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The Laughing Mill, and Other StoriesThe Laughing Mill, and Other StoriesWhat is called the human interest in fiction is doubtless more absorbing than any other, but other legitimate sources of interest exist. The marvellous always possesses a fascination, and justly; for while it is neither human nature nor fact,...
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Lyre and Lancet: A Story in ScenesLyre and Lancet: A Story in ScenesLady Culverin. So here you are, Rupert! Not very busy, are you? I won't keep you a moment. (She goes to a window.) Such a nuisance it's turning out wet, with all these people in the house, isn't...
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Amerikanische Wald- und Strombilder. Zweiter BandAmerikanische Wald- und Strombilder. Zweiter Band.Amerika Urwald Indianer Tomahawk Scalpiren Schlingpflanzen Panther Oh, wer doch einmal im Urwald sein und das Alles so recht in der Nhe mit ansehen knnte ruft der entzckte Leser, whrend vor seinem inneren Auge eine wunderliebliche Camera obscura ihm...
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The Orange GirlThe Orange GirlOn a certain afternoon in May, about four or five of the clock, I was standing at the open window of my room in that Palace to which Fortune leads her choicest favouritesthe College, or Prison, as some call it, of the...
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BukfencBukfencMondhatnak brmit a rvidltk, akik csak a nyomtatott betket ismerik, de nem olvassk el tunyasgbl vagy ostobasgbl a sorok kz font szarkalbakat, amelyek a knyvek repknyei, mint a vrfalakon a trtnelem rkzldjei. Ebben a knyvben az ifjusg romlatlansga, egyedl dvzit tavasza s mindenekfltti ltjogosultsga...
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The Progress of Invention in the 19th CenturyThe Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.For a work of such scope as this, the first word of the author should be an apology for what is doubtless the too ambitious effort of a single writer. A quarter of a century in the...
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English Men of LettersSwiftThe chief materials for a life of Swift are to be found in his writings and correspondence. The best edition is the second of the two edited by Scott (1814 and 1824). In 1751 Lord Orrery published Remarks upon the Life and Writings of...
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Freezing a Mother-in-Law or, Suspended Animation: A farce in one actFreezing a Mother-in-Law; or, Suspended Animation: A farce in one act Scene.Mr. Watmuff's library. Entrances, R. and L. At L.C. a door opening to a cupboard. At R. table, with books and a bottle of water on it. A screen stands close to door,...
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Dorothy Wordsworth: The Story of a Sister's LoveDorothy Wordsworth: The Story of a Sister's LoveThis little book owes its origin to the fact that, with the exception of Professor Shairp's Sketch contained in the preface to the "Tour in Scotland," no biography or memoir of the subject of it has hitherto...
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AddisonAddisonOf the four English men of letters whose writings most fully embody the spirit of the eighteenth century, the one who provides the biographer with the scantiest materials is Addison. In his Journal to Stella, his social verses, and his letters to his friends,...
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One of Clive's Heroes: A Story of the Fight for IndiaOne of Clive's Heroes: A Story of the Fight for IndiaI have not attempted in this story to give a full account of the career of Lord Clive. That has been done by my old friend Mr. Henty in With Clive in India. It...
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The Cubies' ABCThe Cubies' ABC Title: The Cubies' ABC Author: Mary Chase Mills Lyall Release Date: November 21, 2012 [EBook #41423] Language: English Credits: Produced by Jana Srna, Ethan W. Kent, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from...
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Contraband Or, A Losing HazardContraband; Or, A Losing Hazard"In confidence, Mrs. Lascelles, of course. I think you can depend upon me." And Sir Henry, as directed by a weather-beaten guide-post, turned into a narrow lane on his homeward way, while the lady with whom he had been riding,...
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ShelleyShelleyThis sketch of Shelleys life was written in the summer of 1878. Since then Professor Dowdens Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley (2 vols., Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co., 1886) has been given to the world. In that exhaustive work many important documents belonging to...
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At the Relton ArmsAt the Relton ArmsIt was towards the end of a crowded reception in the musician's studio. Most of the people who had come from a sense of social obligation, and they were chiefly the mothers of his fashionable pupils, had left when the musician...
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Miss Eden's LettersMiss Eden's LettersIN the autumn of 1913 a Life of Lord Clarendon[1] was published, and among many of his letters were a few written to him by an old friend, Miss Eden. It was thought that a further selection of Emily Edens letters might...
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Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 20, No. 33, November 1877Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 20, No. 33, November 1877The "city of the legions" still bears traces of the Roman dominion, more proud of them than were the spirited Britons in the days when these walls and other Roman buildings meant...
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In Honour Bound: An Original Play, in One ActIn Honour Bound: An Original Play, in One Act. - (Suggested by Scribe's Five Act Comedy, "Une Chaine.")Scene.Room at Sir George Carlyons. Fire lit, R.; in front of it, a wide, luxurious lounge with high back; against it, C., a writing table, piled high...
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Love Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Volume 2 (of 2)Love Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Volume 2 (of 2)Here is thy poor husband in a polar Paradise! I know not how to interpret this aspect of Naturewhether it be of good or evil omen to our enterprise. But I reflect that the Plymouth pilgrims...
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Histoire de ma Vie, Livre 2 (Vol. 5 - 9)Histoire de ma Vie, Livre 2 (Vol. 5 - 9)Note sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges. L'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise. Les numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris. Rose et...
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