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Sesame 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...

The 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...

Herodias 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...

Salammbo 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...

Three 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...

Dream 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...

The 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...

Tales 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...

The 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...

Tom 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...

Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera; Or, Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures "Who is it, Koku?" inquired Tom, looking up from his work-bench in the machine shop, where he was busy over a part of the motor for his new noiseless airship. "Any...

Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers; Or, The Secret of Phantom Mountain Well, Tom Swift, I don't believe you will make any mistake if you buy that diamond, said the jeweler to a young man who was inspecting a tray of pins, set with...

Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship; Or, The Naval Terror of the Seas Ned Newton, the chum and companion of Tom Swift, gave vent to a whistle of surprise, as he gazed at the young fellow sitting opposite him, near a bench covered with...

Spoon River Anthology MCumber, Daniel McDowell, Rutherford McFarlane, Widow McGee, Fletcher McGee, Ollie MGrew, Jennie MGrew, Mickey McGuire, Jack McNeely, Mary McNeely, Paul McNeely, Washington Malloy, Father Marsh, Zilpha Marshal, The Town Marshall, Herbert Mason, Serepta Matheny, Faith Matlock, Davis Matlock, Lucinda Melveny, Abel...

Poems and Songs of Robert Burns Robert Burns was born near Ayr, Scotland, 25th of January, 1759. He was the son of William Burnes, or Burness, at the time of the poet's birth a nurseryman on the banks of the Doon in Ayrshire. His...

Penelope's English Experiences - Being Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton Here we are in London again,Francesca, Salemina, and I. Salemina is a philanthropist of the Boston philanthropists limited. I am an artist. Francesca is It is very difficult to label Francesca....

Melmoth Reconciled There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardeners craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-housea species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed...

The Rhythm of Life, and Other EssaysThe Rhythm of Life Decivilised A Remembrance The Sun The Flower Unstable Equilibrium The Unit of the World By the Railway Side Pocket Vocabularies Pathos The Point of Honour Composure Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes James Russell Lowell Domus...

Alexandria and Her Schools - Four Lectures Delivered at the Philosophical Institution, EdinburghI should not have presumed to choose for any lectures of mine such a subject as that which I have tried to treat in this book. The subject was chosen by the...

Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger MARTIN HYDE CHAPTER I. I LEAVE HOME CHAPTER II. I LEAVE HOME AGAIN CHAPTER III. I LEAVE HOME A THIRD TIME CHAPTER IV. I LEAVE HOME FOR THE LAST TIME CHAPTER V. I GO TO SEA CHAPTER VI. THE...