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Iphigenie auf TaurisIphigenie. Heraus in eure Schatten, rege Wipfel Des alten, heil'gen, dichtbelaubten Haines, Wie in der Gttin stilles Heiligthum Tret' ich noch jetzt mit schauderndem Gefhl, Als wenn ich sie zum erstenmal betrte, Und es gewhnt sich nicht mein Geist hierher. So manches...

The American Republic: Its Constitution, Tendencies, and Destiny In the volume which, with much diffidence, is here offered to the public, I have given, as far as I have considered it worth giving, my whole thought in a connected form on the nature, necessity,...

Everybody's Business Is Nobody's Business - Or, Private Abuses, Public Grievances; Exemplified in the Pride, Insolence, and Exorbitant Wages of Our Women, Servants, Footmen, &c.Since this little book appeared in print, it has had no less than three answers, and fresh attacks are daily...

Dickory Cronke: The Dumb Philosopher, or, Great Britain's WonderThe formality of a preface to this little book might have been very well omitted, if it were not to gratify the curiosity of some inquisitive people, who, I foresee, will be apt to make objections...

Old John Brown, the man whose soul is marching on This book is for busy people who have not the time to read at large upon the subject. Those who would adequately master all the bearings of the story here briefly told must read...

Liber Amoris, Or, The New Pygmalion The circumstances, an outline of which is given in these pages, happened a very short time ago to a native of North Britain, who left his own country early in life, in consequence of political animosities and an...

The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon T HE following papers, with two exceptions, were written in England, and formed but part of an intended series for which I had made notes and memorandums. Before I could mature a plan, however, circumstances compelled me to send...

The Lock and Key Library: the Most Interesting Stories of All Nations: French NovelsPlease 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....

Clotel; Or, The President's DaughterMORE than two hundred years have elapsed since the first cargo of slaves was landed on the banks of the James River, in the colony of Virginia, from the West coast of Africa. From the introduction of slaves in 1620,...

My Memories of Eighty Years For many years my friends have insisted upon my putting in permanent form the incidents in my life which have interested them. It has been my good fortune to take part in history-making meetings and to know more or...

The Education of Henry AdamsTHIS volume, written in 1905 as a sequel to the same author's "Mont Saint Michel and Chartres," was privately printed, to the number of one hundred copies, in 1906, and sent to the persons interested, for their assent, correction, or...

The Lock and Key Library: The most interesting stories of all nations: AmericanPlease 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...

Something NewThe sunshine of a fair Spring morning fell graciously on London town. Out in Piccadilly its heartening warmth seemed to infuse into traffic and pedestrians alike a novel jauntiness, so that bus drivers jested and even the lips of chauffeurs uncurled into not...

The House of the Wolf: A Romance The following is a modern English version of a curious French memoir, or fragment of autobiography, apparently written about the year 1620 by Anne, Vicomte de Caylus, and brought to this countryif, in fact, the original ever...

Confessions of an English Opium-EaterI here present you, courteous reader, with the record of a remarkable period in my life: according to my application of it, I trust that it will prove not merely an interesting record, but in a considerable degree useful and...

Evangeline: A Tale of AcadieTHIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest...

The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern EnglishSomewhere in the Other World, where there are books and pictures and plays and shop windows to look at, and thousands of men who spend their lives in building up all four, lives...

Novel NotesYears ago, when I was very small, we lived in a great house in a long, straight, brown-coloured street, in the east end of London. It was a noisy, crowded street in the daytime; but a silent, lonesome street at night, when the...

Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon Task CompletedThe Mountain-topChange in the Face of NatureOriginal Importance of Newera Ellia"The Path of a Thousand Princes"Vestiges of Former PopulationMountainsThe Highlands of OuvaAncient Methods of IrrigationRemains of AqueductsThe Vale of RubiesAncient OphirDiscovery of Gold-Mineral ResourcesNative Blacksmiths. Poverty of SoilCeylon...

Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners) The Law, as quoted, lays down a fair conduct of life, and one not easy to follow. I have been fellow to a beggar again and again under circumstances which prevented either of us finding...