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THE LIFE OF THE RT. HON. SIR CHARLES W. DILKE BART., M.P. BEGUN BY STEPHEN GWYNN, M.P. COMPLETED AND EDITED BY GERTRUDE M. TUCKWELL LITERARY EXECUTRIX OF SIR CHARLES DILKE WITH PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II. CONTENTS OF VOL. II. CHAPTER XXXIV. HOME AFFAIRS (OCTOBER, 1883, TO DECEMBER, 1884) XXXV. EGYPT (1884) XXXVI. FRANCHISE AND REDISTRIBUTION (JULY TO DECEMBER, 1884) XXXVII. FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN 1884 XXXVIII. DIVIDED COUNSELS (JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1885) XXXIX....

CAPTAINS ALL By W.W. Jacobs THE MADNESS OF MR. LISTER [Illustration: “The Madness of Mr. Lister.”] Old Jem Lister, of the Susannah, was possessed of two devils–the love of strong drink and avarice–and the only thing the twain had in common was to get a drink without paying for it. When Mr. Lister paid for a drink, the demon of avarice masquerading as conscience preached a teetotal lecture, and when he showed signs of profiting by it, the demon of drink would send him hanging round public-house doors cadging for drinks in a way which his shipmates regarded as a slur upon the entire ship’s company....

THE MARBLE FAUN, VOL. IIor The Romance of Monte Beni BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE IN TWO VOLUMES Table of Contents Volume I I MIRIAM, HILDA, KENYON, DONATELLOII THE FAUNIII SUBTERRANEAN REMINISCENCESIV THE SPECTRE OF THE CATACOMBV MIRIAM’S STUDIOVI THE VIRGIN’S SHRINEVII BEATRICEVIII THE SUBURBAN VILLAIX THE FAUN AND NYMPHX THE SYLVAN DANCEXI FRAGMENTARY SENTENCESXII A STROLL ON THE PINCIANXIII A SCULPTOR’S STUDIOXIV CLEOPATRAXV AN AESTHETIC COMPANYXVI A MOONLIGHT RAMBLEXVII MIRIAM’S TROUBLEXVIII ON THE EDGE OF A PRECIPICEXIX THE FAUN’S TRANSFORMATIONXX THE BURIAL CHANTXXI THE DEAD CAPUCHINXXII THE MEDICI GARDENSXXIII MIRIAM AND HILDA Volume II XXIV THE TOWER AMONG THE APENNINESXXV SUNSHINEXXVI THE PEDIGREE OF MONTE BENIXXVII MYTHSXXVIII THE OWL TOWERXXIX ON THE BATTLEMENTSXXX DONATELLO’S BUSTXXXI THE MARBLE SALOONXXXII SCENES BY THE WAYXXXIII PICTURED WINDOWSXXXIV MARKET-DAY IN PERUGIAXXXV THE BRONZE PONTIFF’S BENEDICTION XXXVI HILDA’S TOWERXXXVII THE EMPTINESS OF PICTURE GALLERIES XXXVIII ALTARS AND INCENSEXXXIX THE WORLD’S CATHEDRALXL HILDA AND A FRIENDXLI SNOWDROPS AND MAIDENLY DELIGHTS XLII REMINISCENCES OF MIRIAMXLIII THE EXTINCTION OF A LAMPXLIV THE DESERTED SHRINEXLV THE FLIGHT OF HILDA’S DOVESXLVI A WALK ON THE CAMPAGNAXLVII THE PEASANT AND CONTADINAXLVIII A SCENE IN THE CORSOXLIX A FROLIC OF THE CARNIVALL MIRIAM, HILDA, KENYON, DONATELLO THE MARBLE FAUN Volume II CHAPTER XXIV THE TOWER AMONG THE APENNINES It was in June that the sculptor, Kenyon, arrived on horseback at the gate of an ancient country house (which, from some of its features, might almost be called a castle) situated in a part of Tuscany somewhat remote from the ordinary track of tourists....

THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. XIII, No. 357.] SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1829. [PRICE 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: WARWICK CASTLE.] WARWICK CASTLE. The history of a fabric, so intimately connected with some of the most important events recorded in the chronicles of our country, as that of Warwick Castle, cannot fail to be alike interesting to the antiquary, the historian, and the man of letters....

THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. 14, No. 388.] SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1829. [PRICE 2d. * * * * * ST. DUNSTAN’S, FLEET STREET. [Illustration] No church in London is perhaps better known than the above, which is distinctively called Saint Dunstan’s in the West. External elegance has little to do with this celebrity, which has been acquired by the two wooden figures placed on a pediment in front, representing savages, who indicate the hours and quarters by striking a bell with their clubs: this has caused a wag to describe them as the most striking wonders of the metropolis....

THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. XIV, NO. 392.] SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1829. [PRICE 2d. The Duke’s Theatre, Dorset Gardens. [Illustration: The Duke’s Theatre, Dorset Gardens.] The above theatre was erected in the year 1671, about a century after the regular establishment of theatres in England. It rose in what may be called the brazen age of the Drama, when the prosecutions of the Puritans had just ceased, and legitimacy and licentiousness danced into the theatre hand in hand....

THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. 17, No. 485.] SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1831. [PRICE 2d. * * * * * MOCHA. [Illustration: MOCHA.] “Bon pour la digestion,” said the young Princess Esterhazy, when sent to bed by her governess without her dinner; we say the same of coffee; and hope the reader will think the same of Mocha, or the place whence the finest quality is exported. Mocha, the coffee-drinker need not be told, is a place of some importance on the borders of the Red Sea, in that part of Arabia termed “Felix,” or “Happy....

VOL. 19, NO. 537.] SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1832. [PRICE 2d. POLYNESIAN ISLANDS. [Illustration: TUCOPIA.] [Illustration: PIERCY ISLANDS] Mr. George Bennett,[1] whose “Journals” and “Researches” denote him to be a shrewd and ingenious observer, has favoured us with the original sketches of the above cuts. They represent three of the spots that stud the Southern Pacific Ocean. The first beams with lovely luxuriance in its wood-crowned heights; while the second and third rise from the bosom of the sea in frowning sterility amidst the gay ripple that ever and anon laves their sides, and plashes in the brilliancy of the sunbeam....

THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. XX. No. 556.] SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1832. [PRICE 2d. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. [Illustration: CIRCULAR BUILDING FOR LIONS, TIGERS, &c.] [Illustration: INTERIOR OF CIRCULAR BUILDING.] [Illustration: ROCKWORK FOR BEAVERS, &c.] SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. [Although the reader will scarcely fail to recognise the typographical amendments contemplated in the Preface to our last volume, we may be allowed to point attention to the most important change....

BY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM AUTHOR OF “THE LIGHTED WAY,” “THE TEMPTING OF TAVERNAKE,” “HAVOC,” ETC. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HANSON BOOTH 1913 CONTENTS BOOK ONE CHAPTER I SYMPATHY AND SELFISHNESS II AN INDISCREET LETTER III A RUINED CAREER IV A BUNCH OF VIOLETS V A SENTIMENTAL EPISODE VI AT THE CAFE L’ATHENEE VII COFFEE FOR THREE VIII IN PARIS IX MADAME CHRISTOPHOR X BETTER ACQUAINTANCE XI THE TOYMAKER FROM LEIPZIG XII AT THE RAT MORT XIII POLITICS AND PATRIOTISM XIV THE MORNING AFTER XV BEHIND CLOSED DOORS XVI “HAVE YOU EVER LOVED?...

THE MISSES MALLETT (The Bridge Dividing) by E. H. Young Contents BOOK I ROSE BOOK II HENRIETTA BOOK III ROSE AND HENRIETTA Book I: Rose 1 On the high land overlooking the distant channel and the hills beyond it, the spring day, set in azure, was laced with gold and green. Gorse bushes flaunted their colour, larch trees hung out their tassels and celandines starred the bright green grass in an air which seemed palpably blue....

by H. G. Wells CONTENTS BOOK THE FIRST THE MAKING OF A MAN I. CONCERNING A BOOK THAT WAS NEVER WRITTEN II. BROMSTEAD AND MY FATHERIII. SCHOLASTICIV. ADOLESCENCE BOOK THE SECOND MARGARET I. MARGARET IN STAFFORDSHIREII. MARGARET IN LONDONIII. MARGARET IN VENICEIV. THE HOUSE IN WESTMINSTER BOOK THE THIRD THE HEART OF POLITICS I. THE RIDDLE FOR THE STATESMANII. SEEKING ASSOCIATESIII. SECESSIONIV. THE BESETTING OF SEX BOOK THE FOURTH ISABEL I....

