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Mârkandeya Purâna, Books VII and VIIIMârkandeya Purâna, Books VII and VIII ONCE upon earth there lived a saintly king Named Harichandra; pure in heart and mind, In virtue eminent, he ruled the world, Guarding mankind from evil. While he reigned No famine raged, nor pain; untimely death Ne'er cut...
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Introduction to the Old TestamentIntroduction to the Old TestamentThis Introduction does not pretend to offer anything to specialists. It is written for theological students, ministers, and laymen, who desire to understand the modern attitude to the Old Testament as a whole, but who either do not have the...
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The Guide to Reading — the Pocket University Volume XXIIIThe Guide to Reading — the Pocket University Volume XXIIII was told a few years ago the following story which is worth retelling as an illustration of the use of books as ornaments. A millionaire who had one house in the city, one in...
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The Home and the WorldThe Home and the WorldMOTHER, today there comes back to mind the vermilion mark [1] at the parting of your hair, the __sari__ [2] which you used to wear, with its wide red border, and those wonderful eyes of yours, full of depth and...
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The Legends of Saint PatrickThe Legends of Saint PatrickThe ancient records of Ireland abound in legends respecting the greatest man and the greatest benefactor that ever trod her soil; and of these the earlier are at once the more authentic and the nobler. Not a few have a...
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GitanjaliGitanjali A few days ago I said to a distinguished Bengali doctor of medicine, I know no German, yet if a translation of a German poet had moved me, I would go to the British Museum and find books in English that would tell...
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The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888Rumours of the existence of a Southern Continent in the Sixteenth CenturyJAVE and JAVE LA GRANDEAuthentic Discoveries and visits of the early NavigatorsTorres sails between New Guinea and Terra AustralisVoyage of the DUYFHEN in 1606Dirk Hartog...
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The Prince and the Pauper, Part 9The Prince and the Pauper, Part 9.Let us go backward a few hours, and place ourselves in Westminster Abbey, at four o'clock in the morning of this memorable Coronation Day. We are not without company; for although it is still night, we find the...
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The Prince and the Pauper, Part 8The Prince and the Pauper, Part 8.The cells were all crowded; so the two friends were chained in a large room where persons charged with trifling offences were commonly kept. They had company, for there were some twenty manacled and fettered prisoners here, of...
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The Prince and the Pauper, Part 7The Prince and the Pauper, Part 7.Once more 'King Foo-foo the First' was roving with the tramps and outlaws, a butt for their coarse jests and dull-witted railleries, and sometimes the victim of small spitefulness at the hands of Canty and Hugo when the...
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The Prince and the Pauper, Part 6The Prince and the Pauper, Part 6.The troop of vagabonds turned out at early dawn, and set forward on their march. There was a lowering sky overhead, sloppy ground under foot, and a winter chill in the air. All gaiety was gone from the...
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The Prince and the Pauper, Part 5The Prince and the Pauper, Part 5.The next day the foreign ambassadors came, with their gorgeous trains; and Tom, throned in awful state, received them. The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long...
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The Prince and the Pauper, Part 4The Prince and the Pauper, Part 4.As soon as Miles Hendon and the little prince were clear of the mob, they struck down through back lanes and alleys toward the river. Their way was unobstructed until they approached London Bridge; then they ploughed into...
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The Prince and the Pauper, Part 3The Prince and the Pauper, Part 3.About five o'clock Henry VIII. awoke out of an unrefreshing nap, and muttered to himself, "Troublous dreams, troublous dreams! Mine end is now at hand: so say these warnings, and my failing pulses do confirm it." Presently a...
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The Prince and the Pauper, Part 2The Prince and the Pauper, Part 2.Tom Canty, left alone in the prince's cabinet, made good use of his opportunity. He turned himself this way and that before the great mirror, admiring his finery; then walked away, imitating the prince's high-bred carriage, and still...
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The Prince and the Pauper, Part 1The Prince and the Pauper, Part 1.In the ancient city of London, on a certain autumn day in the second quarter of the sixteenth century, a boy was born to a poor family of the name of Canty, who did not want him. On...
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Elder Conklin and Other StoriesElder Conklin and Other Stories As soon as the Elder left the supper-table his daughter and the new schoolmaster went out on the stoop or verandah which ran round the frame-house. The day had been warm, but the chilliness of the evening air betokened...
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Cecilia Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 3Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 3 Scarce less unhappy in her decision than in her uncertainty, and every way dissatisfied with her situation, her views and herself, Cecilia was still so distressed and uncomfortable, when Delvile called the next morning, that...
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Clelia: Il governo dei preti - Romanzo storico politicoClelia: Il governo dei preti - Romanzo storico politicoL'originale italiano pass in Inghilterra, dove noi lo abbiamo acquistato; e col il titolo principale sotto cui si stava pubblicando la traduzione, era IL GOVERNO DEL MONACO (The rule of the Monck) e noi l'abbiamo seguito....
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Science and Education: EssaysScience & Education: EssaysThe apology offered in the Preface to the first volume of this series for the occurrence of repetitions, is even more needful here I am afraid. But it could hardly be otherwise with speeches and essays, on the same topic, addressed...
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