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THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND. Seventy-five years have passed since Lingard completed his HISTORY OF ENGLAND, which ends with the Revolution of 1688. During that period historical study has made a great advance. Year after year the mass of materials for a new History of England has increased; new lights have been thrown on events and characters, and old errors have been corrected. Many notable works have been written on various periods of our history; some of them at such length as to appeal almost exclusively to professed historical students....

THEHISTORYOF THERISE, PROGRESS, AND ACCOMPLISHMENTOFTHE ABOLITIONOFTHE AFRICAN SLAVE-TRADEBY THEBRITISH PARLIAMENT. BY THOMAS CLARKSON, M.A. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: 1808. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM, LORD GRENVILLE, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES, EARL GREY, (LATE VISCOUNT HOWICK),THE RIGHT HONOURABLE FRANCIS, EARL MOIRA, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEORGE JOHN, EARL SPENCER, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE HENRY RICHARD, LORD HOLLAND, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THOMAS, LORD ERSKINE, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDWARD, LORD ELLENBOROUGH, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD HENRY PETTY,THE RIGHT HONOURABLE, THOMAS GRENVILLE, NINE OUT OF TWELVE OF HIS MAJESTY’S LATE CABINET MINISTERS, TO WHOSE WISE AND VIRTUOUS ADMINISTRATION BELONGS THE UNPARALLELED AND ETERNAL GLORY OF THE ANNIHILATION (AS FAR AS THEIR POWER EXTENDED) OF ONE OF THE GREATEST SOURCES OF CRIMES AND SUFFERINGS, EVER RECORDED IN THE ANNALS OF MANKIND; AND TO THE MEMORIES OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM PITT, AND OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES JAMES FOX, UNDER WHOSE FOSTERING INFLUENCE THE GREAT WORK WAS BEGUN AND PROMOTED, THIS HISTORY OF THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE IS RESPECTFULLY AND GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED....

The Home and the World Rabindranath Tagore [1861-1941] Translated [from Bengali to English]by Surendranath Tagore London: Macmillan, 1919[published in India, 1915, 1916] [Frontispiece: –see woman.jpg] Chapter One Bimala’s Story I MOTHER, today there comes back to mind the vermilion mark [1] at the parting of your hair, the sari [2] which you used to wear, with its wide red border, and those wonderful eyes of yours, full of depth and peace....

The Magic Comb One bright morning in August little Mary Louise put on her hat and went trudging across the meadow to the beach. It was the first time she had been trusted out alone since the family had moved to the seashore for the summer; for Mary Louise was a little girl, nothing about her was large, except her round gray eyes. There was a pale mist on the far-off sea, and up around the sun were white clouds edged with the hues of pinks and violets....

[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.] THE INK STAIN BY RENE BAZIN(Tache d’Encre) By RENE BAZIN BOOK 3. CHAPTER XV BACK TO PARIS MILAN, June 27th. Before daybreak. He asked me whether there was anything he could do for me at Florence....

By FRANCES LITTLE TO ALL GOOD SISTERS, AND TO MINE IN PARTICULAR The Lady of the Decoration SAN FRANCISCO, July 30, 1901. My dearest Mate: Behold a soldier on the eve of battle! I am writing this in a stuffy little hotel room and I don’t dare stop whistling for a minute. You could cover my courage with a postage stamp. In the morning I sail for the Flowery Kingdom, and if the roses are waiting to strew my path it is more than they have done here for the past few years....

THE LESSER BOURGEOISIE(The Middle Classes) by HONORE DE BALZAC Translated ByKatharine Prescott Wormeley DEDICATION To Constance-Victoire. Here, madame, is one of those books which come into the mind, whence no one knows, giving pleasure to the author before he can foresee what reception the public, our great present judge, will accord to it. Feeling almost certain of your sympathy in my pleasure, I dedicate the book to you. Ought it not to belong to you as the tithe formerly belonged to the Church in memory of God, who makes all things bud and fruit in the fields and in the intellect?...

The Lost House by Richard Harding Davis I It was a dull day at the chancellery. His Excellency the American Ambassador was absent in Scotland, unveiling a bust to Bobby Burns, paid for by the numerous lovers of that poet in Pittsburg; the First Secretary was absent at Aldershot, observing a sham battle; the Military Attache was absent at the Crystal Palace, watching a foot-ball match; the Naval Attache was absent at the Duke of Deptford’s, shooting pheasants; and at the Embassy, the Second Secretary, having lunched leisurely at the Artz, was now alone, but prepared with his life to protect American interests....

THE MAKERS AND TEACHERS OF JUDAISM FROM THE FALL OF JERUSALEM TO THE DEATH OF HEROD THE GREAT BY CHARLES FOSTER KENT, PH.D. WOOLSEY PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE IN YALE UNIVERSITY WITH MAPS AND CHARTS 1911 PREFACE The period represented by this volume is in many ways the most complex and confusing in Israel’s history. The record is not that of the life of a nation but of the scattered remnants of a race....

[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of each file for those who may wish to sample the author’s ideas before making an entire meal of them. D.W.] MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF LOUIS XIV. AND OF THE REGENCY, v2 Being the Secret Memoirs of the Mother of the Regent, MADAME ELIZABETH-CHARLOTTE OF BAVARIA, DUCHESSE D’ORLEANS. BOOK 2. CONTENTS: Philippe I., Duc d’OrleansPhilippe II....