Contents: Preface by Robert RossA Florentine Tragedy–A FragmentLa Sainte Courtisane–A Fragment PREFACE BY ROBERT ROSS ‘As to my personal attitude towards criticism, I confess in brief the following:- “If my works are good and of any importance whatever for the further development of art, they will maintain their place in spite of all adverse criticism and in spite of all hateful suspicions attached to my artistic intentions. If my works are of no account, the most gratifying success of the moment and the most enthusiastic approval of as augurs cannot make them endure....

HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN CLOCK BUSINESS FOR THE PAST SIXTY YEARS, ANDLIFE OF CHAUNCEY JEROME WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. Barnum’s Connection with the Yankee Clock Business 1860. [Illustration: Litho of E.B. & E.C. Kellogg, Hartford, Conn. Signature of Chauncey Jerome] PREFACE. The manufacture of Clocks has become one of the most important branches of American industry. Its productions are of immense value and form an important article of export to foreign countries....

This text was prepared from a 1902 edition, published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York and London. It was originally published in 1893. It is part II of “The Wilderness Hunter.” Etext prepared by Dagny, dagnyj@hotmail.com and John Bickers, jbickers@ihug.co.nz HUNTING THE GRISLY AND OTHER SKETCHES by THEODORE ROOSEVELT An Account of the Big Game of the United States and its Chase with Horse Hound, and Rifle CHAPTER I....

by Walter Scott Now fitted the halter, now traversed the cart, And often took leave,—-but seemed loath to depart!* The motto alludes to the Author returning to the stage * repeatedly after having taken leave. Prior. INTRODUCTION TO IVANHOE. The Author of the Waverley Novels had hitherto proceeded in an unabated course of popularity, and might, in his peculiar district of literature, have been termed “L’Enfant Gate” of success. It was plain, however, that frequent publication must finally wear out the public favour, unless some mode could be devised to give an appearance of novelty to subsequent productions....

[Illustration: “‘WHO ARE YOU, MY CHILD?’ I SAID’–Page 3 (Frontispiece)] J. COLE BY EMMA GELLIBRAND J. COLE. “HONNERD MADAM, “Wich i hav seed in the paper a page Boy wanted, and begs to say J. Cole is over thertene, and I can clene plate, wich my brutther is under a butler and lernd me, and I can wate, and no how to clene winders and boots. J. Cole opes you will let me cum....

Page numbers for scholarly reference are shown in curled brackets thus {45} throughout the text. The page number is placed at the start of the text of the printed page. Footnotes are shown in square brackets thus [1] and are placed at the bottom of the page. {iii} Jailed for Freedom By Doris Stevens {iv} {v} To Alice Paul Through Whose Brilliant and Devoted Leadership the Women of America Have Been Able to Consummate with Gladness and Gallant Courage Their Long Struggle for Political Liberty, This Book is Affectionately Dedicated {vi} Blank page {vii} Preface This book deals with the intensive campaign of the militant suffragists of America [1913-1919] to win a solitary thing-the passage by Congress of the national suffrage amendment enfranchising women....

[Illustration: JAMES FENIMORE COOPER.] JAMES FENIMORE COOPER by MARY E. PHILLIPS [Illustration: LEATHERSTOCKING.] New York: John Lane Company London: John Lane: The Bodley Head Toronto: Bell and Cockburn MCMXIII Copyright, 1912 By Mary E. Phillips The University Press, Cambridge, U.S.A. Dedicated To The Young Of All Ages From The Years Of Ten To Ten Times Ten PREFACE The intention of this simply told personal life of James Fenimore Cooper, the creator of American romance, is to have all material authentic....

By DAVID GARNETT ILLUSTRATED WITH WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY R. A. GARNETT 1922 TO DUNCAN GRANT [Illustration: MR. AND MRS. TEBRICK AT HOME] Wonderful or supernatural events are not so uncommon, rather they are irregular in their incidence. Thus there may be not one marvel to speak of in a century, and then often enough comes a plentiful crop of them; monsters of all sorts swarm suddenly upon the earth, comets blaze in the sky, eclipses frighten nature, meteors fall in rain, while mermaids and sirens beguile, and sea-serpents engulf every passing ship, and terrible cataclysms beset humanity....