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John Worthing, J.P. Algernon Moncrieff Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D. Merriman, Butler Lane, Manservant Lady Bracknell Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax Cecily Cardew Miss Prism, Governess THE SCENES OF THE PLAY ACT I. Algernon Moncrieff’s Flat in Half-Moon Street, W. ACT II. The Garden at the Manor House, Woolton. ACT III. Drawing-Room at the Manor House, Woolton. TIME: The Present. LONDON: ST. JAMES’S THEATRE Lessee and Manager: Mr. George Alexander February 14th, 1895...

THE JACKET CHAPTER I All my life I have had an awareness of other times and places. I have been aware of other persons in me.–Oh, and trust me, so have you, my reader that is to be. Read back into your childhood, and this sense of awareness I speak of will be remembered as an experience of your childhood. You were then not fixed, not crystallized. You were plastic, a soul in flux, a consciousness and an identity in the process of forming–ay, of forming and forgetting....

by Marie Belloc Lowndes “Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.” PSALM lxxxviii. 18 CHAPTER I Robert Bunting and Ellen his wife sat before their dully burning, carefully-banked-up fire. The room, especially when it be known that it was part of a house standing in a grimy, if not exactly sordid, London thoroughfare, was exceptionally clean and well-cared-for. A casual stranger, more particularly one of a Superior class to their own, on suddenly opening the door of that sitting-room; would have thought that Mr....

THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF GREAT MUSICIANS By RUPERT HUGHES Author of “Contemporary American Composers,” “The Musical Guide”, etc. ILLUSTRATED VOLUME II. 1903 CONTENTS CHAPTER I. FRANZ LISZT II. RICHARD WAGNER III. TSCHAIKOVSKI, THE WOMAN-DREADER IV. THE HEART OF A VIOLINIST V. AN OMNIBUS CHAPTER VI. ROBERT SCHUMANN AND CLARA WIECK VII. MUSICIANS AS LOVERS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS MISS SMITHSON Frontispiece FRANZ LISZT GEORGE SAND, FROM THE PORTRAIT BY L. COLAMATTA PRINCESS CAROLYNE VON SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN AND CHILD RICHARD WAGNER RICHARD AND COSIMA WAGNER RICHARD WAGNER AT BAYREUTH DESIREE ARTOT LOUIS SPOHR NICOLO PAGANINI HENRIETTA SONTAG MADAME MALIBRAN GEOFFREY RUDEL MARTIN LUTHER AND CATHERINA VON BORA MUZIO CLEMENTI HECTOR BERLIOZ CHARLES GOUNOD GIOACCHINO A....

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa BOOK 3 VANA PARVA Translated into English Prose from the Original Sanskrit Text by Kisari Mohan Ganguli [1883-1896] THE MAHABHARATA VANA PARVA PART 2 SECTION CXLV (continued from previous e-book) And the ruddy geese, and the gallinules and the ducks and the karandavas and the plavas and the parrots and the male kokilas and the herons in confusion flew in all directions, while some proud elephants urged by their mates, as also some lions and elephants in rage, flew at Bhimasena....

[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 JEAN FRANCOIS PAUL de GONDI, CARDINAL DE RETZ, v2 Written by Himself Being Historic Court Memoirs of the Great Events during the Minority of Louis XIV. and the Administration of Cardinal Mazarin. BOOK 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 MADAME LA MARQUISE DE MONTESPAN, v5 Written by Herself Being the Historic Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. BOOK 5. CHAPTER I. The Prince de Mont-Beliard.–He Agrees to the Propositions Made Him.– The King’s Note....

THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. XVII, No. 489.] SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1831. [PRICE 2d. ST. GEORGE’S HOSPITAL. [Illustration: ST. GEORGE’S HOSPITAL.] All who enjoy the luxury of doing good (and who does not, in some way or other?) will be happy to learn that the above is the elevation of the new St. George’s Hospital, at Hyde Park Corner. It is already a splendid monument of British benevolence; but is only a portion of the original plan, which is to complete another front towards Hyde Park; this will extend even further than the old hospital....

VOL. 19, No. 549] SUPPLEMENTARY NUMBER [PRICE 2_d_. THE ALHAMBRA, IN SPAIN [Illustration: GENERAL VIEW.] [Illustration: Palace of Charles V., see page 340.] Accumulated novelties from Books published within the past month have led to the publication of the present Supplement. Although its contents have not been drawn from works of unfettered fancy, it is hoped they will be found to blend the real with the imaginative in such a degree as to render their knowledge not the less useful for its being amusive....

