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Twenty-Six Years Reminiscences of Scotch Grouse MoorsMy grouse shooting days are now past. Increasing years and rheumatic muscles remind me that I have had my time, and a very good time too, so now let younger men take my place and profit by my...

A Christmas Gift to the American Home and the Youth of AmericaThe work of rendering this volume into English has been a source of unlimited joy because of the clarity of the author's message; the form in which he has clothed his thoughts, and...

A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 05The Spanish Tragedie, Containing the lamentable end of Don Horatio and Bel-imperia: with the pitiful death of olde Hieronimo. Newly corrected and amended of such grosse faults as passed in the first impression. At London Printed...

Momus Triumphans: or, the Plagiaries of the English Stage (1688[1687])If it be true, what Aristotle[40] that great Philosopher, and Father of Criticism, has own'd, that the Stage might instruct Mankind better than Philosophy it self. If Homer was thought by Horace[41] to exceed Crantor...

London's Heart: A NovelThe scene opens in the locality of Soho--that labyrinth of narrow paths which always wears a depressed and melancholy air, as if it had just gone into mourning. If Soho ever had bright days in the shape of a sunny youth,...

In Vanity Fair: A Tale of Frocks and FemininityThe Parisienne, in her subtler phases, is a theme for a feminist of genius; and this little book does not venture upon the psychological deep seas. Grave issues are tangled in the game of fashion-making; but...

Winged Wheels in FranceThis is not a love story. These wings are wings of motion, not of Cupid, yet there is much of romance and story in these pages,for who can travel the plaisant pays de France and not dip deeply into both? When...

Rogers' Rock, Lake George, March 13, 1758: A Battle Fought on Snow ShoesLake George was frozen and the snow four feet deep in the woods, when on March 10, 1758, Colonel Haviland, commanding at Fort Edward, sent Major Rogers with one hundred and eighty...

The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 11 - Masterpieces of German Literature Translated Into English VOLUME XI FRIEDRICH SPIELHAGEN THEODOR STORM WILHELM RAABE by ......Buy Now (To Read More)Product details Ebook Number: 45788 Author: Francke, Kuno Release Date: May 27,...

Zofloya, ou le Maure, Histoire du XVe siècleL'historien qui a le dsir de voir ses leons s'imprimer fortement dans le cur de l'homme, afin de le rendre plus sage ou plus heureux, ne doit pas se contenter de dtailler simplement une srie d'vnemens; il...

Their Majesties as I Knew Them - Personal Reminiscences of the Kings and Queens of EuropeM. XAVIER PAOLI THE "CHAMBERLAIN" OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC AND THE FRIEND OF SOVEREIGNS It was in 1903, and the King of England was making his first official journey...

New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol. 8, Pt. 2, No. 1, July 1918A AERONAUTICS, "Aerial Record," 51; "The War in the Air," 80; hospitals bombed, 83; Lufbery's last fight, 85; Richthofen's death, 85; list of German aviators killed, 86; ingenious devices...

Gallery of Comicalities; Embracing Humorous SketchesMost of the "Comicalities" here re-produced in fac simile first appeared in the columns of Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle during the years 1827-8 and 9, and caused an unprecedented increase in the weekly sale of that...

Katri: Kertomus 17 vuosi-sadastaHistorialliset aikakirjamme eivt voi kertoa paljon ilosta ja onnesta, jota Suomen kansa olisi nauttinut. Vanhat kirjat nyttvt myskin sanovan niille, jotka kysyvt heit muinaisista pivist: suokaat kuolleitten levossa maata! ja ainoasti vhittin ynn niinkuin vastahakoisesti antavat tomuiset kirjat vastauksia niihin kysymyksiin,...

The Little Brown Jug at Kildare"If anything really interesting should happen to me I think I should drop dead," declared Ardmore as he stood talking to Griswold in the railway station at Atlanta. "I entered upon this life under false pretenses, thinking that money...

Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 06 of 10Tut. Our Peregrination was nere so facilitated, as since we enter'd the line of your gracious favor, under whose beamy aspect, and by which infallible Mathematical compass, may we but hereafter presume to sail, our industries have...

Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 05 of 10Tony. They have given him a hot Custard, and mean to burn his mouth with it; had I known he had been given to dye honourably, I would have helpt him to a Wench, a rare one,...

The Washington Historical Quarterly, Volume V, 1914In several ways the book or pamphlet is of much historical importance. It was prepared by a journalist rather than a historian, and with a sincere desire to give accurate information regarding the Oregon Country and the best...

Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 3 (of 3) - Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local TraditionKing Easter and King Wester were probably the petty princes of Northumberland...

The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume VI THE WORKS OF APHRA BEHN. VOL. VI. La Mntre: or, The Lover's Watch, 'Licensed 2 Aug. 1686. R.L.S.' is taken by Mrs. Behn from La Mntre of Balthazar de Bonnecorse. After having received an excellent education at...