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The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth CenturyOf late there have appeared on the literary relations of England and France some excellent books, foremost of which may be mentioned, besides the now classical works of M. Jusserand, Dr. A. H. Upham's French Influence in English...

The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF THE NEW-YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY AT ROCHESTER. WILLIAM ROSS WALLACE. AMERICA AS ABUSED BY A GERMAN. REMINISCENCES OF THE LATE MR. COOPER.HIS LAST DAYS. THE LONDON TIMES ON AMERICAN INTERCOMMUNICATION....

Life's Minor CollisionsSome corrections of spelling and punctuation have been made. They are marked like this in the text. The original text appears when hovering the cursor over the marked text. A list of amendments is at the end of the text. Collisions are...

Les derniers paysans - Tome 2A la vue du gendarme qui venait de paratre sur le seuil, Jrme devint trs ple, le verre qu'il allait porter ses lvres resta moiti chemin, le brigadier nous salua avec la politesse joviale ordinaire ses pareils. Justement nous...

Charlotte Brontë: A Monograph I have spoken so freely in the opening chapter of this Monograph of the circumstances under which it has been written, that very little need be said by way of introduction here. This attempt to throw some fresh light upon...

Life of Oliver Wendell HolmesIN a quaint old gambrel-roofed house that once stood on Cambridge Common, Oliver Wendell Holmespoet, professor, "beloved physician"was born, on the twenty-ninth of August, 1809. His father, the Rev. Abiel Holmes, was the pastor of the "First Church" in Cambridge...

The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 1, December, 1850On completing the second volume of the International Magazine, the publishers appeal to its pages with confidence for confirmation of all the promises that have been made with regard to its character. They believe the verdict...

Poems - Second Series The present collection contains all that I have written since then. The Birds and nine shorter poems were published in a small booklet in 1919; The Moon was separately published in 1920; but the majority of the poems here printed...

Poems - First Series Lord, I have seen at harvest festival In a white lamp-lit fishing-village church, How the poor folk, lacking fine decorations, Offer the first-fruits of their various toils: Not only fruit and blossom of the fields, Ripe corn and poppies, scabious,...

Leaves in the Wind This collection of essays, now republished in the "Wayfarers' Library," were written during the war, and first appeared in book form during the war. Like the preceding volume, Pebbles on the Shore, they were the literary diversions of a time...

ChimneysmokeThis hearth was built for thy delight, For thee the logs were sawn, For thee the largest chair, at night, Is to the chimney drawn. For thee, dear lass, the match was lit, To yield the ruddy blaze May Jack Frost give us joy...

The Brontë Family, with special reference to Patrick Branwell Brontë. Vol. 2 of 2 The Sojourn in Brussels Resolved uponWhy Charlotte fixed on Brussels for Higher EducationCharlotte and Emily take up their Residence with Madame HgerA Picture of the Prospect in 'Villette' At the...

The Brontë Family, with special reference to Patrick Branwell Brontë. Vol. 1 of 2 It has long seemed to me that the history of the Bront family is incomplete, and, in some senses, not well understood. Those who have written upon itas I shall...

Contes Fantastiques et Contes LittérairesNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. Ce petit tome in-18 reprsente, en sa...

Carlyon Sahib: A Drama in Four ActsThis play was written at Viareggio in 1893, and passed an eventful though not unchequered existence for six years before it was produced by Mrs. Patrick Campbell at the Princess of Wales' Theatre, Kennington, on June 19, 1899....

Considerations on Religion and Public Education - With remarks on the speech of M. Dupont delivered in the National Convention of France, together with an address to the ladies, &c. of Great Britain and IrelandIf it be allowed that there may arise occasions so...

Émaux et Camées Title: maux et Cames Author: Thophile Gautier Release Date: October 12, 2011 [EBook #37733] Language: French Credits: Produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) PRFACE...

Mother-Meg; or, The Story of Dickie's AtticIt was a cold day in May, when the sun was hidden behind leaden clouds, and the wind swept along the streets as if determined to clear them of every loiterer who should venture to assure himself that...

Dryden's Works Vol. 3I was moved to write this play by many reasons: Amongst others, the commands of some persons of honour, for whom I have a most particular respect, were daily sounding in my ears, that it would be of good example to...

Victor Hugo: His Life and WorkI began this study of Victor Hugo in December last, and arrangements were made for its early publication. The great poet has now passed away, and this melancholy event gives the biographical portion of the present volume a completeness...