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MANUAL OF GARDENING A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE MAKING OF HOME GROUNDS AND THE GROWING OF FLOWERS, FRUITS, AND VEGETABLES FOR HOME USE SECOND EDITION BY L. H. BAILEY 1910 [Illustration: I. The open center.] EXPLANATION It has been my desire to reconstruct the two books, “Garden-Making” and “Practical Garden-Book”; but inasmuch as these books have found a constituency in their present form, it has seemed best to let them stand as they are and to continue their publication as long as the demand maintains itself, and to prepare a new work on gardening....

[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, at the end of several of the files for those who may wish to sample the author’s ideas before making an entire meal of them. D.W.] MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, VOLUME 7. By LOUIS ANTOINE FAUVELET DE BOURRIENNE His Private Secretary Edited by R. W. PhippsColonel, Late Royal Artillery 1891 CONTENTS:CHAPTER XIX. to CHAPTER XXVI. 1803-1804 CHAPTER XIX. 1803. Mr. Pitt–Motive of his going out of office–Error of the English Government–Pretended regard for the Bourbons–Violation of the treaty of Amiens–Reciprocal accusations–Malta–Lord Whitworth’s departure–Rome and Carthage–Secret satisfaction of Bonaparte– Message to the Senate, the Legislative Body, and the Tribunate– The King of England’s renunciation of the title of King of France– Complaints of the English Government–French agents in British ports –Views of France upon Turkey–Observation made by Bonaparte to the Legislative Body–Its false interpretation–Conquest of Hanover– The Duke of Cambridge caricatured–The King of England and the Elector of Hanover–First address to the clergy–Use of the word “Monsieur”–The Republican weeks and months....

MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC. BY MOLIERE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE. WITH SHORT INTRODUCTIONS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES. BY CHARLES HERON WALL ‘Monsieur de Pourceaugnac’, acted on October 6, 1669, is nothing but a farce. But Moliere excels in farce as well as in higher comedy, and ‘Monsieur de Pourceaugnac’ is one of the best of its kind. The attacks upon the doctors of the time are not exaggerated. Moliere acted the part of Mr....

Scanned with OmniPage Professional OCR software donated by Caere Corporation, 1-800-535-7226. Contact Mike Lough MY BONDAGEandMY FREEDOM_By_FREDERICK DOUGLASS_By a principle essential to Christianity, a PERSON is eternally differenced from a THING; so that the idea of a HUMAN BEING, necessarily excludes the idea of PROPERTY IN THAT BEING_. COLERIDGE Entered according to Act of Congress in 1855 by Frederick Douglass in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Northern District of New York TOHONORABLE GERRIT SMITH,AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OFESTEEM FOR HIS CHARACTER,ADMIRATION FOR HIS GENIUS AND BENEVOLENCE, AFFECTION FOR HIS PERSON, ANDGRATITUDE FOR HIS FRIENDSHIP,AND ASA Small but most Sincere Acknowledgement of HIS PRE-EMINENT SERVICES IN BEHALF OF THE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF ANAFFLICTED, DESPISED AND DEEPLY OUTRAGED PEOPLE, BY RANKING SLAVERY WITH PIRACY AND MURDER, AND BYDENYING IT EITHER A LEGAL OR CONSTITUTIONAL EXISTENCE, This Volume is Respectfully Dedicated,BY HIS FAITHFUL AND FIRMLY ATTACHED FRIEND, FREDERICK DOUGLAS....

MY BURIED TREASURE by Richard Harding Davis This is a true story of a search for buried treasure. The only part that is not true is the name of the man with whom I searched for the treasure. Unless I keep his name out of it he will not let me write the story, and, as it was his expedition and as my share of the treasure is only what I can make by writing the story, I must write as he dictates....

MY FIRST YEARS AS AFRENCHWOMAN [Illustration: Madame Waddington.From a photograph taken in the year of the Exposition, 1878.] MY FIRST YEARS AS AFRENCHWOMAN 1876-1879 BY MARY KING WADDINGTON ILLUSTRATED 1914 CONTENTS I. WHEN MACMAHON WAS PRESIDENT II. IMPRESSIONS OF THE ASSEMBLY AT VERSAILLES III. M. WADDINGTON AS MINISTER OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION IV. THE SOCIAL SIDE OF A MINISTER’S WIFE V. A REPUBLICAN VICTORY AND A NEW MINISTRY VI. THE EXPOSITION YEAR VII....

