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Produced by Carlo Traverso Claudio Paganelli and theOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet GIUSEPPE GIACOSA Come le Foglie COMMEDIA IN QUATTRO ATTI MILANO FRATELLI TREVES EDITORI 15o migliaio COME LE FOGLIE _Questa commedia fu rappresentata la prima volta a Milano dalla Compagnia Tina Di LorenzoFlavio Andò al teatro Manzoni la sera del 31 gennaio 1900_ PROPRIETÀ LETTERARIA I diritti di riproduzione e di traduzione sono riservati per tutti i paesi compresi la Svezia la Norvegia e lOlanda Per ottenere il diritto di rappresentazione rivolgersi esclusivamente alla SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DEGLI AUTORI Milano Corso Venezia 4 GIUSEPPE GIACOSA Come le Foglie COMMEDIA IN QUATTRO ATTI MILANO FRATELLI TREVES EDITORI 15o migliaio Tip Fratelli Treves1910 ALLAMICO EUGENIO TORELLIVIOLLER CHE MI FU FEDELE NEI MOMENTI GRAVI _Giuseppe Giacosa_PERSONAGGIGIOVANNI ROSANI 56 anniGIULIA sua seconda moglie 34 anniTOMMY 27 anni suoi figli di primo lettoNENNELE 22 anni MASSIMO ROSANI suo nipote 34 anniLA SIGNORA LAURILA SIGNORA IRENELA SIGNORA LABLANCHEHELMER STRILE pittoreUN ALTRO PITTOREUN SIGNOREANDREA domesticiGASPARE LUCIA vecchia camerieraMARTA cuocaUN GROOMFACCHINIATTO PRIMO Un salone fastoso aperto per unarcata che si può chiudere con imposte scorrenti e rientranti nei muri verso una fastosissima sala da pranzo Questa è tappezzata di cuoio a fondo scuro con grandi fiorami dorati ed ha mobili di noce scolpiti Il salone ha un soffitto a cassettoni a borchie dorate e le pareti coperte di arazzi La gran tavola della sala da pranzo è ingombra di sacche da viaggio porta scialli porta ombrelli ecc Nel salone mobilio inglese delicatissimo Nessun sopramobile Si capisce che la casa sta per essere abbandonata A destra due porte la prima mette nella camera di Giovanni la seconda in quella di Tommy A sinistra alla seconda quinta la porta comune Alla prima quinta porta che mette nella camera di Giulia La sala da pranzo ha una sola porta in un angolo a destra dello spettatoreSCENA PRIMA Al sorgere della tela tre facchini carichi di valigie vengono dalla sala da pranzo ed escono per la Comune Si vede nella sala da pranzo LUCIA che viene e va portando robe che depone sulla tavola NENNELE nel salone ritta presso una _consolle_ sta registrando su di un foglio volante il numero dei colli Si ode di quando in quando uno scampanellìo rabbioso ed impazienteNENNELE ai facchiniQuante sonoUN FACCHINOSei dabbasso e qui tre Nove ViaNENNELELuciaLUCIASignorinaNENNELEQuante valigie restanoLUCIATre della signora e due del signorinoNENNELESono pronteLUCIAHo chiuso adesso lultima della signora Quelle del signorino nonsapreiNENNELEQuando verrà la zia Irene bisognerà chiamar subito il papàLUCIASissignoraNENNELEDovè papàLUCIANon lo so È tutta la mattina che è in giro per la casa Va vienenon può star fermo Sono entrata in camera sua unora fa per portarglila posta e stava ritto davanti la specchiera tamburellando colle ditasul cristallo Poi è sceso in scuderia Poi è ripassato di qui Leinon lha vedutoNENNELESì sì Appena levata sono andata a salutarloLUCIAPensi che alle cinque aveva già chiuso la valigia E ha aiutato luiAndrea a scenderla Sapeva bene che dovevano venire i facchini Hovoluto prendere il suo posto ma non ci fu verso Mi ha detto Lasciafare che mi diverte Pausa poi quasi piangendoAh signorina Nennele Pensare che fra unoraNENNELEZitta zitta Suono insistente di campanelloMa chi suona cosìLUCIADevessere il signorinoSCENA SECONDA TOMMY e dettiTOMMY sulluscio della sua camera ha i calzoni corti knickerbockers e le calze di lana fino al ginocchio allalpinista È in manica di camiciaGaspare Dovè GaspareLUCIAÈ in cortile per il caricoTOMMYÈ mezzora che lo chiamo Digli che salga a finire di vestirmiNENNELELo ha mandato il papà Non puoi vestirti da teTOMMYSì colla fretta A queste oreNENNELESono le nove e mezza Io mi sono vestita da me alle seiTOMMYComplimenti A LuciaBene Lascia stareLA VOCE DI GIULIA dalla sua cameraLuciaLUCIAComandi Entra in camera di GiuliaNENNELESono leste le tue robeTOMMYSì esempio di virtù La valigia grande è lesta Gaspare stava perchiudere la piccola quando lhanno chiamato Ho provato a chiuderla dame ma sforza Il _tub_ non ci vuole

Produced by Al HainesFrontispiece Put your arms around my neck and Ill carry youashoreSUNNY BOY AND HIS PLAYMATESBYRAMY ALLISON WHITEAuthor ofSUNNY BOY IN THE COUNTRY SUNNY BOY AT THE SEASHORE SUNNY BOY INSCHOOL AND OUT ETCILLUSTRATED BYHOWARD L HASTINGSPUBLISHERSBARSE CONEW YORK N Y NEWARK N JCopyright 1922ByBARSE COSUNNY BOY AND HIS PLAYMATESCONTENTSCHAPTER I LEARNING TO SKATE II GRANDPA HORTON IS FOUND III WHO WAS THE BIG BOY IV ON COURT HILL V THE SNOW MAN VI THE PARKNEY FAMILY VII THE OTHER GRANDPA VIII WHEN TOYS GO TO SCHOOL IX OUT IN THE BLIZZARD X WHERE THE HORSE LIVED XI MR HARRIS BRINGS A LETTER XII JERRY LOSES HIS TEMPER XIII BRAVE LITTLE SUNNY BOY XIV THE EXPLORERS SET OUT XV ANOTHER RESCUEILLUSTRATIONSPut your arms around my neck and Ill carry you ashore _Frontispiece_Sunny Boy calmly stuck pieces of coal down the white front of the snow manSunny Boy held the blanket in placeThey came rushing toward her pellmellSUNNY BOY AND HIS PLAYMATESCHAPTER ILEARNING TO SKATESanta Claus brought them said Sunny BoyHe was lying flat on the floor trying to reach under the bookcasewhere his marble had rolled The marble was a cannon ball and SunnyBoy had been showing Nelson Baker the boy who lived next door how toknock over lead soldiersNelson Baker picked up the lead general and examined him carefullyTheyre nicer soldiers than I had last year he said Say SunnyBoy I could bring my soldiers over and we could have a real fightIve got it shouted Sunny Boy suddenly pulling his arm out fromunder the bookcase with the marble in his hand I _knew_ it rolledunder the bookcase You can roll it this time NelsonAll right said Nelson taking the marble And I guess I wont gofor my lead soldiers My mother might say Id been over here an hourNelsons mother you see had told him he might stay an hour at SunnyBoys house and something told Nelson he had already played so longwith his little friend that if he went home now he would not get backGet down like the Indians urged Sunny Boy as Nelson took themarble Shut one eye NelsonNelson put his head down to the floor and closed one eye He meant toaim straight at the row of beautiful new lead soldiers but as heafterward explained the marble slipped before he was ready It shotacross the floor and went crash into the glass door of the bookcaseWhat was that Sunny Boy Did you break anything asked GrandpaHorton coming in from the diningroom where he had been reading thenewspaper He carried the paper in his hand and his glasses werepushed up on his forehead and he looked worriedMy marble hit the bookcase door but I dont believe I broke it saidNelson Tisnt even cracked is it Mr HortonGrandpa Horton looked carefully at the glass door and said no themarble had not been able to crack the heavy plate glassBut Id play another game if I were you boys he said kindly Haveyou shown Nelson all your Christmas presents yet Sunny BoyWe got only as far as the lead soldiers answered Sunny Boy Nelsonwanted to play with them But come on up in the playroom Nelson andIll show you my thingsIt was only two days after Christmas and the presents Santa Claus hadbrought Sunny Boy and the gifts his mother and daddy and grandparentshad given him were all spread out on the window seat in his playroomThe two presents that Sunny Boy liked most were a little pocketsearchlight and his iceskates The skates were doublerunner onesfor Sunny Boy did not yet know how to skateIm going to learn this winter he told Nelson Grandpa is going totake me to Wilkins Park this afternoon as soon as Daddy and Mother comehome from taking a walkI can skate a little said Nelson But my mother wont let me go tothe Park alone Lots of the boys go but she never lets me I wish wehad a little private pond Maybe we could make one in the yard SunnyMaybe assented Sunny Boy but he was thinking about going to thePark with Grandpa Horton and trying his new skates and not aboutmaking a private skating pond in the back yard There I heard thefront door shut I hope Daddys comeSunny Boy and Nelson ran downstairs to find Daddy and Mother Horton inthe hall taking off their coatsNelson your mother wants you to come home said Mr Horton We sawher in the window as we passed your house Shes waiting for youYour Aunt Caroline has comeTake a popcorn ball Nelson said Sunny Boys mother as Nelson beganto put on his coat and hat And here is one for Ruth Ruth wasNelsons little sisterNelson said goodbye to Sunny Boy and ran down the steps of the Hortonhouse and up his own It was never any trouble for Nelson or Sunny Boyto go calling on each otherNow we can go skating cant we Grandpa asked Sunny Boy eagerlyI thought Nelson stayed ever so longWhy Sunny Boy how impolite you are cried his mother That isnta nice thing to say Suppose you should go to see Nelson and he shouldspend the time wishing you would go homehow would you feelSunny Boy looked uncomfortableWell he can come back after I go skating he suggested Grandpapromised we could go this afternoon MotherSo I did and well start this minute declared Grandpa Hortoncoming out into the hall and smiling at his small grandson Who everheard of a little boy with a brandnew pair of

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Produced by Louise Hope Justin Kerk and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetTranscribers NoteThe printed text shows most sections Roman numerals as a continuousblock with chapter numbers in the margin In this etext chaptersare given as separate paragraphs determined by sentence breaks withcontinuing quotation marks supplied where necessaryExcept for footnotes any brackets are from the original textGreek has been transliterated and shown between marks LONGINUS ON THE SUBLIME Translated into English by H L HAVELL BA Formerly Scholar of University College Oxford with an Introduction by ANDREW LANG London MACMILLAN AND CO and New York 1890 _All rights reserved_ TO S H BUTCHER Esq LLD Professor of Greek in the University of Edinburgh Formerly Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge and of University College Oxford This Attempt to Present the Great Thoughts of Longinus in an English Form Is Dedicated in Acknowledgment of the Kind Support but for Which It Might Never Have Seen the Light and of the Benefits of That Instruction to Which It Largely Owes Whatever of Scholarly Quality It May PossessTRANSLATORS PREFACEThe text which has been followed in the present Translation is thatof Jahn Bonn 1867 revised by Vahlen and republished in 1884 Inseveral instances it has been found necessary to diverge from Vahlensreadings such divergencies being duly pointed out in the NotesOne word as to the aim and scope of the present Translation My objectthroughout has been to make Longinus speak in English to preserve asfar as lay in my power the noble fire and lofty tone of the originalHow to effect this without being betrayed into a loose paraphrase wasan exceedingly difficult problem The style of Longinus is in a highdegree original occasionally running into strange eccentricities oflanguage and no one who has not made the attempt can realise thedifficulty of giving anything like an adequate version of the moreelaborate passages These considerations I submit to those to whom Imay seem at first sight to have handled my text too freelyMy best thanks are due to Dr Butcher Professor of Greek in theUniversity of Edinburgh who from first to last has shown a livelyinterest in the present undertaking which I can never sufficientlyacknowledge He has read the Translation throughout and acting on hissuggestions I have been able in numerous instances to bring my versioninto a closer conformity with the originalI have also to acknowledge the kindness of the distinguished writer whohas contributed the Introduction and who in spite of the heavy demandson his time has lent his powerful support to help on the work of onewho was personally unknown to himIn conclusion I may be allowed to express a hope that the presentattempt may contribute something to reawaken an interest in an unjustlyneglected classicANALYSISThe Treatise on the Sublime may be divided into six Parts as followsIcc i ii The Work of Caecilius Definition of the Sublime Whether Sublimity falls within the rules of ArtIIcc iiiv The beginning lost Vices of Style opposed to the Sublime Affectation Bombast False Sentiment Frigid Conceits The cause of such defectsIIIcc vi vii The true Sublime what it is and how distinguishableIVcc viiixl Five Sources of the Sublime how Sublimity is related to Passion c viii 24 i Grandeur of Thought cc ixxv _a_ As the natural outcome of nobility of soul Examples c ix _b_ Choice of the most striking circumstances Sapphos Ode c x _c_ Amplification Plato compared with Demosthenes Demosthenes with Cicero cc xixiii _d_ Imitation cc xiii xiv _e_

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and claimed for Spain in 1499 Aruba was acquiredby the Dutch in 1636 The islands economy has been dominated by threemain industries A 19th century gold rush was followed by prosperitybrought on by the opening in 1924 of an oil refinery The last decades ofthe 20th century saw a boom in the tourism industry Aruba seceded fromthe Netherlands Antilles in 1986 and became a separate autonomous memberof the Kingdom of the Netherlands Movement toward full independencewas halted at Arubas request in 1990Geography ArubaLocation Caribbean island in the Caribbean Sea north of VenezuelaGeographic coordinates 12 30 N 69 58 WMap references Central America and the CaribbeanArea total 193 sq km water 0 sq km land 193 sq kmArea comparative slightly larger than Washington DCLand boundaries 0 kmCoastline 685 kmMaritime claims territorial sea 12 NMClimate tropical marine little seasonal temperature variationTerrain flat with a few hills scant vegetationElevation extremes lowest point Caribbean Sea 0 m highest pointMount Jamanota 188 mNatural resources NEGL white sandy beachesLand use arable land 11 including aloe 001 permanent crops 0other 89 1998 estIrrigated land 001 sq km 1998 estNatural hazards lies outside the Caribbean hurricane beltEnvironment current issues NAGeography note a flat riverless island renowned for its whitesand beaches its tropical climate is moderated by constant trade windsfrom the Atlantic Ocean the temperature is almost constant at about 27degrees Celsius 81 degrees FahrenheitPeople ArubaPopulation 70441 July 2002 estAge structure 014 years 21 male 7635 female 7169 1564 years684 male 23270 female 24906 65 years and over 106 male 3081female 4380 2002 estPopulation growth rate 059 2002 estBirth rate 1222 births1000 population 2002 estDeath rate 629 deaths1000 population 2002 estNet migration rate NEGL migrants1000 population 2002 estSex ratio at birth 105 malesfemale under 15 years 107malesfemale 1564 years 093 malesfemale 65 years and over07 malesfemale total population 093 malesfemale 2002 estInfant mortality rate 626 deaths1000 live births 2002 estLife expectancy at birth 8219 years 2002 est male Total fertilityrate 18 children bornwoman 2002 estHIVAIDS adult prevalence rate NAHIVAIDS people living with HIVAIDS NAHIVAIDS deaths NANationality noun Arubans adjective Aruban DutchEthnic groups mixed whiteCaribbean Amerindian 80Religions Roman Catholic 82 Protestant 8 Hindu Muslim ConfucianJewishLanguages Dutch official Papiamento a Spanish Portuguese DutchEnglish dialect English widely spoken SpanishLiteracy definition NA total population 97 male NA female NAGovernment ArubaCountry name conventional long form none conventional short form ArubaDependency status part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands full autonomyin internal affairs obtained in 1986 upon separation from the NetherlandsAntilles Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairsGovernment type parliamentary democracyCapital OranjestadAdministrative divisions none part of the Kingdom of the NetherlandsIndependence none part of the Kingdom of the NetherlandsNational holiday Flag Day 18 MarchConstitution 1 January 1986Legal system based on Dutch civil law system with some English commonlaw influenceSuffrage 18 years of age universalExecutive branch chief of state Queen BEATRIX of the Netherlandssince 30 April 1980 represented by Governor General Olindo KOOLMANsince 1 January 1992 head of government Prime Minister Nelson O ODUBERsince 30 October 2001 deputy prime minister NA cabinet Council ofMinisters elected by the Staten election results Nelson O ODUBERelected prime minister percent of legislative vote NA electionsthe monarch is hereditary governor general appointed for a sixyearterm by the monarch prime minister and deputy prime minister electedby the Staten for fouryear terms election last held 28 September 2001next to be held by December 2005Legislative branch unicameral Legislature or Staten 21 seats memberselected by direct popular vote to serve fouryear terms electionresults percent of vote by party MEP 524 AVP 267 PPA 96OLA 57 Aliansa 35 other 21 seats by party MEP 12 AVP 6PPA 2 OLA 1 elections Judicial branch Joint High Court of Justicejudges are appointed by the monarchPolitical parties and leaders Aruba Solidarity Movement or MASleader NA Aruban Democratic Alliance or Aliansa leader NA ArubanDemocratic Party or PDA Leo BERLINSKI Aruban Liberal Party or OLAGlenbert CROES Aruban Patriotic Party or PPA Benny NISBET ArubanPeoples Party or AVP Tico CROES Concentration for the Liberationof Aruba or CLA leader NA Peoples Electoral Movement Party or MEPNelson O ODUBER For a Restructured Aruba Now or PARA leader NANational Democratic Action or ADN Pedro Charro KELLYPolitical pressure groups and leaders NAInternational organization participation Caricom observer ECLACassociate Interpol IOC UNESCO associate WCL WToO associateDiplomatic representation in the US none represented by the Kingdomof the NetherlandsDiplomatic representation from the US Consul General BarbaraJ STEPHENSON embassy Curacao telephone 599 9 4613066 FAX 5999 4616489Flag description blue with two narrow horizontal yellow stripesacross the lower portion and a red fourpointed star outlined in whitein the upper hoistside cornerEconomy ArubaEconomy overview Tourism is

Produced by Louise Hope and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet GÖTEBORGSFLICKOR OCH ANDRA HISTORIER av _Sigge Strömberg_ Stockholm Åhlén Åkerlunds Forlags AB _Sigge Strömbergsböckerna_ _Vol 6_ Stockholm 1921 Åhlén Åkerlunds Forlags ABS Boktryckeri INNEHÅLL HERR FÅGELSÅNG I SOCIETEN 7 TUR I SPEL 17 PRISSE 27 MANNEN OCH HANS ÖVERMAN 34 REFERATET 43 ETT SJÖMANSÖDE 51 ETT SLÄDPARTI 59 AFFÄR ÄR AFFÄR 66 ARTIGA KARLSSON 74 EN EGENDOMLIG LIKHET 78 REVYBESÖKET 83 PIGANS FÄSTMAN 89 ETT LITET MISSFÖRSTÅND 95 ETT KONVENANSPARTI 101 ANDERSSONS FRIERI 111 EN MUSIKALISK UNDERHÅLLNING 116 FRIMÄRKET 127 ETT UTSTÄLLNINGSBESÖK 138 ETT TAVELFYND 145 HERR FÅGELSÅNG I SOCIETÉNHandelsagenten Fågelsång satt på Turisthotellets terrass i Marstrand ochtittade på havet när två brunbrända flickebarn det ena i blått detandra i vitt kommo som en solglimt i tristessen och satte sig vidnärmaste bord Den ena var ljus och klotrund den andra svart ochsmäcker och handelsagenten Fågelsång rycktes omedelbart från sinbeundran av havets skönhet till en ännu större beundran av den smäckraHans blick gled smekande från det vita floret som hon virat kring håretför blåstens skull ned till de vita skorna och så snart hon slagit signed inriktade han hela sin energi på att inleda en enklare ögonkurtisEtt ögonblick mötte flickebarnet hans blick kallt och främmande mennär så Fågelsång vågade sig på aningen av ett småleende vände hon sigplötsligt bort och började med livligt intresse observera en ynglingav urbefolkningen som nere vid kajen högljutt och med klagande röstmeddelade att Putte var hans ögonsten Fågelsång ägnade hon inte vidareen blickDet var mig en liten hårdflirtad satunge tänkte Fågelsång för sigsjälv och försökte genom en diskret hostning åter fånga flickebarnetsuppmärksamhet Men förgäves Detta irriterade Fågelsång Han ansåg sigäga ett fördelaktigt utseende och uppfattade denna likgiltighet somen direkt personlig förolämpning Inte ens när musiken spelade uppCavalleria och Fågelsång fullt hörbart gnolade Min vita lihiljablev det något resultat av Den vita liljan låtsades som omhandelsagenten Fågelsång alls inte existerade och när hon och hennesblå väninna druckit sitt kaffe och ätit sina bakelser försvunno de frånFågelsångs horisont lika hastigt som de kommitMen dagen därpå fick Fågelsång återse henne Det var påStrandpromenaden där hon flanerade

