Old Is Gold

A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth CenturyHistorians of French and German literature are accustomed to set off a period, or a division of their subject, and entitle it "Romanticism" or "the Romantic School." Writers of English literary history, while recognizing the importance...

The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 20, March 25, 1897 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girlswill furnish at price advertised any book named in Great Round World, or copies of The Great Round World....

The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 19, March 18, 1897 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and GirlsSend books by express prepaid. Send none which are much soiled or worn; pages must not be torn nor...

Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by HimselfTHIS work has been written during irregular intervals, while I have been travelling and laboring for the emancipation of my enslaved countrymen. The reader will remember that I make no...

Francia; Un bienfait n'est jamais perduLe jeudi 31 mars 1814, la population de Paris s'entassait sur le passage d'un trange cortge. Le tsar Alexandre, ayant sa droite le roi de Prusse et sa gauche le prince de Schwarzenberg, reprsentant de l'empereur d'Autriche, s'avanait lentement...

Unelmiensa uhri: RomaaniKauan oli kes kaivattu, ja nyt vihdoinkin oli se tullut kki kuin taikavoimalla. Sadetta saatiin ensin, lmmint, kesist sadetta, sitten pivnpaistetta. Lehti puhkesi puihin, mehevn nousi vaalean vihertv nurmi, ja vedet vlkkyivt kesisen auringon valossa. Riemulla tyttyi jokaisen rinta. Maamies hymhteli tyytyvisen...

The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 18, March 11, 1897 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and GirlsNature lessons, to be entitled to that name, must deal with what can be handled and scrutinized at leisure...

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The Notorious Mrs. EbbsmithThe Scene is a room in the Palazzo Arconati, on the Grand Canal, Venice. The room itself is beautiful in its decayed grandeur, but the furnishings and hangings are either tawdry and meretricious or avowedly modern. The three windows at the...

The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 16, February 25, 1897 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and GirlsSend books by express prepaid. Send none which are much soiled or worn; pages must not be torn nor...

The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 15, February 18, 1897 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and GirlsI take pleasure in announcing that I have purchased the entire subscription list and good will of Current Events,...

Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849At the request of my son, the Author of this volume, I have undertaken to write the Preface, and to say a few words on the very peculiar and noble traits of character, which...

A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches It had been one of the warm and almost sultry days which sometimes come in November; a maligned month, which is really an epitome of the other eleven, or a sort of index to the whole...

TeverinoTeverino est une pure fantaisie dont chaque lecteur peut tirer la conclusion qu'il lui plaira. Je l'ai commence Paris, en 1845, et termine la campagne, sans aucun plan, sans aucun but que celui de peindre un caractre original, une destine bizarre, qui peuvent paratre...

The Underground Railroad - A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. ***** Like millions of my...

Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Selected From His Writings and Speeches During a Public Life of More Than Half a Century * * * * * So many works have already appeared of which the Duke of Wellington...

Outspoken EssaysAll the Essays in this volume, except the first, have appeared in the Edinburgh Review, the Quarterly Review, or the Hibbert Journal. I have to thank the Publishers and Editors of those Reviews for their courtesy in permitting me to reprint them. The...

SpiridionSpiridion a t crit en grande partie, et termin dans la Chartreuse de Valdemosa, aux gmissements de la bise dans les clotres en ruines. Certes, ce lieu romantique et mieux inspir un plus grand pote. Heureusement le plaisir d'crire ne se mesure pas au...

Oeuvres illustrées de George Sand - Les visions de la nuit dans les campagnes - La vallée noire - Une visite aux catacombesAu moment o le ministre allait subir la chambre le grand assaut dont il est sorti sain et sauf, ce qu'on assure,...

Nanon - La bibliothèque précieuseJe vais prendre les choses de haut et tcher de retrouver les premiers souvenirs de mon enfance. Ils sont trs confus, comme ceux des enfants dont on ne dveloppe pas l'intelligence par l'ducation. Je sais que je suis ne en...