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Froude's History of EnglandFroude's History of EnglandThere appeared a few years since a Comic History of England, duly caricaturing and falsifying all our great national events, and representing the English people, for many centuries back, as a mob of fools and knaves, led by the nose in...
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Sir Walter Raleigh and His TimeSir Walter Raleigh and His TimeTruth is stranger than fiction. A trite remark. We all say it again and again: but how few of us believe it! How few of us, when we read the history of heroical times and heroical men, take the...
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Plays and PuritansPlays and PuritansThe British Isles have been ringing for the last few years with the word Art in its German sense; with High Art, Symbolic Art, Ecclesiastical Art, Dramatic Art, Tragic Art, and so forth; and every well-educated person is expected, nowadays, to know...
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The Irish Race in the Past and the PresentThe Irish Race in the Past and the PresentCOUNT JOSEPH DE MAISTRE, in his "Principe Generateur des Constitutions Politiques" (Par. LXI.), says: "All nations manifest a particular and distinctive character, which deserves to be attentively considered." This thought of the great Catholic writer requires...
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Idle Ideas in 1905Idle Ideas in 1905Charmed. Very hot weather weve been having of lateI mean cold. Let me see, I did not quite catch your name just now. Thank you so much. Yes, it is a bit close. And a silence falls, neither of us being...
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The Dove in the Eagle's NestThe Dove in the Eagle's NestIn sending forth this little book, I am inclined to add a few explanatory words as to the use I have made of historical personages. The origin of the whole story was probably Freytags first series of pictures of...
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Ballades & Rhymes from Ballades in Blue China and Rhymes a la ModeBallades & Rhymes from Ballades in Blue China and Rhymes a la ModeThirty years have passed, like a watch in the night, since the earlier of the two sets of verses here reprinted, Ballades in Blue China, was published. At first there were but...
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The Rise of Roscoe PaineThe Rise of Roscoe Paine I'm going up to the village, I told Dorinda, taking my cap from the hook behind the dining-room door. What for? asked Dorinda, pushing me to one side and reaching for the dust-cloth, which also was behind the door....
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The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley WarnerThe Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley WarnerThirty years ago and more those who read and valued good books in this country made the acquaintance of Mr. Warner, and since the publication of "My Summer In a Garden" no work of his has...
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My Summer in a GardenMy Summer in a Garden MY DEAR MR. FIELDS,I did promise to write an Introduction to these charming papers but an Introduction,what is it?a sort of pilaster, put upon the face of a building for looks' sake, and usually flat,very flat. Sometimes it may...
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Backlog StudiesBacklog Studies The fire on the hearth has almost gone out in New England; the hearth has gone out; the family has lost its center; age ceases to be respected; sex is only distinguished by a difference between millinery bills and tailors' bills; there...
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Baddeck, and That Sort of ThingBaddeck, and That Sort of Thing It would be unfair to hold you responsible for these light sketches of a summer trip, which are now gathered into this little volume in response to the usual demand in such cases; yet you cannot escape altogether....
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In the WildernessIn the Wilderness So many conflicting accounts have appeared about my casual encounter with an Adirondack bear last summer that in justice to the public, to myself, and to the bear, it is necessary to make a plain statement of the facts. Besides, it...
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How Spring Came in New EnglandHow Spring Came in New England New England is the battle-ground of the seasons. It is La Vendee. To conquer it is only to begin the fight. When it is completely subdued, what kind of weather have you? None whatever. What is this New...
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Captain John SmithCaptain John Smith When I consented to prepare this volume for a series, which should deal with the notables of American history with some familiarity and disregard of historic gravity, I did not anticipate the seriousness of the task. But investigation of the subject...
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The Story of PocahontasThe Story of Pocahontas The simple story of the life of Pocahontas is sufficiently romantic without the embellishments which have been wrought on it either by the vanity of Captain Smith or the natural pride of the descendants of this dusky princess who have...
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SaunteringsSaunterings I should not like to ask an indulgent and idle public to saunter about with me under a misapprehension. It would be more agreeable to invite it to go nowhere than somewhere; for almost every one has been somewhere, and has written about...
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Being a BoyBeing a Boy I. BEING A BOY II. THE BOY AS A FARMER III. THE DELIGHTS OF FARMING IV. NO FARMING WITHOUT A BOY V. THE BOY'S SUNDAY VI. THE GRINDSTONE OF LIFE VII. FICTION AND SENTIMENT VIII. THE COMING OF THANKSGIVING IX. THE...
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On HorsebackOn Horseback The Professor had ridden through the war for the Union on the right side, enjoying a much better view of it than if he had walked, and knew as much about a horse as a person ought to know for the sake...
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The Complete Essays of Charles Dudley WarnerThe Complete Essays of Charles Dudley Warner Thirty years ago and more those who read and valued good books in this country made the acquaintance of Mr. Warner, and since the publication of My Summer In a Garden no work of his has needed...
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