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The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — FictionThe World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction In mentioning "Quentin Durward" for the first time Scott speaks of himself as having been ill, and "Peveril" as having suffered through it. "I propose a good rally, however," he says, "and hope it will...
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A Williams AnthologyA Williams Anthology - A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910The present work owes its existence to a conviction on the part of its editors that much material published by past Williams undergraduates in past and present literary periodicals of...
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La Niña de LuzmelaLa Niña de LuzmelaEn tales ocasiones, pareca don Manuel un delirante. Todo su cuerpo se conmova con el huracn de aquel extrao gozo que le haca cantar, correr, tocar el piano y reirse a carcajadas. Mirbanle entonces, compadecidos, los criados, y la vieja Rita,...
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The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic TalesThe Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales It is strange to me, Jock Calder of West Inch, to feel that though now, in the very centre of the nineteenth century, I am but five-and-fifty years of age, and though it is only once in...
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Fate Knocks at the Door: A NovelFate Knocks at the Door: A NovelIn speaking of the first four notes of the opening movement, Beethoven said, some time after he had finished the Fifth Symphony: "So pocht das Shicksal an die Pforte" ("Thus Fate Knocks at the Door"); and between that...
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Confessions of a Young ManConfessions of a Young ManThese "Confessions of a Young Man" constitute one of the most significant documents of the passionate revolt of English literature against the Victorian tradition. It is significant because it reveals so clearly the sources of that revolt. It is in...
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Notes and Queries, Number 11, January 12, 1850Notes and Queries, Number 11, January 12, 1850About ten years since, I remember seeing, in the hands of a London bookseller, a curious MS. purporting to be the "Household Book of Receipts and Expences of Sir Edward Dering, Bart., of Surrenden Dering, Kent, from...
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Notes and Queries, Number 08, December 22, 1849Notes and Queries, Number 08, December 22, 1849Sir,In Dr. Maitland's able vindication of the Dark Ages (p. 419. 1st ed.), he concludes his interesting extract from the scribe Otloh's account of himself by saying:"One would like to know what books they were which Otlohnus...
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Notes and Queries, Number 07, December 15, 1849Notes and Queries, Number 07, December 15, 1849[Among the curious documents which have been produced from time to time before the House of Lords in support of peerage claims, there have been few of greater historical interest than the one which we now reprint...
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La Belle-Nivernaise: Histoire d'un vieux bateau et de son équipageLa Belle-Nivernaise: Histoire d'un vieux bateau et de son équipagePas d'quipages dans la rue, de falbalas, ni de flneurs sur les trottoirs,mais des marchands de quatre saisons criant le rebut des Halles, et une bousculade d'ouvriers sortant des fabriques, la blouse roule sous le...
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Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891In time of war the dispatch boats are the eyes of the fleet. It is their duty to reconnoiter and ascertain the strength of the enemy and to carry the orders of the commander. For this service...
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Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887The experiments with life saving appliances which Mr. Copeman brought before the delegates of the Colonial Conference, on the 13th April, at the Westminster Aquarium, had a particular interest, due to the late and lamentable accident which...
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Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884The electric railway recently set in operation between Frankfort and Offenbach furnishes an occasion for studying the question of such roads anew and from a practical standpoint. For elevated railways Messrs. Siemens and Halske a long time...
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Noa NoaNoa Noa_Thura, j'inscrirai ton nom d'bne et d'or A l'aile du pome, l'heure de l'essor, Car mon dsir sduit par ta belle pense A bien souvent tent la longue traverse Vers toi. Voix des Secrets, parfum vivant des bois. Que les yeux pleins du...
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La rôtisserie de la Reine PédauqueLa rôtisserie de la Reine PédauqueJ'ai dessein de rapporter les rencontres singulires de ma vie. Il y en a de belles et d'tranges. En les remmorant, je doute moi-mme si je n'ai pas rv. J'ai connu un cabbaliste gascon dont je ne puis dire...
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La notte del CommendatoreLa notte del CommendatoreQuesto era il breve dialogo che ricorreva ogni sera, intorno alle dieci, e da anni parecchi, tra il signor Commendatore e la sua governante; quegli dalla sua camera da letto, dove stava terminando di leggere i giornali, questa da una saletta...
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John CaldigateJohn CaldigatePerhaps it was more the fault of Daniel Caldigate the father than of his son John Caldigate, that they two could not live together in comfort in the days of the young man's early youth. And yet it would have been much for...
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What to See in EnglandWhat to See in England - A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary AssociationBroad Street Cannon St. (South Eastern & Chatham) Charing Cross (South Eastern & Chatham) Euston Station (London & North Western) Fenchurch St. (London, Tilbury, & Southend) Great...
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Over There: War Scenes on the Western FrontOver There: War Scenes on the Western Front From the balcony you look down upon massed and variegated tree- tops as though you were looking down upon a valley forest from a mountain height. Those trees, whose hidden trunks make alleys and squares, are...
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Love and Mr. LewishamLove and Mr. Lewisham The opening chapter does not concern itself with Loveindeed that antagonist does not certainly appear until the thirdand Mr. Lewisham is seen at his studies. It was ten years ago, and in those days he was assistant master in the...
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