The Home Book of Verse, Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson Contents of Volume I of the two volume set are in our Volume 1 This includes contents of Volumes 1 through 4 of our Etext editions. PART II POEMS OF LOVE EROS The sense of the world is short, –Long and various the report, –To love and be beloved;Men and gods have not outlearned it; And, how oft soe’er they’ve turned it,‘Tis not to be improved....
THE INCOMPLETE AMORIST By E. NESBIT Illustrated by CLARENCE F. UNDERWOOD 1906 To Richard ReynoldsandJustus Miles Forman “Faire naitre un desir, le nourrir, le developper, le grandir, le satisfaire, c’est un poeme tout entier.” –Balzac. CONTENTS BOOK I. THE GIRL Chapter I. The InevitableChapter II. The IrresistibleChapter III. VoluntaryChapter IV. InvoluntaryChapter V. The PrisonerChapter VI. The CriminalChapter VII. The Escape BOOK II. THE MAN Chapter VIII. The One and the OtherChapter IX....
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories BY COUNT LEO TOLSTOI Author of “Resurrection,” “Life is Worth Living,” “Ivan the Fool,” Etc. The Kreutzer Sonata CONTENTS. TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE. KREUTZER SONATA. IVAN THE FOOL. A LOST OPPORTUNITY. POLIKUSHKA. THE CANDLE. TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE. On comparing with the original Russian some English translations of Count Tolstoi’s works, published both in this country and in England, I concluded that they were far from being accurate....
MARK TWAIN–A BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS, for nearly half a century known and celebrated as “Mark Twain,” was born in Florida, Missouri, on November 30, 1835. He was one of the foremost American philosophers of his day; he was the world’s most famous humorist of any day. During the later years of his life he ranked not only as America’s chief man of letters, but likewise as her best known and best loved citizen....
MARK TWAIN’S LETTERS 1886-1900 ARRANGED WITH COMMENT BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE VOLUME IV. XXVI LETTERS, 1886-87. JANE CLEMENS’S ROMANCE. UNMAILED LETTERS, ETC. When Clemens had been platforming with Cable and returned to Hartford for his Christmas vacation, the Warner and Clemens families had joined in preparing for him a surprise performance of The Prince and the Pauper. The Clemens household was always given to theatricals, and it was about this time that scenery and a stage were prepared–mainly by the sculptor Gerhardt–for these home performances, after which productions of The Prince and the Pauper were given with considerable regularity to audiences consisting of parents and invited friends....
THE MERRY DEVILL OF EDMONTON (DRAMATIS PERSONAE.) Sir Arthur Clare.Sir Richard Mounchensey.Sir Ralph Jerningham.Henry Clare.Raymond Mounchensey.Frank Jerningham.Sir John [a Priest].Banks [the Miller of Waltham].Smug [the Smith of Edmonton].Bilbo.[Blague the] Host.Brian.[Raph, Brian’s man.][Friar Hildersham.][Benedick.][Chamberlaine.][Coreb, a Spirit.]Fabel [the Merry Devil].Lady Clare.Millisent.Abbess.Sexton.Nuns and Attendants. The Prologue. Your silence and attention, worthy friends, That your free spirits may with more pleasing sense Relish the life of this our active scene: To which intent, to calm this murmuring breath, We ring this round with our invoking spells; If that your listning ears be yet prepard To entertain the subject of our play,Lend us your patience....
THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. 17, No. 483.] SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1831. [PRICE 2d. [Illustration: GROTTO AT ASCOT PLACE.] Here is a picturesque contrivance of Art to embellish Nature. We have seen many such labours, but none with more satisfaction than the Grotto at Ascot Place. This estate is in the county of Surrey, five miles south-east from Windsor, on the side of Ascot Heath, near Winkfield....
Contents: PREFACE BOOK FIRST. Napoleon Bonaparte. Chapter I. Historical Importance of his Character and Genius. Chapter II. His Ideas, Passions and Intelligence. BOOK SECOND. Formation and Character of the New State. Chapter I. The Institution of Government. Chapter II. Use and Abuse of Government Services. Chapter III. The New Government Organization. BOOK THIRD. Object and Merits of the System. Chapter I. Recovery of Social Order. Chapter II. Taxation and Conscription....
THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA BY JOHN MUIR [Illustration: HOOFED LOCUSTS.] 1894 CONTENTS CHAPTER I THE SIERRA NEVADA II THE GLACIERS III THE SNOW IV A NEAR VIEW OF THE HIGH SIERRA V THE PASSES VI THE GLACIER LAKES VII THE GLACIER MEADOWSVIII THE FORESTS IX THE DOUGLAS SQUIRREL X A WIND-STORM IN THE FORESTS XI THE RIVER FLOODS XII SIERRA THUNDER-STORMSXIII THE WATER-OUZEL XIV THE WILD SHEEP XV IN THE SIERRA FOOT-HILLS XVI THE BEE-PASTURES LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS HOOFED LOCUSTSMOUNT TAMALPAIS–NORTH OF THE GOLDEN GATE MOUNT SHASTA, LOOKING SOUTHWESTMOUNT HOODMOUNT RAINIER FROM PARADISE VALLEY–NISQUALLY GLACIER MAP OF THE YOSEMITE VALLEYMAP OF THE YOSEMITE VALLEY, SHOWING PRESENT RESERVATION BOUNDARY VIEW OF THE MONO PLAIN FROM THE FOOT OF BLOODY CANON LAKE TENAYA, ONE OF THE YOSEMITE FOUNTAINS THE DEATH OF A LAKELAKE STARR KINGVIEW IN THE SIERRA FORESTEDGE OF THE TIMBER LINE ON MOUNT SHASTA VIEW IN THE MAIN PINE BELT OF THE SIERRA FOREST NUT PINETHE GROVE FORMLOWER MARGIN OF THE MAIN PINE BELT, SHOWING OPEN CHARACTER OF WOODS SUGAR PINE ON EXPOSED RIDGEYOUNG SUGAR PINE BEGINNING TO BEAR CONES FOREST OF SEQUOIA, SUGAR PINE, AND DOUGLAS SPRUCE PINUS PONDEROSASILVER PINE 210 FEET HIGHINCENSE CEDAR IN ITS PRIMEFOREST OF GRAND SILVER FIRSVIEW OF FOREST OF THE MAGNIFICENT SILVER FIR SILVER-FIR FOREST GROWING ON MORAINES OF THE HOFFMAN AND TENAYA GLACIERSJUNIPER, OR RED CEDARSTORM-BEATEN HEMLOCK SPRUCE, FORTY FEET HIGH GROUP OF ERECT DWARF PINESA DWARF PINEOAK GROWING AMONG YELLOW PINESTRACK OF DOUGLAS SQUIRREL ONCE DOWN AND UP A PINE-TREE WHEN SHOWING OFF TO A SPECTATORSEEDS, WINGS, AND SCALE OF SUGAR PINE TRYING THE BOWA WIND-STORM IN THE CALIFORNIA FORESTS WATER-OUZEL DIVING AND FEEDINGONE OF THE LATE-SUMMER FEEDING-GROUNDS OF THE OUZEL OUZEL ENTERING A WHITE CURRENTTHE OUZEL AT HOMEYOSEMITE BIRDS, SNOW-BOUND AT THE FOOT OF INDIAN CANON SNOW-BOUND ON MOUNT SHASTAHEAD OF THE MERINO RAMHEAD OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD SHEEPCROSSING A CANON STREAMWILD SHEEP JUMPING OVER A PRECIPICE INDIANS HUNTING WILD SHEEPA BEE-RANCH IN LOWER CALIFORNIAWILD BEE GARDENIN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY....
PART 1–DROPPED FROM THE CLOUDS Chapter 1 “Are we rising again?” “No. On the contrary.” “Are we descending?” “Worse than that, captain! we are falling!” “For Heaven’s sake heave out the ballast!” “There! the last sack is empty!” “Does the balloon rise?” “No!” “I hear a noise like the dashing of waves. The sea is below the car! It cannot be more than 500 feet from us!” “Overboard with every weight!...
