an art, as painting is, as sculpture is, as acting is. A photograph of a natural object is not art; nor is the plaster cast of a man’s face, nor is the bare setting on the stage of an actual occurrence. Art requires an idealization of nature....

MRS. DAY’S DAUGHTERS By MARY E. MANN “The common growth of Mother Earth Suffices me–her tears, her mirth, Her humblest mirth and tears.” CONTENTS CHAPTERI Their Large HoursII Something Wrong At The OfficeIII Forcus’s Family AleIV DisasterV Deleah’s ErrandVI Sour MisfortuneVII Husband And FatherVIII The Way OutIX For The Widow And The Fatherless X Exiles From Life’s RevelsXI The Attractive BessieXII The Attractive DeleahXIII The Gay, Gilded SceneXIV A Tea-Party In Bridge StreetXV The Manchester ManXVI For BernardXVII What Is It Now?...

NOTES AND QUERIES: A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC. * * * * * “When found, make a note of.”–CAPTAIN CUTTLE. * * * * * No. 36.] SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1850. [Price Threepence. Stamped Edition 4d. * * * * *{81} CONTENTS NOTES:– Further Notes on Derivation of the Word “News”, by Samuel Hickson 81 More Borrowed Thoughts, by S. W. Singer 82 Strangers in the House of Commons, by C....

OLD CHRISTMAS by Washington Irving But is old, old, good old Christmas gone? Nothing but the hair of his good, gray, old head and beard left? Well, I will have that, seeing that I cannot have more of him. Hue and Cry after Christmas. CONTENTS CHRISTMAS THE STAGE-COACH CHRISTMAS EVE CHRISTMAS DAY THE CHRISTMAS DINNER A man might then behold At Christmas, in each hallGood fires to curb the cold, And meat for great and small....

A COLLECTION OF OLD ENGLISH PLAYS, VOL. I In Four Volumes EDITED BY A.H. BULLEN. 1882-1889 CONTENTS: The Tragedy of NeroThe Mayde’s MetamorphosisThe Martyr’d SouldierThe Noble Souldier PREFACE. Most of the Plays in the present Collection have not been reprinted, and some have not been printed at all. In the second volume there will be published for the first time a fine tragedy (hitherto quite unknown) by Massinger and Fletcher, and a lively comedy (also quite unknown) by James Shirley....

by Robert W. Service [British-born Canadian Poet — 1874-1958.] [Note on text: Italicized stanzas are indented 5 spaces. Italicized words and phrases are capitalized. Lines longer than 77 characters are broken according to metre, and the continuation is indented two spaces from the previous line. Stanzas that are italicized AND indented are indented 10 spaces. Due to numerous French words and phrases in this particular text, and the importance of accents to pronunciation, accents are marked, using these characters (/,^) AFTER each letter they accompany....

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON AN ELEGY AND OTHER POEMS MAINLY PERSONAL BYRICHARD LE GALLIENNE MDCCCXCV TOMY DEAR MOTHER AND FATHERTHESE POEMS ARE LOVINGLYDEDICATED CONTENTS ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON: AN ELEGYAN ODE TO SPRINGTREE-WORSHIPA BALLAD OF LONDONPARIS DAY BY DAY: A FAMILIAR EPISTLE ALFRED TENNYSONPROFESSOR MINTOON MR. GLADSTONE’S RETIREMENTOMAR KHAYYAMTHE SECOND CRUCIFIXIONAN IMPRESSIONNATURAL RELIGIONFAITH REBORNHESPERIDESJENNY DEADMY BOOKSMAMMONARTTO A POETA NEW YEAR LETTERSNATCHMY MAIDEN VOTETHE ANIMALCULE ON MANCOME, MY CELIATIME’S MONOTONE COR CORDIUM O GOLDEN DAY!...

