LIFE IN LONDON OR, THE PITFALLS OF A GREAT CITY BY EDWIN HODDER, ESQ. 1890. CONTENTS. I. THE INTRODUCTION II. SCHOOL-BOY DAYS III. STARTING WELL IV. MEETING A SCHOOL-FELLOW V. A FARCE VI. THE LECTURE VII. GETTING ON IN THE WORLD VIII. A TEST OF FRIENDSHIP IX. IN EXILE X. MAKING DISCOVERIES XI. THE SICK CHAMBER CHAPTER I. THE INTRODUCTION. Breathless and excited, George Weston came running down a street in Islington....
MARY OLIVIER: A LIFE BY MAY SINCLAIR 1919 CONTENTS BOOK ONE INFANCY (1865-1869) BOOK TWO CHILDHOOD (1869-1875) BOOK THREE ADOLESCENCE (1876-1879) BOOK FOUR MATURITY (1879-1900) BOOK FIVE MIDDLE AGE (1900-1910) BOOK ONEINFANCY (1865-1869) I I. The curtain of the big bed hung down beside the cot. When old Jenny shook it the wooden rings rattled on the pole and grey men with pointed heads and squat, bulging bodies came out of the folds on to the flat green ground....
[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 Antoine-Gustave Droz was born in Paris, June 9, 1832. He was the son of Jules-Antoine Droz, a celebrated French sculptor, and grand son of Jean Pierre Droz, master of the mint and medalist under the Directoire....
OLD AND NEW MASTERS BY ROBERT LYND 1919 TO SYLVIA LYND CONTENTS I. DOSTOEVSKY THE SENSATIONALIST II. JANE AUSTEN: NATURAL HISTORIAN III. MR. G.K. CHESTERTON AND MR. HILAIRE BELLOC (1) THE HEAVENLY TWINS (2) THE COPIOUSNESS OF MR. BELLOC (3) THE TWO MR. CHESTERTONS IV. WORDSWORTH (1) HIS PERSONALITY AND GENIUS (2) HIS POLITICS V. KEATS (1) THE BIOGRAPHY (2) THE MATTHEW ARNOLD VIEW VI. HENRY JAMES (1) THE NOVELIST OF GRAINS AND SCRUPLES (2) THE ARTIST AT WORK (3) HOW HE WAS BORN AGAIN VII....
OttoOf the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle CONTENTS I. The Dragon’s House,II. How the Baron Went Forth to Shear, III. How the Baron Came Home Shorn,IV. The White Cross on the Hill,V. How Otto Dwelt at St. Michaelsburg, VI. How Otto Lived in the Dragon’s House, VII. The Red Cock Crows on Drachenhausen, VIII. In the House of the Dragon Scorner, IX. How One-eyed Hans Came to Trutz-Drachen, X. How Hans Brought Terror to the Kitchen, XI....
Real Soldiers of Fortune by Richard Harding Davis MAJOR-GENERAL HENRY RONALDDOUGLAS MACIVER ANY sunny afternoon, on Fifth Avenue, or at night in the table d’hote restaurants of University Place, you may meet the soldier of fortune who of all his brothers in arms now living is the most remarkable. You may have noticed him; a stiffly erect, distinguished-looking man, with gray hair, an imperial of the fashion of Louis Napoleon, fierce blue eyes, and across his forehead a sabre cut....
REPERTORY OF THE COMEDIE HUMAINEPART II, L — Z L LA BASTIE (Monsieur, Madame and Mademoiselle de). (See Mignon.) LA BASTIE LA BRIERE (Ernest de), member of a good family of Toulouse, born in 1802; very similar in appearance to Louis XIII.; from 1824 to 1829, private secretary to the minister of finances. On the advice of Madame d’Espard, and thus being of service to Eleonore de Chaulieu, he became secretary to Melchior de Canalis and, at the same time, referendary of the Cour des Comptes....
