By P. G. WODEHOUSE 1922 To RAYMOND NEEDHAM, K.C. WITH AFFECTION AND ADMIRATION -1- “Jeeves,” I said, “may I speak frankly?” “Certainly, sir.” “What I have to say may wound you.” “Not at all, sir.” “Well, then—-“ No–wait. Hold the line a minute. I’ve gone off the rails. I don’t know if you have had the same experience, but the snag I always come up against when I’m telling a story is this dashed difficult problem of where to begin it....
Robbery Under Arms, by Rolf Boldrewood [pen name for Thomas Alexander Browne, an Australian writer. 1826-1915.] [Note on text: Italicized words or phrases are capitalised. Some obvious errors have been corrected, as noted at the end of the text.] Robbery Under Arms A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Goldfields of Australia By Rolf Boldrewood(Pseudonym of Thomas Alexander Browne) Author of The Miner’s Right’, The Squatter’s Dream’, A Colonial Reformer’, etc....
ROSMERSHOLM A play in four acts by HENRIK IBSEN Translated by R. FARQUHARSON SHARP DRAMATIS PERSONAE John Rosmer, of Rosmersholm, an ex-clergyman. Rebecca West, one of his household, originally engaged as companion to the late Mrs. Rosmer.Kroll, headmaster of the local grammar school, Rosmer’s brother- in-law.Ulrik Brendel.Peter Mortensgaard.Mrs. Helseth, Rosmer’s housekeeper. (The action takes place at Rosmersholm, an old manor-house in the neighbourhood of a small town on a fjord in western Norway....
Including Selections from the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta, Dhammapada, Upanishads, the Koran, and the Life of Buddha, with Critical and Biographical Sketches by Epiphanius Wilson, A.M. 1900 CONTENTS VEDIC HYMNS IntroductionTo the Unknown GodTo the MarutsTo the Maruts and IndraTo Indra and the MarutsTo Agni and the MarutsTo RudraTo RudraTo Agni and the MarutsTo VayuTo VayuIndra and Agastya: A DialogueTo Soma and RudraTo RudraTo VataTo Vata THE ZEND-AVESTA IntroductionDiscovery of the Zend-AvestaThe CreationMyth of YimaThe EarthContracts and OutragesUncleannessFunerals and PurificationCleansing the UncleanSpells Recited During the Cleansing To Fires, Waters, PlantsTo the Earth and the Sacred WatersPrayer for HelpersA Prayer for Sanctity and its Benefits To the FireTo the Bountiful ImmortalsPraise of the Holy BullTo Rain as a Healing PowerTo the Waters and Light of the SunTo the Waters and Light of the Moon To the Waters and Light of the Stars THE DHAMMAPADA IntroductionCHAPTER I....
[Note on text: Italicized words are capitalised. Lines longer than 78 characters are broken and the continuation is indented two spaces. Some obvious errors may have been corrected. The “Notes” section has been abolished, and the notes themselves appear with the poems, instead of in a separate section.] Select Poems of Sidney Lanier Edited With an Introduction, Notes, and Bibliography By Morgan Callaway, Jr., Ph.D.Associate Professor of English Philology in the University of Texas, Formerly Fellow of the Johns Hopkins University; Author of “The Absolute Participle in Anglo-Saxon” [Amended to include “The Marshes of Glynn”] To My Father Preface This edition of the Select Poems of Sidney Lanier’ is issued in the hope of making his poetry known to wider circles than hitherto, especially among the students of our high-schools and colleges....
Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by William Blake Contents: SONGS OF INNOCENCE IntroductionThe ShepherdThe Echoing GreenThe LambThe Little Black BoyThe BlossomThe Chimney-SweeperThe Little Boy LostThe Little Boy PoundLaughing SongA Cradle SongThe Divine ImageHoly ThursdayNightSpringNurse’s SongInfant JoyA DreamOn Another’s Sorrow SONGS OF EXPERIENCE IntroductionEarth’s AnswerThe Clod and the PebbleHoly ThursdayThe Little Girl LostThe Little Girl FoundThe Chimney-SweeperNurse’s SongThe Sick RoseThe FlyThe AngelThe TigerMy Pretty Rose-TreeAh, SunflowerThe LilyThe Garden of LoveThe Little VagabondLondonThe Human AbstractInfant SorrowA Poison TreeA Little Boy LostA Little Girl LostA Divine ImageA Cradle SongThe SchoolboyTo TirzahThe Voice of the Ancient Bard SONGS OF INNOCENCE INTRODUCTION Piping down the valleys wild,Piping songs of pleasant glee,On a cloud I saw a child,And he laughing said to me: ‘Pipe a song about a Lamb!...
STRANGE VISITORS: A SERIES OF ORIGINAL PAPERS, EMBRACING PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE, GOVERNMENT, RELIGION, POETRY, ART, FICTION, SATIRE, HUMOR, NARRATIVE, AND PROPHECY. BY THE SPIRITS OF IRVING, WILLIS, THACKERAY, BRONTE, RICHTER, BYRON, HUMBOLDT, HAWTHORNE, WESLEY, BROWNING, AND OTHERS NOW DWELLING IN THE SPIRIT WORLD DICTATED THROUGH A CLAIRVOYANT, WHILE IN AN ABNORMAL OR TRANCE STATE. 1871 TABLE OF CONTENTS. HENRY J. RAYMOND To the New York Public MARGARET FULLER Literature in Spirit Life LORD BYRON To His Accusers NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE Apparitions WASHINGTON IRVING Visit to Henry Clay NAPOLEON BONAPARTE To The French Nation W....
STUDIES IN LITERATURE BY JOHN MORLEY 1907 NOTE. The contents of the present collection have all been in print before, either in the Nineteenth Century and Fortnightly Review, or in some other shape. I have to thank the proprietors of the two periodicals named for sanctioning the reproduction of my articles here. J.M. October 1890. CONTENTS. WORDSWORTHAPHORISMSMAINE ON POPULAR GOVERNMENTA FEW WORDS ON FRENCH MODELSON THE STUDY OF LITERATUREVICTOR HUGO’S _NINETY-THREE_ON _THE RING AND THE BOOK_MEMORIALS OF A MAN OF LETTERSVALEDICTORY WORDSWORTH....
[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.] LITERARY FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES–Studies of Lowell by William Dean Howells STUDIES OF LOWELL I have already spoken of my earliest meetings with Lowell at Cambridge when I came to New England on a literary pilgrimage from the West in 1860....
VOLUME SIX I Inscribe This Final Volume to The Many Excellent Friends who lent me their valuable aid in copying and annotating The Thousand Nights and a Night Contents of the Sixteenth Volume. The Say of Haykar the Sage 2. The History of Al-Bundukani or, The Caliph Harun Al-Rashid and the Daughter of King Kisra 3. The Linguist-Dame, the Duenna and the King’s Son 4. The Tale of the Warlock and the Young Cook of Baghdad 5....
THE ABOLITIONISTS TOGETHER WITH PERSONAL MEMORIES OF THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 1830-1864 BY JOHN F. HUME G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON The Knickerbocker press 1905 FOREWORD The opening chapter of this work was prepared during the recent presidential campaign. It was the idea of the author that it should appear in one of the leading newspapers or magazines before the election, but maturer reflection brought about a change of purpose....
THE ANTIQUARY By Sir Walter Scott VOLUME TWO. CHAPTER FIRST. Wiser Raymondus, in his closet pent, Laughs at such danger and adventurement When half his lands are spent in golden smoke, And now his second hopeful glasse is broke, But yet, if haply his third furnace hold, Devoteth all his pots and pans to gold.* The author cannot remember where these lines are to be found: perhaps in Bishop Hall’s Satires....
THE BOY ALLIES WITH HAIG IN FLANDERS Or The Fighting Canadians of Vimy Ridge By Clair W. Hayes CHAPTER I A NEW USE FOR A DICTAPHONE The rain fell in torrents over the great battlefield, as Hal Paine and Chester Crawford, taking advantage of the inky blackness of the night, crept from the shelter of the American trenches that faced the enemy across “No Man’s Land.” In the trenches themselves all was silence....