[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.] MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF MARIE ANTOINETTE, QUEEN OF FRANCE Being the Historic Memoirs of Madam Campan, First Lady in Waiting to the Queen BOOK 4. CHAPTER XI. About the close of the last century several of the Northern sovereigns took a fancy for travelling....

THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. XII, NO. 347.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1828. [PRICE 2d. EUROPEAN CITIES.–NAPLES. [Illustration: European Cities.–Naples.] In our last volume we commenced the design of illustrating the principal Cities of Europe, by a series of picturesque views–one of which is represented in the above engraving. Our miscellaneous duties in identifying the pages of the MIRROR with subjects of contemporary interest, and anxiety to bring them on our little tapis–(qy....

THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. XIV, No. 397.] SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1829. [PRICE 2d. Burleigh, Northamptonshire. [Illustration] The above is a view of the grand screen and entrance lodges to Burleigh, or Burghley, the seat of the Cecil family, and now the property of the Marquess of Exeter. The house and principal part of the demesne, are within the parish of Stamford St. Martin, in the church of which are some costly monuments to several eminent persons of the Cecil family; and this estate gave title to William Cecil, Baron Burleigh, in 1570....

THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. 17, No. 486.] SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1831. [PRICE 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: WINDSOR CASTLE. GEORGE THE FOURTH’S GATEWAY, FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE QUADRANGLE.] We wish the reader to consider this Engraving as the first of a Series of Illustrations of Windsor Castle, in which it will be our aim to show how far the renovations lately completed or now in progress are likely to improve the olden splendour of this stupendous pile....

VOL. 17, No. 495.] SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1831. [PRICE 2d. HERMITAGE AT FROGMORE. [Illustration] Frogmore is one of the most delightful of the still retreats of Royalty. It was formerly the seat of the Hon. Mrs. Egerton, of whom it was purchased by Queen Charlotte, in 1792, who made considerable additions to the house and gardens. The grounds were laid out by Uvedale Price, Esq. a celebrated person in the annals of picturesque gardening....

THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. XIX, NO. 536.] SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1832. [PRICE 2d. ENTRANCE TO THE BOTANIC GARDEN, MANCHESTER. [Illustration: Entrance to the Botanic Garden, Manchester.] Manchester is distinguished among the large towns of the kingdom for its majority of enlightened individuals. “The whole population,” it has been pertinently observed by a native, “seems to be imbued with a general thirst for knowledge and improvement.” Even amidst the hum of its hundreds of thousand spindles, and its busy haunts of industry, the people have learned to cultivate the pleasures of natural and experimental science, and the delights of literature....

[Note on text: Italicized words or phrases are capitalized. A few obvious errors have been corrected. Many German names with umlauts have had the umlaut replaced with an e’ following the vowel (according to standard form) due to the limitations of ASCII. These names are noted in the Index.] The Moravians in Georgia, 1735-1740. Adelaide L. FriesWinston-Salem, N. C. Preface. In the life of any individual, association, or nation, there will probably be one or more occurrences which may be considered as success or failure according to the dramatic features of the event and the ultimate results....

[Illustration: WILLIAM McKinley.] HISTORY OF NEGRO SOLDIERS IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, AND OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST. BY EDWARD A. JOHNSON, Author of the Famous School History of the Negro Race in America. 1899 BY EDWARD A. JOHNSON, RALEIGH, N.C. CONTENTS. (see last page for index to illustrations.) CHAPTER I The Cause of The War With Spain–The Virginius Affair–General Fitzhugh Lee–Belligerent Rights to Insurgents–Much Money and Time Spent by United States–Spain Tries to Appease Public Sentiment–Weyler “The Butcher”–Resolutions by Congress Favoring Insurgents–Insurgents Gain by–General Antonio Maceo–The Spirit of Insurgents at Maceo’s Death–Jose Maceo–Weyler’s Policy–Miss Cisneros’ Rescue–Appeal for her–Spain and Havana Stirred by American Sentiment–Battle Ship Maine–Official Investigation of Destruction of–Responsibility for–Congress Appropriates $50,000,000 for National Defence–President’s Message–Congress Declares War–Resolution Signed by President–Copy of Resolution Sent Minister Woodford–Fatal Step for Spain–American Navy....

HOME LYRICS. A Book of Poems. BY H. S. BATTERSBY. VOLUME II. PREFACE. * * * * * This second volume of HOME LYRICS has been published since the death of the authoress, and in fulfilment of her last wishes, by her children, and is by them dedicated to the memory of the dearest of mothers, whose whole life was consecrated to their happiness and welfare and who fully reciprocated her self-denial, devotion and love....

[Etext Editor’s note: Due to unclear typesetting of the original work, which contains unidentifiable characters and blank spaces, it has not been possible to capture this text completely. Where we have been unable to recover the meaning of the text, this has been indicated by the annotation [sic] or [blank space]. We hope that in the future a complete edition can be found and these gaps can be filled.] HOMER AND HIS AGE BY ANDREW LANG [Illustration: ALGONQUINS UNDER SHIELD Frontispiece] To R....