ROSAMUND, QUEEN OF THE LOMBARDSA TRAGEDY by Algernon Charles Swinburne PERSONS REPRESENTED ALBOVINE, King of the Lombards.ALMACHILDES, a young Lombard warrior. NARSETES, an old leader and counsellor. ROSAMUND, Queen of the LombardsHILDEGARD, a noble Lombard maiden.SCENE, VERONATime, June 573 ACT I A hall in the Palace: a curtain drawn midway across it. Enter ALBOVINE and NARSETES. ALBOVINE. This is no matter of the wars: in war Thy king, old friend, is less than king of thine, And comrade less than follower....
by Donald Mackenzie Wallace Copyright 1905 Contents Preface CHAPTER I TRAVELLING IN RUSSIA Railways–State Interference–River Communications–Russian “Grand Tour”–The Volga–Kazan–Zhigulinskiya Gori–Finns and Tartars–The Don–Difficulties of Navigation–Discomforts–Rats–Hotels and Their Peculiar Customs–Roads–Hibernian Phraseology Explained– Bridges–Posting–A Tarantass–Requisites for Travelling– Travelling in Winter–Frostbitten–Disagreeable Episodes–Scene at a Post-Station. CHAPTER II IN THE NORTHERN FORESTS Bird’s-eye View of Russia–The Northern Forests–Purpose of my Journey–Negotiations–The Road–A Village–A Peasant’s House– Vapour-Baths–Curious Custom–Arrival. CHAPTER III VOLUNTARY EXILE Ivanofka–History of the Place–The Steward of the Estate–Slav and Teutonic Natures–A German’s View of the Emancipation–Justices of the Peace–New School of Morals–The Russian Language–Linguistic Talent of the Russians–My Teacher–A Big Dose of Current History....
SCARHAVEN KEEP BY J.S. FLETCHER 1922 CONTENTS CHAPTER I WANTED AT REHEARSAL II GREY ROOK AND GREY SEA III THE MAN WHO KNEW SOMETHING IV THE ESTATE AGENT V THE GREYLE HISTORY VI THE LEADING LADY VII LEFT ON GUARD VIII RIGHT OF WAY IX HOBKIN’S HOLE X THE INVALID CURATE XI BENEATH THE BRAMBLES XII GOOD MEN AND TRUE XIII MR. DENNIE XIV BY PRIVATE TREATY XV THE CABLEGRAM FROM NEW YORK XVI IN TOUCH WITH THE MISSING XVII THE OLD PLAYBILL XVIII THE LIE ON THE TOMBSTONE XIX THE STEAM YACHT XX THE COURTEOUS CAPTAIN XXI MAROONED XXII THE OLD HAND XXIII THE YACHT COMES BACK XXIV THE TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER XXV THE SQUIRE XXVI THE REAVER’S GLEN XXVII THE PEEL TOWERXXVIII THE FOOTPRINTS XXIX SCARVELL’S CUT XXX THE GREENGROCER’S CART XXXI AMBASSADRESS EXTRAORDINARY CHAPTER I WANTED AT REHEARSAL Jerramy, thirty years’ stage-door keeper at the Theatre Royal, Norcaster, had come to regard each successive Monday morning as a time for the renewal of old acquaintance....
IN TWO VOLUMES BY MRS. HUMPHRY WARD AUTHOR OF “MARCELLA,” “THE HISTORY OF DAVID GRIEVE,” “ROBERT ELSMERE,” ETC. VOLUME II. PART II CHAPTER XIII On a hot morning at the end of June, some four weeks after the Castle Luton visit, George Tressady walked from Brook Street to Warwick Square, that he might obtain his mother’s signature to a document connected with the Shapetsky negotiations, and go on from there to the House of Commons....
Illustrating Principally the Revolutionary Period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln and Adjoining Counties, Accompanied with Miscellaneous Information, Much of It Never before Published By C. L. HUNTER 1877 DEDICATION. TO THE DESCENDANTS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOTS OF NORTH CAROLINA, WHETHER NOW ABIDING WITHIN HER BORDERS AND SHARING HER PROSPERITIES AND ADVERSITIES, OR SCATTERED ABROAD IN OTHER STATES OF THE AMERICAN UNION, BUT WHO STILL CHERISH A LASTING VENERATION FOR THE MEMORIES OF THEIR HEROIC FOREFATHERS; AND TO THE YOUNG MEN OF THE STATE GENERALLY, WHO WOULD DRAW LESSONS OF WISDOM, PATRIOTISM AND ENDURANCE FROM THE EXAMPLES HEREIN DESCRIBED, THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR....