THE BOY RANCHERS ON THE TRAIL OR The Diamond X After Cattle Rustlers By WILLARD F. BAKER CONTENTS I THE ROUND-UP II A CURIOUS INSTRUMENT III STARTLING NEWS IV THE SCRATCHED SAFE V THE BROKEN BOTTLE VI MISSING STEERS VII FOUR EYES VIII THROWING THE ROPE IX THE FIRE X SERIOUS QUESTIONS XI THE WATCH TOWER XII IN SPITE OF ALL XIII THE SIGNAL XIV FOUR EYES-NO EYES XV A BIG RAID XVI ON THE TRAIL XVII WILD COUNTRY XVIII THE BOILING SPRING XIX IN A MAZE XX A SURPRISE XXI IN PURSUIT XXII BUD’S DISCOVERY XXIII THE FIGHT XXIV A DESPERATE CHANCE XXV LIEUTENANT WAYNE THE BOY RANCHERS ON THE TRAIL CHAPTER I THE ROUND-UP “Come on, Nort!...
THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE FLYING SQUADRON by Scout Master Robert Shaler CONTENTS CHAPTERS I. The Two Wolf Patrol Boys II. A Camp Supper III. The Mysterious Explosion IV. Reading a “Sign” by Torchlight V. The “Fool-Proof” Aeroplane VI. A Red Letter Day in the Woods VII. Bud’s Meteor VIII. Uncle Sam’s Flying Squadron IX. Friends in Khaki X. Up in a War Monoplane XI. Good-By to the Foreign Spies XII....
The Presidential Address Delivered by Annie Besant at the Thirty-Second Indian National Congress Held at Calcutta 26th December 1917 FELLOW-DELEGATES AND FRIENDS, Everyone who has preceded me in this Chair has rendered his thanks in fitting terms for the gift which is truly said to be the highest that India has it in her power to bestow. It is the sign of her fullest love, trust, and approval, and the one whom she seats in that chair is, for his year of service, her chosen leader....
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[Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration: EMERSON HOUGH, THE AUTHOR, DRIVING A COVERED WAGON.] THE COVERED WAGON BY EMERSON HOUGH AUTHOR OF HEART’S DESIRE, ETC. ILLUSTRATED WITH SCENES FROM THE PHOTOPLAY A PARAMOUNT PICTURE NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS Made in the United States of America 1922 CONTENTS CHAPTER I.–YOUTH MARCHES II.–THE EDGE OF THE WORLD III.–THE RENDEZVOUS IV.–FEVER OF NEW FORTUNES V.–THE BLACK SPANIARD VI.–ISSUE JOINED VII.–THE JUMP-OFF VIII.–MAN AGAINST MAN IX....
[Illustration: RAPHAEL SEMMES.] THE CRUISE OF THE ALABAMA AND THE SUMTER. FROM THE PRIVATE JOURNALS AND OTHER PAPERS OF COMMANDER R. SEMMES, C.S.N. AND OTHER OFFICERS. Two Volumes in One. NEW YORK: MDCCCLXIV. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by GEO. W. CARLETON, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE LONDON EDITION....
A SELECTION OF PAST ESSAYS SECOND SERIES BY GEORGE TYRRELL, S.J. 1901 “AND SEEING THE MULTITUDES HE WAS MOVED WITH COMPASSION ON THEM, FOR THEY WERE HARASSED AND SCATTERED AS SHEEP HAVING NO SHEPHERD.”(Matthew ix. 36.) Nil Obstat: J. GERARD, S.J. CENS. THEOL. DEPUTATUS. Imprimatur: HERBERTUS CARD. VAUGHAN, ARCHIEP. WESTMON. CONTENTS XIII.–Juliana of Norwich XIV.–Poet and Mystic XV.–Two Estimates of Catholic Life XVI.–A Life of De Lamennais XVII.–Lippo, the Man and the Artist XVIII....