BY PERCY KEESE FITZHUGH AUTHOR OFROY BLAKELY, TOM SLADE, BOY SCOUT,TOM SLADE AT TEMPLE CAMP, TOM SLADE WITH THE COLORS, ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY HOWARD L. HASTINGS 1920 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I. TELLS YOU HOW WE GOT STARTED II. TELLS YOU HOW I HAD A VISITOR III. TELLS HOW I MADE A PROMISE IV. TELLS ABOUT THE PAPER I FOUND V. TELLS ABOUT SKINNY’S MERIT BADGE VI. TELLS HOW SKINNY AND I GOT TOGETHER VII....

Science and HealthWithKey to The Scriptures by MARY BAKER EDDY YE shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. JOHN viii. 32. THERE is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. SHAKESPEARE OH! Thou hast heard my prayer;And I am blest!This is Thy high behest :-Thou here, and everywhere. MARY BAKER EDDY SCIENCE AND HEALTH – Table Of Contents PREFACECHAPTER I – PRAYERCHAPTER II – ATONEMENT AND EUCHARIST CHAPTER III – MARRIAGECHAPTER IV – CHRISTIAN SCIENCE VERSUS SPIRITUALISM CHAPTER V – ANIMAL MAGNETISM UNMASKEDCHAPTER VI – SCIENCE, THEOLOGY, MEDICINE CHAPTER VII – PHYSIOLOGYCHAPTER VIII – FOOTSTEPS OF TRUTHCHAPTER IX – CREATIONCHAPTER X – SCIENCE OF BEINGCHAPTER XI – SOME OBJECTIONS ANSWERED CHAPTER XII – CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PRACTICE CHAPTER XIII – TEACHING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHAPTER XIV – RECAPITULATION KEY TO THE SCRIPTURESCHAPTER XV – GENESISCHAPTER XVI – THE APOCALYPSECHAPTER XVII – GLOSSARYCHAPTER XVIII – FRUITAGE PREFACE vi:1 To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings....

[Illustration] SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 595 NEW YORK, MAY 28, 1887. Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XXIII, No. 595. Scientific American established 1845 Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year. Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year. * * * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS. I. BOTANY.–The Relation of Tabasheer to Mineral Substances.–The composition of this curious secretion of the bamboo.–Analyses and properties of the material, according to various observers.–Its appearance under the microscope....

[Transcriber’s notes: Bold text is denoted with ~. Footnotes:In the original, footnote numbering restarted on each page, and they were collated at the end of the text in page number order. In this e-text, footnotes have been renumbered consecutively through the text. However, they are still to be found in their original position after the text, and the original page numbers have been retained in the footnotes. There is one footnote in the Preface, which is to be found in its original position at the end of the Preface....

[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.] SERGE PANINE By GEORGES OHNET BOOK 4. CHAPTER XVIII THE UNIVERSAL CREDIT COMPANY The banking-house of Cayrol had not a very imposing appearance. It was a narrow two-storied building, the front blackened by time. There was a carriage gateway, on the right-hand side of which was the entrance to the offices....

CONTENTS I THE LAST OF THE TROUBADOURSII THE SLEUTHSIII WITCHES’ LOAVESIV THE PRIDE OF THE CITIESV HOLDING UP A TRAINVI ULYSSES AND THE DOGMANVII THE CHAMPION OF THE WEATHERVIII MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD KINIX AT ARMS WITH MORPHEUSX THE GHOST OF A CHANCEXI JIMMIE PAYES AND MURIELXII THE DOOR OF UNRESTXIII THE DUPLICITY OF HARGRAVESXIV LET ME FEEL YOUR PULSEXV OCTOBER AND JUNEXVI THE CHURCH WITH AN OVERSHOOT WHEEL XVII NEW YORK BY CAMPFIRE LIGHTXVIII THE ADVENTURES OF SHAMROCK JOLNES XIX THE LADY HIGHER UPXX THE GREATER CONEYXXI LAW AND ORDERXXII TRANSFORMATION OF MARTIN BURNEY XXIII THE CALIPH AND THE CADXXIV THE DIAMOND OF KALIXXV THE DAY WE CELEBRATE I THE LAST OF THE TROUBADOURS Inexorably Sam Galloway saddled his pony....