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# The Book of the Homeless/The Tryst

THE TRYST
I said to the woman: Whence do you come,
With your bundle in your hand?
She said: In the North I made my home,
Where slow streams fatten the fruitful loam,
And the endless wheat-fields run like foam
To the edge of the endless sand.
I said : What look have your houses there,
And the rivers that glass your sky?
Do the steeples that call your people to prayer
Lift fretted fronts to the silver air,
And the stones of your streets, are they washed and fair
When the Sunday folk go by?
My house is ill to find, she said,
For it has no roof but the sky;
The tongue is torn from the steeple-head,
The streets are foul with the slime of the dead.
And all the rivers run poison-red
With the bodies drifting by.
I said: Is there none to come at your call
In all this throng astray?
They shot my husband against a wall.
And my child (she said), too little to crawl,
Held up its hands to catch the ball
When the gun-muzzle turned its way.
​I said: There are countries far from here
Where the friendly church-bells call,
And fields where the rivers run cool and clear,
And streets where the weary may walk without fear,
And a quiet bed, with a green tree near,
To sleep at the end of it all.
She answered: Your land is too remote,
And what if I chanced to roam
When the bells fly back to the steeples' throat,
And the sky with banners is all afloat.
And the streets of my city rock like a boat
With the tramp of her men come home?
I shall crouch by the door till the bolt is down,
And then go in to my dead.
Where my husband fell I will put a stone,
And mother a child instead of my own.
And stand and laugh on my bare hearth-stone
When the King rides by, she said.
Edith Wharton
Paris, August 27th, 1915
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# The Book of the Homeless/The Undergraduate Killed in Battle

THE UNDERGRADUATE KILLED IN BATTLE
Sweet as the lawn beneath his sandalled tread
Or the scarce rippled stream beneath his oar,
For its still, channelled current constant more,
His life was, and the few blithe words he said.
One or two poets read he, and reread; One or two friends in boyish ardour wore
Next to his heart, incurious of the lore
Dodonian woods might murmur o'er his head.
Ah, demons of the whirlwind, have a care
What, trumpeting your triumphs, ye undo!
The earth once won, begins your long despair
That never, never is his bliss for you.
He breathed betimes this clement island air
And in unwitting lordship saw the blue.
George Santayana
Oxford, August, 1915
# The Book of the Homeless/Épitaphe

ÉPITAPHE
Ci-gît un tel, mort pour la France et qui, vivant,
Poussait sa voiturette à travers les villages
Pour vendre un peu de fil, de sel ou de fromage.
Sous les portails d'azur aux feuillages mouvants.
Il a gagné son pain comme au Commandement
Que donne aux hommes Dieu dans le beau Livre sage.
Puis, un jour, sur sa tête a crevé le nuage
Que lance l'orageux canon de l'Allemand.
Ce héros, dans l'éclair qui délivra son âme.
Aura vu tout en noir ses enfants et sa femme
Contemplants anxieux son pauvre gagne-pain:
Ce chariot plus beau que n'est celui de l'Ourse
Et qu'il a fait rouler pendant la dure course
Qui sur terre commence un céleste destin.
Francis Jammes
Orthez, 29 Juillet 1915
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# The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Lee, Sophia

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LEE. I. Sophia, an English authoress, born in London in May, 1750, died at Clifton, near Bristol, March 13, 1824. She was the daughter of an actor, who was originally a lawyer, and made her first appearance before the public in 1780 as the author of a comedy entitled “The Chapter of Accidents,” which was brought out at the Haymarket theatre with great success. In the succeeding year she removed with her sisters to Bath, where she devoted the profits of her play to the establishment of a young ladies' seminary, over which she and her sister Harriet presided for many years. In 1785 she published “The Recess,” a historical tale of a rather sombre character, which attained considerable popularity, and which was followed by “Almeyda,” a tragedy, performed with moderate success; “The Life of a Lover,” a novel in 6 vols.; and an unsuccessful comedy, “The Assignation.” She also furnished “The Young Lady's Tale” and “The Clergyman's Tale” to the series of “Canterbury Tales,” written by her sister Harriet and herself, which are considered her best productions. She gave up her seminary in 1803, and passed the remainder of her life in retirement. Her conversational powers were remarkable. II. Harriet, sister of the preceding, born in London in 1756, died at Clifton, Aug. 1, 1851. Her first appearance as an authoress took place in 1786, when she published “The Errors of Innocence,” a novel in 5 vols., succeeded by several others now forgotten. In 1797 appeared the first volume of the “Canterbury Tales,” followed at intervals of a few years by four others under the same title, the contents of which were for the most part of her composition. They enjoyed a great popularity in the early part of the century; and a new edition was published in New York in 1856-'7 (3 vols. 12mo). One of the most remarkable is “The German's Tale: Kruitzner,” from which Lord Byron borrowed not merely the plot and the machinery down to the most trivial incidents, but in some instances the language, of his “Werner.” She also produced two dramas, “The New Peerage” and “The Three Strangers,” the latter of which failed at Covent Garden in 1835.
# The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Leavenworth (county)

