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The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The DonaghThe Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh - Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education. I may, on the contrary,...
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The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg PilgrimThe Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim - Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of Our readers are to suppose the Reverend Philemy M'Guirk, parish priest of Tir-neer, to be standing upon the altar of the chapel,...
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The Ned M'Keown StoriesThe Ned M'Keown Stories - Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of It will naturally be expected, upon a new issue of works which may be said to treat exclusively of a people who form such an important and interesting portion...
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The Emigrants Of AhadarraThe Emigrants Of Ahadarra - The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two CHAPTER I.A strong Farmer's Establishment and Family. CHAPTER II.Gerald Cavanagh and his Family CHAPTER III.Jemmy Burke Refuses to be, Made a Fool Of CHAPTER IV.A Poteen Still-House at MidnightIts Inmates. CHAPTER V.Who...
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The Tithe-ProctorThe Tithe-Proctor - The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two After the reader shall, have perused the annexed startling and extraordinary narrative, on which I have founded the tale of the Tithe-Proctor, I am sure he will admit that there is very little left...
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Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish AgentValentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent - The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two It was not my intention to have written any Preface to this book, but to have allowed it simply to speak for itself. As it is very likely, however, that both...
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Ellen Duncan; And The Proctor's DaughterEllen Duncan; And The Proctor's Daughter - The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two There are some griefs so deep and overwhelming, that even the best exertions of friendship and sympathy are unequal to the task of soothing or dispelling them. Such was the...
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The Dead BoxerThe Dead Boxer - The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two One evening in the beginning of the eighteenth centuryas nearly as we can conjecture, the year might be that of 1720some time about the end of April, a young man named Lamh Laudher...
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Lha Dhu; Or, The Dark DayLha Dhu; Or, The Dark Day - The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two There is no country in the world whose scenery is more sweetly diversified, or more delicately shaded away into that exquisite variety of surface which presents us with those wavy...
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Jane Sinclair; Or, The Fawn Of SpringvaleJane Sinclair; Or, The Fawn Of Springvale - The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two If there be one object in life that stirs the current of human feeling more sadly than another, it is a young and lovely woman, whose intellect has been...
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The Evil Eye; Or, The Black SpectorThe Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector - The Works of William Carleton, Volume One There is very little to be said about this book in the shape of a preface. The superstition of the Evil Eye is, and has been, one of the...
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The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of BallytrainThe Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain - The Works of William Carleton, Volume One The incidents upon which this book is founded seem to be extraordinary and startling, but they are true; for, as Byron says, and as we all know, Truth...
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Fardorougha, The MiserFardorougha, The Miser - The Works of William Carleton, Volume One It was on one of those nights in August, when the moon and stars shine through an atmosphere clear and cloudless, with a mildness of lustre almost continental, that a horseman, advancing at...
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Willy ReillyWilly Reilly - The Works of William Carleton, Volume One I am agreeably called upon by my bookseller to prepare for a Second Edition of Willy Reilly. This is at all times a pleasing call upon an author; and it is so especially to...
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The Ship of StarsThe Ship of StarsIt is with a peculiar pleasure and, I dare to hope, with some appropriateness that I dedicate to you this story of the West Country, which claims you with pride. To be sure, the places here written of will be found...
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The Theater (1720)The Theater (1720)The Theatre, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name. Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated...
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Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2Transcriber's Note: The index at the end of this document is for both this volume and volume one. As such, the hyperlinks in the HTML version all point to this document only. The publication in 1859 of...
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Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1In Westminster Abbey there repose, almost side by side, by no conscious design yet with deep significance, the mortal remains of Isaac Newton and of Charles Darwin. "'The Origin of Species,'" said Wallace, "will live as long...
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Notes and Queries, Number 32, June 8, 1850Notes and Queries, Number 32, June 8, 1850In the late debate on Mr. Grantley Berkeley's motion for a fixed duty on corn, Sir Benjamin Hall is reported to have imagined the presence of a stranger to witness the debate, and to have said that...
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Salambo: Ein Roman aus Alt-KarthagoSalambo: Ein Roman aus Alt-Karthago Die Sldner, die er in Sizilien befehligt hatte, feierten den Jahrestag der Schlacht am Eryx durch ein groes Gelage. Da der Feldmarschall abwesend und die Versammlung zahlreich war, schmauste und zechte man auf das zwangloseste. Die Offiziere hatten sich...
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