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violacée qui se montraitau fond très loin plaquée de tons rosés ou jaunes vers le cap de laHève làbasIl se laissait aller le docteur à ces lents bavardages des jours derepos assis entre un homme de trentecinq ans environ à lairmilitaire le marquis de Solis retour du Tonkin et descendulavantveille aux _Roches Noires_ et un jeune homme coiffé du petitchapeau paillasson à large ruban qui dans un tonneau dosier lesjambes croisées battait sa bottine gauche du bout de son ombrelle detoile écrue Joli garçon ce M de Bernière un peu cousin du marquis deSolis mais aussi spirituellement flâneur railleur décadent oupessimiste selon la mode que Georges de Solis étaitavec dix annéesde plus sur les épaulesenthousiaste crédule courant la mode à laconquête de quelque vérité scientifique et que Fargeas luimêmerestait ardent et alerte sous ses longs cheveux gris encadrant sonvisage maigreIls sétaient après le déjeuner rencontrés et assis machinalement surla plage dans le _far niente_ délicieux de la vie des eaux le docteurdescendant de sa villa bâtie dans le nid de verdure de la côte deGrâce Bernière et M de Solis sortant du même hôtel où ils seretrouvaient sans sy être donné rendezvousFargeas avait jadis soigné la marquise de Solis et donnait de temps àautre des conseils hygiéniques à M de Bernière qui ne les suivait pasUn ami de tous ses clients le bon docteur Et appliquant à ces fauxmalades simplement anémiés ou rendus dyspepsiques par la vie de Parisune méthode curative à lui la causerie le laisserpasser lehaussement dépaules et le Bah ce nest rien Vous en verrez toujoursla finEh bien docteur et vos malades lui demandait justement Bernière encontinuant à frapper de son ombrelle sa cheville qui faisait sailliesous le caoutchouc de la bottineMes malades Tous bien portantsEt le docteur ajouta en riantJe les visite si peuVous seul avez le droit de parler ainsi de ce petit ton railleur devotre science cher docteur dit M de Solis avec un évidentrespect une sorte de reconnaissance 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blondfrisé avec une mince moustache finement retroussée sur des lèvres unpeu pâles et un monocle crispant comme une hémiplégie tout un côté desa face tandis que lautre restait calme avec un petit oeil bleuperçantMais parfaitement dit le médecin Voyons tenez Quel âge avezvousVingthuit ansEt à vingthuit ans vous croyez avoir eu des passionsBeaucoup fit BernièreÊtesvous joueurPeuBibliophileMédiocrement Je coupe les volumes avec mes doigts AinsiAvare Je vous demande pardonPapa me trouve prodigue répondit Bernière mais la petiteEmilienne Emilienne Delannoy non elle tout le contraireNon je ne suis pas avareAlors vous navez pas de passions dit Fargeas ni les chevaux ni lejeu ni les femmes pas même la petiteEmilienne des BouffesPas même Emilienne Delannoy ne sont des passions Des occupationsoui Des délassements SoitHeu heu fit le jeune homme lair profondément ennuyé revenu detout Des délassements QuelquefoisRarement je le sais bien accentua le

Produced by Suzanne Shell Renald Levesque and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet Thisfile was produced from images generously made availableby the Bibliothèque nationale de France BnFGallica JOANNY BRICAUD JK HUYSMANS ET LE SATANISME DAPRÈS DES DOCUMENTS INÉDITS PARIS BIBLIOTHÈQUE CHACORNAC 11 QUAI SAINTMICHEL 11 MCMXIII DU MÊME AUTEUR POÉSIE Au Crépuscule du Soir _épuisé_ PROSE Un disciple de Cl de SaintMartin DutoitMembrini _daprès des documents inédits_ La Petite Église _Son histoire Son état actuel_ Éléments dAstrologie Premiers éléments dOccultisme Un Illuminé Martiniste Cazotte _épuisé_ Dom Pernéty et les Illuminés dAvignon_épuisé_ Exposition de la Religion chrétienne moderne _EN PRÉPARATION_ La Messe Noire ancienne et moderne Le Satanisme contemporain La Cité Mystique roman DIJON IMP DARANTIERE JK HUYSMANS ET LE SATANISMEParler de Satanisme au XXe siècle voilà qui doit sembler unanachronisme Cest la plupart du temps bénévolement sexposer à dessourires dironie de scepticisme et de dédainCeuxlà même qui croient quà des époques déjà anciennes le Princedu Mal put épouvanter les âmes simples se persuadent volontiersquil noserait saventurer en ce siècle de lumières et de progrèsSorcelleries et sabbats pactes possessions et envoûtements incubes etsuccubes toutes choses qui firent trembler les âges de foi sont bel etbien finies Satan est relégué dans les brumes du passé Tout auplus le tolèreton encore dans _Faust_ sous le rouge pourpoint deMéphistophélèsErreur profonde erreurLe Satanisme fut même fort à la mode il y a quelques annéesIl ne se passait guère de mois que la presse ne nous entretîntdenvoûtements de messes noires célébrées par des scélérats mystiquesà rebours maniaques du sacrilège perpétrant secrètement les ritesimmondes du SatanismeDirréfutables documents attestent en effet de nos jours lexistencedu Satanisme Les messes noires les envoûtements qui furent lesscandales des siècles passés sont pratiqués aujourdhui encoreTout comme Dieu Satan a ses fidèles dévots qui lui rendent un culteen de ténébreux sanctuairesUn des mieux renseignés sur ces effroyables rites aussi bien pour lepassé que pour le présent était sans contredit JK Huysmans lauteurde _LàBas_Quand en 1890 il publia ce livre qui fit un bruit énorme dans leslettres et avec lequel il atteignit la grande renommée lhorreur dela banalité du déjà vu qui lavait conduit jusquà lextase devantlartificieldans _A Rebours_en lui faisant par exemple admirerla forme dune orchidée parce que cette fleur a lair de fumer sapipe devait lentraîner jusquau très rare au très étrange aumonstrueuxdans _LàBas_en lui faisant décrire les sacrilègesobscénités de la messe noire et du Satanisme contemporainHuysmans avait lobsession du document Les grimoires les infoliosles pièces authentiques des procès de sorcellerie conservés dans lesarchives des bibliothèques lui fournirent sur la Magie au moyen âgedes documents précis doù sortirent de remarquables pagesPour la Magie moderne il se documenta dans les milieux occultistes etspiritesIl assista dabord en sceptique aux séances spirites mais sonscepticisme dut sévanouir devant lévidence dincontestables faits dematérialisations dapports et de lévitation dobjetsIl connaissait au Ministère de la Guerre un chef de bureau MFrançois qui était un extraordinaire médium Très souvent réunissantquelques amis dans son appartement de la rue de Sèvres Huysmanstentait avec laide de M François des évocations Un de sesfamiliers M Gustave Boucher a raconté dans une petite brochurenon mise dans le commerce les troublantes péripéties dune séance despiritisme au cours de laquelle les assistants crurent être témoins dela matérialisation du Général Boulanger1Note 1 Gustave Boucher _Une séance de Spiritisme chez JKHuysmans_ Niort 1908 Une plaquette in32 carré tirée à 200exemplaires numérotés non mis dans le commerceDe toutes ces expériences il lui resta limpression dune intelligenceétrangère et dune volonté externe se manifestant aux évocateursmieux il acquit la conviction quil y avait malgré la diversité despratiques des points communs entre le Satanisme et les évocations duspiritisme Enfin un astrologue parisien Eugène Ledosle Gevingey de_LàBas_et un ancien prêtre habitant Lyon labbé Boullan achevèrentde le documenterfaussement parfois nous le verronssur le Satanismemoderne_Le Matin_ a publié quelque temps après la mort de Huysmans la lettredans laquelle lécrivain demandait à labbé Boullan des renseignementsPar retour du courrier ce dernier lui répondit que son concours luiétait assuréLa correspondance entre Huysmans et labbé Boullan est volumineuse

Produced by Don LainsonA QUESTION OF LATITUDEBy Richard Harding DavisOf the school of earnest young writers at whom the word muckraker hadbeen thrown in opprobrium and by whom it had been caught up as a titleof honor Everett was among the younger and less conspicuous But ifin his skirmishes with graft and corruption he had failed to correct theevils he attacked from the contests he himself had always emerged withcredit His sincerity and his methods were above suspicion No onehad caught him in misstatement or exaggeration Even those whom heattacked admitted he fought fair For these reasons the editors ofmagazines with the fear of libel before their eyes regarded him as asafe man the public feeling that the evils he exposed were dueto its own indifference with uncomfortable approval and those heattacked with impotent anger Their anger was impotent because in thecase of Everett the weapons used by their class in striking backwere denied them They could not say that for money he sold sensationsbecause it was known that a proud and wealthy parent supplied himwith all the money he wanted Nor in his private life could they findanything to offset his attacks upon the misconduct of others Men hadbeen sent to spy upon him and women to lay traps But the men reportedthat his evenings were spent at his club and from the women those whosent them learned only that Everett treats a lady just as though she ISa ladyAccordingly when with much trumpeting he departed to investigateconditions in the Congo there were some who rejoicedThe standard of life to which Everett was accustomed was high In hishome in Boston it had been set for him by a father and mother whothough critics rather than workers in the world had taught him todespise what was mean and ungenerous to write the truth and abhor acompromise At Harvard he had interested himself in municipal reformand when later he moved to New York he transferred his interest tothe problems of that city His attack upon Tammany Hall did not utterlydestroy that organization but at once brought him to the notice ofthe editors By them he was invited to tilt his lance at evils inother parts of the United States at systems trusts convict campsmunicipal misrule His work had met with a measure of success thatseemed to justify Lowells Weekly in sending him further afield andhe now was on his way to tell the truth about the Congo PersonallyEverett was a healthy cleanminded enthusiast He possessed all of theadvantages of youth and all of its intolerance He was supposed to beengaged to Florence Carey but he was not There was however betweenthem an understanding which understanding as Everett understood itmeant that until she was ready to say I am ready he was to think ofher dream of her write loveletters to her and keep himself only forher He loved her very dearly and having no choice was content towait His content was fortunate as Miss Carey seemed inclined to keephim waiting indefinitelyExcept in Europe Everett had never travelled outside the limits ofhis own country But the new land toward which he was advancing held noterrors As he understood it the Congo was at the mercy of a corruptring In every part of the United States he had found a city in theclutch of a corrupt ring The conditions would be the same the methodshe would use to get at the truth would be the same the result forreform would be the sameThe English steamer on which he sailed for Southampton was one leasedby the Independent State of the Congo and with a few exceptions herpassengers were subjects of King Leopold On board the language wasFrench at table the men sat according to the rank they held in theadministration of the jungle and each in his buttonhole wore the tinysilver star that showed that for three years to fill the storehousesof the King of the Belgians he had gathered rubber and ivory In thesmokingroom Everett soon discovered that passengers not in the serviceof that king the English and German officers and traders held alooffrom the Belgians Their attitude toward them seemed to be one partly ofcontempt partly of pityAre your English protectorates on the coast then so much betteradministered Everett askedThe English Coaster who for ten years in Nigeria had escaped fever andsudden death laughed evasivelyI have never been in the Congo he said Only know what they tellone But youll see for yourself That is he added youll see whatthey want you to seeThey were leaning on the rail with their eyes turned toward thecoast of Liberia a gloomy green line against which the waves castup fountains of foam as high as the cocoanut palms As a subject ofdiscussion the coaster seemed anxious to avoid the CongoIt was there he said pointing the Three Castles struck on therocks She was a total loss So were her passengers he added Theyate themEverett gazed suspiciously at the unmoved face of the veteranWHO ate them he asked guardedly SharksThe natives that live back of that shoreline in the lagoonsEverett laughed with the assurance of one for whom a trap had been laidand who had cleverly avoided itCannibals he mocked Cannibals went out of date with pirates Butperhaps he added apologetically this happened some years agoHappened last month said the traderBut Liberia is a perfectly good republic protested Everett Theblacks there may not be as far advanced as in your colonies but theyrenot cannibalsMonrovia is a very small part of Liberia said the trader dryly Andnone of these protectorates or crown colonies on this coast pretendsto control much of the Hinterland There is Sierra Leone for instanceabout the oldest of them Last year the governor celebrated thehundredth anniversary of the year the British abolished slavery Theyhad parades and teafights and all the blacks were in the street instraw hats with cricket ribbons thanking God they were not as other menare not slaves like their grandfathers Well just at the height of thejubilation the tribes within twenty

Produced by Carl D DuBoisTHE CRUCIFIXION OF PHILIP STRONGBYREV CHARLES M SHELDONAUTHOR OFIn His Steps What Would Jesus Do His Brothers Keeper RobertHardys Seven Days etcNEW YORK AND LONDONSTREET SMITH PUBLISHERSCopyright 1899By STREET SMITHTHE CRUCIFIXION OF PHILIP STRONGCHAPTER IPhilip Strong could not decide what was best to doThe postman that evening had brought him two letters and he had justfinished reading them He sat with his hands clasped over his kneeleaning back in his chair and looking out through his study window Hewas evidently thinking very hard and the two letters were the cause ofitFinally he rose went to his study door and called down the stairsSarah I wish you would come up here I want your helpAll right Philip Ill be up in a minute responded a voice frombelow and very soon the ministers wife came upstairs into herhusbands studyWhats the matter she said as she came into the room It must besomething very serious for you dont call me up here unless you are ingreat distress You remember the last time you called me you had shutthe tassel of your dressinggown under the lid of your writing desk andI had to cut you loose You arent fast anywhere now are youPhilip smiled quaintly Yes I am Im in a strait betwixt two Let meread these letters and you will see So he began at once and we willcopy the letters omitting datesCALVARY CHURCH MILTONREV PHILIP STRONGDEAR SIRAt a meeting of the Milton Calvary Church held last week itwas voted unanimously to extend you a call to become pastor of thischurch at a salary of two thousand dollars a year We trust that youwill find it in accordance with the will of the Head of the Church toaccept this decision on the part of Calvary Church and become itspastor The church is in good condition and has the hearty support ofmost of the leading families in the town It is the strongest inmembership and financially of the seven principal churches here Weawait your reply confidently hoping you will decide to come to us Wehave been without a settled pastor now for nearly a year since thedeath of Dr Brown and we have united upon you as the person mosteminently fitted to fill the pulpit of Calvary Church The grace of ourLord be with you In behalf of the ChurchWILLIAM WINTER_Chairman of the Board of Trustees_What do you think of that Sarah asked Philip Strong as he finishedthe letterTwo thousand dollars is twice as much as you are getting now PhilipWhat you mercenary little creature do you think of the salary firstIf I did not think of it once in a while I doubt if you would have adecent meal or a good suit of clothes replied the ministers wifelooking at him with a smileOh well that may be Sarah But let me read you the other letter hewent on without discussing the salary matterCHAPEL HILL CHURCH ELMDALEREV PHILIP STRONGDEAR BROTHERAt a meeting of the Elmdale Chapel Hill Church held lastweek Thursday it was unanimously voted to extend you a call to becomepastor of the church at a salary of 2000 a year with two monthsvacation to be selected at your own convenience The Chapel Hill Churchis in a prosperous condition and many of the members recall your careerin the college with much pleasure This is an especially strong centrefor church work the proximity of the boys academy and the universitymaking the situation one of great power to a man who thoroughlyunderstands and enjoys young men as we know you do We most earnestlyhope you will consider this call not as purely formal but as from thehearts of the people We are very cordially yoursIn behalf of the ChurchPROFESSOR WELLMAN_Chairman of the Board of Trustees_What do you think of that asked the minister againThe salary is just the same isnt itNow Sarah said the minister if I didnt knowwhat a generous unselfish heart you really have I should get vexed atyou for talking about the salary as if that was the most importantthingThe salary is very important though But you know Philip I would beas willing as you are to live on no salary if the grocer and butcherwould continue to feed us for nothing I wish from the bottom of myheart that we could live without moneyIt is a bother isnt it replied Philip so gravely that his wifelaughed heartily at his toneWell the question is what to do with the letters resumed theministerWhich of the two churches do you prefer asked his wifeI would rather go to the Chapel Hill Church as far as my preference isconcernedThen why not accept their call if that is the way you feelBecause while I should like to go to Elmdale I feel as if I ought togo to MiltonNow Philip I dont see why in a choice of this kind you dont do asyou feel inclined to do and accept the call that pleases you most Whyshould ministers be doing what they ought instead of what they like Younever please yourselfWell Sarah replied Philip goodnaturedly this is the way of itThe church in Elmdale is in a University town The atmosphere of theplace is scholastic You know I passed four years of student life thereWith the exception of the schools there are not a thousand people inthe village a quiet sleepy dull retired studious place I love thememory of it I could go there as the pastor of the Elmdale church andpreach to an audience of college boys eight months in the year and toabout eighty refined scholarly people the rest of the time I couldindulge my taste for reading and writing and enjoy a quiet pastoratethere to the end of my daysThen Philip I dont see why you dont reply to their call and tellthem you will accept and we will move at once to Elmdale and live anddie there It is a beautiful place and I am sure we could live verycomfortably on the salary and the

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Produced by Paul Murray Janet Blenkinship and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetENGLISH SEAMENINTHE SIXTEENTH CENTURY_LECTURES DELIVERED AT OXFORD EASTER TERMS 18934_BYJAMES ANTHONY FROUDELATE REGIUS PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORDNew EditionLONDONLONGMANS GREEN AND CO 1896_All rights reserved_RICHARD CLAY SONS LIMITED LONDON BUNGAY CONTENTS LECTURE PAGE I THE SEA CRADLE OF THE REFORMATION 1 II JOHN HAWKINS AND THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE 35 III SIR JOHN HAWKINS AND PHILIP THE SECOND 68 IV DRAKES VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD 102 V PARTIES IN THE STATE 141 VI THE GREAT EXPEDITION TO THE WEST INDIES 176 VII ATTACK ON CADIZ 207 VIII SAILING OF THE ARMADA 238 IX DEFEAT OF THE ARMADA 272LECTURE ITHE SEA CRADLE OF THE REFORMATIONJean Paul the German poet said that God had given to France the empireof the land to England the empire of the sea and to his own countrythe empire of the air The world has changed since Jean Pauls days Thewings of France have been clipped the German Empire has become a solidthing but England still holds her watery dominion Britannia does stillrule the waves and in this proud position she has spread the Englishrace over the globe she has created the great American nation she ispeopling new Englands at the Antipodes she has made her Queen Empressof India and is in fact the very considerable phenomenon in the socialand political world which all acknowledge her to be And all this shehas achieved in the course of three centuries entirely in consequenceof her predominance as an ocean power Take away her merchant fleetstake away the navy that guards them her empire will come to an end hercolonies will fall off like leaves from a withered tree and Britainwill become once more an insignificant island in the North Sea for thefuture students in Australian and New Zealand universities to discussthe fate of in their debating societiesHow the English navy came to hold so extraordinary a position is worthreflecting on Much has been written about it but little as it seemsto me which touches the heart of the matter We are shown the power ofour country growing and expanding But how it grew why after a sleepof so many hundred years the genius of our Scandinavian forefatherssuddenly sprang again into lifeof this we are left withoutexplanationThe beginning was undoubtedly the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588Down to that time the sea sovereignty belonged to the Spaniards and hadbeen fairly won by them The conquest of Granada had stimulated andelevated the Spanish character The subjects of Ferdinand and Isabellaof Charles V and Philip II were extraordinary men and accomplishedextraordinary things They stretched the limits of the known world theyconquered Mexico and Peru they planted their colonies over the SouthAmerican continent they took possession of the great West Indianislands and with so firm a grasp that Cuba at least will never lose themark of the hand which seized it They built their cities as if foreternity They spread to the Indian Ocean and gave their monarchs nameto the _Philippines_ All this they accomplished in half a century andas it were they did it with a single hand with the other they werefighting Moors and Turks and protecting the coast of the Mediterraneanfrom the corsairs of Tunis and ConstantinopleThey had risen on the crest of the wave and with their proud _Nonsufficit orbis_ were looking for new worlds to conquer at a time whenthe bark of the English waterdogs had scarcely been heard beyond theirown fishinggrounds and the largest merchant vessel sailing from theport of London was scarce bigger than a modern coasting collier And yetwithin the space of a single ordinary life these insignificant islandershad struck the sceptre from the Spaniards grasp and placed the oceancrown on the

Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet In de Amsterdamsche Jodenbuurt Door Jan Feith Met photographieën van den heer K Job Jr 1 Hoe schoon zijn uw tenten o Israël uw woningen o JacobIToen de directie van dit blad mij de verzameling photos van den heerK Job Jr ter inzage zond en mij verzocht bij deze reeks kunstvolleopnamen door een knap vakman en artistiek waarnemer een bijschriftte willen leveren dat uitteraard eveneens onder den vooropgezettenverzameltitel In de Amsterdamsche Jodenbuurt zou moeten passenhebik even geaarzeld omdat het leveren van bijschriften zulk een onheuschwerk isWat toch is hierbij doorgaans het geval Het publiek dat hetgeïllustreerde tijdschrift doorbladert kijkt de reproductiesder fotos op tweeërlei wijze aan òf het is vluchtig bij zijnbeschouwingen dezulken komen in geen geval in aanmerking òf het isaandachtig en ziet hoe de kunstenaar zich voor zijn object wist teplaatsen om een mooibelicht geval vast te 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Produced by Ted Garvin Emmy and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetTHE RECTORY CHILDRENBY MRS MOLESWORTHILLUSTRATED BYWALTER CRANEIllustration Its the sun going to bed you know dear P 37 London MACMILLAN AND CO LIMITED NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1897 TO MY NIECE AND GODDAUGHTER Helen Louisa Delves Walthall 85 LEXHAM GARDENS _Shrove Tuesday_ 1889CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER I THE PARLOUR BEHIND THE SHOP 1 CHAPTER II THOSE YOUNG LADIES 18 CHAPTER III A TRYING CHILD 34 CHAPTER IV BIDDY HAS SOME NEW THOUGHTS 51 CHAPTER V CELESTINA 66 CHAPTER VI THE WINDOW IN THE WALL 83 CHAPTER VII ON THE SEASHORE 99 CHAPTER VIII A NICE PLAN 117 CHAPTER IX A SECRET 134 CHAPTER X BIDDYS ESCAPADE 151 CHAPTER XI AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 169 CHAPTER XII ANOTHER BIRTHDAY 186LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE andoh Alie I have so torn my frock and its my afternoon onemy new merino 27 Little girl she called when she got close to the other child 75 Its like a magiclantern no I mean a peepshow 89 I would like to go there she said 115 A secret 148 carrying between them a little dripping figure with streaming hair white face and closed eyes 161 Now Biddy Open your eyes 195 O little hearts that throb and beat With such impatient feverish heat Such limitless and strong desiresLONGFELLOWTHE RECTORY CHILDRENCHAPTER ITHE PARLOUR BEHIND THE SHOP I was very solitary indeed _Visit to the Cousins_MARY LAMBThe blinds had been drawn down for some time in the back parlour behindMr Fairchilds shop in Pier Street the principal street in the littletown of Seacove And the gas was lighted though it was not turned upvery high It was a great thing to have gas it had not been known atSeacove till recently For the time of which I am writing is now a goodmany years ago thirty or forty at leastSeacove though a small place was not so outoftheway in somerespects as many actually larger towns for it was a seaport though nota very important one Ships came in from all parts of the globe andsailed away again in due course to the far north and still farther offsouth to the great other world of America too no doubt and to theancient eastern lands But it was the vessels going to or coming fromthe strange mysterious norththe land of everlasting snow where thereindeer and farther north still the white bear have their home andwhere the winter is one long long nightit