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​LEAVENWORTH, a N. E. county of Kansas, bounded N. E. by the Missouri river, which separates it from Missouri, and S. by the Kansas; area, 460 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 32,444. The surface is undulating, diversified with prairies and timber lands; the soil is fertile. The Leavenworth branch of the Kansas Pacific railroad traverses it, and it is also crossed by the Kansas Central and the Missouri Pacific railroads. The chief productions in 1870 were 31,647 bushels of wheat, 1,133,188 of Indian corn, 193,851 of oats, 295,980 of potatoes, 14,380 lbs. of wool, 254,837 of butter, and 19,796 tons of hay. There were 4,480 horses, 4,701 milch cows, 8,007 other cattle, 3,406 sheep, and 17,435 swine; 11 manufactories of carriages, 10 of clothing, 8 of furniture, 2 of iron castings, 1 of machinery, 4 of marble and stone work, 9 of saddlery and harness, 2 of soap and candles, 6 of tin, copper, and sheet-iron ware, 16 of cigars, 5 breweries, 3 flour mills, and 8 saw mills. Capital, Leavenworth.
# The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Leavitt, Joshua

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​LEAVITT, Joshua, an American journalist, born in Heath, Mass., Sept. 8, 1794, died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 16, 1873. He graduated at Yale college in 1810, and, after teaching in Wethersfield, Conn., studied law in Northampton, Mass., was admitted to the bar in 1819, and in 1821 began to practise in Putney, Vt. In 1823 he commenced the study of theology at New Haven, and in 1825 was ordained pastor in Stratford, Conn. The same year he wrote for the “Christian Spectator” a series of articles against slavery. In 1828 he removed to New York to become secretary of the seamen's friend society. In 1831 he became editor and proprietor of the “New York Evangelist,” founded to advocate the new ​school opinion in regard to revivals; and he reported for this journal the lectures of the Rev. Charles G. Finney, which were republished in England and translated into French and Welsh. The views advocated in the “Evangelist” led to the formation of the New School Presbyterian church in 1837. He aided in organizing the New York anti-slavery society in 1833, and was a member of its executive committee, as well as of that of the national anti-slavery society in which it was merged. He was one of the leading abolitionists who were obliged to fly for a time from the city to escape mob violence. In 1837 he became editor of the “Emancipator,” which he removed to Boston in 1841. He there also issued the “Daily Chronicle,” the earliest daily anti-slavery paper. From 1840 he endeavored to form an anti-slavery party, and he was the chairman of the national committee of the liberty party from 1844 to 1847, and supported their nominees for the presidency in 1844, 1848, and 1852. In 1848 he became managing editor of the “Independent” newspaper, for which he continued to write until a few days before his death. In 1819 he organized in Heath, Mass., the earliest Sunday school in that part of the country. He was the first lecturer sent out by the American temperance society, and delivered the first temperance lecture ever given in New Haven. He edited a series of school readers which were largely used, and the “Christian Lyre,” the first hymn book published in America with the notes attached.
# The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Lee, Ann

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LEE, Ann, the founder of the sect of Shakers in America, born in Manchester, England, Feb. 29, 1736, died in Watervliet, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1784. Her parents were members of a distinct branch of the society of Friends, and too poor to afford their children even the rudiments of education. She was early married to Abraham Stanley, by whom she had four children who died in infancy. She became in 1758 a member of the Manchester society of Friends, and in 1770 she professed to have received a divine mission to deliver her “testimony against all lustful gratifications as the source and foundation of human corruption and misery.” Her peculiarity of manner and the novelty of the doctrines she preached subjected her at first to abuse, and she was at length confined in prison by the authorities of Manchester for several weeks. During this imprisonment, Christ, she said, revealed to her in a vision the most astonishing views and divine manifestations of truth; and after her release she was regarded by her sect as “a mother in spiritual things,” and was always called by them “Mother Ann.” In 1774 Ann Lee, with others of her sect, including her husband and a brother and niece, emigrated to New York, for the purpose of establishing there the “church of Christ's second appearing.” The company separated for a time in order to seek employment and the means of subsistence; but about 1776 they were reunited in the present town of Watervliet, near Albany, where Ann Lee, who had previously formally dissolved her connection with her husband, became their recognized head. In 1780, during a religious revival in New Lebanon and several adjoining towns, the company first brought itself into notice, and under the influence of Ann Lee many persons were
converted to their doctrines. In this movement originated the flourishing society at New Lebanon. They incurred, however, the suspicion of the local authorities with regard to their friendliness to the patriotic cause, and Ann and others were imprisoned for several months for refusing to take the oath of allegiance to the state of New York, it being contrary to their faith. They were released without a trial by order of Gov. George Clinton in the latter part of 1780. In 1781-'3 Ann Lee and the elders of the society at Watervliet made a missionary journey through New England, in the course of which societies were founded in Harvard, Mass., and other places. She died about a year after her return. See “Ann Lee, or Shakers and Shakerism,” by F. W. Evans.
# The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Lee, Samuel

