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Nights with the GodsThe great spirits of the past, chiefly Hellenes, recently revisited England. With a view to an exchange of ideas on English contemporary life, they met at night in various towns of Italy, where, by the favour of Dionysus, the author was...

Valéries duenna: En roman på g-strängenI. Introduzione II. Staccato. III. Molto espressivo. IV. Capriccioso. V. Giocoso. VI. Accelerando. VII. Scherzando. VIII. Molto Furioso. IX. Con tristezza. X. Allegretto ma non troppo. XI. Mezza voce. XII. Allegro Agitato. XIII. Adagio con Tenerezza. XIV. Andante con...

A Treatise on the Diseases Produced By Onanism, Masturbation, Self-Pollution, and Other Excesses.To those who would complain of the publication of a work upon the delicate subject to which the following pages refer, we would remark, that the evil here depicted, is one of...

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 30, January 23, 1841The Castle of Monea or Castletown-Moneaproperly Magh an fhiaidh, i.e. the plain of the deeris situated in the parish of Devinish, county of Fermanagh, and about five miles north-west of Enniskillen. Like the Castle...

Sweet and Twenty: A Comedy in One ActThis volume contains FIFTY REPRESENTATIVE ONE-ACT PLAYS of the MODERN THEATER, chosen from the dramatic works of contemporary writers all over the world and is the second volume in the Stewart Kidd Dramatic Anthologies, the first being...

The Shame of the CitiesThis is not a book. It is a collection of articles reprinted from McClures Magazine. Done as journalism, they are journalism still, and no further pretensions are set up for them in their new dress. This classification may seem pretentious...

The Galleon's Gold; or, Frank Reade, Jr.'s Deep Sea Search.Cecil Clifford had traveled the world over. His hobby was archology, and as he was a man of large means and a member of many historical and scientific societies, he was able to pursue his...

Camperdown; or, News from our neighbourhoodA few years ago a book was published, called Our Neighbourhood; and those who read it, will recollect that the author intended, in the second series, to give a short sketch of some of the most conspicuous characters therein...

Going Afoot: A book on walking.Quotations from the Journals of Henry D. Thoreau, copyright by Houghton, Mifflin & Company; Trees, by Joyce Kilmer, copyright by George H. Doran Company; Uphill, from Poems, by Christina Rossetti, copyright by Little, Brown & Company, Publishers, Boston; Overflow,...

Perintö: Nelinäytöksinen näytelmäNyttelijtr Mirjam Krausen huoneusto. Nkyviss on hienosti kalustettu seurusteluhuone pianoineen, tauluineen, mattoineen; erll seinll on joukko seppeleit; kukkia on paljon ja niiden tuoksu tytt huoneen. Kaikki osoittaa hienoa, jonkunverran synkk vaikutusta suosivaa makua. Vasemmalla on eteinen, perlt johtaa ovi ruokailuhuoneeseen ja oikeanpuoleisesta...

The Sorceress: A Drama in Five Acts Victorien Sardou was born in Paris on September 7, 1831. His father, a native of the vicinity of Cannes on the Mediterranean, came to Paris in 1819 and followed a variety of scholastic pursuits. His mother was...

Marriage as a TradeThe only excuse for this book is the lack of books on the subject with which it dealsthe trade aspect of marriage. That is to say, wifehood and motherhood considered as a means of livelihood for women. I shall not deny...

Things to be Remembered in Daily Life - With Personal Experiences and RecollectionsTime and Human Life are the staple subjects of the following pages. These are great matters for so small a book, and may remind you of the philosophical scheme of compressing the...

A Translation of Octavia, a Latin Tragedy, with Notes and IntroductionOctavia is the only extant tragedy in fabula praetexta or historical Roman tragedy in Roman scene and setting. It is remarkably true to fact, and almost every statement may be verified by reference to...

Gothic ArchitectureThe term Gothic, as applied to the architectural period dating from the middle of the twelfth to the end of the fifteenth century, is purely conventional. The expression is clearly misleading as indicating the architecture of the Goths or Visigoths; for these tribes...

Oblomov One morning, in a flat in one of the great buildings in Gorokliovaia Street, * the population of which was sufficient to constitute that of a provincial town, there was lying in bed a gentleman named Ilya Ilyitch Oblomov. He was a fellow...

The Last of the De Mullins: A Play Without a Preface The action of the play takes place at Brendon Underwood in Dorset, Acts I and III at the Manor House, the De Mullins house in the village, Act II on the borders of...

Woodbarrow Farm: Play in Three Acts SCENE: Kitchen at Woodbarrow Farm. An ideal old farmhouse kitchen. From the smoke-blackened ceiling beams hang huge sides of bacon, strings of onions, and herbs, and poultry. Over the great fireplace are the guns, and in profusion everywhere...

The Baitâl Pachchisi; Or, The Twenty-Five Tales of a Sprite - Translated From the Hindi Text of Dr. Duncan Forbes THE origin of these tales is as follows:In the reign of the Emperor Muhammad Shah, Raj Jaisinh Sawr (who was the ruler of. Jainagar)...

Happy EnglandTo choose a title that will felicitously fit the lifework of an artist is no easy matter, especially when the product is a very varied one, and the producer is disposed to take a modest estimate of its value. In the present case...