Produced by Al HainesENTER BRIDGETBYTHOMAS COBBAUTHOR OF PHILLIDA THE CHOICE OF THEODORATHE ANGER OF OLIVIA ETCSECOND EDITIONMILLS BOON LIMITED49 RUPERT STREETLONDON WPublished 1912INSCRIBED TOE CMY BEST OF FRIENDSCONTENTS I LATE FOR DINNER II MARK EXPLAINS III BRIDGET IV BRIDGET AT GRANDISON SQUARE V COLONEL FAVERSHAM VI CONCERNING BIRTHDAYS VII THE EXCURSION VIII A PROPOSAL IX MARK RETURNS X CONFIDENCES XI MARK REPORTS PROGRESS XII SYBIL XIII A WALK ABROAD XIV THE WOOING OT XV MARK MAKES A BEGINNING XVI BUYING A CARPETAND AFTER XVII HASTY WORDS XVIII HOW IT HAPPENED XIX AN APPOINTMENT XX IN SIGHT OF PORT XXI JIMMY SETS TO WORK XXII INCRIMINATING HIMSELF XXIII HAVING IT OUT XXIV A HOT SCENT XXV OPEN CONFESSION XXVI LAWRENCE SUMS IT UP XXVII MRS JIMMY XXVIII EXEUNT OMNESENTER BRIDGETCHAPTER ILATE FOR DINNERConcerning Bridget there was from the outset considerable difference ofopinion Mark Driver for instance always showed a tendency tosomething more than tolerance and even Carrissima Faversham in spiteof a manifestly unfavourable bias strove to hold the balance even Itwas her brother Lawrence who took the most adverse view insisting thatMiss Rosser was neither more nor less than an adventuressa prettywoman on the make was his expression uttered it is true before hehad an opportunity of seeing her faceHer entrance on the scene was heralded by Mark Driver one eveningtowards the end of March when he had accepted an invitation to dinewith his sister and Lawrence in Charteris Street SWCarrissimas maid found her so exacting that evening that she mighthave been going to an important party instead of merely to a quietdinner with her brother and his wife but then expecting Mark to makea fourth she wished to look her very best and flattered herself shehad succeededAlthough she sometimes longed for the power to add a few inches to herstature she realized that she had already much to be thankful forSuppose for example that her eyebrows had been as fair as her hairor even worse her eyelashes which as it happened were satisfactorilyblackMr Lawrence Faversham barristeratlaw was thirtytwo years of ageand rather short although he always held his head in the air as if hewere doing his best to appear taller Hearing the street door bellring Mrs Lawrence Faversham waylaid Carrissima on the stairs andinsisted on taking her to gaze at little Victor aged two peacefullysleeping in the nurseryMarks late as usual exclaimed Lawrence as his sister presentlysailed into the drawingroom Ten minutes past eight he addedtaking her handHe had fair hair a long narrow face and sloping shoulders Whether hewas sitting down or standing up there always seemed to be somethingstiff selfimportant and formal about himMark wasnt due at Kings Cross until teatime said Phoebe a prettybrunette several inches taller than her husband and seven yearsyounger I wanted him to sleep here tonight and really I cannotimagine why he refusedNot very complimentary to us answered Lawrence to prefer to go toan hotelAnd Phoebe explained he is off to Paris tomorrow morningWell I wish to goodness he would come soon if hes coming at allgrumbled LawrenceOh of course hes certain to be here urged Phoebe not liking tobegin dinner without her brother who might provokingly arrive as soonas they sat down while on the other hand her three years experienceof married life had taught her that it was undesirable to keep Lawrencewaiting When halfpast eight struck however she could restrain hisimpatience no longer the three went to the diningroom andCarrissima with a sense of profound disappointment sat down at theround table opposite the empty chairAlthough Phoebe did her utmost to spin out the meal by eating withtantalizing and hygienic slowness it ended without any sign of theabsentee and at last she felt bound to return to the drawingroomwhere she was followed ten minutes later by Lawrence who had stayed tosmoke a cigaretteThe worst of it is he said standing before the fire you neverknow quite where you are with MarkI suppose suggested Carrissima the simple fact of the matter isthat he missed his trainIn that case returned her brother surely he might have run tosixpence for a telegram For a steadygoing fellow Mark is about aserratic as theyre madeHow extremely inconsistent exclaimed CarrissimaNot at all said Lawrence frowning as he took a chair A man maydrive crookedly without exceeding the limit Although there are thingsyou can swear Mark would never dream of doing you never know whatfolly he will be up to nextAs Lawrence was speaking in his rather pompous manner the door openedand Mark Driver entered the room tall broadshouldered with ahandsome alert shaven face and an obvious appearance of hasteOn leaving Cambridge he had gone to Saint Bartholomews and havingcompleted his course there taken a post as House Surgeon at SaintJosephines a small hospital in a southeastern suburb Mark remainedthere two years and left at Christmas after spending a few weeks idlyin London he went to take charge of Doctor Bunburys practice inYorkshire principally for the sake of being near to his own peopleand having passed two months more occupied by sport than patientsreturned this afternoonWhy didnt you come in time for dinner demanded Phoebe as he kissedher cheekUpon my word I am most awfully sorry he replied and turned at onceto Carrissima who was striving to hide her satisfaction on seeing hisface again Never

Produced by Doug LevyTHE MILLER OF OLD CHURCHby Ellen Glasgow To my sister Cary Glasgow McCormack In loving acknowledgment of help and sympathy through the yearsCONTENTS BOOK FIRST JORDANS JOURNEY Chapter I At Bottoms Ordinary II In Which Destiny Wears the Comic Mask III In Which Mr Gay Arrives at His Journeys End IV The Revercombs V The Mill VI Treats of the Ladies Sphere VII Gay Rushes Into a Quarrel and Secures a Kiss VIII Shows Two Sides of a Quarrel IX In Which Molly Flirts X The Reverend Orlando Mullen Preaches a Sermon XI A Flight and an Encounter XII The Dream and the Real XIII By the Millrace XIV Shows the Weakness in Strength XV Shows the Tyranny of Weakness XVI The Coming of Spring XVII The Shade of Mr Jonathan XVIII The Shade of Reuben XIX Treats of Contradictions XX Lifes Ironies XXI In Which Pity Masquerades as Reason BOOK SECOND THE CROSSROADS Chapter I In which Youth Shows a Little Seasoned II The Desire of the Moth III Abel Hears Gossip and Sees a Vision IV His Day of Freedom V The Shaping of Molly VI In Which Hearts Go Astray VII A New Beginning to an Old Tragedy VIII A Great Passion in a Humble Place IX A Meeting in the Pasture X Tangled Threads XI The Ride to Piping Tree XII One of Loves Victims XIII What Life Teaches XIV The Turn of the Wheel XV Gay Discovers Himself XVI The End Authors Note The scene of this story is not the place of the same name in VirginiaBOOK FIRSTJORDANS JOURNEYTHE MILLER OF OLD CHURCHCHAPTER IAT BOTTOMS ORDINARYIt was past four oclock on a sunny October day when a stranger whohad ridden over the corduroy road between Applegate and Old Churchdismounted near the crossroads before the small public house known toits frequenters as Bottoms Ordinary Standing where the three roadsmeet at the old turnpikegate of the county the square brick buildingwhich had declined through several generations from a chapel into atavern had grown at last to resemble the smeared face of a clown undera steeple hat which was worn slightly awry Originally covered withstucco the walls had peeled year by year until the dull red of thebricks showed like blotches of paint under a thick coating of powderOver the wide door two little oblong windows holding four damagedpanes blinked rakishly from a mat of ivy which spread from the rottingeaves to the shingled roof where the slim wooden spire bent under theweight of creeper and innumerable nesting sparrows in spring Afterpointing heavenward for half a century the steeple appeared to haveswerved suddenly from its purpose and to invite now the attention ofthe wayfarer to the bar beneath This cheerful room which sprouted likesome grotesque wing from the right side of the chapel marked not onlya utilitarian triumph in architecture but served on market days toattract a larger congregation of the righteous than had ever stood upto sing the doxology in the adjoining place of worship Good and badprospects were weighed here weddings discussed births and deathsrecorded in evergreen memories and here also were reputationsdemolished and the owners of them hustled with scant ceremony away toperditionFrom the open door of the bar on this particular October day therestreamed the ruddy blaze of a fire newly kindled from knots of resinouspine Against this pleasant background might be discerned now and thenthe shapeless silhouette of Betsey Bottom the innkeeper a soft andcapable soul who in attaching William Ming some ten years before hadsuccessfully extinguished his identity without materially impairing herown Bottoms Ordinary had always been ruled by a woman and it wouldcontinue to be so please God however loudly a mere Ming might protestto the contrary In the eyes of her neighbours a female right orwrong was always a female and this obvious fact beyond and above anynatural twosided jars of wedlock sufficed in itself to establish MrsMing as a conjugal martyr Being an amiable bodypeaceably disposed toevery living creature with the exception of Williamshe had hastenedto the door to reprimand him for some trivial neglect of the grey mulewhen her glance lighted upon the stranger who had come a few minutesearlier by the Applegate road As he was a fine looking man of fullhabit and some thirty years her eyes lingered an instant on his facebefore she turned with the news to her slatternly negro

Produced by Suzanne Shell Sankar Viswanathan and theOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet Illustration EVERY ONE HELD HIS RIFLE IN READINESS TO SHOOT THE ESCAPING APACHES CAPTURED BY THE NAVAJOS BY CAPTAIN CHARLES A CURTIS USA ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER BROTHERS PUBLISHERS Copyright 1904 by HARPER BROTHERSCONTENTSCHAPI INTRODUCES THE BOYSII ATTACKED BY NAVAJOSIII WARLIKE PUEBLOSIV IN A NAVAJO TRAPV A SIEGE AND AN AMBUSCADEVI CROSSING THE RIVERVII A SWOLLEN STREAM AND STOLEN PONYVIII OVER THE DIVIDEA CORPORAL MISSINGIX THE RESCUING PARTYX THE CORPORALS ARE PROMOTEDXI BOTH PONIES ARE STOLENXII INDIANS ON THE WARPATHXIII THE BOY SERGEANTS DO GOOD SERVICEXIV ON THE DESERT WITHOUT WATERXV THE PONIES ARE FOUNDXVI APACHES IN SKULL VALLEYXVII PURSUIT OF THE APACHESXVIII ON THE TRAIL OF THE APACHESXIX THE ATTACK ON THE APACHE CAMPILLUSTRATIONSEVERY ONE HELD HIS RIFLE IN READINESS TOSHOOT THE ESCAPING APACHES FrontispieceMOUNTED THE BOYS PRESENTED A WARLIKEAPPEARANCECORPORAL HENRY ASKED CAPTAIN BAYARD TOINQUIRE FOR MANUEL PEREAGOD HAS GIVEN ME AMONG MANY FRIENDSTWO THAT ARE SOMETHING MORECAPTURED BY THE NAVAJOSIINTRODUCES THE BOYSIt was late in the fall of the second year of the civil war that Irejoined my company at Santa Fé New Mexico from detached service inthe Army of the Potomac The boom of the sunrise gun awoke me on themorning after my arrival and I hastened to attend reveille rollcallAs I descended the steps of the officers quarters the men of the fourcompanies composing the garrison were forming into line before theirbarracks Details from the guard which had just fired the gun andhoisted the national colors were returning to the guardhouse andthe officers were hastening to their placesAt the conclusion of the ceremony I turned again towards my quartersand noticed two handsome boys evidently aged about fifteen andthirteen dressed in a modification of the infantry uniform of thearmy and wearing corporals chevrons They stood near the regimentaladjutant and seemed to be reporting their presence to himAt breakfast the adjutant chancing to sit near me I asked him whothe youthful soldiers wereThey are the sons of LieutenantColonel Burton Corporals Frank andHenry he replied They hold honorary rank and are attached toheadquarters acting as messengers and performing some light clericalworkHow do they happen to be in Santa FéMother recently died in the East and the colonel had them sent herein charge of a tutor who is to fit them for college I believeLater on the same day being desirous of looking over this ancientIndian and Mexican town I was making a pedestrian tour of itsstreets and chanced to be opposite San Miguel School in the easternsection during the pupils recess Half a dozen boys were engaged inthrowing the lasso over the posts of the enclosing fence whensuddenly from a side street appeared the young corporals whom I hadseen at reveilleThe Mexican boys instantly greeted them with derisive shouts andjeers They called them little Gringos and other opprobrious namesand one young Mexican threw the loop of his lasso over the smallercorporals head and jerked him off his feet His companions laughedloudly The older corporal instantly pulled out his knife and cut therope Then the two brothers stood shoulder to shoulder facing thecrowd quite ready to defend themselves The young Mexicansgesticulating and shouting crowded round the two brothers and blowsappeared imminentMuchachos suddenly cried a ringing voice from the rear in Spanishare you not ashamed A hundred against twoA handsome lad forced his way through the crowd placed himself besidethe two corporals and faced his young countrymen Before the Mexicansrecovered from their surprise the bell of San Miguel summoned them toschool They hurried away leaving the two corporals with the youngMexican who had come to their assistanceMy name is Frank Burton said the older corporal extending hishand to the Mexican and this is my brother HenryThe Mexican boy grasped the proffered hand and said My name isManuel Perea of AlgodonesWe are the sons of the commanding officer at the fort Cant you comeand

Produced by Al HainesTHE CHALLENGE OF THE NORTHBYJAMES HENDRYXGARDEN CITY NEW YORKDOUBLEDAY PAGE COMPANY1922COPYRIGHT 1922 BYDOUBLEDAY PAGE COMPANYALL RIGHTS RESERVED INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIANPRINTED IN THE UNITED STATESATTHE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS GARDEN CITY N Y_First Edition_The Challenge of the NorthIOskar Hedin head of the fur department of old John McNabbs big storelooked up from his scrutiny of the Russian sable coat spread upon atable before him and encountered the twinkling eyes of old JohnhimselfIts a shame to keep this coat hereand that natural black fox piecetoo Who is there in Terrace City thats got thirty thousand dollarsto spend for a fur coat or twenty thousand for a fox furOld John grinned Mrs Orcutt bought one didnt sheYes but she bought it down in New YorkAn paid thirtyfive thousand for a coat that runs half a dozen shadeslighter an is topped an pointed to bring it up to the best its gotDid I ever tell ye the story of Mrs Orcutts coatNoIt goes back quite a waysthe lefthanded love me an Fred Orcutt hasfor one another We speak neighborly on the street an for yearsweve played on opposite sides of a ballahole foursome at the CountryClub but either of us would sooner lose a hundred dollars than pay theother a golf ballIt come about in a business way an in a business way its kept onNot a dollar of McNabb money passes through the hands of OrcuttsWolverine Bankan he could have had it all an he knows itAs ye know I started out a lad with the Hudsons Bay Company anId got to be a factor when an old uncle of my mothers in Scotlandied an left me a matter of twenty thousand pounds sterling When Igot the money I quit the Company an drifted around a bit until finallyI bought up a big tract of Michigan pine There wasnt any TerraceCity then I located a sawmill here at the mouth of the river an itwas known as McNabbs LandinDye see those docks I built em an Ive seen the time when theywas two steamers warped along each side of em an one acrost the endan a half a dozen more anchored in the harbor waitin to haul McNabbslumber The van stood on this spot in the sawmill days an when itgot too small I built a wooden store Folks began driftin in Theychanged the name from McNabbs Landin to Terrace City an I turned amany a good dollar for buildin sitesThe second summer brought Fred Orcutt an I practically give him thebest lot of the whole outfit to build his bank on The town outgrewthe wooden store an I built this one addin the annex later an Iripped out the old dam an put in a concrete dam an a power plant thatfurnished light an power for all Terrace City Money was comin infast an I invested it here an thereMichigan an Minnesota anWinconsin pine an the Lord knows what not Then come the panic anI found out almost over night that I was land poor I needed cash orcredit at the bank or I had to take a big loss I went to see FredOrcuttI banked with him those days an he knew the fix I was inYes the bank would be glad to accommodate me all right if you couldof been there an heard Fred Orcutt lay down his terms youd know justhow damn glad theyd of been to accommodate me It kind of stunned meat first an then I saw redthe man Id befriended in more ways thanone just layin back till he had me in his clutches Well I lit outan told him just what I thought of himan he got it in log campEnglish It never fazed him He just sat there leanin back in hischair bringin the points of his fingers together an drawin emapart again an lookin me square in the face with them pale bluefishy eyes of his When Id used up all the oaths an epithets incommon use an some new ones an had to quit he says in the samecold even voice that hed used in layin down his terms he saysYoure a little excited now John and Ill not hold it against youJust drop in sometime tomorrow or next day and well fix up thepapersI walked out of the bank with a wild scheme in my head of going toDetroit or Chicago for the money But I knew it was no useand so didOrcutt He thought he had me right where he wanted mean so did IMeanwhile an about six months previous a young fellow named CharlieBronsonpresident of the First National nowhad opened up a littlesevenbynine bank in a tincovered wooden shack that Id passed adozen times a day an hadnt even looked into Id met Bronson once ortwice but hadnt paid no attention to him an as I was headin backfor the store he stood in his doorway Good mornin Mr McNabb hesays I dont think Id of took the trouble to answer him but justthen his bank sign caught my eye It was painted in black letters anstuck out over the sidewalk I stopped an looked past him through theopen door where his bookkeeperpayinanreceivintellercashier angeneral factotum was busy behind the cheap grill Then I looked atBronson an the only thing I noticed was that his eyes was brown anhe was smilin Young man I says have you got any money in thatsardine canQuite a lot he answers with a grin More than I wish I hadYou got a hundred thousand I asksit was more than I needed but Ithought Id make it big enough to scare himMore than that he answers without battin an eye Butwhatsthe matter with the WolverineThe Wolverine I busted out Young

Produced by Carlo Traverso Rénald Lévesque and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet Thisfile was produced from images generously made availableby the Bibliothèque nationale de France BnFGallica ALEXANDRE DUMAS LA SANFELICE TOME II DEUXIÈME ÉDITION PARIS MICHEL LÉVY FRÈRES LIBRAIRES ÉDITEURS RUE VIVIENNE 2 BIS ET BOULEVARD DES ITALIENS 13 A LA LIBRAIRIE NOUVELLE XIX LA CHAMBRE ÉCLAIRÉEIl était deux heures du matin à peu près lorsque le roi et la reinequittant lambassade dAngleterre rentrèrent au palais Le roitrèspréoccupé nous lavons dit de la scène qui venait de se passerprit immédiatement le chemin de son appartement et la reine quilinvitait rarement à entrer dans le sien ne mit aucun obstacle à cetteretraite précipitée pressée quelle paraissait être de son côté derentrer chez elleLe roi ne sétait pas dissimulé la gravité de la situation or dans lescirconstances graves il y avait un homme quil consultait toujours avecune certaine confiance parce que rarement il lavait consulté sans enrecevoir un bon conseil il en résultait quil reconnaissait à cethomme une supériorité réelle sur toute cette tourbe de courtisans quilenvironnaitCet homme cétait le cardinal Fabrizio Ruffo que nous avons montréà nos lecteurs assistant larchevêque de Naples son doyen au sacrécollège lors du _Te Deum_ qui avait été chanté la veille dansléglise cathédrale de Naples en lhonneur de larrivée de NelsonRuffo était au souper donné au vainqueur dAboukir par sir WilliamHamilton il avait donc tout vu et tout entendu et en sortant le roinavait eu que ces mots à lui direJe vous attends cette nuit au palaisRuffo sétait incliné en signe quil était aux ordres de Sa MajestéEn effet dix minutes à peine après que le roi était rentré chez luien prévenant lhuissier de service quil attendait le cardinal on luiannonçait que le cardinal était là et faisait demander si le bon plaisirdu roi était de le recevoirFaitesle entrer cria Ferdinand de manière que le cardinallentendît je crois bien que mon bon plaisir est de le recevoirLe cardinal invité ainsi à entrer nattendit pas lappel de lhuissieret répondit par sa présence même à ce pressant appel du roiEh bien mon éminentissime que ditesvous de ce qui vient de sepasser demanda le roi en se jetant dans un fauteuil et en faisant signeau cardinal de sasseoirLe cardinal sachant que la plus grande révérence dont on puisse userenvers les rois est de leur obéir aussitôt quils ont ordonné touteinvitation de leur part étant un ordre prit une chaise et sassitJe dis que cest une affaire trèsgrave répliqua le cardinalheureusement que Sa Majesté se lest attirée pour lhonneur delAngleterre et quil est de lhonneur de lAngleterre de la soutenirQue pensezvous au fond de ce bouledogue de Nelson Soyez franccardinalVotre Majesté est si bonne pour moi quavec elle je le suis toujoursfrancDites alorsComme courage cest un lion comme instinct militaire cest ungénie mais comme esprit cest heureusement un homme médiocreHeureusement ditesvousOui sireEt pourquoi heureusementParce quon le mènera où lon voudra avec deux leurresLesquelsLamour et lambition Lamour cest laffaire de lady Hamiltonlambition cest la vôtre Sa naissance est vulgaire son éducationnulle Il a conquis ses grades sans mettre les pieds dans uneantichambre en laissant un oeil à Calvi un bras à Ténériffe la peaude son front à Aboukir traitez cet hommelà en grand seigneur vous legriserez et une fois quil sera gris Votre Majesté en fera ce quellevoudra Eston sûr de lady HamiltonLa reine en est sûre à ce quelle ditAlors vous navez pas besoin dautre chose Par cette femme vousaurez tout elle vous donnera à la fois le mari et lamant Tous deuxsont fous delleJai peur quelle ne fasse la prudeEmma Lyonna faire la prude dit Ruffo avec lexpression du plusprofond mépris Votre Majesté ny pense pasJe ne dis pas prude par pruderie pardieuEt par quoiIl nest pas beau votre Nelson avec son bras de moins son oeilcrevé et son front fendu Sil en coûte cela pour être un héros jaimeautant rester ce que je suisBon les femmes ont de si singulières idées et puis lady Hamiltonaime si merveilleusement la reine Ce quelle ne fera pas par amourelle le fera par amitiéEnfin dit le roi comme un homme qui sen remet à la Providence dusoin darranger une affaire difficilePuis à RuffoMaintenant continuatil vous avez bien un conseil à me donner danscette affairelàCertainement le seul même qui soit raisonnableLequel demanda le roiVotre Majesté a un traité dalliance avec son neveu lempereurdAutricheJen ai avec tout le