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LEE, Samuel, an English scholar, born at Longnor, May 14, 1783, died at Barley, Dec. 16, 1852. He was educated at a charity school, and at the age of 12 was apprenticed to a carpenter. While laboring at his craft he mastered the Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Chaldaic, and Syriac languages. He subsequently acquired a knowledge of Arabic, Persian, French, German, and Italian, with the assistance of Archdeacon Corbett, who in 1810 procured his appointment to the mastership of a foundation school at Shrewsbury. He entered Queen's college, Cambridge, in 1813, graduated in due course,
took orders, and in 1819 became professor of Arabic at his university. In 1831 he was elected regius professor of Hebrew in the university of Cambridge, which in 1833 conferred on him the degree of D. D., an honor received by him more than ten years before from the German university of Halle. His chief publications were: “Hebrew Grammar” (1830); “The Travels of Ibn Batuta,” translated from the Arabic (1833); a translation of Job (1837); a “Hebrew, Chaldaic, and English Lexicon” (1840); and “An Inquiry into the Nature, Progress, and End of Prophecy” (1849).
# The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Lebanon (county)

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​ LEBANON, a S. E. county of Pennsylvania, bounded N. W. by Kittatinny or Blue mountain, S. E. by South mountain, and drained by Swatara river and its branches; area, 288 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 34,096. It consists almost wholly of a valley, and has mines of excellent iron ore in connection with rich veins of copper; slate, limestone; and marble also abound. The soil is very fertile. The Union canal and the Lebanon Valley branch of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad, the Lebanon and Tremont, and the Schuylkill and Susquehanna railroads pass through it. The chief productions in 1870 were 538,304 bushels of wheat, 70,188 of rye, 627,881 of Indian corn, 678,614 of oats, 95,835 of potatoes, 569,199 lbs. of butter, and 41,894 tons of hay. There were 6,895 horses, 9,131 milch cows, 11,763 other cattle, 2,687 sheep, and 13,953 swine; 4 manufactories of boots and shoes, 9 of brick, 19 of carriages, 3 of cars, 39 of clothing, 18 of furniture, 15 of iron, 15 of lime, 1 of machinery, 1 of paper, 11 of saddlery and harness, 15 of tin, copper, and sheet-iron ware, 19 of cigars, 4 breweries, 6 tanneries, 4 currying establishments, 1 planing mill, 4 saw mills, and 14 flour mills. Capital, Lebanon.
# The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Lee, Mrs. R. Bowdich

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LEE, Mrs. R. Bowdich, an English authoress, born about 1800, died in 1856. During a residence in Gold Coast colony, Africa, whither her first husband, Mr. T. E. Bowdich, had been sent on a mission of pacification to the Ashantees, she collected the materials for an interesting work, which appeared in 1825 under the title of “Stories of Strange Lands.” Another work of the same character, entitled “The African Wanderers” (3d ed., 1854), has
been highly esteemed for the charm of its narrative and the exactness of its descriptions. Subsequently Mrs. Bowdich resided for many years in Paris, where she married her second husband, Mr. Lee. While there she enjoyed the friendship of Cuvier, of whom she wrote a memoir, and of other eminent authors and naturalists. Her remaining works are for the most part popular treatises on subjects of natural history. Among them are: “Elements of Natural History: Zoölogy;” “Taxidermy;” “Beauties, Uses, &c., of Trees, Plants, and Flowers;” and “Familiar Natural History.”
# The Burden of Isis

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THE BURDEN OF ISIS
The Wisdom of the East Series Edited by L. CRANMER-BYNG Dr. S. A. KAPADIA
THE BURDEN OF ISIS
WISDOM OF THE EAST THE BURDEN OF ISIS
BEING THE LAMENTS OF ISIS AND NEPHTHYS
TRANSLATED FROM THE EGYPTIAN WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES TEACKLE DENNIS
NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY 1910
PRINTED BY HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD., LONDON AND AYLESBURY, ENGLAND.
TO MY WIFE, THE SHARER OF MANY HAPPY DAYS IN EGYPT, THIS VOLUME IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL NOTE
THE object of the Editors of this series is a very definite one. They desire above all things that, in their humble way, these books shall be the ambassadors of good-will and understanding between East and West—the old world of Thought and the new of Action. In this endeavour, and in their own sphere, they are but followers of the highest example in the land. They are confident that a deeper knowledge of the great ideals and lofty philosophy of Oriental thought may help to a revival of that true spirit of Charity which neither despises nor fears the nations of another creed and colour. Finally, in thanking press and public for the very cordial reception given to the "Wisdom of the East" Series, they wish to state that no pains have been spared to secure the best specialists for the treatment of the various subjects at hand.
L. CRANMER-BYNG. S. A. KAPADIA.
Northbrook Society, 185 Piccadilly, W.
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# The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas/Preface

