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Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 1 (of 3)Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 1 (of 3) Among the illustrious fathers of song who, in their own land, cannot cease to exercise dominion over the minds, characters, and destinies of all posterity,and who, beyond its frontiers, must...
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Gene Stratton Porter, Best-SellerGene Stratton Porter, Best-SellerAlthough Gene Stratton Porter resided in this city only a few weeks in 1913, her life was closely associated with the Fort Wayne area. Born in rural Wabash County and educated in Wabash, the noted Hoosier author established residence successively in...
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The Life of CervantesThe Life of CervantesTHREE hundred years ago this month the First Part of El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha was published in Madrid, and the world was made the richer by a book which will last until the silver chord be loosed...
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"Praeterita": souvenirs de jeunesse"Præterita": souvenirs de jeunesseChapitre I. Les sources de la Wandel Chapitre II. Herne Hill.Les amandiers en fleur Chapitre III. Les rives de la Tay Chapitre IV. Sous de nouveaux matres Chapitre V. Le Parnasse et le Plynlimmon Chapitre VI. Schaffhouse et Milan Chapitre VII....
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Kurgast: Aufzeichnungen von einer Badener KurKurgast: Aufzeichnungen von einer Badener Kur Man sagt von den Schwaben, da sie erst mit vierzig Jahren gescheit werden, und die Schwaben selber, im Selbstvertrauen nicht stark, sehen das zuweilen als eine Art von Schande an. Es ist aber das Gegenteil, es ist eine...
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Double TroubleDouble TroubleWe had left the offices of Interstellar Voice three days ago, Earth time, and now as the immense disc of Jupiter flamed across the sky, entered the outer limits of the Baldric. Grannie Annie strode in the lead, her absurd long-skirted black dress...
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Henry James at WorkHenry James at WorkI knew nothing of Henry James beyond the revelation of his novels and tales before the summer of 1907. Then, as I sat in a top-floor office near Whitehall one August morning, compiling a very full index to the Report of...
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Doctor UniverseDoctor UniverseGrannie Annie, who wrote science fiction under the nom de plume of Annabella C. Flowers, had stumbled onto a murderous plot more hair-raising than any she had ever concocted. And the danger from the villain of the piece didn't worry herI was the...
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Opus 21Opus 21 - Descriptive Music for the Lower Kinsey Epoch of the Atomic Age, a Concerto for a One-man Band, Six Arias for Soap Operas, Fugues, Anthems & Barrelhouse HEAVY LADEN BABES AND SUCKLINGS GLADIATOR FOOTPRINT OF CINDERELLA THE SAVAGE GENTLEMAN FINNLEY WREN: HIS...
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Early memories some chapters of autobiographyEarly memories; some chapters of autobiographyMy father died in New York on February 2nd, 1922, at the end of his eighty second year. He died after a few hours illness brought on, as it seemed, by a long walk in the cold of a...
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Memories of a Hostess: A Chronicle of Eminent FriendshipsMemories of a Hostess: A Chronicle of Eminent Friendships - Drawn Chiefly from the Diaries of Mrs. James T. FieldsIn the years immediately before the death of Mrs. James T. Fields, on January 5, 1915, she spoke to me more than once of her...
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The Clean HeartThe Clean Heart Create in me a clean heart, O God: and renew a right spirit within me. The sacrifice of God is a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. PSALM LI. I. Mr. Wriford II....
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Leo TolstoyLeo TolstoyIF any one wishes to form the fullest estimate of the real character and influence of the great man whose name is prefixed to these remarks, he will not find it in his novels, splendid as they are, or in his ethical views,...
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'Harper's Handy Series' No. 134, 'English Men of Letters'SoutheyI am indebted throughout to The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey, edited by the Rev. C. C. Southey, six volumes, 1850, and to Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey, edited by J. W. Warter, B.D., four volumes, 1856. Many other sources have...
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Rede lectures 1890ErasmusTranscriber's Notes: Blank pages have been eliminated. Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. A few typographical errors have been corrected. The cover page was created by the transcriber and can be considered public domain. Desiderius Erasmus was born...
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Set Down in Malice: A Book of ReminiscencesSet Down in Malice: A Book of ReminiscencesVery many of the following pages were written in the trenches and dug-outs of Greece and Serbia. I added a chapter or two in Port Said, Alexandria and Marseilles. That is to say, I wrote far away...
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Poussières de ParisPoussières de ParisEt cet amant fervent de la vie, de la vie avec ses joies et ses douleurs, dont il a rendu les plus fugitives nuances, vient de mourir, peine g de quarante ans. Cette anne 98 la emport, comme elle en a emport...
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Literary LivesSir Walter ScottIf all reading mankind had time to read Lockharts Life of Scott, a brief volume on Sir Walter would be a thing without excuse. I am informed, however, by the Editor of this Series that the appreciation of Time, in our age,...
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The letters of Richard Ford, 1797-1858The letters of Richard Ford, 1797-1858Sixty years ago, few men were more widely known in the world of art, letters, and society than Richard Ford, the author of the Handbook for Spain. A connoisseur of engravings, an admirable judge of painting, the interpreter to...
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HungerHungerIch lag wach in meiner Dachstube und hrte eine Uhr unter mir sechs Mal schlagen; es war schon ziemlich hell und die Menschen fingen an, die Treppen auf und nieder zu steigen. Unten bei der Tre, wo mein Zimmer mit alten Nummern des Morgenblattes...
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