JOHN JAMES AUDUBON John Burroughs TO C. B. PREFACE. The pioneer in American ornithology was Alexander Wilson, a Scotch weaver and poet, who emigrated to this country in 1794, and began the publication of his great work upon our birds in 1808. He figured and described three hundred and twenty species, fifty-six of them new to science. His death occurred in 1813, before the publication of his work had been completed....
JOURNEYS THROUGH BOOKLAND A NEW AND ORIGINALPLAN FOR READING APPLIED TO THEWORLD’S BEST LITERATUREFOR CHILDREN BYCHARLES H. SYLVESTERAuthor of English and American Literature VOLUME TWONew Edition 1922 CONTENTS AESOP THE FALCON AND THE PARTRIDGE (From the Arabian Nights) MINERVA AND THE OWL THE SPARROW AND THE EAGLE (From the Arabian Nights) THE OLD MAN AND DEATH INFANT JOY …….. William Blake THE BABY …….. George MacDonald THE DISCONTENTED STONECUTTER (From the Japanese) DISCREET HANS ……....
KLONDYKE NUGGETS A Brief Description of the Great Gold Regions in the Northwest Territories and Alaska BY JOSEPH LADUE Founder of Dawson City, N.W.T. Explorer, Miner and Prospector September, 1897 PREFACE. The extraordinary excitement arising from the reports of the discovery of Gold in the Klondyke region in the great Canadian Northwest is not surprising to one who, through personal residence and practical experience, is thoroughly conversant with the locality....
First Published 1918 by Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press. Etext prepared by John Bickers, jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz and Dagny, dagnyj@hotmail.com THE BRITISH ACADEMY LEGENDS OF BABYLON AND EGYPT IN RELATION TO HEBREW TRADITION BY LEONARD W. KING, M.A., LITT.D., F.S.A. Assistant Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum Professor in the University of London King’s College THE SCHWEICH LECTURES 1916 PREPARER’S NOTE This text was prepared from a 1920 edition of the book, hence the references to dates after 1916 in some places....
LEGENDS OF VANCOUVER By E. Pauline Johnson(Tekahionwake) PREFACE I have been asked to write a preface to these Legends of Vancouver, which, in conjunction with the members of the Publication Sub-committee–Mrs. Lefevre, Mr. L. W. Makovski and Mr. R. W. Douglas–I have helped to put through the press. But scarcely any prefatory remarks are necessary. This book may well stand on its own merits. Still, it may be permissible to record one’s glad satisfaction that a poet has arisen to cast over the shoulders of our grey mountains, our trail-threaded forests, our tide-swept waters, and the streets and sky-scrapers of our hurrying city, a gracious mantle of romance....
LETTERS FROM THE CAPE LETTER I–THE VOYAGE Wednesday, 24th July.Off the Scilly Isles, 6 P.M. When I wrote last Sunday, we put our pilot on shore, and went down Channel. It soon came on to blow, and all night was squally and rough. Captain on deck all night. Monday, I went on deck at eight. Lovely weather, but the ship pitching as you never saw a ship pitch–bowsprit under water....
Corson, Hiram. An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning’s Poetry, 3rd edition. This book is primarily concerned with Browning’s poems. Advantages: This book is an excellent introduction to Browning. Orr, Mrs. Sutherland. Life and Letters of Robert Browning, 2nd edition. This book is primarily concerned with Browning’s life. Advantages: As a close friend, the author has a good grasp of the facts, and is meticulous in her treatment of the material....
LITTLE TRAVELS AND ROADSIDE SKETCHES by TITMARSH by William Makepeace Thackeray I. FROM RICHMOND IN SURREY TO BRUSSELS IN BELGIUM II. GHENT–BRUGES:– Ghent (1840) Bruges III. WATERLOO LITTLE TRAVELS AND ROADSIDE SKETCHES I.–FROM RICHMOND IN SURREY TO BRUSSELS IN BELGIUM . . . I quitted the “Rose Cottage Hotel” at Richmond, one of the comfortablest, quietest, cheapest, neatest little inns in England, and a thousand times preferable, in my opinion, to the “Star and Garter,” whither, if you go alone, a sneering waiter, with his hair curled, frightens you off the premises; and where, if you are bold enough to brave the sneering waiter, you have to pay ten shillings for a bottle of claret; and whence, if you look out of the window, you gaze on a view which is so rich that it seems to knock you down with its splendor–a view that has its hair curled like the swaggering waiter: I say, I quitted the “Rose Cottage Hotel” with deep regret, believing that I should see nothing so pleasant as its gardens, and its veal cutlets, and its dear little bowling-green, elsewhere....
Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples by The Marquis de Nadaillac Translated by Nancy Bell (N. D’Anvers) Translator’s Note The present volume has been translated, with the author’s consent, from the French of the Marquis de Nadaillac. The author and translator have carefully brought down to date the original edition, embodying the discoveries made during the progress of the work. The book will be found to be an epitome of all that is known on the subject of which it treats, and covers ground not at present occupied by any other work in the English language....