PREFACE
The publication of the epoch-making work by Lipsius on the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles comprising about 1800 pages closely printed; Schmidt's Coptic Acta Pauli, more especially the critical edition of the Apocryphal Acts by Lipsius and Bonnet, have opened a large, but very little cultivated field of ancient Christian literature. The oldest of these Acts are those which are treated in the present volume. They give us a picture of Christianity towards the end of the second century. They are important for the history of the Christian cultus in the second and third cent., and by their description of the divine service in the houses they supplement of picture delineated in the Acts of the Apostles. They are also important for the history of Christian poetry which commences among the Gnostics; in short: though these Acts contain both "truth and fiction," they cannot be ignored by the teacher and preacher, the missionary and historian. What has hitherto been a terra incognita generally speaking, has now been made accessible, especially by the beautiful edition of Lipsius and Bonnet, whose text must now be considered as textus receptus. Tischendorf's text which was published in 1851, is now superseded by this later publication, ​and what is said of the text concerns also the English translation of Apocryphal Acts based on Tischendorf's work. As an illustration we only refer to the fact that chaps. 39–41, 62–158 now found in the Acts of Thomas are wanting in Tischendorf's edition. The Acts of Paul and Thecla formerly regarded as a separate book, are now proven to be a part of the Acts of Paul, to which also belongs the so-called third epistle to the Corinthians. Without calling attention to many other points, it is obvious that the Apocryphal Acts, as far as they have been translated into English, need a thorough revision, if not a new translation. For the present we offer the oldest and therefore most important Acts. That these Acts cannot be ignored because they form an important contribution to the primitive literature of the Church, the reader can readily see from the special introductions and literature. In the preparation of the present volume the work edited by Edgar Hennecke has been of great help. I have also made free use of the English translation of the Apocryphal Acts by A. Walker in the Ante-Nicene Christian Library (Edinb. 1867), as far as was possible. In other respects the present work is entirely independent, and whatever its shortcomings may be, we have the satisfaction that it is the first effort to make the researches of Lipsius, Bonnet, Schmidt, etc. accessible to the English reader.
B P.
Newark, New Jersey, Nov. 1908.
# The Apocryphal New Testament

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* The Apocryphal New Testament (1820) by William Hone
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# The Atlantic Monthly/Volume 1/Number 1/The Gift of Tritemius

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THE GIFT OF TRITEMIUS.
Tritemius of Herbipolis one day, While kneeling at the altar's foot to pray, Alone with God, as was his pious choice, Heard from beneath a miserable voice,— A sound that seemed of all sad things to tell, As of a lost soul crying out of hell.
Thereat the Abbot rose, the chain whereby His thoughts went upward broken by that cry, And, looking from the casement, saw below A wretched woman, with gray hair aflow, And withered hands stretched up to him, who cried For alms as one who might not be denied.
She cried: "For the dear love of Him who gave His life for ours, my child from bondage save, My beautiful, brave first-born, chained with slaves In the Moor's galley, where the sun-smit waves Lap the white walls of Tunis!" "What I can I give," Tritemius said,—"my prayers." "O man ​Of God!" she cried, for grief had made her bold, "Mock me not so: I ask not prayers, but gold; Words cannot serve me, alms alone suffice; Even while I plead, perchance my first-born dies!"
"Woman!" Tritemius answered, "from our door None go unfed; hence are we always poor. A single soldo is our only store. Thou hast our prayers; what can we give thee more?"
"Give me," she said, "the silver candlesticks On either side of the great crucifix; God well may spare them on His errands sped, Or He can give you golden ones instead."
Then said Tritemius, "Even as thy word, Woman, so be it; and our gracious Lord, Who loveth mercy more than sacrifice, Pardon me if a human soul I prize Above the gifts upon His altar piled! Take what thou askest, and redeem thy child."
But his hand trembled as the holy alms He laid within the beggar's eager palms; And as she vanished down the linden shade, He bowed his head and for forgiveness prayed.
So the day passed; and when the twilight came He rose to find the chapel all a-flame, And, dumb with grateful wonder, to behold Upon the altar candlesticks of gold!