SKETCHES OF YOUNG COUPLES AN URGENT REMONSTRANCE, &c TO THE GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND, (BEING BACHELORS OR WIDOWERS,) THE REMONSTRANCE OF THEIR FAITHFUL FELLOW-SUBJECT, SHEWETH,- THAT Her Most Gracious Majesty, Victoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, did, on the 23rd day of November last past, declare and pronounce to Her Most Honourable Privy Council, Her Majesty’s Most Gracious intention of entering into the bonds of wedlock....
by Bret Harte From: “ARGONAUT EDITION” OF THE WORKS OF BRET HARTE, VOL. 13 P. F. COLLIER & SON NEW YORK CONTENTS “UNSER KARL” UNCLE JIM AND UNCLE BILLY SEE YUP THE DESBOROUGH CONNECTIONS SALOMY JANE’S KISS THE MAN AND THE MOUNTAIN THE PASSING OF ENRIQUEZ STORIES IN LIGHT AND SHADOW “UNSER KARL” The American consul for Schlachtstadt had just turned out of the broad Konig’s Allee into the little square that held his consulate....
CONTENTS AUTHOR’S PREFACETHE TEMPESTA MIDSUMMER NIGHT’s DREAMWINTER’S TALEMUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHINGAS YOU LIKE ITTWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONAMERCHANT OF VENICECYMBELINEKING LEARMACBETHALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELLTAMING OF THE SHREWCOMEDY OF ERRORSMEASURE FOR MEASURETWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILLTIMON OF ATHENSROMEO AND JULIETHAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARKOTHELLOPERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE PREFACE The following Tales are meant to be submitted to the young reader as an introduction to the study of Shakespeare, for which purpose his words are used whenever it seemed possible to bring them in; and in whatever has been added to give them the regular form of a connected story, diligent care has been taken to select such words as might least interrupt the effect of the beautiful English tongue in which he wrote: therefore, words introduced into our language since his time have been as far as possible avoided....
BY JEFFERY FARNOL AUTHOR OF “THE BROAD HIGHWAY” WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HERMAN PFEIFER TO MY FATHER WHO HAS EVER CHOSEN THE “HARDER WAY,” WHICH IS A PATH THAT CAN BE TRODDEN ONLY BY THE FOOT OF A MAN CONTENTS CHAPTER I In which Barnabas Knocks Down his Father, though as Dutifully as may be. II In which is Much Unpleasing Matter regarding Silk Purses, Sows’ Ears, Men, and Gentlemen. III How Barnabas Set Out for London Town....
THE OLDEST MILITARY TREATISE IN THE WORLD Translated from the Chinese with Introduction and Critical Notes BY LIONEL GILES, M.A. Assistant in the Department of Oriental Printed Books and MSS. in the British Museum First Published in 1910 —————————————————————– To my brother Captain Valentine Giles, R.G. in the hope that a work 2400 years old may yet contain lessons worth consideration by the soldier of today this translation is affectionately dedicated....
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A JOURNALIST, VOLUME II IN TWO VOLUMES WILLIAM JAMES STILLMAN 1901 [Illustration: W. Stillman] CONTENTS CHAP. XX. CONSULAR LIFE IN CRETE XXI. THE CRETAN INSURRECTION XXII. DIPLOMACY XXIII. ATHENS XXIV. ROSSETTI AND HIS FRIENDS XXV. RETURN TO JOURNALISM XXVI. THE MONTENEGRINS AND THEIR PRINCE XXVII. THE INSURRECTION IN HERZEGOVINA XXVIII. A JOURNEY IN MONTENEGRO AND ALBANIA XXIX. WAR CORRESPONDENCE AT RAGUSA XXX. THE WAR OF 1876 XXXI....
THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT MEADOW BROOK By Laura Lee Hope CONTENTS I. A CROCKERY CRASH II. NEW SUMMER PLANS III. THE RUNAWAY BOY IV. OFF FOR MEADOW BROOK V. SNAP’S ESCAPE VI. AT MEADOW BROOK VII. THE PICNIC VIII. LOST IN THE HAY IX. THE FIVE-PIN SHOW X. A SHAM BATTLE XI. MOVING PICTURES XII. THE BOBBSEYS ACT XIII. THE CIRCUS XIV. FREDDIE IS MISSING XV. FOUND AGAIN XVI. FRANK’S STORY XVII....
THE BRIGHTON BOYS WITH THE FLYING CORPS by Lieutenant James R. Driscoll CONTENTS CHAPTERS I. The Brighton Flying Squadron II. First Steps III. In the Air IV. Off for the Front V. Jimmy Hill Startles the Veterans VI. The Fight in the Air VII. Parker’s Story VIII. Thrills of the Upper Reaches IX. In the Enemy’s Country X. Planning the Escape XI. Through the Lines XII. Pluck and Luck XIII....
