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Eminent VictoriansTHE history of the Victorian Age will never be written; we know too much about it. For ignorance is the first requisite of the historianignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art. Concerning...

An Enemy of the People Dr. Thomas Stockmann, Medical Officer of the Municipal Baths. Mrs. Stockmann, his wife. Petra (their daughter) a teacher. Ejlif & Morten (their sons, aged 13 and 10 respectively). Peter Stockmann (the Doctor's elder brother), Mayor of the Town and...

Letters on EnglandFranois Marie Arouet, who called himself Voltaire, was the son of Franois Arouet of Poitou, who lived in Paris, had given up his office of notary two years before the birth of this his third son, and obtained some years afterwards a...

OxfordThese papers do not profess even to sketch the outlines of a history of Oxford. They are merely records of the impressions made by this or that aspect of the life of the University as it has been in different ages. Oxford is not...

The Story of the Mormons, from the Date of Their Origin to the Year 1901 No chapter of American history has remained so long unwritten as that which tells the story of the Mormons. There are many books on the subject, histories written under...

History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, by the House of Representatives, and his trial by the Senate for high crimes and misdemeanors in office, 1868 Little is now known to the general public of the history of the...

The Burgess Animal Book for Children The cordial reception given the Burgess Bird Book for Children, together with numerous letters to the author asking for information on the habits and characteristics of many of the mammals of America, led to the preparation of this...

The Naturalist on the River AmazonsHaving been urged to prepare a new edition of this work for a wider circle than that contemplated in the former one, I have thought it advisable to condense those portions which, treating of abstruse scientific questions, presuppose a...

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 JAMES was now at the height of power and prosperity. Both in England and in Scotland he had vanquished his enemies, and had punished them with a severity which had indeed...

Daphne: An Autumn Pastoral "Her Excellency,will she have the politeness," said Daphne slowly, reading from a tiny Italian-English phrase-book, "the politeness to"She stopped helpless. Old Giacomo gazed at her with questioning eyes. The girl turned the pages swiftly and chose another phrase. "Certainly," answered...

They and IIt is not a large house, I said. We dont want a large house. Two spare bedrooms, and the little three-cornered place you see marked there on the plan, next to the bathroom, and which will just do for a bachelor, will...

The MarriagesWont you stay a little longer? the hostess asked while she held the girls hand and smiled. Its too early for every one to goits too absurd. Mrs. Churchley inclined her head to one side and looked gracious; she flourished about her face,...

The Crimson Fairy Book Each Fairy Book demands a preface from the Editor, and these introductions are inevitably both monotonous and unavailing. A sense of literary honesty compels the Editor to keep repeating that he is the Editor, and not the author of the...

New Atlantis Bacon's literary executor, Dr. Rowley, published "The New Atlantis" in 1627, the year after the author's death. It seems to have been written about 1623, during that period of literary activity which followed Bacon's political fall. None of Bacon's writings gives in...

Donal Grant Note from electronic text creator: I have compiled a word list with definitions of most of the Scottish words and phrases found in this work at the end of the book. This list does not belong to the original work, but is...

Barchester TowersPlease take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an electronic path open for the next readers. Do not remove this. We produce about two million dollars for each...

Is Shakespeare Dead? - From My AutobiographyScattered here and there through the stacks of unpublished manuscript which constitute this formidable Autobiography and Diary of mine, certain chapters will in some distant future be found which deal with Claimantsclaimants historically notorious: Satan, Claimant; the Golden...

Romantic Ballads, Translated from the Danish; and Miscellaneous PiecesThe ballads in this volume are translated from the Works of Oehlenslger, (a poet who is yet living, and who stands high in the estimation of his countrymen,) and from the Kimp Viser, a collection of...

Lost FaceIt was the end. Subienkow had travelled a long trail of bitterness and horror, homing like a dove for the capitals of Europe, and here, farther away than ever, in Russian America, the trail ceased. He sat in the snow, arms tied behind...

An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and SatiresPopes life as a writer falls into three periods, answering fairly enough to the three reigns in which he worked. Under Queen Anne he was an original poet, but made little money by his verses; under George...