By Frederick O’Brien Ia Ora Na! This is a simple record of my days and nights, my thoughts and dreams, in the mystic isles of the South Seas, written without authority of science or exactitude of knowledge. These are merely the vivid impressions of my life in Tahiti and Moorea, the merriest, most fascinating world of all the cosmos; of the songs I sang, the dances I danced, the men and women, white and tawny, with whom I was joyous or melancholy; the adventures at sea or on the reef, upon the sapphire lagoon, and on the silver beaches of the most beautiful of tropics....

Native Life in South Africa, Before and Since the European War and the Boer RebellionBy Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje [South African (ethnic Tswana) Editor, Author, Statesman. 1876?-1932.] First Secretary-General of the South African Native National Congress (forerunner of the ANC), 1912-1917. Author of “Mhudi”, generally considered the first novel written by a black South African. [The two portraits are not available for this ASCII text. They are titled “The Author.” and “Mrs....

Nuttie’s Father by Charlotte M Yonge CHAPTER I.ST. AMBROSE’S CHOIR. ‘For be it known That their saint’s honour is their own.’–SCOTT. The town of Micklethwayte was rising and thriving. There were salubrious springs which an enterprising doctor had lately brought into notice. The firm of Greenleaf and Dutton manufactured umbrellas in large quantities, from the stout weather-proof family roof down to the daintiest fringed toy of a parasol. There were a Guild Hall and a handsome Corn Market....

The “legal small print” and other information about this book may now be found at the end of this file. Please read this important information, as it gives you specific rights and tells you about restrictions in how the file may be used. This etext was produced by David Widger [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....

BY FLORENCE AKIN WITH ILLUSTRATIONS 1915 [Illustration: SIEGFRIED] NOTE: The verses printed in this book are quoted from Dr. Oliver Huckel’s translations of The Rhine-Gold, The Walkuere, Siegfried, and Goetterdaemmerung, by the kind permission of the publishers, Messrs. Thomas Y. Crowell & Company. An occasional sentence in several of the stories is borrowed from the same source. CONTENTS THE RHINE-GOLD THE HAPPY RHINE-DAUGHTERS ALBERICH THE CARELESS RHINE-DAUGHTERS THE THEFT THE SAD RHINE-DAUGHTERS A CASTLE ON THE RHINE THE MORNING THE PAYMENT LOKI YOUTH OR AGE?...

SANE SEX LIFE AND SANE SEX LIVING SOME THINGS THAT ALL SANE PEOPLE OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT SEX NATURE AND SEX FUNCTIONING; ITS PLACE IN THE ECONOMY OF LIFE, ITS PROPER TRAINING AND RIGHTEOUS EXERCISE H.W. LONG, M.D. AUTHORIZED EDITION EUGENICS PUBLISHING CO., INC. NEW YORK 1919 MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO MY FELLOW-MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION INTO WHOSE HANDS THIS BOOK MAY COME, AND TO ALL WHO MAY READ IT UNDER THEIR DIRECTION, THIS VOLUME IS MOST SINCERELY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR....

SERMONS ON EVIL SPEAKING BY ISAAC BARROW, D.D. CONTENTS. Introduction by Professor Henry Morley. Against Foolish Talking and Jesting. Against Rash and Vain Swearing. Of Evil-speaking in General. The Folly of Slander. Part 1. The Folly of Slander. Part 2. INTRODUCTION. Isaac Barrow was born in London in 1630. His father was draper to the king. His mother died when he was four years old. He was named Isaac after an uncle, who died in 1680, Bishop of St....

