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The ScapegoatThe Scapegoat Within sight of an English port, and within hail of English ships as they pass on to our empire in the East, there is a land where the ways of life are the same to-day as they were a thousand years ago;...
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The Enemies of BooksThe Enemies of Books CHAPTER I. FIRE. Libraries destroyed by Fire.Alexandrian.St. Paul's destruction of MSS., Value of.Christian books destroyed by Heathens.Heathen books destroyed by Christians.Hebrew books burnt at Cremona.Arabic books at Grenada.Monastic libraries.Colton library.Birmingham riots.Dr. Priestley's library.Lord Mansfield's books.Cowper. Strasbourg library bombarded.Offor Collection burnt.Dutch...
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The French Revolution: A HistoryThe French Revolution: A History Diesem Ambos vergleich ich das Land, den Hammer dem Herscher; Und dem Volke das Blech, das in der Mitte sich krmmt. Wehe dem armen Blech, wenn nur willkrliche Schlge Ungewiss treffen, und nie fertig der Kessel erscheint! President Hnault,...
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Riders of the Purple SageRiders of the Purple Sage Jane Withersteen gazed down the wide purple slope with dreamy and troubled eyes. A rider had just left her and it was his message that held her thoughtful and almost sad, awaiting the churchmen who were coming to resent...
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The Heritage of the SiouxThe Heritage of the Sioux THE HERITAGE OF THE SIOUX CHAPTER I. WHEN GREEN GRASS COMES CHAPTER II. THE DAUGHTER OF A CHIEF CHAPTER III. TO THE VICTORS THE SPOILS CHAPTER IV. LOVE WORDS FOR ANNIE CHAPTER V. FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMPANY...
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The Virginian: A Horseman of the PlainsThe Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains Some of these pages you have seen, some you have praised, one stands new-written because you blamed it; and all, my dear critic, beg leave to remind you of their author's changeless admiration. Certain of the newspapers,...
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The Iron Puddler: My Life in the Rolling Mills and What Came of ItThe Iron Puddler: My Life in the Rolling Mills and What Came of It Where were you previous to the eighth and immediately subsequent thereto? asked the city attorney. The prisoner looked sheepish and made no answer. A box car had been robbed on...
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The ProvostThe ProvostDuring a recent visit to the West Country, among other old friends we paid our respects to Mrs Pawkie, the relict of the Provost of that name, who three several times enjoyed the honour of being chief magistrate in Gudetown. Since the death...
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Ceres' Runaway, and Other EssaysCeres' Runaway, and Other EssaysOne can hardly be dull possessing the pleasant imaginary picture of a Municipality hot in chase of a wild cropat least while the charming quarry escapes, as it does in Rome. The Municipality does not exist that would be nimble...
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The Firm of NucingenThe Firm of Nucingen You know how slight the partitions are between the private rooms of fashionable restaurants in Paris; Verys largest room, for instance, is cut in two by a removable screen. This Scene is not laid at Verys, but in snug quarters,...
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Sesame and LiliesSesame and LiliesBeing now fifty-one years old, and little likely to change my mind hereafter on any important subject of thought (unless through weakness of age), I wish to publish a connected series of such parts of my works as now seem to me...
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The Way of the WorldThe Way of the WorldMy Lord,Whether the world will arraign me of vanity or not, that I have presumed to dedicate this comedy to your lordship, I am yet in doubt; though, it may be, it is some degree of vanity even to doubt...
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HerodiasHerodias In the eastern side of the Dead Sea rose the citadel of Machaerus. It was built upon a conical peak of basalt, and was surrounded by four deep valleys, one on each side, another in front, and the fourth in the rear. At...
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SalammboSalammbo It was at Megara, a suburb of Carthage, in the gardens of Hamilcar. The soldiers whom he had commanded in Sicily were having a great feast to celebrate the anniversary of the battle of Eryx, and as the master was away, and they...
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Three Ghost StoriesThree Ghost StoriesUnder none of the accredited ghostly circumstances, and environed by none of the conventional ghostly surroundings, did I first make acquaintance with the house which is the subject of this Christmas piece. I saw it in the daylight, with the sun upon...
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Dream DaysDream Days In the matter of general culture and attainments, we youngsters stood on pretty level ground. True, it was always happening that one of us would be singled out at any moment, freakishly, and without regard to his own preferences, to wrestle with...
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The Poems of Goethe, Translated in the Original MetresThe Poems of Goethe, Translated in the Original MetresPlease 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...
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Tales from ShakespeareTales from Shakespeare The following Tales are meant to be submitted to the young reader as an introduction to the study of Shakespeare, for which purpose his words are used whenever it seemed possible to bring them in; and in whatever has been added...
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The Water Goats, and Other TroublesThe Water Goats, and Other Troubles And then, said the landscape gardener, combing his silky, pointed beard gently with his long, artistic fingers, in the lake you might have a couple of gondolas. Two would be sufficient for a lake of this size; amply...
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Tom Swift and His Air Scout Or, Uncle Sam's Mastery of the SkyTom Swift and His Air Scout; Or, Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky A young ladyan exceedingly pretty young lady, she could be calledstood with one small, gloved hand on the outstretched wing of an aeroplane, and looked up at a young man, attired...
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