CONTENTS OF THE 13 VOLUMES (180 Stories) VOLUME I. GUY DE MAUPASSANT–A STUDY BY POL. NEVEUX BOULE DE SUIF TWO FRIENDS THE LANCER’S WIFE THE PRISONERS TWO LITTLE SOLDIERS FATHER MILON A COUP D’ETAT LIEUTENANT LARE’S MARRIAGE THE HORRIBLE MADAME PARISSE MADEMOISELLE FIFI A DUEL VOLUME II. THE COLONEL’S IDEAS MOTHER SAUVAGE EPIPHANY THE MUSTACHE MADAME BAPTISTE THE QUESTION OF LATIN A MEETING THE BLIND MAN INDISCRETION A FAMILY AFFAIR BESIDE SCHOPENHAUER’S CORPSE VOLUME III....
MEMOIRS OF MR. CHARLES J. YELLOWPLUSH by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY CONTENTS MISS SHUM’S HUSBAND THE AMOURS OF MR. DEUCEACE FORING PARTS MR. DEUCEACE AT PARIS:– CHAP. I. The Two Bundles of Hay II. “Honor thy Father” III. Minewvring IV. “Hitting the Nale on the Hedd” V. The Griffin’s Claws VI. The Jewel VII. The Consquinsies VIII. The End of Mr. Deuceace’s History. Limbo IX. The Marriage X. The Honey-moon MR....
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MISS BILLY’S DECISION BYELEANOR H. PORTERAuthor of “Miss Billy,” etc. TOMy Cousin Helen CONTENTSCHAPTER I. CALDERWELL DOES SOME TALKINGII. AUNT HANNAH GETS A LETTERIII. BILLY AND BERTRAMIV. FOR MARY JANEV. MARIE SPEAKS HER MINDVI. AT THE SIGN OF THE PINKVII. OLD FRIENDS AND NEWVIII. M. J. OPENS THE GAMEIX. A RUG, A PICTURE, AND A GIRL AFRAID X. A JOB FOR PETE–AND FOR BERTRAMXI. A CLOCK AND AUNT HANNAHXII. SISTER KATEXIII....
[Illustration] MODERN INDIA BY WILLIAM ELEROY CURTIS Author of “The Turk and His Lost Provinces,” “To-day in Syria and Palestine,” “Egypt, Burma and British Malaysia,” etc. To LADY CURZON An ideal american woman This volume contains a series of letters written for The Chicago Record-Herald during the winter of 1903-04, and are published in permanent form through the courtesy of Mr. Frank B. Noyes, Editor and publisher of that paper....
[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 DE CAMORS By OCTAVE FEUILLET With a Preface by MAXIME DU CAMP, of the French Academy OCTAVE FEUILLET OCTAVE FEUILLET’S works abound with rare qualities, forming a harmonious ensemble; they also exhibit great observation and knowledge of humanity, and through all of them runs an incomparable and distinctive charm....
MR. JUSTICE RAFFLES BY E.W. HORNUNG 1909 CONTENTS Chapter I. An Inaugural Banquet II. “His Own Familiar Friend” III. Council of War IV. “Our Mr. Shylock” V. Thin Air VI. Camilla Belsize VII. In Which We Fail to Score VIII. The State of the Case IX. A Triple Alliance X. “My Raffles Right or Wrong” XI. A Dash in the Dark XII. A Midsummer Night’s Dream XIII. Knocked Out XIV....
NANCY: A NOVEL. BYRHODA BROUGHTON. AUTHOR OF“‘GOOD-BYE, SWEETHEART!’” “RED AS A ROSE IS SHE,” ETC., ETC. “As through the land at eve we went, And plucked the ripened ears, We fell out, my wife and I, Oh, we fell out, I know not why, And kissed again with tears.” 1874 NANCY. * * * * * CHAPTER I. “Put into a small preserving pan three ounces of fresh butter, and, as soon as it is just melted, add one pound of brown sugar of moderate quality–“ “Not moderate; the browner the better,” interpolates Algy....
NO AND OTHER STORIES. COMPILED BY UNCLE HUMPHREY. 1851. CONTENTS. PrefaceNoWilly and the Beggar GirlThe Good SonThe Sick MotherCornelia’s PrayerForgivenessThe Guilty ConscienceAcorn HollowIndustry and IdlenessEnvyConclusion PREFACE. This little book has been prepared for the instruction and amusement of my dear young friends, and it is hoped that they will be profited by its perusal. It will show them their duty, and lead them to perform it. The little word No is of great importance, although composed of but two letters....
[Illustration: “My uncle followed his words with a brightening face, and when they grew particularly mixed, he would exclaim, softly, ‘It is a great gift! a great gift!’” The Victims of Dreams. Page 34.] NOT PRETTY, BUT PRECIOUS, AND OTHER SHORT STORIES. By John Hay, Clara F. Guernsey, Margaret Hosmer, Harriet Prescott Spofford, Lucy Hamilton Hooper, Etc. Illustrated. 1872. Contents. Not Pretty, but Precious, Margret Field. The Victims of Dreams, Margaret Hosmer....
NOTES AND QUERIES: A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC. * * * * * “When found, make a note of.”–Captain Cuttle. * * * * * No. 5]Saturday, December 1, 1849.[Price Threepence. Stamped Edition 4d. * * * * * CONTENTS. NOTES:– Lord Chatham–Queen Charlotte, Original Letter respecting Cibber’s Apology Ancient Tapestry, by J.R. Planche Travelling in England Prison Discipline and Execution of Justice Medal of the Pretender, by Edw....