In this plain ASCII version, I have converted emphasis and syllable stress italics to capitals, removed foreign italics, and removed accents. In “Enoch Soames:”I added a missing closing quotation mark in the following phrase: Ten past two,’ he said. In “Hilary Maltby and Stephen Braxton:” I changed the opening double quote to a single quote in: I wondered what old Mr. Abraham Hayward… andI knew that if I leaned forward… SEVEN MEN by Max Beerbohm ENOCH SOAMES When a book about the literature of the eighteen-nineties was given by Mr....

The American by Henry James 1877 CHAPTER I On a brilliant day in May, in the year 1868, a gentleman was reclining at his ease on the great circular divan which at that period occupied the centre of the Salon Carre, in the Museum of the Louvre. This commodious ottoman has since been removed, to the extreme regret of all weak-kneed lovers of the fine arts, but the gentleman in question had taken serene possession of its softest spot, and, with his head thrown back and his legs outstretched, was staring at Murillo’s beautiful moon-borne Madonna in profound enjoyment of his posture....

THE BENT TWIG BY DOROTHY CANFIELD 1915 CONTENTS BOOK I_IN ARCADIA_ CHAPTER I SYLVIA’S HOMEII THE MARSHALLS’ FRIENDSIII BROTHER AND SISTERIV EVERY ONE’S OPINION OF EVERY ONE ELSE V SOMETHING ABOUT HUSBANDSVI THE SIGHTS OF LA CHANCEVII “WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT …” VIII SABOTAGEIX THE END OF CHILDHOOD BOOK II_A FALSE START TO ATHENS_ X SYLVIA’S FIRST GLIMPSE OF MODERN CIVILIZATION XI ARNOLD’S FUTURE Is CASUALLY DECIDEDXII ONE MAN’S MEATXIII AN INSTRUMENT IN TUNEXIV HIGHER EDUCATIONXV MRS....

THE BOSS AND THE MACHINE, A CHRONICLE OF THE POLITICIANS AND PARTY ORGANIZATION BY SAMUEL P. ORTH CONTENTS I. THE RISE OF THE PARTYII. THE RISE OF THE MACHINEIII. THE TIDE OF MATERIALISMIV. THE POLITICIAN AND THE CITYV. TAMMANY HALLVI. LESSER OLIGARCHIESVII. LEGISLATIVE OMNIPOTENCEVIII. THE NATIONAL HIERARCHYIX. THE AWAKENINGX. PARTY REFORMXI. THE EXPERT AT LAST BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE THE BOSS AND THE MACHINE CHAPTER I. THE RISE OF THE PARTY The party system is an essential instrument of Democracy....

BY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM 1919 CHAPTER I James Crawshay, Englishman of the type usually described in transatlantic circles as “some Britisher,” lolled apparently at his ease upon the couch of the too-resplendent sitting room in the Hotel Magnificent, Chicago. Hobson, his American fellow traveler, on the other hand, betrayed his anxiety by his nervous pacing up and down the apartment. Both men bore traces in their appearance of the long journey which they had only just completed....

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION’S VISIT TO MONTREAL, 1884. LETTERS BY CLARA LADY RAYLEIGH, Printed for Private Circulation. INTRODUCTION. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. (Reprinted from The Times, 1884) It seems early to begin to speak of the arrangements for the next meeting of the British Association, but it is a far cry to Montreal, and a proportionately long start must be made before the final leap is taken. So heartily have the Dominion Government and the Canadian savants entered into the preparations that everything is ready; all the presidents, vice-presidents and secretaries of sections have been selected; all arrangements made with steamship companies and American railways; all excursions have been planned, and all possible routes provided for; instructions of the most detailed kind have been drawn up for the guidance of members; nothing has been left, indeed, except what depends on contingencies of time and place, so that Professor Bonney and his legion of officials may at any moment take up their portmanteaus and walk on shipboard....

THE CALL OF THE NORTH Beyond the butternut, beyond the maple, beyond the white pine and the red, beyond the oak, the cedar, and the beech, beyond even the white and yellow birches lies a Land, and in that Land the shadows fall crimson across the snow. THE CALL OF THE NORTH Being a Dramatized Version of CONJURORS HOUSEA Romance of the Free Forest BY Stewart Edward White AUTHOR OF THE WESTERNERS,THE BLAZED TRAIL,ETC....