Produced by Rénald Lévesque LA FILLE DU PIRATE ÉMILE CHEVALIER PARIS CALMANNLÉVY ÉDITEURS 3 RUE AUBER 3 A MA MÈRE PROLOGUE EN MER IRange à carguer la grandvoileA peine ce commandement futil transmis par le portevoix du capitaineet répété par le sifflet du maître de manoeuvres que cinq matelotssélancèrent sur les échelles de corde Mais au même moment une rafaleépouvantable enveloppa le brick comme dans une trombe et deux foissuccessives le courba tribord à bâbord au point que les vaguesbondirent pardessus ses lissesAmenez les huniers sur le pont cria le capitaine François dune voixde stentorLordre se perdit dans le fracas de la tempête et il nétait pasarticulé quune seconde colonne dair fondit sur le navire avec larapidité de la foudre brisa le perroquet du grand mât les cacatois dumât de misaine et emporta les toiles qui restaient dehorsUn mousse cramponné à lextrémité dune vergue où il sefforçait defixer la voile avec les rabans de ferlage fut enlevé par le tourbillonet tomba à la merCet accident passa inaperçu au milieu de lanxiété généraleLe vaisseau penchait affreusement sur le côté et menaçait desengloutirA la barre tonna le portevoixLe chef de timonerie y était déjàElle ne gouverne plus capitaine sécriatil sourdementBas le grand mâtCinq minutes après larbre sapé à sa base sabattait avec un horriblecraquementDéjà le brick se relevait lorsquun autre coup de vent faillit lesubmerger de nouveauLa position était désespérée Il ny avait plus à hésiter Le commandantle comprit Assis à son banc de quart il avait surveillé avec unsangfroid merveilleux les progrès de louragan et quand il vit quilne lui restait quun moyen de sauver son vaisseau il nhésita pas àlemployerRasez tout sécriatilPuis le bruit cadencé des haches frappant à coups redoublés le pied desdeux derniers mâts se joignit aux mugissements des éléments en furie etbientôt le navire flotta au gré des flotsCependant la tempête se calma peu à peu on renaissait à lespérancelorsque tout à coup un calier parut sur le pontNous faisons eau ditil au capitaine qui se tenait sur le gaillarddarrière debout immobile les bras croisés sur la poitrineGréez les pompes ordonna lautre sans quun muscle de sa facebougeâtOù est la voie demandatil ensuite au calierDans la soute aux biscuits Trois pieds de bordage en dériveTout le monde aux pompesChacun sempressa dobéir et au bout dune heure les pompescommencèrent à franchir Alors les calfats descendirent dans la cale etparvinrent à réparer les principales avariesMais la nuit était arrivée et il fallut remettre au lendemain le soinde sorienter IILe brick qui venait grâce à lhabileté de son capitaine déchapper àcette épouvantable tourmente sappelait l_Alcyon_ Parti de Marseilleavec un chargement de vins pour la Louisiane il avait été chassé desa route par des vents contraires et poussé sur les côtes de laNouvelleÉcosseIl portait une vingtaine de passagers seulement à son bordLun de ces passagers jeune homme de vingtcinq à vingthuit ans étaitfils de larmateur à qui appartenait l_Alcyon_ Son père lenvoyaità la NouvelleOrléans pour y établir un comptoir Cétait le dernierenfant de quatre quavait eus larmateur Deux étaient morts à la fleurde lâge un autre laîné avait disparu dans son adolescence etjamais depuis on nen avait eu de nouvelles On supposait généralementquil sétait noyé IIIPendant la tempête Charles sur lordre du capitaine était resté dansla grande cabine mais quand le danger eut cessé il monta sur le pontoù il demeura le reste de la nuit en conférence avec les officiersLe lendemain matin une voile parut à lhorizon Cette vue ranima lecourage défaillant des malheureux naufragésAussitôt on cessa de travailler à un radeaudont on avait entrepris laconstruction avec des espars et des vergues de rechangespour établirdes signauxIls ne furent que trop bien distinguésUne heure sétait à peine écoulée quand un navire silla dans les eaux del_Alcyon_Cétait une longue corvette noire comme de lencre couronnée dunebande rouge sanglantNul

Produced by Chuck Greif Louise Hope Thierry AlbertoHenry Craig and the Online Distributed Proofreading Teamat httpwwwpgdpnet A MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY _AND OTHER POEMS_ BY ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE _THIRD EDITION_ London CHATTO WINDUS PICCADILLY 1889CONTENTSA MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY I THE SEABOARD 3 II A HAVEN 6 III ON A COUNTRY ROAD 9 IV THE MILL GARDEN 12 V A SEAMARK 16 VI THE CLIFFSIDE PATH 19 VII IN THE WATER 22 VIII THE SUNBOWS 27 IX ON THE VERGE 31A NEWYEAR ODE 39LINES ON THE MONUMENT OF GIUSEPPE MAZZINI 66LES CASQUETS 70A BALLAD OF SARK 84NINE YEARS OLD 87AFTER A READING 94MAYTIME IN MIDWINTER 100A DOUBLE BALLAD OF AUGUST 105HEARTSEASE COUNTRY 109A BALLAD OF APPEAL 112CRADLE SONGS 115PELAGIUS 122LOUIS BLANC 125VOS DEOS LAUDAMUS 128ON THE BICENTENARY OF CORNEILLE 132IN SEPULCRETIS 134LOVE AND SCORN

Produced by Kathryn Lybarger Martin Pettit and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet WHAT THE MOTHER OF A DEAF CHILD OUGHT TO KNOW BY JOHN DUTTON WRIGHTFOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL OF THE WRIGHT ORAL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF NEW YORK CITY COLLABORATOR OF THE LARYNGO SCOPE AND THE VOLTA REVIEW DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION TO PROMOTE THE TEACHING OF SPEECH TO THE DEAF AUTHOR OF EDUCA TIONAL NEEDS OF THE DEAF FOR THE GUIDANCE OF PHYSICIANS Illustration Logo NEW YORK FREDERICK A STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS _Copyright 1915 by_ FREDERICK A STOKES COMPANY _All rights reserved including that of translation into foreign languages_ _March 1915_ TO MY WIFE AT WHOSE SUGGESTION THIS LITTLE BOOK WAS WRITTEN IN ORDER THAT MOTHERS MAY DO ALL IN THEIR POWER FOR THEIR DEAF CHILDRENCONTENTSCHAPTER PAGE PREFACE ixxix I FACING THE FACTS 1 II HOW SHALL THE MOTHER BEGIN HER PART OF THE WORK 5 III HOW SHALL THE MOTHER GET INTO COMMUNICATION WITH HER DEAF CHILD 13 IV WHAT ABOUT THE BABYS SPEECH 20 V DEVELOPING THE MENTAL FACULTIES 22 VI DEVELOPING THE LUNGS 30 VII THE CULTIVATION OF CREATIVE IMAGINATION 32 VIII FURTHER TESTS OF HEARING 34 IX THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDUAL HEARING 38 X DEVELOPING THE POWER OF LIPREADING 43 XI FORMING CHARACTER 47 XII CULTIVATING THE SOCIAL INSTINCT 50 XIII SOMETHING ABOUT SCHOOLS AND METHODS 53 XIV THE PRESERVATION OF SPEECH WHEN DEAFNESS RESULTS FROM ACCIDENT OR ILLNESS AFTER INFANCY 58 XV TEACHING LIPREADING

Produced by Chuck Greif This file was produced from thatgenerously made available by the Bibliothèque nationalede France BnFGallica at httpgallicabnffrNote du transcripteur Cette oeuvre adaptée en pièce de théâtre en1849 et en livre en 1851 est aussi à lorigine de deux opéras aveclibretti en Italien La Bohème de Ruggero Leoncavallo 1897 et lemieux connu La Bohème de Giacomo Puccini 1896Scènes de la vie de bohèmeHenry MurgerM Levy1869PREFACELes bohèmes dont il est question dans ce livre nont aucun rapport avecles bohèmes dont les dramaturges du boulevard ont fait les synonymes defilous et dassassins Ils ne se recrutent pas davantage parmi lesmontreurs dours les avaleurs de sabres les marchands de chaînes desûreté les professeurs d_à tout coup lon gagne_ les négociants desbasfonds de lagio et mille autres industriels mystérieux et vaguesdont la principale industrie est de nen point avoir et qui sonttoujours prêts à tout faire excepté le bienLa Bohème dont il sagit dans ce livre nest point une race néedaujourdhui elle a existé de tout temps et partout et peutrevendiquer dillustres origines Dans lantiquité grecque sansremonter plus haut dans cette généalogie exista un bohème célèbre quien vivant au hasard du jour le jour parcourait les campagnes de lIonieflorissante en mangeant le pain de laumône et sarrêtait le soir poursuspendre au foyer de lhospitalité la lyre harmonieuse qui avait chantéles _Amours dHélène_ et la _Chute de Troie_ En descendant léchelledes âges la Bohème moderne retrouve des aïeux dans toutes les époquesartistiques et littéraires Au moyen âge elle continue la traditionhomérique avec les ménestrels et les improvisateurs les enfants du gaisavoir tous les vagabonds mélodieux des campagnes de la Tourainetoutes les muses errantes qui portant sur le dos la besace dunécessiteux et la harpe du trouvère traversaient en chantant lesplaines du beau pays où devait fleurir léglantine de Clémence IsaureÀ lépoque qui sert de transition entre les temps chevaleresques etlaurore de la renaissance la Bohème continue à courir tous les cheminsdu royaume et déjà un peu les rues de Paris Cest maître PierreGringoire lami des truands et lennemi du jeûne maigre et affamécomme peut lêtre un homme dont lexistence nest quun long carême ilbat le pavé de la ville le nez au vent tel quun chien qui lèveflairant lodeur des cuisines et des rôtisseries ses yeux pleins deconvoitises gloutonnes font maigrir rien quen les regardant lesjambons pendus aux crochets des charcutiers tandis quil fait sonnerdans son imagination et non dans ses poches hélas Les dix écus quelui ont promis messieurs les échevins en payement de la _trèspieuse etdévote sotie_ quil a composée pour le théâtre de la salle du palais dejustice À côté de ce profil dolent et mélancolique de lamoureuxdEsméralda les chroniques de la Bohème peuvent évoquer un compagnondhumeur moins ascétique et de figure plus réjouie cest maîtreFrançois Villon lamant de _la belle qui fut haultmière_ Poète etvagabond par excellence celuilà Et dont la poésie largementimaginée sans doute à cause de ces pressentiments que les anciensattribuent à leurs _vates_ était sans cesse poursuivie par unesingulière préoccupation de la potence où ledit Villon faillit un jourêtre cravaté de chanvre pour avoir voulu regarder de trop près lacouleur des écus du roi Ce même Villon qui avait plus dune foisessoufflé la maréchaussée lancée à ses trousses cet hôte tapageur desbouges de la rue PierreLescot ce piqueassiette de la cour du ducdÉgypte ce Salvator Rosa de la poésie a rimé des élégies dont lesentiment navré et laccent sincère émeuvent les plus impitoyables etfont quils oublient le malandrin le vagabond et le débauché devantcette muse toute ruisselante de ses propres larmesAu reste parmi tous ceux dont loeuvre peu connue na été fréquentéeque des gens pour qui la littérature française ne commence pas seulementle jour où Malherbe vint François Villon a eu lhonneur dêtre un desplus dévalisés même par les gros bonnets du parnasse moderne On sestprécipité sur le champ du pauvre et on a battu monnaie de gloire avecson humble trésor Il est telle ballade écrite au coin de la borne etsous la gouttière un jour de froidure par le rapsode bohème tellesstances amoureuses improvisées dans le taudis où _la belle qui futhaultmière_ détachait à tout venant sa ceinture dorée qui aujourdhuimétamorphosées en galanteries de beau lieu flairant le musc et lambrefigurent dans lalbum armorié dune Chloris aristocratiqueMais voici le grand siècle de la renaissance qui souvre MichelAngegravit les échafauds de la Sixtine et regarde dun air soucieux le jeuneRaphaël qui monte lescalier du Vatican portant sous son bras lescartons des loges Benvenuto médite son _Persée_ Ghiberti cisèle lesportes du baptistère en même temps que Donatello dresse ses marbres surles ponts de lArno et pendant que la cité des Médicis lutte dechefsdoeuvre avec la ville de Léon X et de Jules II Titien etVéronèse illustrent la cité des doges SaintMarc lutte avecSaintPierreCette fièvre de génie qui vient déclater tout à coup dans la péninsuleitalienne avec une violence épidémique répand sa glorieuse contagiondans toute lEurope Lart rival de Dieu marche légal des roisCharlesQuint sincline pour ramasser le pinceau du Titien et FrançoisIer fait antichambre dans limprimerie où Étienne Dolet corrigepeutêtre les épreuves de _Pantagruel_Au milieu de cette résurrection de lintelligence la Bohème continuecomme par le passé à chercher suivant lexpression de Balzac la pâteet la niche Clément Marot devenu le familier des antichambres duLouvre devient avant même quelle eût été favorite dun roi le favoride cette belle Diane dont le sourire illumina trois règnes Du boudoirde Diane De Poitiers la muse infidèle du poëte passe dans celui deMarguerite De Valois faveur dangereuse que Marot paya par la prisonPresque à la même époque un autre bohème dont lenfance avait été surla plage de Sorrente caressée par les baisers dune muse épique LeTasse entrait à la cour du duc de Ferrare comme Marot à celle deFrançois Ier mais moins heureux que lamant de Diane et de Margueritelauteur de la _Jérusalem_ payait de sa raison et de la perte de songénie laudace de son amour pour une fille de la maison dEsteLes guerres religieuses et les orages politiques qui signalèrent enFrance larrivée des Médicis narrêtent point lessor de lart Aumoment

Produced by Greg Weeks LN Yaddanapudi and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetFlight From Tomorrow_COMPLETE NOVELET__by H Beam Piper_ There was no stopping General Zarvas rebellionIllustration by LawrenceIllustration _Hunted and hated in two worlds Hradzka dreamed of a monomaniacs glory stranded in the past with his knowledge of the future But he didnt know the past quite well enough_1But yesterday a whole planet had shouted _Hail Hradzka Hail theLeader_ Today they were screaming _Death to Hradzka Kill thetyrant_The Palace where Hradzka surrounded by his sycophants and guards hadlorded it over a solar system was now an inferno Those who had beentoo closely identified with the dictators rule to hope for forgivenesswere fighting to the last seeking only a quick death in combat one byone their isolated points of resistance were being wiped out Thecorridors and chambers of the huge palace were thronged with rebelsloud with their shouts and with the rasping hiss of heatbeams and thecrash of blasters reeking with the stench of scorched plastic andburned flesh of hot metal and charred fabric The living quarters wereoverrun the mob smashed down walls and tore up floors in search ofsecret hidingplaces They found strange thingsthe spaceship that hadbeen built under one of the domes in readiness for flight to thestillloyal colonies on Mars or the Asteroid Belt for instancebutHradzka himself they could not findAt last the search reached the New Tower which reared its head fivethousand feet above the palace the highest thing in the city Theyblasted down the huge steel doors cut the power from theenergyscreens They landed from antigravcars on the upper levels Butexcept for barriers of metal and concrete and energy they met with noopposition Finally they came to the spiral stairway which led up tothe great metal sphere which capped the whole structureGeneral Zarvas the Army Commander who had placed himself at the head ofthe revolt stood with his foot on the lowest step his followers behindhim There was Prince Burvanny the leader of the old nobility andGhorzesko Orhm the merchant and between them stood Tobbh thechieftain of the mutinous slaves There were clerks laborers poor buthaughty nobles and wealthy merchants who had long been forced to hidetheir riches from the dictators taxgatherers and soldiers andspacemenYoud better let some of us go first sir General Zarvas orderly abloodstained bandage about his head his uniform in rags suggestedYou dont know what might be up thereThe General shook his head Ill go first Zarvas Pol was not the manto send subordinates into danger ahead of himself To tell the truthIm afraid we wont find anything at all up thereYou mean Ghorzesko Orhm beganThe timemachine Zarvas Pol replied If hes managed to get itfinished the Great Mind only knows where he may be now Or whenHe loosened the blaster in his holster and started up the long spiralHis followers spread out below sharpshooters took position to coverhis ascent Prince Burvanny and Tobbh the Slave started to follow himThey hesitated as each motioned the other to precede him then thenobleman followed the general his blaster drawn and the brawny slavebehind himThe door at the top was open and Zarvas Pol stepped through but therewas nothing in the great spherical room except a raised dais some fiftyfeet in diameter its polished metal top strangely clean and empty Anda crumpled heap of burned cloth and charred flesh that had not longago been a man An old man with a white beard and the sevenpointedstar of the Learned Brothers on his breast advanced to meet the armedintrudersSo he is gone Kradzy Zago Zarvas Pol said holstering his weaponGone in the timemachine to hide in yesterday or tomorrow And youlet him goThe old one nodded He had a blaster and I had none He indicated thebody on the floor Zoldy Jarv had no blaster either but he tried tostop Hradzka See he squandered his life as a fool squanders his moneygetting nothing for it And a mans life is not money Zarvas PolI do not blame you Kradzy Zago General Zarvas said But now youmust get to work and build us another timemachine so that we canhunt him downDoes revenge mean so much to you thenThe soldier made an impatient gesture Revenge is for fools like thatpack of screaming beasts below I do not kill for revenge I killbecause dead men do no harmHradzka will do us no more harm the old scientist replied He is athing of yesterday of a time long past and halflost in the mists oflegendNo matter As long as he exists at any point in spacetime Hradzka isstill a threat Revenge means much to Hradzka he will return for itwhen we least expect himThe old man shook his head No Zarvas Pol Hradzka will not return Hradzka holstered his blaster threw the switch that sealed thetimemachine put on the antigravunit and started the timeshiftunit He reached out and set the destinationdial for themidFiftySecond Century of the Atomic Era That would land him in theNinth Age of Chaos following the TwoCentury War and the collapse ofthe World Theocracy A good time for his purpose the world would beslipping back into barbarism and yet possess the technologies of formercivilizations A hundred little national states would be trying toregain social stability competing and warring with one another Hradzkaglanced back over his shoulder at the cases of books recordspoolstridimensional pictures and scalemodels These people of the pastwould welcome him and his science of the future would make him theirleaderHe would start in a small way by taking over the local feudal or tribalgovernment would arm his followers with weapons of the future Then hewould impose his rule upon neighboring tribes or princedoms orcommunes or whatever and build a strong sovereignty from that heenvisioned a world

Produced by Suzanne Lybarger and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetLibrary EditionTHE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICAIn Ten VolumesVOL IIIllustration JAMES WHITCOMB RILEYTHE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICAEDITED BY MARSHALL P WILDER_Volume II_Funk Wagnalls CompanyNew York and LondonCopyright MDCCCCVII BOBBSMERRILL COMPANYCopyright MDCCCCXI THE THWING COMPANYCONTENTS PAGE Archæological Congress An Robert J Burdette 390 Aunt Dinahs Kitchen Harriet Beecher Stowe 335 Ballad Charles Godfrey Leland 355 Barney McGee Richard Hovey 223 Beecher Beached The John B Tabb 232 Boys View of It A Frank L Stanton 393 Budd Wilkins at the Show SE Kiser 352 Colonels Clothes The Caroline Howard Gilman 396 Comin Thu Anne Virginia Culbertson 333 Dutchman Who Had the Small Pox The Henry P Leland 295 Evening Musicale An May Isabel Fisk 325 Familiar Authors at Work Hayden Carruth 289 Fascination John B Tabb 222 Golfers Rubaiyat The HW Boynton 319 Go Lightly Gal The Cake Walk Anne Virginia Culbertson 317 Grandma Keeler Gets Grandpa Ready for SundaySchool Sarah P McLean Greene 266 Hoosier and the Salt Pile The Danforth Marble 357 How Ruby Played George W Bagby 311 Letter A Petroleum V Nasby 282 Lost Word The John Paul 293 Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum Wallace Irwin 307 Mr Dooley on GoldSeeking Finley Peter Dunne 304 Mr Dooley on Reform Candidates Finley Peter Dunne 321 Natural Perversities

Produced by Alan R LightSONGS MERRY AND SADby John Charles McNeillAmerican North Carolina poet 18741907 To JOSEPH P CALDWELL The Old ManContents The Bride Oh Ask Me Not Isabel To To Melvin Gardner Suicide Away Down Home For Janes Birthday A Secret The Old Bad Woman Valentine A Photograph Jesse Covington An Idyl Home Songs M W Ransom Protest Oblivion Now Tommy Smith Before Bedtime If I Could Glimpse Him Attraction Loves Fashion Alcestis Reminiscence Sonnet Lines An Easter Hymn A Christmas Hymn When I Go Home Odessa Trifles Sunburnt Boys Gray Days An Invalid A Caged MockingBird Dawn Harvest Two Pictures October The Old Clock Tear Stains A Prayer She Being Young Paul Jones The Drudge The Wife Vision September Barefooted Pardon Time The Rattlesnake The Prisoner Sonnet Folk Song 97 The Fast Mail Sundown At Sea LenvoiSONGS MERRY AND SADThe Bride The little white bride is left alone With him her lord the guests have gone The festal hall is dim No jesting now nor answering mirth The hush of sleep falls on the earth And leaves her here with him Why should there be O little white bride When the world has left you by his side A tear to brim your eyes Some old loveface that comes again Some old lovemoment sweet with pain Of passionate memories Does your heart yearn back with last regret For the maiden meads of mignonette And the fairyhaunted wood That you had not withheld from love A little while the freedom of Your happy maidenhood Or is it but a nameless fear A wordless joy that calls the tear In dumb appeal to rise When looking on him where he stands You yield up all into his hands Pleading into his eyes For days that laugh or nights that weep You two strike oars across the deep With lifes tide at the brim And all times beauty all loves grace Beams little bride upon your face Here looking up at himOh Ask Me Not Love should I set my heart upon a crown Squander my years and gain it What recompense of pleasure could I own For youths red drops would stain it Much have I thought on what our lives may mean And what their best endeavor Seeing we may not come again to glean But losing lose forever Seeing how zealots making choice of pain From home and country parted Have thought it life to leave their fellows slain Their women brokenhearted How teasing truth a thousand faces claims As in a broken mirror And what a father died for in the flames His own son scorns as error How even they whose hearts were sweet with song Must quaff oblivions potion And soon or late their sails be lost along The allsurrounding ocean

