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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 21, 1917Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 21, 1917Counsel, in a prosecution for selling a tobacco substitute, has stated that there is nothing in the Act to prevent a man from smoking what he likes. In the trade this is generally regarded as...
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From Chaucer to TennysonFrom Chaucer to Tennyson - With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty AuthorsIn so brief a history of so rich a literature, the problem is how to get room enough to give, not an adequate impressionthat is impossiblebut any impression at all of the...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 2, 1919Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 2, 1919A Liverpool grocer was fined last week for overcharging for margarine, eggs, cheese, ham, bacon, cocoa, jam and suet. Any other nation, it is pointed out, would have had a man like that at the...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 552, June 16, 1832The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 552, June 16, 1832The Zoological Society possess several Zebus, or Indian oxen. These were formerly considered a distinct species, but zoologists are now of opinion that the Zebu is merely a variety of the...
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The Grammar of English GrammarsThe Grammar of English Grammars"Hc de Grammatica quam brevissime potui: non ut omnia dicerem sectatus, (quod infinitum erat,) sed ut maxima necessaria."QUINTILIAN. De Inst. Orat., Lib. i, Cap. x. 1. Language, in the proper sense of the term, is peculiar to man; so that,...
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The Second GenerationThe Second Generation 1906 In six minutes the noon whistle would blow. But the workmenthe seven hundred in the Ranger-Whitney flour mills, the two hundred and fifty in the Ranger-Whitney cooperage adjoiningwere, every man and boy of them, as hard at it as if...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 551, June 9, 1832The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 551, June 9, 1832This picturesque spot is situate in the middle of the river Thames, near Cliefden, Bucks,1 and about three-quarters of a mile from the village of Bray.2 It was purchased and decorated...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 550, June 2, 1832The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 550, June 2, 1832Few of the results of recent expeditions of discovery have been so interesting to the public as their contributions to zoological history. Many important additions to geographical science have also been...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 374, June 6, 1829The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 374, June 6, 1829Since the time of William III., who was the first royal tenant of the palace, Kensington has been a place of considerable interest, as the residence and resort of many celebrated...
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Madam Crowl's Ghost and the Dead SextonMadam Crowl's Ghost and the Dead Sexton Twenty years have passed since you last saw Mrs. Jolliffe's tall slim figure. She is now past seventy, and can't have many mile-stones more to count on the journey that will bring her to her long home....
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The Golden CanyonThe Golden CanyonGeorge Alfred Henty has been called "The Prince of Story-Tellers." To call him "The Boy's Own Historian" would perhaps be a more appropriate title, for time has proved that he is more than a story-teller; he is a preserver and propagator of...
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From a Girl's Point of ViewFrom a Girl's Point of View * * * * * The love affairs of an old maid are not her own, but other people's, and in this volume we have the love trials and joys of a variety of persons described and analyzed....
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Dio's Rome, Volume 2Dio's Rome, Volume 2 - An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form"When the consuls drew lots, Hortensius obtained the war against the Cretans. Because...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 - A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics * * * * * * * * * * Paris smiled, for an hour or two, in the year 1801, when, amidst Napoleon's mighty projects for...
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The Appetite of Tyranny: Including Letters to an Old GaribaldianThe Appetite of Tyranny: Including Letters to an Old Garibaldian Unless we are all mad, there is at the back of the most bewildering business a story: and if we are all mad, there is no such thing as madness. If I set a...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 - A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And PoliticsThe purpose of this article is to present, in a brief and simple manner, the leading principles on which the science of Meteorology is founded,--rather, however, in the...
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The House of Cobwebs and Other StoriesThe House of Cobwebs and Other Stories 'Les gens tout fait heureux, forts et bien portants, sont-ils prpars comme il faut pour comprendre, pntrer, exprimer la vie, notre vie si tourmente et si courte?' In England during the sixties and seventies of last century...
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The World of IceThe World of IceDear Reader, most people prefer a short to a long preface. Permit me, therefore, to cut this one short, by simply expressing an earnest hope that my book may afford you much profit and amusement. The chase and the battleThe chances...
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The Life of Marie de Medicis, Queen of France, Consort of Henri IV, and Regent of the Kingdom under Louis XIII — Volume 3The Life of Marie de Medicis, Queen of France, Consort of Henri IV, and Regent of the Kingdom under Louis XIII — Volume 3De Luynes resolves to compel the Queen-mother to remain at Blois--Treachery of Richelieu--The suspicions of Marie are aroused--Her apprehensions--She demands permission...
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The Life of Marie de Medicis, Queen of France, Consort of Henri IV, and Regent of the Kingdom under Louis XIII — Volume 2The Life of Marie de Medicis, Queen of France, Consort of Henri IV, and Regent of the Kingdom under Louis XIII — Volume 2Preparations for the coronation of Marie de MedicisWherefore deferredThey are resumedThe Cathedral of St. DenisGorgeous coup d'oeilThe processionIndignation of the ex-Queen...
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