Vol. 20, No. 563.] SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1832. [PRICE 2d ANTIQUITIES OF THE PEAK. CROSSES [Illustration: (At Eyam.)] [Illustration: (At Wheston.)] [Illustration: (Beauchief Abbey.)] Mr. Rhodes, the elegant topographer of the Peak, observes, “there are but few individuals in this country, possessing the means and the opportunities of travel, who have not, either from curiosity or some other motive, visited the Peak of Derbyshire.” This remark is correct; and to it we may add, that the “few” who have not personally visited the Peak, have become familiar with its wonders through the pencils of artists, or the graphic pens of accomplished tourists....

HISTORICAL MINIATURES by AUGUST STRINDBERG (Translated by CLAUD FIELD, M.A.) PREFACE Maximilian Harden, the well-known critic, writes in the Zukunft (7th September 1907) of the Historical Miniatures: “A very interesting book, as might be expected, for it is Strindberg’s. And I am bold enough to say a book which should and must be successful with the public. The writer is not here concerned with Sweden, nor with Natural History. A philosopher and poet here describes the visions which a study of the history of mankind has called up before his inner eye....

IN DEFENSE OF HARRIET SHELLEY by Mark Twain I I have committed sins, of course; but I have not committed enough of them to entitle me to the punishment of reduction to the bread and water of ordinary literature during six years when I might have been living on the fat diet spread for the righteous in Professor Dowden’s Life of Shelley, if I had been justly dealt with. During these six years I have been living a life of peaceful ignorance....

[Illustration: MADAME CHARLES MOULTON] IN THE COURTS OF MEMORY1858-1875FROM CONTEMPORARY LETTERS BYL. DE HEGERMANN-LINDENCRONE ILLUSTRATIONS MADAME CHARLES MOULTON THE FAY HOUSE, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS EMPEROR NAPOLEON III EMPRESS EUGÉNIE DANIEL FRANÇOIS ESPRIT AUBER FACSIMILE OF LETTER FROM THE DUKE DE MORNY JENNY LIND THE MAIN FAÇADE–CHÂTEAU DE COMPIÈGNE SALLE DES FÊTES–CHÂTEAU DE COMPIÈGNE CHÂTEAU DE PIERREFONDS THE MUSIC HALL–CHÂTEAU DE COMPIÈGNE FACSIMILE OF LETTER FROM JENNY LIND FACSIMILE OF LISZT LETTER MÉRIMÉE’S SIGNATURE AND ANSWERS TO MADAME MOULTON’S QUESTIONS LA SALLE DES PREUX–CHÂTEAU DE PIERREFONDS…....

IN THE PALACE OF THE KING A LOVE STORY OF OLD MADRID BYF. MARION CRAWFORD 1900 To my old friend GEORGE P. BRETT New York, October, 1906 CONTENTS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX * * * * * CHAPTER I Two young girls sat in a high though very narrow room of the old Moorish palace to which King Philip the Second had brought his court when he finally made Madrid his capital....

A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter, with Introduction and Interpretation by ESTELLE M. HURLL The Riverside Art Series 1900 [Illustration: JEAN FRANCOIS MILLET] PREFACE In making a selection of Millet’s pictures, devoted as they are to the single theme of French peasant life, variety of subject can be obtained only by showing as many phases of that life as possible. Our illustrations therefore represent both men and women working separately in the tasks peculiar to each, and working together in the labors shared between them....

[Illustration: His Whole Appearance Suggested Dyspepsia.] JOHNNY BEAR and other stories from Lives of the Hunted by Ernest Thompson Seton [Illustration] CONTENTS: JOHNNY BEAR His Whole Appearance Suggested Dyspepsia But Johnny Wanted to SeeA Syrup-tin Kept Him Happy for a Long Time TITO: THE STORY OF THE COYOTE THAT LEARNED HOW Coyotito, the CaptiveThey Considered Themselves Acquainted Their Evening SongTito and her BroodTito’s Race for Life WHY THE CHICKADEE GOES CRAZY ONCE A YEAR JOHNNY BEAR I Johnny was a queer little bear cub that lived with Grumpy, his mother, in the Yellowstone Park....