Produced by Jacqueline Jeremy Suzanne Shell and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetIllustration We four declared the Skeptic constitute a privateCourt of Inquiry into the Condition of Our FriendsA COURTOF INQUIRYBy GRACE S RICHMONDAuthor of Red Pepper Burns Mrs Red PepperSecond Violin EtcIllustrationWITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONSA L BURT COMPANY PUBLISHERS114120 East Twentythird StreetNew YorkPUBLISHED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH DOUBLEDAY PAGE CO_Copyright_ 1909 1916 _by_DOUBLEDAY PAGE COMPANY_All rights reserved including that oftranslation into foreign languagesincluding the Scandinavian_COPYRIGHT 1901 BY PERRY MASON COMPANYCOPYRIGHT 1902 BY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANYCOPYRIGHT 1907 BY PERRY MASON COMPANYCOPYRIGHT 1908 1909 BY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANYTOC R P AND M B PCONTENTSPART I PAGE I Althea 3 II Camellia 16III Dahlia 31 IV Rhodora 44 V Azalea 58 VI Hepatica 72PART II I Dahlia and the Professor 87 II Camellia and the Judge 102III Azalea and the Cashier 117 IV Althea and the Promoter 131 V Rhodora and the Preacher 146 VI Wistariaand the Philosopher 162PART III I Sixteen Miles to Boswells 181 II Honour and the Girl 220III Their Word of Honour 241 IV Half a League Onward 261PART IA Court of Inquiryand Other TalesIALTHEA Nothing impaired but all disordered _Midsummer Nights Dream_There are four guestrooms in my house It is not a large house and howthere came to be so many rooms to spare for the entertaining of friendsis not a story to be told here It is only a few years since they wereall fulland not with guests But they are nearly always full now Andwhen I assign each room it is after taking thoughtThere are two mens rooms and two for women The mens rooms havebelonged to men and therefore they suit other men who drop into themand use their belongings and tell me they were never more comfortableThe third room is for one after another of the girls and women whovisit me The fourth roomIs anybody really good enough to sleep in this placeIt was the Skeptic looking over my shoulder He had chanced to bepassing saw me standing in the doorway in an attitude of adorationand glanced in over my head He had continued to look from sheerastonishmentI should expect to have to take off my shoes and put on a whitecassock over my tennis flannels before I could enter here he observedYou would not be allowed to enter even in that inappropriate costumeI replied I keep this room only for the very nicest of my girlfriends The trouble isThe trouble isyoure full up with our bunch and have got to put MissAlthea here whether she turns out to be the sort or notI had not expected the Skeptic to be so shrewdshrewd though he oftenis Being also skeptical his skepticism sometimes overcolours hisimaginationSuppose she should leave her slippers kicking around over thosewhite rugs drop her kimono in the middle of that pondlily bedanderattach a mound of chewinggum to the corner of the mirrorhe propoundedI should send her homeNoyou could do better than that Make her change rooms with thePhilosopher He wouldnt leave a speck the size of a molecule on allthat whitenessI dont believe he would I agreed As the Skeptic went laughing awaydownstairs I turned again into the room in order that I might tie backthe little inner muslin curtains to let the green branches outside showbetween Althea arrived at five The Skeptic in tennis flannels was lounging onthe porch as she came up the steps and scanned her critically over theracquet he still held after a brisk setto with the Gay Lady who isone of my other guests We call her the Gay Lady because of herflowerbright face her trick of smiling when other people frown andbecause of a certain soft sparkle and glow about her whole personalityas indescribable as it is captivating The Gay Lady had gone indoors

Produced by Rénald Lévesque Carlo Traverso and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Canada Team athttpwwwpgdpcanadanet This file was produced fromimages generously made available by the Bibliothèquenationale de France BnFGallica RELATION ORIGINALE DU VOYAGE DE JACQUES CARTIER Illustration VUE DU MANOIR DE JACQUES CARTIER RELATION ORIGINALE DU VOYAGE DE JACQUES CARTIER AU CANADA EN 1534 DOCUMENTS INÉDITS SUR _JACQUES CARTIER ET LE CANADA_ NOUVELLE SÉRIE PUBLIÉS PAR H MICHELANT ET A RAMÉ Accompagnés de deux portraits de Cartier et de deux vues de son Manoir Illustration JACQUES CARTIER PARIS LIBRAIRIE TROSS 5 RUE NEUVEDESPETITSCHAMPS 5 1867_M dAvezac dont il faut toujours citer lingénieuse et profondeérudition lorsquil sagit de recherches sur lhistoire de lagéographie se plaignait naguère et non sans raison de lindifférenceque les Français avaient apportée en tout temps à faire valoir leursdécouvertes il regrettait surtout que le récit du premier voyage deJacques Cartier au Canada ne nous fût parvenu que par des traductionsEn effet le plus ancien qui ait paru en France de laveu de léditeurnest quun travail de seconde main dont on ignore lorigine car cetteversion sur quelques points sécarte de celle de Ramusio de beaucoupantérieure sans cadrer exactement avec celle que nous a conservéeHakluyt qui diffère également des deux autres Du reste on saperçoitaisément quelle na pu être loeuvre ni de Cartier ni daucun de sescompagnons de voyage surtout si on la rapproche de la relation dusecond voyage que lon croit pouvoir attribuer soit au chef soit à undes marins de lexpédition Celleci par le style autant que parlorthographe révèle une main inexpérimentée plus habile à guider unnavire sur locéan et affronter les tempêtes quà manier une plume Onarrive donc à cette conclusion quau XVIe siècle il existait troisrelations du récit du premier voyage de Cartier une en italien cellede Ramusio une en anglais publiée par Hakluyt et une troisième quenous ne connaissons pas celle que Raphaël du PetitVal a fait traduireen 1598 pour en donner une édition française Il est à supposer quilna agi ainsi que faute davoir pu se procurer une rédaction originalequi seule en reproduisant exactement les faits eût permis dapprécierlexactitude de lauteur et de régler la créance que lon pouvaitaccorder à ses allégations Limportance quelle eût offerte alors napas diminué aujourdhui et nous croyons quil y a encore quelqueintérêt pour nous à posséder la source primitive des différentesversions étrangères cestàdire la première relation qui a dû êtrerédigée par Cartier luimême la supposition selon nous la plusvraisemblable ou du moins par un de ses compagnons de route Elle napu évidemment être écrite quen français dans le langage habituel desmarins et spécialement des marins bretons cestàdire avec deslocutions provinciales des incorrections compensées par un emploi plusexact des termes propres à la profession

Produced by Al HainesFrontispiece A strange apparition was seen crossing the lake Itappeared to have wings but it did not fly and though it possessed atail it did not run but contented itself with moving steadily forwardon its long upturned feet Over an arm it carried what might havebeen a trident and what with its waving tail and great outspreadingwings that rose above its hornedlike head it suggested SeeChapter VITHE DRAMA OF THE FORESTS_Romance and Adventure_BYARTHUR HEMING ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR WITH REPRODUCTIONS FROM A SERIES OF HIS PAINTINGS OWNED BY THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUMGARDEN CITY N Y AND TORONTODOUBLEDAY PAGE COMPANY1921COPYRIGHT 1921 BYDOUBLEDAY PAGE COMPANYALL RIGHTS RESERVED INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIANPRINTED AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS GARDEN CITY N Y U S AFirst EditionTOMR AND MRS DAVID A DUNLAPWITH WHOM I SPENT MANY HAPPY SEASONS IN THE GREAT NORTHERN FORESTCONTENTS I ROMANCE AND ADVENTURE II IN QUEST OF TREASURE III OOKOOHOOS EL DORADO IV OOKOOHOO PLAYS THE GAME V MEETING OF THE WILD MEN VI WILD ANIMALS AND MEN VII LIFE AND LOVE RETURN VIII BUSINESS AND ROMANCELIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSA strange apparition was seen crossing the lake It appeared to havewings _Frontispiece_I surmised at once who he was for one could see by the merest glanceOokoohoos billOokoohoos calendarGoing to the brink we saw a York Boat in the act of shooting thecataractMinutes passed while the rising moon cast golden ripples upon the waterThe lynx is an expert swimmer and is dangerous to tackle in the waterNext morning we found that everything was covered with a heavy blanketof snowThe bear circled a little in order to descend Presently it left theshadowGoing to the stage he took down his fivefoot snowshoesAs the wolf dashed away the bounding clog sent the snow flyingTheres the York Factory packet from Hudson Bay to WinnipegIt was on my fathers hunting grounds and late one afternoonOokoohoo could even hear the strange clicking soundAfter half of May had passed away and when the spring hunt was overThe departure of the Fur Brigade was the one great event of the yearINTRODUCTIONIt was in childhood that the primitive spirit first came whispering tome It was then that I had my first daydreams of the Northlandofits forests its rivers and lakes its hunters and trappers andtraders its furrunners and mounted police its voyageurs andpacketeers its missionaries and Indians and prospectors its animalsits birds and its fishes its trees and its flowers and its seasonsEven in childhood I was for ever wondering what is daily going onin the Great Northern Forest not just this week this month orthis season but what is actually occurring day by day throughout thecycle of an entire year It was that thought that fascinated me andwhen I grew into boyhood I began delving into books of northerntravel but I did not find the answer there With the years thiseverpresent wonder grew until it so possessed me that at last itspirited me away from the city while I was still in my teens and ledme along a path of everchanging and everincreasing pleasure showingme the world not as men had mauled and marred it but as the Master ofLife had made it in all its original beauty and splendour Nor wasthis all It led me to observe and ponder over the daily pages of themost profound and yet the most fascinating book that man has ever triedto read and though it seemed to me my feeble attempts to decipherits text were always futile it has nevertheless not only taught meto love Nature with an everincreasing passion but it has inspired inme an infinite homage toward the Almighty for as Emerson says Inthe woods we return to reason and faith Then I feel that nothing canbefall me in lifeno disgrace no calamity leaving me my eyeswhichNature cannot repair Standing on the bare groundmy head bathed bythe blithe air and uplifted into infinite spaceall mean egoismvanishes I am the lover of uncontained and immortal beautySo to make my lifedream come true to contemplate in all itsthrilling action and undying splendour the drama of the forests Itravelled twentythree times through various parts of the vast northernwoods between Maine and Alaska and covered thousands upon thousandsof miles by canoe packtrain snowshoes _bateau_ dogtrainbuckboard timberraft prairieschooner lumberwagon andalligator No one trip ever satisfied me or afforded me theknowledge or the experience I sought for traversing a single sectionof the forest was not unlike making ones way along a single street ofa metropolis and then trying to persuade oneself that one knew allabout the citys life So back again I went at all seasons of the yearto encamp in that great timberland that sweeps from the Atlantic tothe Pacific Thus it has taken me thirtythree years to gather theinformation this volume contains and my only hope in writing it isthat perhaps others may have had the same daydream and that in thisbook they may find a reliable and satisfactory answer to all theirwonderings But making my dream come truewhat delight it gave meWhat sport and travel it afforded me What toil and sweat it causedme What food and rest it brought me What charming places it led methrough What interesting people it ranged beside me What romance itunfolded before me and into what thrilling adventures it plunged meBut before we paddle down the winding wilderness aisle toward the greatstage upon which Diana and all her attendant huntsmen and forestcreatures may appear I wish to explain that in compliance with thewishes of the leading actorswho actually lived their parts of thisstoryfictitious names have been given to the principal

Produced by Suzanne Shell Sankar Viswanathan and theOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet Illustration CHRISTMAS IN NAPLES An Italian _PRESIPIO_ YULETIDE IN MANY LANDS BY MARY P PRINGLE Reference Librarian Minnesota Public Library Commission and CLARA A URANN Illustrated by LJ Bridgman and from photographs BOSTON LOTHROP LEE SHEPARD CO 1916 Copyright 1916 BY LOTHROP LEE SHEPARD CO The old order changeth yielding place to new And God fulfills Himself in many ways Lest one good custom should corrupt the world _Alfred Tennyson_ ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThanks are due to the following publishers for permission to reprintpoems Houghton Mifflin Company for King Olafs Christmas by H WLongfellow Night of Marvels by Violante Do Ceo Paul Elder Company for The Christmas Tree by H S Russell At ChristmasTime Edgar S Werner Company for The Christmas Sheaf by Mrs AM Tomlinson John Lane Company for A Palm Branch from Palestine byM Y Lermontov _American Ecclesiastical Review_ for The Eve ofChristmas by Pope Leo XIII E P Dutton Company for The Voice ofthe Christchild by Phillips BrooksMARY P PRINGLECLARA A URANN CONTENTSCHAPTERI YULETIDE OF THE ANCIENTSII YULETIDE IN ENGLANDIII YULETIDE IN GERMANYIV YULETIDE IN SCANDINAVIAV YULETIDE IN RUSSIAVI YULETIDE IN FRANCEVII YULETIDE IN ITALYVIII YULETIDE IN SPAINIX YULETIDE IN AMERICA INDEXILLUSTRATIONSChristmas in Naples An Italian _Presepio_ _Frontispiece_King Olafs ChristmasSerenaded by the WaitsToyMaking in GermanyDecorating the Christmas TreeOn the Way to Christmas Eve Service in NorwayA Christmas Bonfire in RussiaA Christmas Tree in ParisA Game of Loto on Christmas Evening in NaplesChristmas Festivity in SevilleLighting the YuleLog in Colonial DaysChildren of Many Nationalities at Christmas Celebration in a New York SchoolCHAPTER IIllustrationYULETIDE OF THE ANCIENTS There in the Temple carved in wood The image of great Odin stood And other gods with Thor supreme among themAs early as two thousand years before Christ Yuletide was celebratedby the Aryans They were sunworshipers and believed the sun was borneach morning rode across the upper world and sank into his grave atnightDay after day as the suns power diminished these primitive peoplefeared that he would eventually be overcome by darkness and forced toremain in the under worldWhen therefore after many months he apparently wheeled about andgrew stronger and stronger they felt that he had been born again Soit came about that at _Hweolortid_ the turningtime1 there wasgreat rejoicing at the annual rebirth

Produced by Roger Frank Carol Wilbur and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetMY LADY OF DOUBTBY RANDALL PARRISHAUTHOR OF LOVE UNDER FIRE MY LADY OF THE NORTH ETC ETCWITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS IN FULL COLOR BY ALONZO KIMBALLCHICAGOA C McCLURG CO1911CopyrightA C McCLURG CO1911Published October 1911Entered at Stationers Hall London EnglandPRESS OF THE VAIL COMPANYCOSHOCTON U S AIllustration ClaireCONTENTSCHAPTER I A PERILOUS MISSION 9CHAPTER II WITHIN THE ENEMYS LINES 18CHAPTER III THE FÊTE OF THE AFTERNOON 27CHAPTER IV THE MISCHIANZA 38CHAPTER V THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLE 48CHAPTER VI THE THREAT OF SWORDS 59CHAPTER VII THE ONE HOPE 70CHAPTER VIII THE BLACKSMITH 80CHAPTER IX TANGLING THREADS 92CHAPTER X WITH MINUTE MEN 103CHAPTER XI THE CAPTURE OF THE WAGON TRAIN 113CHAPTER XII A CAPTURE 124CHAPTER XIII INTRODUCING PETER 134CHAPTER XIV I INTERVIEW PETER 144CHAPTER XV A NEW COMBINATION 154CHAPTER XVI AGAIN THE LADY 164CHAPTER XVII ENTOMBED 175CHAPTER XVIII THE REMAINS OF TRAGEDY 186CHAPTER XIX THE QUEENS RANGERS 196CHAPTER XX AT CROSS PURPOSES 207CHAPTER XXI AGAIN THE CELLARROOM 219CHAPTER XXII THE LADYS PLAN 230CHAPTER XXIII WORDS OF LOVE 241CHAPTER XXIV I UNCOVER CAPTAIN GRANT 250CHAPTER XXV BETWEEN LOVE AND DUTY 260CHAPTER XXVI FORCING CLINTON TO BATTLE 269CHAPTER XXVII THE FIGHT AT MONMOUTH 281CHAPTER XXVIII THE ROAD TO PHILADELPHIA 291CHAPTER XXIX THE ESCORT 301CHAPTER XXX BEFORE GENERAL ARNOLD 310CHAPTER XXXI I RUN ACROSS ERIC 320CHAPTER XXXII WE ATTAIN THE HOUSE 332CHAPTER XXXIII THEY SEND FOR CLAIRE 342CHAPTER XXXIV A THREATENED MARRIAGE 351CHAPTER XXXV THE FIGHT IN THE HALL 359CHAPTER XXXVI SEARCHING FOR CLAIRE 367CHAPTER XXXVII A CONFESSION OF LOVE 375ILLUSTRATIONSClaire

Produced by Paul Murray Lisa Reigel and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetTRANSCRIBERS NOTE Greek words in this text have been transliteratedand placed between marksAstrophel and other poemsByAlgernon Charles SwinburneTaken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon CharlesSwinburneVol VITHE COLLECTED POETICAL WORKS OF ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNEVOL VIA MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY ASTROPHEL A CHANNEL PASSAGE AND OTHER TALESSWINBURNES POETICAL WORKS I POEMS AND BALLADS First Series II SONGS BEFORE SUNRISE AND SONGS OF TWO NATIONSIII POEMS AND BALLADS Second and Third Series and SONGS OF THE SPRINGTIDES IV TRISTRAM OF LYONESSE THE TALE OF BALEN ATALANTA IN CALYDON ERECHTHEUS V STUDIES IN SONG A CENTURY OF ROUNDELS SONNETS ON ENGLISH DRAMATIC POETS THE HEPTALOGIA ETC VI A MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY ASTROPHEL A CHANNEL PASSAGE AND OTHER POEMSLONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANNA MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY ASTROPHEL A CHANNEL PASSAGE AND OTHER POEMSByAlgernon Charles Swinburne1917LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN_First printed_ _Chatto_ 1904_Reprinted_ 1904 09 10 12_Heinemann_ 1917_London William Heinemann_ 1917ASTROPHEL AND OTHER POEMSASTROPHEL 121A NYMPHOLEPT 127ON THE SOUTH COAST 141AN AUTUMN VISION 149A SWIMMERS DREAM 159GRACE DARLING 164LOCH TORRIDON 171THE PALACE OF PAN 178A YEARS CAROLS 181ENGLAND AN ODE 186ETON AN ODE 191THE UNION 194EAST TO WEST 196INSCRIPTIONS FOR THE FOUR SIDES OF A PEDESTAL 197ON THE DEATH OF RICHARD BURTON 199ELEGY 202A SEQUENCE OF SONNETS ON THE DEATH OF ROBERT BROWNING 208SUNSET AND MOONRISE 212BIRTHDAY ODE 214THRENODY

Produced by Juliet Sutherland Sankar Viswanathan and theOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet Willie Mouse by Alta Tabor Illustration The Saalfield Publishing Company Chicago Akron Ohio New York PRINTED IN U S A Illustration Willie MouseGoes on a Journey toFind the Moon IllustrationWillie MouseWillie Mouse had often heard his Ma and Pa say that the moon was madeof green cheese and one evening he thought he would see if he couldfind itHe packed up a piece of cheese and a crust of bread and taking hislantern set out on his travelsIllustrationIllustrationHe had not gone far when he met his friend Mr Woodmouse who askedhim where he was goingOh said Willie Im going to find the moon its made of greencheese you knowI dont believe its made of green cheese at all said MrWoodmouse but Willie wouldnt listen to him and went on his wayIllustrationComing round by Clover Green whom should he meet but Miss Jenny Wrenlooking very gay in her yellow bonnetWhere are you off to she askedIm on my way to find the moonThe moon cried Miss Wren youll never reach itIllustrationI flew ever so high one evening and I didnt seem to get any nearerWell said Willie why should it be made of green cheese if youcant reach it And on he wentIllustrationPresently he came up to a wood and looking up he saw Mr Squirreljumping from branch to branchGood afternoon he saidYou do seem high up Surely you can tell me the way to the moon Itsmade of green cheese you knowIllustrationI dont think its made of green cheese why shouldnt it be made ofnutsHow ignorant everybody is said Willie Mouse to himselfIllustrationSo on he went once more until he came to a little hole in the groundand being very curious he peeped inside There sat Mrs Mole who cameout when she saw himDo you live down there asked Willie politelyIllustrationYes replied Mrs MoleThen Im afraid you cant tell me how to get to the moon Its madeof green cheese you know Ma says soNonsense my child Dont waste your time looking for the moon keepyour eyes open for wormsIllustrationWillie said Goodbye to Mrs Mole Then he sat down and opened hisparcel because it was getting late and he thought he had better havesome dinnerI may not reach the moon yet awhile he thought so I had bettersave a little piece of cheese for supperIllustrationIllustrationIllustrationAfter dinner he fell asleep and on waking he found that it was quitedark He looked up and there was the moon right high up in the skyOh Mr Moon he cried You do seem a long way away I think itwould be much easier for you to come down here than for me to get upthere But Mr Moon stayed where he wasIllustrationIllustrationIllustrationLooking up Willie Mouse saw two big eyes gleaming in the dark Theybelonged to Mrs Owl and as Willie was only a little mouse he didntknow that Mrs Owl had a special liking for little miceIllustrationPlease Mrs Owl said he how can I get to the moonDown flew Mrs Owl This is the way to the moon she said and shecaught him up in her beak and carried him back to the owl house whereshe livedIllustrationWhen Willie Mouse saw all the owlets with their beaks gaping open hebegan to be frightened for he feared that Mrs Owl was going to eathim all up But he didnt know that a good green elf who lived in thetrunk of the tree was near at hand and just as Mrs Owl opened herbeak the leaves rustled and there stood Mr Elf who jumped to theground with Willie on his backIllustrationWhen the good green elf had shown him the way home he thought he wouldask him if the moon were really made of green cheese but all of asudden Mr Elf disappeared and Willie Mouse still thinks that oneday he will find the moon and have enough cheese to last him all hislifeIllustration

