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The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe IThe Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe IBorn in Numidia, Africa, in 354 a.d., died in 430; educated at Carthage; taught rhetoric at Carthage; removed to Rome in 383; going thence to Milan in 384, where he...
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Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3), Essay 4: Joseph de MaistreCritical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3), Essay 4: Joseph de MaistreOwing to causes which lie tolerably near the surface, the remarkable Catholic reaction which took place in France at the beginning of the present century, has never received in England the attention that it...
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The Green CarnationThe Green CarnationHe slipped a green carnation into his evening coat, fixed it in its place with a pin, and looked at himself in the glass, the long glass that stood near the window of his London bedroom. The summer evening was so bright...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 5 (of 10)Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 5 (of 10)progress of the lord of the isles. correspondence with mr. joseph train. rapid completion of the lord of the isles. "refreshing the machine." "six weeks at a christmas." publication of the poem, and...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 1 (of 10)Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 1 (of 10)London, December 20, 1836. In obedience to the instructions of Sir Walter Scott's last will, I had made some progress in a narrative of his personal history, before there was discovered, in an...
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Souvenirs d'un sexagénaire, Tome IIISouvenirs d'un sexagénaire, Tome IIISans m'arrter dcrire un itinraire cent et cent fois dcrit, je rendrai compte des impressions que fit sur moi l'aspect de tant d'objets dont je n'avais qu'une connaissance imparfaite, celle qu'on acquiert dans les livres. Le jour commenait poindre quand...
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XinguXingu Mrs. Ballinger is one of the ladies who pursue Culture in bands, as though it were dangerous to meet alone. To this end she had founded the Lunch Club, an association composed of herself and several other indomitable huntresses of erudition. The Lunch...
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Dr. Johnson and His CircleDr. Johnson and His CircleThe name of Samuel Johnson is, of course, not the greatest in English prose, but even to-day, when he has been dead more than a century and a quarter, it is still the most familiar. We live in an age...
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Souvenirs d'un sexagénaire, Tome IISouvenirs d'un sexagénaire, Tome IIDe retour Paris, je n'y reconnaissais plus rien, tant sa physionomie avait chang en moins de quatre mois. Ainsi nous avons peine reconnatre les traits d'un ami dans un visage labour par une violente maladie. mon dpart, la lutte des...
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Reminiscences of a South African PioneerReminiscences of a South African PioneerThe reminiscences set down in this volume have been published serially in The State of South Africa, in a more or less abridged form, under the title of "Unconventional Reminiscences." They are mainly autobiographical. This has been inevitable; in...
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Les Contemporains, 7ème SérieLes Contemporains, 7ème Série - Études et Portraits Littéraires... Je crois pouvoir, sans mentir la rubrique de ce feuilleton[1], vous entretenir d'un mnage de comdiens: c'est Marceline Desbordes et son mari Valmore que je veux dire. Je me servirai pour cela de cette extraordinaire...
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The CollaboratorsThe Collaborators - 1896 Why shouldnt we collaborate? said Henley in his most matter-of-fact way, as Big Ben gave voice to the midnight hour. Everybody does it nowadays. Two heads may be really better than one, although I seldom believe in the truth of...
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The Life of Friedrich SchillerThe Life of Friedrich Schiller - Comprehending an Examination of His WorksThe excuse for reprinting this somewhat insignificant Book is, that certain parties, of the pirate species, were preparing to reprint it for me. There are books, as there are horses, which a judicious...
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Erasmus and the Age of ReformationErasmus and the Age of Reformationby G.N. Clark, Provost of Oriel College, Oxford Rather more than twenty years ago, on a spring morning of alternate cloud and sunshine, I acted as guide to Johan Huizinga, the author of this book, when he was on...
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CircusCircusThe man shifted uneasily in his seat. He was silent, staring down at his plate. Not a strange-looking man, Morgan thought. Rather ordinary, in fact. A plain face, nose a little too long, fingers a little too dainty, a suit that doesn't quite seem...
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Souvenirs d'un sexagénaire, Tome ISouvenirs d'un sexagénaire, Tome IDes Mmoires en gnral, et de quelques Mmoires en particulier.Du but que je me suis propos en publiant ces Souvenirs. Quel est le sens prcis de ce mot Mmoires? veut-il dire voil ce dont je me souviens, ou voil ce...
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My Mark TwainMy Mark TwainThe person or persons who have associated work with this document (the "Dedicator" or "Certifier") hereby either (a) certifies that, to the best of his knowledge, the work of authorship identified is in the public domain of the country from which the...
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A Daughter of the Middle BorderA Daughter of the Middle BorderThis book in this edition won the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for Literature in the Biography or Autobiography category. As such, every attempt has been made to reproduce it exactly as it was printed and as it won the award....
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Famous Scots Series, 23Robert Louis StevensonIn so small a volume it would be somewhat hopeless to attempt an exhaustive notice of R. L. Stevenson, nor would it be desirable. The only possible full biography of him will be the Life in preparation by his intimate friend Mr...
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My ReminiscencesMy ReminiscencesThese Reminiscences were written and published by the Author in his fiftieth year, shortly before he started on a trip to Europe and America for his failing health in 1912. It was in the course of this trip that he wrote for the...
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