LETTERS OF TRAVEL THE DOMINIONS EDITION LETTERS OF TRAVEL (1892-1913) BY RUDYARD KIPLING MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITEDST. MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON1920 The Letters entitled ‘FROM TIDEWAY TO TIDEWAY’ were published originally in The Times; those entitled ‘LETTERS TO THE FAMILY’ in The Morning Post; and those entitled ‘EGYPT OF THE MAGICIANS’ in Nash’s Magazine. COPYRIGHT This Edition is intended for circulation only in India and the British Dominions over the Seas CONTENTS FROM TIDEWAY TO TIDEWAY (1892)– In Sight of MonadnockAcross a ContinentThe Edge of the EastOur Overseas MenSome EarthquakesHalf-a-Dozen Pictures‘Captains Courageous’On One Side OnlyLeaves from a Winter Note-Book LETTERS TO THE FAMILY (1907)– The Road to QuebecA People at HomeCities and SpacesNewspapers and DemocracyLabourThe Fortunate TownsMountains and the PacificA Conclusion EGYPT OF THE MAGICIANS (1913)– Sea TravelA Return to the EastA Serpent of Old NileUp the RiverDead KingsThe Face of the DesertThe Riddle of Empire * * * * * FROM TIDEWAY TO TIDEWAY 1892-95 IN SIGHT OF MONADNOCK....

LIBRARY OF THE WORLD’S BEST LITERATURE ANCIENT AND MODERN CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER EDITOR HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIELUCIA GILBERT RUNKLEGEORGE HENRY WARNER ASSOCIATE EDITORS Connoisseur Edition VOL. III. THE ADVISORY COUNCIL * * * * * CRAWFORD H. TOY, A.M., LL.D., Professor of Hebrew, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, Mass. THOMAS R. LOUNSBURY, LL.D., L.H.D., Professor of English in the Sheffield Scientific School of YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, Conn. WILLIAM M. SLOANE, PH.D., L....

BY HAROLD BINDLOSS Author of “THE WILDERNESS MINE,” “WYNDHAM’S PAL,” “PARTNERS OF THE OUT-TRAIL,” “THE BUCCANEER FARMER,” “THE LURE OF THE NORTH,” “THE GIRL FROM KELLER’S,” “CARMEN’S MESSENGER,” ETC. 1920 CONTENTS PART I–BARBARA’S REBELLION CHAPTER I CARTWRIGHT MEDDLES II IN THE DARK III BARBARA VANISHES IV THE GIRL ON THE PLATFORM V SHILLITO GETS AWAY VI WINNIPEG BEACH VII LISTER’S DISSATISFACTION VIII THE TEST IX BARBARA PLAYS A PART X VERNON’S CURIOSITY PART II–THE RECKONING I VERNON’S PLOT II BARBARA’S RETURN III LISTER CLEARS THE GROUND IV A DISSATISFIED SHAREHOLDER V CARTWRIGHT’S SCRUPLES VI A NASTY KNOCK VII THE SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING VIII A STOLEN EXCURSION IX CARTWRIGHT SEES A PLAN X A BOLD SPECULATION XI THE START PART III–THE BREAKING STRAIN I THE FIRST STRUGGLE II THE WRECK III A FUEL PROBLEM IV MONTGOMERY’S OFFER V MONTGOMERY USES HIS POWER VI LISTER MEETS AN OLD ANTAGONIST VII BARBARA’S REFUSAL VIII CARTWRIGHT GETS TO WORK IX LISTER MAKES GOOD X BARBARA TAKES CONTROL XI LISTER’S REWARD PART I–BARBARA’S REBELLION CHAPTER I CARTWRIGHT MEDDLES Dinner was over, and Cartwright occupied a chair on the lawn in front of the Canadian summer hotel....

by William Shakespeare Dramatis Personae. FERDINAND, King of NavarreBEROWNE, Lord attending on the King LONGAVILLE, Lord attending on the KingDUMAINE, Lord attending on the King BOYET, Lord attending on the Princess of France MARCADE, Lord attending on the Princess of France DON ADRIANO DE ARMADO, a fantastical Spaniard SIR NATHANIEL, a CurateHOLOFERNES, a SchoolmasterDULL, a ConstableCOSTARD, a ClownMOTH, Page to ArmadoA FORESTER THE PRINCESS OF FRANCEROSALINE, Lady attending on the Princess MARIA, Lady attending on the PrincessKATHARINE, Lady attending on the Princess JAQUENETTA, a country wench Officers and Others, Attendants on the King and Princess....