Produced by Juliet Sutherland Sankar Viswanathan and theOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet Illustration Wee Peter Pug by Ernest Aris Illustration The Saalfield Publishing Company Chicago Akron Ohio New York PRINTED IN USA Illustration WeePeter PugThe StoryOf A Bit Of Mischief AndWhat Came Of It IllustrationWee Peter PugMy Dame has lost her shoe and knows not where to find itIllustrationNow if you had seen the eager smile on the face of Wee Peter Pug youmight have suspected that he had something to do with the loss ofDames shoeand you would have been right What pup could haveresisted such a nice red fluffy shoeIllustrationSo he marched with it triumphantly into the garden and hid it behindthe lawn rollerIllustrationIllustrationFeeling very proud Wee Peter trotted off to tell his chum Niggerthe black kitten all about his little joke What do you think Ivedone he criedIve hidden the Dames shoeSurely not cried Nigger How funnyAnd she shook with laughterIllustrationIllustrationAt the other end of the garden was Mrs Hen with her chicksLets come and tell her suggested Nigger and off they wentSuch a lark cried Wee Peter Ive hidden the Dames shoeMrs Hens angry cacklecackle turned into a very merry oneWhat fun she cried and What fun squeaked the little chicksIllustrationIllustrationAll three ran eagerly down the pathway until they came across SirCockerel perched in a dignified attitude on the fenceWhat do you think asked Mrs Hen who being the eldest thoughtshe was entitled to speak first but before she could open her mouthWee Peter Pug cried Ive hidden the Dames shoeWhat a splendid joke exclaimed Sir CockerelDoes Mrs Duck know asked Sir CockerelNo lets see if we can find her said Wee PeterIllustrationIllustrationWhats all the excitement about demanded Mrs Duck when she sawthem coming to the lakesideIve hidden the Dames shoe said PeterMrs Duck quacked uproariouslyIve never heard anything so funny she declaredIllustrationMrs Duck waddled ashore We must tell somebody else said sheIllustrationAt that moment Billy Rabbit poked his inquisitive nose through thehedgeYou seem very much amused said heSo will you be when you know Ive hidden the Dames shoe Billyslaugh spread from ear to earThats fine fun he cried and off he ran to tell the woodfolkIllustrationIllustrationSo many of them had collected by now that there was quite aprocessionLets go back and see my Dame look for her shoe suggested Wee PeterPugHe led the way and they all followed him They were all speaking atonce and made such a commotion that all the wee creatures in thegarden wondered what had happenedIllustrationCant we find a better place to hide it said Wee PeterPut it behind my house suggested Mrs HenOr in the lake quacked Mrs DuckOr in the hedge suggested Billy RabbitSuggestions came from all of them and the noise was so great thatmy Dame hurried out into the garden to see what was the matterIllustrationIllustrationIt is a sad ending to the story of Wee Peter Pug But just as the Damecame out into the garden Wee Peter had picked up her shoe and wasthinking of another hiding place when she caught sight of himIllustrationOh You naughty Peter she cried And she spanked him with the shoewhich had caused all the fun Everybody laughed delightedly exceptPeterIllustrationSo you see instead of Wee Peter Pug hiding the shoe it was the shoethat gave poor Peter Pug a hiding Perhaps he deserved it What do youthinkIllustration Uniform With This VolumeThe Little Red HenLittle Black SamboWillie MouseThe SaalfieldPublishing CompanyChicagoAKRON OHIONew York End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Wee Peter Pug by Ernest Aris

Produced by Judy BossA MOUNTAIN WOMANBy Elia Wilkinson Peattie To My best Friend and kindest Critic My HusbandTranscribers Note I have omitted signature designations and haveclosed abbreviations eg do nt becoming dont etc In additionI have made the following changes to the text PAGE LINE ORIGINAL CHANGED TO 38 19 seem to seemed to 47 9 beafsteak beefsteak 56 4 divertisement divertissement 91 19 divertisement divertissement 155 17 scarfs scarves 169 20 scarfs scarvesFOREWORDMOST of the tales in this little book have been printed before AMountain Woman appeared in Harpers Weekly as did The Three Johnsand A Resuscitation Jim Lancys Waterloo was printed in theCosmopolitan A Michigan Man in Lippincotts and Up the Gulch inTwo Tales The courtesy of these periodicals in permitting the storiesto be republished is cordially acknowledgedE W PContents A MOUNTAIN WOMAN JIM LANCYS WATERLOO THE THREE JOHNS A RESUSCITATION TWO PIONEERS UP THE GULCH A MICHIGAN MAN A LADY OF YESTERDAYA Mountain WomanIF Leroy Brainard had not had such a respect for literature he wouldhave written a bookAs it was he played at being an architectand succeeded in being acharming fellow My sister Jessica never lost an opportunity of laughingat his endeavors as an architectYou can build an enchanting villa but what would you do with acathedralI shall never have a chance at a cathedral he would reply Andbesides it always seems to me so material and so impertinent to build alittle structure of stone and wood in which to worship GodYou see what he was like He was frivolous yet one could never tellwhen he would become eloquently earnestBrainard went off suddenly Westward one day I suspected that Jessicawas at the bottom of it but I asked no questions and I did not hearfrom him for months Then I got a letter from ColoradoI have married a mountain woman he wrote None of your puny breedof modern femininity but a remnant left over from the heroic agesaprimitive woman grand and vast of spirit capable of true and steadfastwifehood No sophistry about her no knowledge even that there issophistry Heavens man do you remember the rondeaux and triolets Iused to write to those pretty creatures back East It would take a Sagaman of the old Norseland to write for my mountain woman If I were anartist I would paint her with the north star in her locks and her feeton purple cloud I suppose you are at the Pier I know you usually areat this season At any rate I shall direct this letter thither andwill follow close after it I want my wife to see something of life AndI want her to meet your sisterDear me cried Jessica when I read the letter to her I dont knowthat I care to meet anything quite so gigantic as that mountain womanIm one of the puny breed of modern femininity you know I dont thinkmy nerves can stand the encounterWhy Jessica I protested She blushed a littleDont think bad of me Victor But you see Ive a little scrapbookof those triolets upstairs Then she burst into a peal of irresistiblelaughter Im not laughing because I am piqued she said franklyThough any one will admit that it is rather irritating to have a manwho left you in a blasted condition recover with such extraordinarypromptness As a philanthropist one of course rejoices but as a womanVictor it must be admitted that one has a right to feel annoyed Buthonestly I am not ungenerous and I am going to do him a favor I shallwrite and urge him not to bring his wife here A primitive woman withthe north star in her hair would look well down there in the Casinoeating a pineapple ice wouldnt she Its all very well to have a soulyou know but it wont keep you from looking like a guy among women whohave good dressmakers I shudder at the thought of what the poor thingwill suffer if he brings her hereJessica wrote as she said she would but for all that a fortnightlater she was walking down the wharf with the mountain woman and Iwas sauntering beside Leroy At dinner Jessica gave me no chance to talkwith our friends wife and I only caught the quiet contralto tones ofher voice now and then contrasting with Jessicas vivacious soprano Adrizzling rain came up from the east with nightfall Little groups ofshivering men and women sat about in the parlors at the cardtablesand one blond woman sang love songs The Brainards were tired with theirjourney and left us early When they were gone Jessica burst intoeulogyThat is the first woman she declared I ever met who would make afit heroine for a bookThen you will not feel under obligations to educate her as youinsinuated the other dayEducate her I only hope she will help me to unlearn some of the thingsI know I never saw such simplicity It is antiqueYoure sure its not mere vacuity Victor How can you But youhavent talked with her

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hunne woning voerde Zij dacht aan Tante diezij zoo bemind had en die voor haar steeds zoo goed was geweest aanTante die zij wellicht nooit zou verlaten hebben hadde deze nogmogen leven En hij dacht ook aan zijne eenzame en treurigelevenswijze en of zijne zuster het bij hem wel gewoon zou kunnenworden Zij kwamen met de duisternis te M aan het dorp waar Renéwoonde Sinds den dood van vader was zij tehuis niet meer geweestHij leidde haar op de kamer die hij voor haar had doen bereiden enwees haar de kast en de commodes aan waarin zij hare kleederen konleggen Hier was het steeds uw vertrek sprak hij als gij kindwaart Zij glimlachte bewogen en stak een binnendeurken open enterwijl een traan van zachte ontroering haar oog schielijkverduisterde En hier was het de kamer van Moeder antwoordde zijZij zagen elkander met aandoening aan Hij leidde haar door al deplaatsen van het huis en zegde dat zij alles volgens haren zin zoumogen schikken En zij bedankte hem erkentelijk en dacht dat hijtoch goed 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Produced by Louise Hope Carlo Traverso and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet Thisfile was produced from images generously made availableby the Bibliothèque nationale de France BnFGallica athttpgallicabnffrTranscribers NoteThe paragraph beginning In _Ute_ the name for bear is _he seizes_will only display correctly in Latin1 file encoding Everything elsein the article should look exactly the same on all computers or textreaders SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONBUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY J W Powell Director ON THE EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE As Exhibited In The Specialization of the Grammatic Processes the Differentiation of the Parts of Speech and the Integration of the Sentence From a Study of Indian Languages By J W POWELL ON THE EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE Possible ideas and thoughts are vast in number A distinct word forevery distinct idea and thought would require a vast vocabularyThe problem in language is to express many ideas and thoughts withcomparatively few wordsAgain in the evolution of any language progress is from a conditionwhere few ideas are expressed by a few words to a higher where manyideas are expressed by the use of many words but the number of allpossible ideas or thoughts expressed is increased greatly out ofproportion with the increase of the number of wordsAnd still again in all of those languages which have been mostthoroughly studied and by inference in all languages it appearsthat the few original words used in any language remain as the elementsfor the greater number finally used In the evolution of a languagethe introduction of absolutely new material is a comparatively rarephenomenon The old material is combined and modified in many ways toform the newHow has the small stock of words found as the basis of a language beenthus combined and modifiedThe way in which the old materials have been used gives rise to whatwill here be denominated THE GRAMMATIC PROCESSESITHE PROCESS BY COMBINATIONTwo or more words may be united to form a new one or to perform theoffice of a new one and four methods or stages of combination may benoted_a_ By _juxtaposition_ where the two words are placed together and yetremain as distinct words This method is illustrated in Chinese wherethe words in the combination when taken alone seldom give a clew totheir meaning when placed together_b_ By _compounding_ where two words are made into one in which casethe original elements of the new word remain in an unmodified conditionas in _housetop_ _rainbow_ _telltale__c_ By _agglutination_ in which case one or more of the elementsentering into combination to form the new word is somewhat changedtheelements are fused together Yet this modification is not so great asto essentially obscure the primitive words as in _truthful_ where weeasily recognize the original words _truth_ and _full_ and _holiday_in which _holy_ and _day_ are recognized_d_ By _inflection_ Here one or more of the elements entering into thecompound has been so changed that it can scarcely be recognized Thereis a constant tendency to economy in speech by which words are graduallyshortened as they are spoken by generation after generation In thosewords which are combinations of others there are certain elements thatwear out more rapidly than others Where some particular word iscombined with many other different words the tendency to modify by wearthis oftused element is great This is more especially the case wherethe combined word is used in certain categories of combinations aswhere particular words are used to denote tense in the verb thus _did_may be used in combination with a verb to denote past time until it isworn down to the sound of _d_ The same wear occurs where particularwords are used to form cases in nouns and a variety of illustrationsmight be given These categories constitute conjugations anddeclensions and for convenience such combinations may be calledparadigmatic Then the oftrepeated elements of paradigmaticcombinations are apt to become excessively worn and modified so thatthe primitive words or themes to which they are attached seem to be butslightly changed by the addition Under these circumstances combinationis called inflectionAs a morphologic process no welldefined plane of demarkation betweenthese four methods of combination can be drawn as one runs intoanother but in general words may be said to be juxtaposed when twowords being placed together the combination performs the function of anew word while in form the two words remain separateWords may be said to be compound when two or more words are combinedto form one no change being made in either Words maybe said to beagglutinated when the elementary words are changed but slightly _ie_only to the extent that their original forms are not greatly obscuredand words may be said to be inflected when in the combination theoftrepeated element or formative part has been so changed thatits origin is obscured These inflections are used chiefly in theparadigmatic combinationsIn the preceding statement it has been assumed that there can berecognized in these combinations of inflection a theme or root as itis

Produced by Carlo Traverso Rénald Lévesque and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet ALEXANDRE DUMAS LA SANFELICE TOME VI DEUXIÈME ÉDITION PARIS MICHEL LÉVY FRÈRES LIBRAIRES ÉDITEURS RUE VIVIENNE 2 BIS ET BOULEVARD DES ITALIENS 13 A LA LIBRAIRIE NOUVELLE C UN GRAINOn na pas oublié quaprès avoir été retenu depuis le 21 jusquau 23janvier dans le port de Naples par les vents contraires Nelsonprofitant dune forte brise au nordouest avait enfin pu appareillervers les trois heures de laprèsmidi et que la flotte anglaise lemême soir avait disparu dans le crépuscule à la hauteur de lîle deCapriFier de la préférence dont il était lobjet de la part de la reineNelson avait tout fait pour reconnaître cette faveur et depuis troisjours lorsque les augustes fugitifs vinrent lui demander lhospitalitétoutes les dispositions étaient prises à bord du _VanGuard_ pour quecette hospitalité fût la plus confortable possibleAinsi tout en conservant pour lui sa chambre de la dunette Nelsonavait fait préparer pour le roi pour la reine et pour les jeunesprinces la grande chambre des officiers à larrière de la batteriehaute Les canons avaient disparu dans des draperies et chaqueintervalle était devenu un appartement orné avec la plus grandeéléganceLes ministres et les courtisans auxquels le roi avait fait lhonneur deles emmener à Palerme étaient logés eux dans le carré des officierscestàdire dans la partie de lentrepont autour de laquelle sont lescabinesCaracciolo avait fait encore mieux il avait cédé son propre appartementau prince royal et à la princesse Clémentine et le carré des officiersà leur suiteLa saute de vent à laide de laquelle Nelson avait pu lever lancreavait eu lieu comme nous lavons dit entre trois et quatre heures delaprèsmidi Il avait passénous parlons du ventdu sud àlouestnordouestA peine Nelson sétaitil aperçu de ce changement quil avait donné àHenry son capitaine de pavillon quil traitait en ami plutôt quensubordonné lordre dappareillerFautil nous élever beaucoup au large de Capri demanda le capitaineAvec ce ventlà cest inutile répondit Nelson Nous navigueronsgrand largueHenry étudia un instant le vent et secoua la têteJe ne crois pas que ce ventlà soit fait ditilNimporte profitonsen tel quil est Quoique je sois prêt à mouriret à faire tuer mes hommes depuis le premier jusquau dernier pour leroi et la famille royale je ne verrai Leurs Majestés véritablement ensûreté que quand elles seront à PalermeQuels signaux fautil faire aux autres bâtimentsDappareiller comme nous et de naviguer dans nos eaux route dePalerme manoeuvre indépendanteLes signaux furent faits et on la vu lappareillage eut lieuMais à la hauteur de Capri en même temps que la nuit le vent tombadonnant raison au capitaine de pavillon HenryCe moment daccalmie donna le temps aux illustres fugitifs malades ettourmentés depuis trois jours par le mal de mer de prendre un peu denourriture et de reposInutile de dire quEmma Lyonna navait point suivi son mari dans lecarré des officiers mais était restée près de la reineAussitôt le souper fini Nelson qui y avait assisté remonta sur lepont Une partie de la prédiction de Henry sétait déjà accompliepuisque le vent était tombé et il craignait pour le reste de la nuitsinon une tempête du moins quelque grainLe roi sétait jeté sur son lit mais ne pouvait dormir Ferdinandnétait pas plus marin quhomme de guerre Tous les sublimes aspects ettous les grands mouvements de la mer qui font le rêve des espritspoétiques lui échappaient entièrement De la mer il ne connaissait quele malaise quelle donne et le danger dont elle menaceVers minuit donc voyant quil avait beau se retourner sur son lit luiauquel le sommeil ne faisait jamais défaut il se jeta à bas de soncadre et suivi de son fidèle Jupiter qui avait partagé et partageaitencore le malaise de son maître sortit par le panneau de commandementet prit un des deux escaliers de la dunetteAu moment où sa tête dépassait le plancher il vit à trois pas de luiNelson et Henry qui semblaient interroger lhorizon avec inquiétudeTu avais raison Henry et ta vieille expérience ne tavait pointtrompé Je suis un soldat de mer mais toi tu es un homme de merNonseulement le vent na point tenu mais nous allons avoir un grainSans compter milord répondit Henry que nous sommes en mauvaiseposition pour le recevoir Nous aurions dû faire même route que la_Minerve_Nelson ne put réprimer un mouvement de mauvaise humeurJe naime pas plus que Votre Seigneurie cet

Produced by Louise Pryor Mary Meehan and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet THE REBELLION OF MARGARET BY GERALDINE MOCKLER AUTHOR OF THE GIRLS OF ST BEDES ETC ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR TWIDLELONDONJARROLD SONS 10 11 Warwick Lane ECCONTENTSCHAPTER I Margarets Dream Friend II Margaret overhears a Conversation III Margaret starts on a Journey IV Margaret makes a Friend V Eleanor Carson VI Margaret and Eleanor change Names VII Mrs Murray meets the Train VIII Maud Danvers IX The Danvers Family X Eleanor at Windy Gap XI A Practical Joke XII Eleanor meets Margarets Aunt XIII Hilary turns Detective XIV The Hour of Reckoning XV An Unexpected Visitor XVI ConclusionLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSMargaret said the Old Man breaking into speech atlast and in a very harsh voice What Folly is thisI am going for a Walk into the Town she said shylyMaud swung round and saw Margaret standing with aPile of Letters by her Mothers ChairEleanor turned to the Piano and ran her FingersLightly over the KeysThat Girl pointing a lean accusing Finger at Eleanoris not my Granddaughter MargaretCHAPTER IMARGARETS DREAM FRIENDMargaret Anstruther Margaret Anstruther Margaret AnstrutherIt was a sultry afternoon in early July The sun was shining out of acloudless blue sky the air was so still and so overpoweringly hot thatit seemed to have sent every living creature save the owner of the voicethat was calling upon Margaret Anstruther to sleep for no answer wasreturned to the thrice repeated call and the silence which the summonshad broken settled once more over the garden Not a leaf on even one ofthe topmost twigs of the huge old elms from underneath which thatinsistent voice had come was stirring not an insect chirped and thebirds who held morning and evening concerts among the branches weresilent nowMargaret Anstruther will you come and play tennis My brothers Reginaldand Lionel want a game and if you will play we shall be four andbecause you have not had much practice lately you shall play withReginald for he plays better than LionelGreystones was noted for its elmtrees The grounds indeed containedlittle else in the shape of flowers or trees but elms For a few briefweeks in spring when they were dressed in the tenderest of greens theywere lovely and in the autumn if the leaves were not stripped off bygales before they had a chance to turn golden their hues could vie withthose flaunted by any other trees but in the summer their dull uniformgreen was apt to become monotonous and Margaret Anstruther was then wontto declare that she could cheerfully have rooted up every one of themBut as the remark never reached any one elses ears but her own no onesfeelings were hurt A chance visitor to Greystones regular visitors werenot encouraged had once observed that the entire grounds some thirty orforty acres in extent which comprised the domain must have been an elmwood originally and that a space just sufficient on which to erect ahouse of moderate dimensions had been cleared in the heart of itGreystones had been built a way cut through the trees to form a drive tothe road a quarter of a mile distant from the house and the rest of thewood left undisturbed to be called a garden or not as the owner pleasedCertainly the present owner had made no attempt to form a garden but hadallowed the elms to grow right up to the walls of the house and to darkenthe windows of the gloomily situated dwelling as much as they pleasedMargaret Anstruther if you will not come and play tennis will you comefor a ride upon your bicyclethat nice new one that you received as apresent fromfrom your grandfather Here the speaker paused and laughedas if the idea of Margaret Anstruther getting a bicycle from hergrandfather was a distinctly amusing idea We will go far far along tothe blue distancemuch farther than you ever went with Miss Bidwellandwe will have tea at the inn down by the river and come home by moonlightWe shall be quite safe for Reginald and Lionel will be with us and theywill take care of usThe part of the grounds in which this so far onesided conversation wastaking place was at some considerable distance from the house in fact itwas right on the confines of the wood and as far from the house aspossible Beyond the wood flat green fields stretched on all sidesundiversified by as much as a copse or a hill Even a bare ploughedfield would have been a welcome relief to the landscape while a yellowcornfield would have imparted a positively gay appearance to it but yearin year out those green fields wore always the same aspectBut dull though the view might be it was at least a wide one and therewere the sheep and the cows that grazed in them to look at Occasionallytoo a stray passerby under the erroneous impression that in crossingthem he was taking a short cut would venture into them only to turnback discomfited when