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IN A GERMAN PENSIONby Katherine Mansfield Contents. Germans at Meat.2. The Baron.3. The Sister of the Baroness.4. Frau Fischer.5. Frau Brechenmacher attends a Wedding. 6. The Modern Soul.7. At Lehmann’s.8. The Luft Bad.9. A Birthday.10. The Child-Who-Was-Tired.11. The Advanced Lady.12. The Swing of the Pendulum.13. A Blaze. GERMANS AT MEAT. Bread soup was placed upon the table. “Ah,” said the Herr Rat, leaning upon the table as he peered into the tureen, “that is what I need....
JOSEPHUS BY NORMAN BENTWICH Author of “Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria” PHILADELPHIA THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA 1914 PREFACE Josephus hardly merits a place on his own account in a series of Jewish Worthies, since neither as man of action nor as man of letters did he deserve particularly well of his nation. It is not his personal worthiness, but the worth of his work, that recommends him to the attention of the Jewish people....
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MARCH, 1875. Vol. XV, No. 87 TABLE OF CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS AN ESCAPE FROM SIBERIA. [Illustrated] AUSTRALIAN SCENES AND ADVENTURES. Two Papers.–1. [Illustrated] FORECAST by CHARLOTTE F. BATES. THE MATCHLESS ONE: A Tale of American Society, In Four Chapters by ITA ANIOL PROKOP. Chapter III. Chapter IV. MUNICH AS A PEST-CITY. AMONG THE BLOUSARDS by WIRT SIKES. SONNET by F.A. HILLARD. THREE FEATHERS by WILLIAM BLACK Chapter XXVI. A Perilous Truce....
PLAYING PILGRIMS “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents,” grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. “It’s so dreadful to be poor!” sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress. “I don’t think it’s fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all,” added little Amy, with an injured sniff. “We’ve got Father and Mother, and each other,” said Beth contentedly from her corner....
“Le donne, i cavalier’, l’arme, gli amori, Le cortesie, l’audace imprese io canto.” ARIOSTO CONTENTS CHAPTER I. VOX POPULI II. ON A MOUNTAIN PATH III. SACKCLOTH AND MOTLEY IV. MONNA VALENTINA V. GIAN MARIA VI. THE AMOROUS DUKE VII. GONZAGA THE INSIDIOUS VIII. AMONG THE DREGS OF WINE IX. THE “TRATTA DI CORDE” X. THE BRAYING OF AN ASS XI. WANDERING KNIGHTS XII. THE FOOL’S INQUISITIVENESS XIII. GIAN MARIA MAKES A VOW XIV....
LOVE FOR LOVE–A COMEDY Nudus agris, nudus nummis paternis,Insanire parat certa ratione modoque. – HOR. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLECHARLES, EARL OF DORSET AND MIDDLESEX, LORD CHAMBERLAIN OF HIS MAJESTY’S HOUSEHOLD, AND KNIGHT OF THE MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE GARTER, ETC. My Lord,–A young poet is liable to the same vanity and indiscretion with a young lover; and the great man who smiles upon one, and the fine woman who looks kindly upon t’other, are both of ’em in danger of having the favour published with the first opportunity....
[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 10. By LOUIS ANTOINE FAUVELET DE BOURRIENNE His Private Secretary Edited by R. W. PhippsColonel, Late Royal Artillery 1891 CONTENTS:CHAPTER XI. to CHAPTER XVIII. 1807-1809 CHAPTER XI. 1807 Abuse of military power–Defence of diplomatic rights–Marshal Brune –Army supplies–English cloth and leather–Arrest on a charge of libel–Dispatch from M....
[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.] MONSIEUR, MADAME AND BEBE By GUSTAVE DROZ BOOK 2. CHAPTER XIII THE BLUE NOTE-BOOK Toward midnight mamma made a sign to me with her eyes, and under cover of a lively waltz we slipped out of the drawing-room....