Produced by Stacy Brown Jason Isbell and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetTHE GOURMETSGUIDE TO EUROPEPublishers AnnouncementDINNERS AND DINERSWhere and how to Dine in LondonBy LieutCol NewnhamDavis_New and Revised EditionSmall Crown 8vo Cloth_ 36WHERE AND HOW TO DINEIN PARISBy Rowland Strong_Fcap 8vo Cover designed cloth_ 26 London GRANT RICHARDSTheGourmets GuideTo EuropeBYLIEUTCOL NEWNHAMDAVISANDALGERNON BASTARDEDITED BY THE FORMERIllustrationLondonGRANT RICHARDS48 LEICESTER SQUARE WC1903The pleasures of the table are common to all ages and ranks to allcountries and times they not only harmonise with all the otherpleasures but remain to console us for their lossBrillat SavarinPREFACEOften enough staying in a hotel in a foreign town I have wished tosally forth and to dine or breakfast at the typical restaurant of theplace should there be one Almost invariably I have found greatdifficulty in obtaining any information regarding any such restaurantThe proprietor of the caravanserai at which one is staying may admitvaguely that there are eatinghouses in the town but asks why oneshould be anxious to seek for secondclass establishments when the bestrestaurant in the country is to be found under his roof The hallporterhas even less scruples and stigmatises every feedingplace outside thehotel as a den of thieves where the stranger foolishly venturing iscertain to be poisoned and then robbed This book is an attempt to helpthe man who finds himself in such a position His guidebook maypossibly give him the names of the restaurants but it does no more Mycoauthor and myself attempt to give him some detailswhat hissurroundings will be what dishes are the specialities of the housewhat wine a wise man will order and what bill he is likely to be askedto payOur ambition was to deal fully with the capitals of all the countries ofEurope the great seaports the pleasure resorts and the show placesThe most acute critic will not be more fully aware how far we havefallen short of our ideal than we are and no critic can have any ideaof the difficulty of making such a book as we hope this will some day bewhen complete At all events we have always gone to the best authoritieswhere we had not the knowledge ourselves Our publisher Mr GrantRichards quite entered into the idea that no advertisements of any kindfrom hotels or restaurants should be allowed within the covers of thebook and though we have asked for information from all classes ofgourmetsfrom ambassadors to the simple globetrotterwe have notlistened to any man interested directly or indirectly in any hotel orrestaurantHotels as places to live in we have not considered critically and haveonly mentioned them when the restaurants attached to them are thediningplaces patronised by the _bonvivants_ of the townOver England we have not thrown our net for _Dinners and Diners_ leavesme nothing new to write of London restaurantsIn conclusion I beg on behalf of my coauthor and myself to returnthanks to all the good fellows who have given us information and Iwould earnestly beg any travelling gourmet who finds any change in therestaurants we have mentioned or who comes on treasuretrove in theshape of some delightful diningplace we know nothing of to take penand ink and write word of it to me his humble servant to the care ofMr Grant Richards Leicester Square So shall he benefit in futureeditions all his own kind We hear much of the kindness of the poor tothe poor This is an opportunity if not for the rich to be kind to therich at least for those who deserve to be rich to benefit theirfellowsN NewnhamDavisCONTENTSCHAPTER IPARIS PAGEThe Cuisine de ParisA little ancient historyRestaurantswith a pastThe restaurants of todayOverthe riverOpenair restaurantsSuppingplacesMiscellaneous 1CHAPTER IIFRENCH PROVINCIAL TOWNSThe northern portsNorman and Breton townsThewest coast and BordeauxMarseilles and the RivieraThePyreneesProvenceAixlesBains and other cure places 35CHAPTER IIIBELGIAN TOWNSThe food of the countryAntwerpSpaBrugesOstende 79CHAPTER IVBRUSSELSThe SavoyThe Epaule de MoutonThe Faille DéchiréeTheLion dOrThe ReginaThe HelderThe Filet deSoleWiltchersJustinesThe EtoileTheBelvederThe Café RicheDurantonsTheLaiterieMiscellaneous 90CHAPTER VHOLLANDRestaurants at the HagueAmsterdamScheveningenRotterdamThe food of the people 105CHAPTER VIGERMAN TOWNSThe cookery of the countryRathskeller andbeercellarsDresdenMünichNüremburgHanoverLeipsicFrankfurtDüsseldorfThe Rhine valleyCureplacesKielHamburg 110CHAPTER VIIBERLINUptodate restaurantsSuppingplacesMilitarycafésNight restaurants 144CHAPTER VIIISWITZERLANDLucerneBasleBernGenevaDavos Platz 151CHAPTER IXITALYItalian cookery and winesTurinMilanGenoaVeniceBolognaSpezziaFlorencePisaLeghornRomeNaplesPalermo

Produced by Paul Murray Lisa Reigel and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetTRANSCRIBERS NOTE Greek words in this text have been transliteratedand placed between marks The word Phoebus was rendered with an oeligature in the originalA Channel Passage and other poemsByAlgernon Charles SwinburneTaken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon CharlesSwinburneVol VITHE COLLECTED POETICAL WORKS OF ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNEVOL VIA MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY ASTROPHEL A CHANNEL PASSAGE AND OTHER TALESSWINBURNES POETICAL WORKS I POEMS AND BALLADS First Series II SONGS BEFORE SUNRISE AND SONGS OF TWO NATIONSIII POEMS AND BALLADS Second and Third Series and SONGS OF THE SPRINGTIDES IV TRISTRAM OF LYONESSE THE TALE OF BALEN ATALANTA IN CALYDON ERECHTHEUS V STUDIES IN SONG A CENTURY OF ROUNDELS SONNETS ON ENGLISH DRAMATIC POETS THE HEPTALOGIA ETC VI A MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY ASTROPHEL A CHANNEL PASSAGE AND OTHER POEMSLONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANNA MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY ASTROPHEL A CHANNEL PASSAGE AND OTHER POEMSByAlgernon Charles Swinburne1917LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN_First printed_ _Chatto_ 1904_Reprinted_ 1904 09 10 12_Heinemann_ 1917_London William Heinemann_ 1917A CHANNEL PASSAGE AND OTHER POEMS PAGEA CHANNEL PASSAGE 279THE LAKE OF GAUBE 284THE PROMISE OF THE HAWTHORN 288HAWTHORN TIDE 289THE PASSING OF THE HAWTHORN 296TO A BABY KINSWOMAN 297THE ALTAR OF RIGHTEOUSNESS 301A NEW YEARS EVE 321IN A ROSARY 324THE HIGH OAKS 326BARKING HALL A YEAR AFTER 331MUSIC AN ODE 334THE CENTENARY OF THE BATTLE OF THE NILE 336TRAFALGAR DAY 338CROMWELLS STATUE 340A WORD FOR THE NAVY 342NORTHUMBERLAND 346STRATFORDONAVON 349BURNS AN ODE 350THE COMMONWEAL A SONG FOR UNIONISTS 355THE QUESTION 359APOSTASY

Produced by Turgut Dincer Ted Garvin and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetSKETCHES AND STUDIESIN ITALY AND GREECEBY JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDSAUTHOR OF RENAISSANCE IN ITALY STUDIES OF THE GREEK POETS ETCTHIRD SERIESWITH A FRONTISPIECELONDONJOHN MURRAY ALBEMARLE STREET W1910First Edition Smith Elder Co _December 1898__Reprinted December 1907__Reprinted October 1910_Taken Over by John Murray _January 1917__All rights reserved__Printed in Great Britain by_Spottiswoode Ballantyne Co Ltd_London Colchester Eton_CONTENTSFOLGORE DA SAN GEMIGNANOTHOUGHTS IN ITALY ABOUT CHRISTMASSIENAMONTE OLIVETOMONTEPULCIANOPERUGIAORVIETOLUCRETIUSANTINOUSSPRING WANDERINGSAMALFI PÆSTUM CAPRIETNAPALERMOSYRACUSE AND GIRGENTIATHENSINDEXThe Ildefonso Group _Frontispiece_SKETCHES AND STUDIESINITALY AND GREECE_FOLGORE DA SAN GEMIGNANO_Students of Mr Dante Gabriel Rossettis translations from the earlyItalian poets _Dante and his Circle_ Ellis White 1874 will notfail to have noticed the striking figure made among those jejuneimitators of Provençal mannerism by two rhymesters Cecco Angiolieriand Folgore da San Gemignano Both belong to the school of Sienaand both detach themselves from the metaphysical fashion of theirepoch by clearness of intention and directness of style The sonnetsof both are remarkable for what in the critical jargon of todaymight be termed realism Cecco is even savage and brutal Heanticipates Villon from afar and is happily described by MrRossetti as the prodigal or scamp of the Dantesque circle Thecase is different with Folgore There is no poet who breathes afresher air of gentleness He writes in images dealing but littlewith ideas Every line presents a picture and each picture has thecharm of a miniature fancifully drawn and brightly coloured on amissalmargin Cecco and Folgore alike have abandoned the mediævalmysticism which sounds unreal on almost all Italian lips butDantes True Italians they are content to live for lifes sakeand to take the world as it presents itself to natural senses ButCecco is perverse and impious His love has nothing delicate hishatred is a morbid passion At his worst or best for his bestwriting is his worst feeling we find him all but rabid IfCaligula for instance had written poetry he might have piquedhimself upon the following sonnet only we must do Cecco the justiceof remembering that his rage is more than half ironical andhumorous An I were fire I would burn up the world An I were wind with tempest Id it break An I were sea Id drown it in a lake An I were God to hell Id have it hurled An I were Pope Id see disaster whirled Oer Christendom deep joy thereof to take An I were Emperor Id quickly make All heads of all folk from their necks be twirled An I were death Id to my father go An I were life forthwith from him Id fly And with my mother Id deal even so An I were Cecco as I am but I Young girls and pretty for myself Id hold But let my neighbours take the plain and oldOf all this there is no trace in Folgore The worst a moralist couldsay of him is that he sought out for himself a life of pureenjoyment The famous Sonnets on the Months give particulardirections for pastime in a round of pleasure suited to each seasonThe Sonnets on the Days are conceived in a like hedonistic spiritBut these series are specially addressed to members of the GladBrigades and Spending Companies which were common in the greatmercantile cities of mediæval Italy Their tone is doubtless due tothe occasion of their composition as compliments to Messer Nicholòdi Nisi and Messer Guerra CavicciuoliThe mention of these names reminds me that a word need be said aboutthe date of Folgore Mr Rossetti does not dispute the commonlyassigned date of 1260 and takes for granted that the Messer Nicolòof the Sonnets on the Months was the Sienese gentleman referred toby Dante in a certain passage of the Inferno1 And to the Poet said I Now was ever So vain a people as the Sienese Not for a certainty the French by far Whereat the other leper who had heard me Replied unto my speech Taking out Stricca Who knew the art of moderate expenses And Nicolò who the luxurious use Of cloves discovered earliest of all Within that garden where such seed takes root And taking out the band among whom squandered Caccia d Ascian his vineyards and vast woods And where his wit the Abbagliato profferedNow Folgore refers in his political sonnets to events of the years1314 and 1315 and the correct reading of a line in his last sonneton the Months gives the name of Nicholò di Nisi to the leader ofFolgores blithe and lordly Fellowship The first of these factsleads us to the conclusion that Folgore flourished in the firstquarter of the fourteenth instead of in the third quarter of thethirteenth century The second prevents our identifying Nicholò diNisi with the Niccolò de Salimbeni who is thought to have been thefounder of the Fellowship of the Carnation Furthermore documentshave recently been brought to light which mention at San Gemignanoin the years 1305 and 1306 a certain Folgore There is nosufficient reason to identify this Folgore with the poet but thename to say the least is so peculiar that its occurrence in therecords of so small a town as San Gemignano gives some confirmationto the hypothesis of the poets later date Taking these severalconsiderations together I think we must abandon the old view thatFolgore was one of the earliest Tuscan poets a view which ismoreover contradicted by his style Those critics at any rate

Produced by Charles Aldarondo and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetPOEMS TEACHERS ASK FORSelected byREADERS OF NORMAL INSTRUCTORPRIMARY PLANSCOMPRISING THE POEMS MOST FREQUENTLY REQUESTED FOR PUBLICATION IN THATMAGAZINE ON THE PAGE POEMS OUR READERS HAVE ASKED FORINDEXAbou Ben Adhem _Hunt_ 30Abraham Lincoln _T Taylor_ 16All Things Bright and Beautiful _Alexander_ 41American Flag The _Drake_ 133Answer to Rock Me to Sleep 103Arrow and the Song The _Longfellow_ 74Asleep at the Switch _Hoey_ 56At SchoolClose _Whittier_ 65Aunt Tabitha 45Autumn Woods _Bryant_ 48Baby The _Macdonald_ 22Barbara Frietchie _Whittier_ 71Barefoot Boy The _Whittier_ 176Bay Billy _Gassaway_ 104Be Strong _Babcock_ 174Better Than Gold _Smart_ 143Bingen on the Rhine _Norton_ 121Blue and the Gray The _Finch_ 183Bluebirds Song The _EH Miller_ 73Bobby Shaftoe 8Boy and His Stomach A 93Boys Song A _Hogg_ 172Breathes There the Man _Scott_

Produced by Paul Murray Janet Blenkinship and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetIllustration A CORNER OF THE AUTHORS GARDEN AT KIRKSTALLHARDY PERENNIALSANDOldFashioned Garden FlowersDESCRIBINGTHE MOST DESIRABLE PLANTS FOR BORDERS ROCKERIES AND SHRUBBERIESINCLUDINGFOLIAGE AS WELL AS FLOWERING PLANTS BY JOHN WOOD ILLUSTRATED LONDON L UPCOTT GILL 170 STRAND W C1884LONDON PRINTED BY A BRADLEY 170 STRAND W CPREFACEAt the present time there is a growing desire to patronise perennialplants more especially the many and beautiful varieties known asoldfashioned flowers Not only do they deserve to be cultivated ontheir individual merits but for other very important reasons theyafford great variety of form foliage and flower and compared withannual and tender plants they are found to give much less trouble If aright selection is made and properly planted the plants may be reliedupon to appear with perennial vigour and produce flowers more or lessthroughout the year I would not say bouquets may be gathered in thedepth of winter but what will be equally cheering may be had in blowsuch as the Bluet Violet Primrose Christmas Rose Crocus HepaticaSquills Snowdrops and other less known winter bloomers It does notseem to be generally understood that warm nooks and corners under treesor walls serve to produce in winter flowers which usually appear inspring when otherwise placedThere are many subjects which from fine habit and foliage even whenflowerless claim notice and they too are describedMany gardens are very small but these if properly managed have theiradvantages The smaller the garden the more choice should be thecollection and the more highly should it be cultivated I shall be gladif anything I say tends in this direction From my notes of plantsuseful memoranda may be made with the object of adding a few of thefreest bloomers in each month thus avoiding the error often committedof growing such subjects as mostly flower at one time after which thegarden has a forlorn appearance The plants should not be blamed forthis the selection is at fault No amount of time and care can make agarden what it should be if untidy and weedy plants prevail On theother hand the most beautiful species both as regards foliage andflowers can be just as easily cultivatedThe object of this small work is to furnish the names and descriptionsof really useful and reliable Hardy and Perennial Plants suitable forall kinds of flower gardens together with definite cultural hints oneach plantPerhaps flowers were never cultivated of more diversified kinds than atthe present time and it is a legitimate and not uncommon question toask What do you grow Not only have we now the lovers of the distinctand showy but numerous admirers of such species as need to be closelyexamined that their beautiful and interesting features may gladden andstir the mind The latter class of plants without doubt is capable ofgiving most pleasure and to meet the growing taste for these books onflowers must necessarily treat upon the species or varieties in a moredetailed manner in order to get at their peculiarities andrequirements The more we learn about our flowers the more we enjoythem to simply see bright colours and pretty forms is far from all thepleasure we may reap in our gardensIf I have not been able to give scientific information possibly that ofa practical kind may be of some use as for many years and never morethan now I have enjoyed the cultivation of flowers with my own handsTo be able to grow a plant well is of the highest importance and thefirst step towards a full enjoyment of itI have had more especially in view the wants of the less experiencedAmateur and as all descriptions and modes of culture are given fromspecimens successfully grown in my own garden I hope I may have atleast a claim to being practicalI have largely to thank several correspondents of many years standingfor hints and information incorporated in these pages J WOOD WOODVILLE KIRKSTALL _November 1883_ERRATAFor the placing of capital letters uniformly throughout this Volume tothe specific names at the crossheadings and for the omission of manycapitals in the body of the type the printer is alone responsibleNumerous oversights fall to my lot but in many of the descriptionsother than strictly proper botanical terms have been employed where itseemed desirable to use more intelligible ones as for instance theflowers of the Composites have not always been termed heads perianthshave sometimes been called corollas and their divisions at timespetals and so on this is hardly worthy of the times perhaps but itwas thought that the terms would be more generally understood Page 7 line 8 For lupin read Lupine Page 39 line 31 For calyx read involucre Page 40 line 27 For calyx read involucre Page 46 line 1 For corolla read perianth Page 47 lines 3 and 6 For corolla read perianth Page 48 last line For lupin read Lupine Page 60 line 16 For pompon read pompone Page 64 line 36 For corolla read perianth Page 102 line 27 For Fritillaries read Fritillarias Page 114 crossheading For Icecold Gentian read Icecold

Produced by Andrew SlyMyFirst Picture BookWithThirtysix pages of picturesPrinted in colours by KronheimLondon New YorkGeorge Routledge and SonsTranscribers noteThe grouping of letters in the alphabet section and a few paragraphbreaks have been adjusted to accomodate image placement There wereno illustrations for the letters J and X in the originalContents My First Alphabet The Little Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe The Babes in the Wood Little BoPeep The History of Five Little Pigs The History of Old Mother Goose and her Son JackMY FIRST ALPHABET A a B b Ark Baby C c D d Cat DogIllustrations A B C D E e F f Ear Fan G g H h Gate HouseIllustrations E F G H I i K k Inn Key L l M m Loaf ManIllustrations I K L M N n O o Nut Owl P p Q q Pan QueenIllustrations N O P Q R r S s Rat Sea T t U u Tart UrnIllustrations R S T U V v W w Vine Wall Y y Z z Yew ZebraIllustrations V W Y ZTHE LITTLE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOEOnce on a time there was a Little Old Woman who lived in a Shoe Thisshoe stood near a great forest and was so large that it served as ahouse for the Old Lady and all her children of which she had so manythat she did not know what to do with themIllustration Old Woman with children and ShoeBut the Little Old Woman was very fond of her children and they onlythought of the best way to please her Strongarm the eldest cutdown trees for firewood Peter made baskets of wickerwork Mark waschief gardener Lizzie milked the cow and Jenny taught the youngerchildren to readNow this Little Old Woman had not always lived in a Shoe She andher family had once dwelt in a nice house covered with ivy and herhusband was a woodcutter like Strongarm But there lived in a hugecastle beyond the forest a fierce giant who one day came and laidtheir house in ruins with his club after which he carried off thepoor woodcutter to his castle beyond the forest When the Little OldWoman came home her house was in ruins and her husband was no whereto be seenIllustration Giant holding WoodcutterNight came on and as the father did not return the Old Lady and herfamily went to search for him When they came to that part of thewood where the Giant had met their father they saw an immense shoeThey spent a long time weeping and calling out for their father butmet with no reply Then the Old Lady thought that they had bettertake shelter in the shoe until they could build a new house So Peterand Strongarm put a roof to it and cut a door and turned it into adwelling Here they all lived happily for many years but the LittleOld Lady never forgot her husband and his sad fate Strongarm whosaw how wretched his mother often was about it proposed to the nexteleven brothers that they should go with him and set their fatherfree from the Giant Their mother knew the Giants strength andwould not hear of the attempt as she feared they would be killedBut Strongarm was not afraid He bought a dozen sharp swords andPeter made as many strong shields and helmets as well as crossbowsand ironheaded arrows They were now quite ready Strongarm gavethe order to march and they started for the forest The next daythey came in sight of the Giants Castle Strongarm leaving hisbrothers in a wood close by strode boldly up to the entrance andseized the knocker The door was opened by a funny little boy with alarge head who kept grinning and laughingIllustration Strongarm and Boy with Large HeadStrongarm then walked boldly across the courtyard and presentlymet a page who took off his hat and asked him what he wantedStrongarm said he had come to liberate his father who was kept aprisoner by the Giant on this the little man said he was sorry forhim because the part of the castle in which his father was kept wasguarded by a large dragon Strongarm nothing daunted soon foundthe monster who was fast asleep so he made short work of him bysending his sword right through his heart at which he jumped uputtering a loud scream and made as if he would spring forward andseize Strongarm but the good sword had done its work and themonster fell heavily on the ground deadIllustration Strongarm killing DragonNow the Giant who had been drinking much wine was fast asleep in aremote part of the castle Strongarm had no sooner finished theDragon than up started the funny little boy who had opened the doorHe led Strongarm round to another part of the courtyard where hesaw his poor father who at once sprung to his feet and embracedhim Then Strongarm called up his brothers and when they hadembraced their father they soon broke his chain and set himfreeWe must now return to the Little Old Woman After her sons hadstarted she gave way to the most bitter grief While she was in thisstate an old witch came up to her and said she would help her asshe hated the Giant and wished to kill him The Old Witch then tookthe little Old Lady on her broom and they sailed off through theair straight to the Giants castleIllustration Witch and Lady on broomNow this old Witch had great power and at once afflicted the Giantwith corns and tender feet When

Produced by Roger Frank and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetANDY AT YALEORTHE GREAT QUADRANGLE MYSTERYBYROY ELIOT STOKESTHE WORLD SYNDICATE PUBLISHING COCLEVELAND O NEW YORK N YCopyright MCMXIV bySULLY AND KLEINTEICHPrinted in the United States of AmericabyTHE COMMERCIAL BOOKBINDING COCLEVELAND OHIOCONTENTSI A HorseWhipping 1II Good Samaritans 12III An Unpleasant Prospect 19IV The Picture Show 28V Final Days 36VI The Bonfire 45VII Link Again 51VIII Off For Yale 63IX On The Campus 72X Missing Money 78XI Rough House 85XII A Fierce Tackle 94XIII Bargains 102XIV Dunk Refuses 113XV Dunk Goes Out 123XVI In Bad 131XVII Andys Despair 138XVIII Andys Resolve 146XIX Link Comes To College 150XX Queer Disappearances 158XXI A Gridiron Battle 166XXII Andy Says No 177XXIII Reconciliation 185XXIV Links Visit 193XXV The Missing Watch 198XXVI The Girls 205XXVII Jealousies 213XXVIII The Book 219XXIX The Accusation 230XXX The Letter 237XXXI On The Diamond 245XXXII Victory 256XXXIII The Trap 281XXXIV Caught 291XXXV For The Honor Of Yale 300ANDY AT YALECHAPTER IA HORSEWHIPPINGCome on Andy what are you hanging back forOh just to look at the view Its great Why you can see for twentymiles from here right off to the mountainsOne lad stood by himself on the summit of a green hill while a littlebelow and in advance of him were four othersOh come on cried one of the latter View Who wants to look at aviewBut its great I tell you I never appreciated it before exclaimedAndy Blair You can seeOh for the love of goodness Come on came in protest from theobjecting speaker What do we care how far we can see Were going toget something to eatThats right Some of Kellys good old kidney stewA little chicken for mineIm for a chopBeefsteak on the grillThus the lads waiting for the one who had stopped to admire the fineview chanted their desires in the way of foodCome on finally called one in disgust and with a half sigh ofregret Andy walked on to join his matesWhats getting into you lately demanded Chet Anderson a bitpetulantly You stand mooning around you dont hear when youre spokento and you dont go in for half the fun you used toAre you sick Or is it agirl queried Ben Snow laughingBoth the same observed Frank Newton cynicallyListen to the old dinkbat exclaimed Tom Hatfield Youd think heknew all about the game You never got a letter from a girl in yourlife FrankI didnt eh Thats all you know about it and Frank made anunsuccessful effort to punch his tormentorWell if were going on to Churchtown and have a bit of grub inKellys lets hoof it suggested Chet You can eat cant you AndyHavent lost your appetite have you looking at that blooming viewNo indeed But you fellows dont seem to realize that in another monthwell never see it again unless we come back to Milton for a visitThats right agreed Ben Snow This _is_ our last term at the oldschool Ill be sorry to leave it in a way even though I do expect togo to collegeSame here came from Tom What college are

Produced by Roger Frank and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetIllustration The Tale of Dickie Deer MouseIllustration Why do you want budsTHE TALE OF DICKIE DEER MOUSEBYARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYAUTHOR OFTHE CUFFY BEAR BOOKS SLEEPYTIME TALES ETCIllustrations byDiane PetersenGROSSET DUNLAPPUBLISHERS NEW YORKCopyright 1918 byGROSSET DUNLAPPRINTED IN USACONTENTSCHAPTER PAGE I A Little Gentleman 9 II Hunting a Home 14 III A Startled Sleeper 19 IV The Blackbirds Nest 25 V Dickies Summer Home 30 VI A Warning 34 VII Noisy Visitors 39 VIII In the Cornfield 44 IX Fatty Coon Needs Help 49 X A Bit of Advice 53 XI A Search in Vain 58 XII A Little Surprise 65 XIII The Feathers Fly 70 XIV Making Ready for Winter 75 XV A Plunge In The Dark 80 XVI A Lucky Find 85 XVII A Slight Mistake 89 XVIII Too Many Cousins 95 XIX The Wrong Turn 100 XX Bedfellows 107 XXI One Way To Keep Warm 112 XXII Queer Mr Pine Finch 117 XXIII A Feast At Last 122IllustrationTHE TALE OF DICKIE DEER MOUSEIA LITTLE GENTLEMANAll the fourfooted folk in the neighborhood agreed that Dickie DeerMouse was well worth knowing Throughout Pleasant Valley there was noone else so gentle as heTo be sure Jasper Jay wore beautifulperhaps even gaudyclothes buthis manners were so shocking that nobody would ever call him agentlemanAs for Dickie Deer Mouse he was always tastefully dressed in fawn colorand white And except sometimes in the spring when he needed a newcoat he was a real joy to see For he both looked and acted like awellbred little personIt is too bad that there were certain reasonswhich will appearlaterwhy some of his feathered neighbors did not like him But eventhey had to admit that Dickie was a spickandspan young chapWherever he was white he was white as snow And many of the wild peoplewondered how he could scamper so fast through the woods and always keephis white feet spotlessPossibly it was because his mother had taught him the way when he wasyoung for his feetand the under side of himwere white even when hewas just a tiny fellow so young that the top side of him was grayinstead of fawn coloredHow his small white feet would twinkle as he frisked about in theshadows of the woods and ran like a squirrel through the trees And howhis sharp little cries would break the woodsilence as he called to hisfriends in a brisk chatter which sounded like that of the squirrelsonly ever so far awayIn many other ways Dickie Deer Mouse was like Frisky Squirrel himselfDickies idea of what a good home ought to be was much the same asFriskys they both thought that the deserted nest of one of the bigCrow family made as fine a house as any one could want And theycouldnt imagine that any food could possibly be better than nutsberries and grainTo be sure Dickie Deer Mouse liked his nuts to have thin shells Butthat was because he was smaller than Frisky so of course his jaws andteeth were not so strongThen too Dickie Deer Mouse had a trick of gathering good things toeat which he hid away in some safe place so that he would not have togo hungry during the winter when the snow lay deep

Produced by Roger Frank and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetIllustration I AMAMERICAN MY NAMEIS TOM SLADE FrontispiecePage 9TOM SLADEWITH THE BOYSOVER THEREBYPERCY K FITZHUGHAuthor ofTOM SLADE BOY SCOUTTOM SLADE AT TEMPLE CAMPTOM SLADE ON THE RIVERTOM SLADE ON A TRANSPORTIllustrated byR EMMETT OWENPublished With the Approval ofTHE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICAGROSSET DUNLAPPUBLISHERS NEW YORKMade in the United States of AmericaCopyright 1918 byGROSSET DUNLAPToF A OThe real Tom Slade whose extraordinary adventures on land and sea putthese storied exploits in the shade this book is dedicated with enviousadmirationTABLE OF CONTENTS I THE HOME IN ALSACE 1 II AN APPARITION 5 III TOMS STORY 12 IV THE OLD WINE VAT 22 V THE VOICE FROM THE DISTANCE 32 VI PRISONERS AGAIN 38 VII WHERE THERES A WILL 42 VIII THE HOME FIRE NO LONGER BURNS 51 IX FLIGHT 58 X THE SOLDIERS PAPERS 64 XI THE SCOUT THROUGH ALSACE 72 XII THE DANCE WITH DEATH 79 XIII THE PRIZE SAUSAGE 84 XIV A RISKY DECISION 90 XV HE WHO HAS EYES TO SEE 97 XVI THE WEAVER OF MERNON 103 XVII THE CLOUDS GATHER 112 XVIII IN THE RHINE 118 XIX TOM LOSES HIS FIRST CONFLICT WITH THE ENEMY 124 XX A NEW DANGER 131 XXI COMPANY 137 XXII BREAKFAST WITHOUT FOOD CARDS 141 XXIII THE CATSKILL VOLCANO IN ERUPTION 145 XXIV MILITARY ETIQUETTE 155 XXV TOM IN WONDERLAND 162 XXVI MAGIC 167 XXVII NONNENMATTWEIHER

Produced by David Edwards Sankar Viswanathan and theOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetThis file was produced from images generously madeavailable by The University of Florida The InternetArchiveChildrens Library Illustration Illustration ROSE BUD STORIES Mrs Harriet Myrtle NEW YORK SHELDON COMPANY The RoseBud Stories FOR YOUNG CHILDREN Illustrated Adventure of a Kite BY MRS HARRIET MYRTLE New York SHELDON AND COMPANY 1870Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1866 bySHELDON AND COMPANY in the Clerks Office of the District Courtof the Southern District of New York The Adventure of a KiteOne evening when Mary her mamma and Willie had all taken theirseats near the window and the story was about to begin Maryreminded her mamma of a merry adventure that she had mentioned ashaving happened when she and her brother and Master White wentout to fly their new KiteDo mamma tell us about that said MaryHer mamma said she would and after thinking for a few minutesto recollect all about it she beganOne fine breezy morning in October Master White came suddenlyto our house with his eyes looking so bright and his cheeks sored from running in the fresh air and quite out of breathbesidesWhat is the matter James we all cried out What a red faceyouve gotHave I said he my nose is so cold I ran here as fast as Icould there is such a beautiful breeze for a Kite Come bothof you and let us fly the Kite high up in the blue sky come asmany of you as can and this day you shall see what a Kite candoUp we all jumped the Kite was brought down and away we allstarted into the meadows running nearly all the way and JamesWhite never ceasing to talk of the wonderful things he intendedthe Kite should this day performWe arrived in a large grassy meadow sloping down to a lowhedge Beyond the hedge was a very large field and beyond thatfield another large field which had some high trees at thefarthest end In the tops of these trees was a rookery we knewthese trees very well because we often used to walk that waypartly because it was a nice walk and partly because an oldwoman whom we were all very fond of kept an apple andgingerbreadnut stall under the largest tree However as I saidbefore these trees were a long way offtwo whole fieldsoffmore two whole fields and all the meadow At the top of themeadow near where we stood there was also a high tree and atthe foot of this we laid down the KiteO James said my brother do you think we shall be able tomake the Kite fly as high as the tree we are underAs high said James White six times as high at the veryleastHe now carefully unfolded the tail from the body of the Kitebeing very particular to undo all the tangles near the tasselwhich made quite a bunch but he brought it

Produced by Marilynda FraserCunliffe Julia Miller andthe Online Distributed Proofreading Team athttpwwwpgdpnet This file was made using scans ofpublic domain works from the University of Michigan DigitalLibrariesTranscribers Note A number of typographical errors and inconsistenciesfound in the original book have been maintained in this version Acomplete list is found at the end of the text CURRENT SUPERSTITIONS COLLECTED FROM THE ORAL TRADITION OF ENGLISH SPEAKING FOLK EDITED BY FANNY D BERGEN _WITH NOTES AND AN INTRODUCTION BY_ WILLIAM WELLS NEWELL BOSTON AND NEW YORK Published for The American Folk Lore Society by HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANY LONDON DAVID NUTT 270 271 STRAND LEIPZIG OTTO HARRASSOWITZ QUERSTRASSE 14 1896 Four hundred and fifty copies printed of which this is No Copyright 1896 BY THE AMERICAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY _All rights reserved_ _The Riverside Press Cambridge Mass USA_ Electrotyped and Printed by HO Houghton and CompanyPREFACEIn the Popular Science Monthly for July 1886 there was printed asomewhat miscellaneous assortment of customs and superstitions under thetitle _Animal and Plant Lore of Children_ This article was in the maincomposed of reminiscences of my own childhood spent in Northern Ohiothough two or three friends of New England rearing contributed personalrecollections Seldom is a line cast which brings ashore such an abundantcatch as did my initial folklore paper A footnote had by the advice ofa friend been appended asking readers to send similar lore to thewriter About seventy answers were received from all sorts oflocalities ranging from Halifax to New Orleans These numerous lettersconvinced me that there was even then before the foundation of thenational Society a somewhat general interest in folklorenot ascientific interest but a fondness for the subjectmatter itself Manywho do not care for folklore as a subject of research are pleased tohave recalled to them the fancies beliefs and customs of childhood andearly youth A single proverb superstition riddle or tradition may byassociation of ideas act like a magic mirror in bringing back hundredsof longforgotten people pastimes and occupations And whatever makesone young if only for an hour will ever fascinate The greater numberof those who kindly responded to the request for additional notes to myanimal and plant lore were naturally those of somewhat literary orscientific tastes and pursuits Many letters were from teachers manyothers from physicians a few from professional scientists the rest frommen and women of various callings who had been pleased by suggestionsthat aroused memories of the credulous and unreflecting period in theirown lives The abundant material thus brought in which consisted offolklore items of the most varied kind was read gratefully and withpleasant surpriseThe items were assorted and catalogued after some provisional fashion ofmy own Succeeding papers issued in the Popular Science Monthly broughtin further accessions I gradually formed the habit of asking asopportunity offered any one and every one for folklore Nurses aboundin such knowledge Domestic help whether housekeepers seamstresses orservants whether American or foreign all by patient questioning wereinduced to give of their full storeThe folklorist who chances to have a pet superstition or two of his ownthat he never fails to observe has an opensesame to beliefs of thissort held by any one with whom he comes in contact The fact that I haveI blush to confess it a preference for putting on my right shoe beforethe left has I dare say been the providential means of bringing to mehundreds of bits of folklore Many times has the exposure of thisweakness instantly opened up an opportunity for asking questions aboutkindred customs and superstitions I once asked an Irish peasant girlfrom County Roscommon if she could tell me any stories about fairies Doye give in to fairies then maam she joyously asked adding A goodmany folks dont give in to them believe in them _ie_ the fairiesApparently she was heartily glad to meet some one who spoke her ownlanguage From that hour she was ever ready to tell me tales or recallold sayings and beliefs about the doings and powers of the good peopleof old IrelandA stewardess properly approached can communicate a deal of lore in herleisure hours during a three or four days ocean trip Oftentimes acaller has by chance let drop a morsel that was quickly picked up andpreservedThe large amount of botanical and zoölogical mythology that has graduallyaccumulated in my hands is reserved for separate treatment Now and thensome individual item of the sort appears in the following pages but onlyfor some special reason A considerable proportion of my generalfolklore was orally collected from persons of foreign birth There wereamong these more Irish than of any other one nationality but Scotch andEnglish were somewhat fully represented and Scandinavians including oneIcelander Italians a Syrian a Parsee and several Japanesecontributed to the collectionIt has been a puzzling question to decide just where to draw the line inseparating foreign from what we may call current American folklore Thetraditions and superstitions that a mother as a child or girl heard in aforeign land she

Produced by Mireille Harmelin Chuck Greif and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at DP Europehttpdprastkonet produced from images of theBibliothèque nationale de France BNFGallica athttpgallicabnffrNote du transcripteur lorthographie de loriginal est conservéeJULES LEMAÎTREDE LACADÉMIE FRANÇAISEJEANJACQUESROUSSEAUPARISCALMANNLÉVY ÉDITEURS3 RUE AUBER 3JEANJACQUES ROUSSEAUCALMANNLÉVY ÉDITEURSDroits de reproduction de traduction et de représentation réservés pourtous pays y compris la Hollande_Privilege of copyright in the United States reserved under the Actapproved March third nineteen hundred and five by_ Jules LemaîtreIMPRIMERIE L POOBY 117 rue VIEILLEDUTEMPLE PARIS1215307Au Lecteur1º Jai pu me tromper sur quelques faits Ceci nest point unebiographie critique de Rousseau mon principal objet a été lhistoirede ses sentiments2º Ce ne sont que des conférences Jy ai cherché avant tout lasimplicité et la clarté et le ton est le plus souvent celui dunecauserie un peu surveillée J LPREMIÈRE CONFÉRENCELES SIX PREMIERS LIVRES DES CONFESSIONSAu risque dêtre encore accusé de critique impressionniste personnellesubjective je dois vous faire un aveu Lorsque je choisis pour sujet dece cours JeanJacques Rousseau ce ne fut point dabord dans une penséedextrême bienveillance pour le citoyen de GenèvePourtant je lavais beaucoup aimé autrefois quand javais plusdillusions que je nen ai aujourdhui Mais jai fait des expériencesjai vu de près des réalités que je navais aperçues que de loin jaitouché du doigt les conséquences de certaines idées de Rousseau Etcest pourquoi quand je promis de parler de JeanJacques je meproposais détudier surtout en lui le père de quelquesunes des plusfortes erreurs du XVIIIe et du XIXe siècleMais il fallait dabord le relire ou soyons sincère le liresérieusement et complètement Or il mest arrivé une chose que jenavais pas prévue Tandis que je cherchais dans cette longue lecturedes raisons de le condamner oh je les trouvais abondammentpuisquelles y sont mais en même temps je sentais trop bien comment cesidées lui étaient venues par quelle fatalité de tempérament ou decirconstances à la suite de quels souvenirs de quelles déceptions dequels regrets même de quels remords Puis ce quil eut de candeur etde véritable piété me touchait malgré moi et je connaissais de nouveauque cet homme de qui lon peut croire que tant de maux publics ontdécoulé à son insu il est vrai et principalement après sa mort futsans doute un pécheur et finalement un fou mais non point du tout unméchant homme et quil fut surtout un malheureuxEt puis son cas est si singulier Il est même unique dans notrelittérature et je crois bien dans toutes les littératures du monde Cevagabond ce fainéant cet autodidacte qui après trente ans derêvasserie tombe un jour dans le plus brillant Paris du XVIIIesiècle et qui y fait leffet dun Huron mais dun Huron vrai et deplus de conséquence que celui de Voltaire qui commence à publier versla quarantaine qui écrit en dix ans péniblement et parmi dessouffrances physiques presque incessantes trois ou quatrelivreslesquels ne sont pas autrement forts ni rares de pensée maisoù il y a une nouvelle façon de sentir et comme une vibration jusquelàinconnue puis qui senfonce dans une lente folieet qui se trouvepar ces trois ou quatre livres transformer après sa mort unelittérature et une histoire et faire dévier toute la vie dun peupledont il nétait pas quelle prodigieuse aventureDonc je résolus daborder loeuvre de JeanJacques dune âme égalecraignant de mirriter inutilement contre un mystèreJe dus ensuite me mettre au courant des dernières études publiées surRousseau Jeus alors le soupçon quune étude nouvelle était peutêtresuperflue Mais à ce comptelà on ne ferait jamais rienLàdessus je cherchai un plan Je voyais bien déjà les principales idéesà développer Je pouvais montrer à ma manière soit lunité soitlincohérence de loeuvre de Rousseauexpliquer comme M Lanson quetout dans Rousseau et même le _Contrat social_ se rapporte à un seulprincipe ou comme Faguet que tout sy rapporte en effet excepté le_Contrat social_suivre à propos de chacun de ses livres lafructification posthume des erreurs quil y a déposéesou biendémontrer que JeanJacques quel quil soit dailleurs est dans lefond avant et après tout un protestant chez qui le protestantisme aprématurément produit ses extrêmes conséquencesou bien encoreétudier dans sa vie et dans ses livres lhistoire dune âme dunepauvre âme une très lente mais très véritable évolution morale Et jepouvais grouper sous ces divers chefs tout ce que maurait suggéré lalecture de RousseauLe plus simple était dailleurs à première vuede présenter dabord sa vie puis ses ouvragesMais jai vite senti que cette méthode usuelle et qui convient àpresque tous les écrivains ne convient peutêtre pas à Rousseau parceque Rousseau nest pas un écrivain comme un autreLes grands classiques sont pour nous tout entiers dans leurs oeuvresCette oeuvre étant toute objective quand nous lavons définie nousavons tout dit sur eux et la connaissance de leur vie même agitéenajouterait pour nous rien dessentiel à la connaissance de leursouvrages Jen dis autant des écrivains du XVIIIe siècle et desencyclopédistes euxmêmes La vie des Diderot des dAlembert desDuclos est la vie commune aux gens de lettres de ce tempslà La vie deVoltaire est amusante mais quand nous ne la connaîtrions pas sonoeuvre nen serait pas moins facile à comprendre et à juger Quant àMontesquieu et à Buffon leur biographie ne communique pour ainsiparler avec leurs livres que par les loisirs et la sérénité quassuraità leur pensée leur condition de gentilhommes richesMais Rousseau est le plus subjectif de tous les écrivains Cest unhomme qui na guère parlé que de lui un homme qui a passé son temps àexpliquer son caractère Tous ses ouvrages étaient déjà des sortes deconfessions Mais en outre il a pris soin décrire luimême ses_Confessions_ expresses et quelles confessions Les plus sincères jene sais mais à coup sûr les plus détaillées les plus complaisantesles plus impudentes sans doute mais aussi les plus candides apparemmentet peutêtre les plus courageuses et en tout cas les plus singulièreset les plus passionnantes qui aient jamais été écritesJe crois donc quune étude sur JeanJacques pourrait être une biographiemorale continue où lhistoire de ses livres se mêlerait intimement àlanalyse de ses _Confessions_ Et cest ce que

Produced by John BurseyTHE VICOMTE DE BRAGELONNEby Alexandre DumasOriginal Transcribers NoteAs you may be aware Project Gutenberg has been involved with thewritings of both the Alexandre Dumases for some time now and since weget a few questions about the order in which the books should be readand in which they were published these following comments shouldhopefully help most of our readers

Produced by Al HainesTHE TWOGUN MANBY CHARLES ALDEN SELTZERAuthor of The Range Riders The Coming of the Law etcA L BURT COMPANYPUBLISHERS NEW YORKCOPYRIGHT 1911 BYOUTING PUBLISHING COMPANYENTERED AT STATIONERS HALL LONDON ENGLANDAll rights reservedCONTENTSCHAPTER I THE STRANGER AT DRY BOTTOM II THE STRANGER SHOOTS III THE CABIN IN THE FLAT IV A DIFFERENT GIRL V THE MAN OF DRY BOTTOM VI AT THE TWO DIAMOND VII THE MEASURE OF A MAN VIII THE FINDING OF THE ORPHAN IX WOULD YOU BE A CHARACTER X DISAPPEARANCE OF THE ORPHAN XI A TOUCH OF LOCAL COLOR XII THE STORY BEGINS XIII DO YOU SMOKE XIV ON THE EDGE OF THE PLATEAU XV A FREE HAND XVI LEVIATT TAKES A STEP XVII A BREAK IN THE STORY XVIII THE DIM TRAIL XIX THE SHOT IN THE DARK XX LOVE AND A RIFLE XXI THE PROMISE XXII KEEPING A PROMISE XXIII AT THE EDGE OF THE COTTONWOOD XXIV THE END OF THE STORYTHE TWOGUN MANCHAPTER ITHE STRANGER AT DRY BOTTOMFrom the crest of Three Mile Slope the man on the pony could see thetown of Dry Bottom straggling across the gray floor of the flat itslow squat buildings looking like so many old boxes blown there by anidle wind or unceremoniously dumped there by a careless fate and leftregardless to carry out the scheme of desolationApparently the rider was in no hurry for as the pony topped the riseand the town burst suddenly into view the little animal pricked up itsears and quickened its pace only to feel the reins suddenly tightenand to hear the riders voice gruffly discouraging haste Thereforethe pony pranced gingerly alert champing the bit impatiently pickingits way over the lumpy hills of stone and cactus but holding closelyto the trailThe man lounged in the saddle his strong wellknit body swayinggracefully his eyes shaded by the brim of his hat narrowed withslight mockery and interest as he gazed steadily at the town that laybefore himI reckon that must be Dry Bottom he said finally mentally taking inits dimensions If thats so Ive only got twenty miles to goHalf way down the slope and still a mile and a half from the town therider drew the pony to a halt He dropped the reins over the highpommel of the saddle drew out his two guns one after the otherrolled the cylinders and returned the guns to their holsters He hadheard something of Dry Bottoms reputation and in examining his pistolshe was merely preparing himself for an emergency For a moment afterhe had replaced the weapons he sat quietly in the saddle Then heshook out the reins spoke to the pony and the little animal setforward at a slow lopeAn ironic traveler passing through Dry Bottom in its younger daysbefore civic spirit had definitely centered its efforts upon thingsnomenclatural had hinted that the town should be known as drybecause of the fact that while it boasted seven buildings four weresaloons and that bottom might well be used as a suffix because inthe nature of things a town of seven buildings four of which weresaloons might reasonably expect to descend to the very depths of moraliniquityThe ironic traveler had spoken with prophetic wisdom Dry Bottom wastrying as best it knew how to wallow in the depths of sin Unlovelysoiled desolate of verdure dumped down upon a flat of sand in atreeless waste amid cactus crabbed yucca scorpions horned toadsand rattlesnakes Dry Bottom had forgotten its morals subverted itsprinciples and neglected its GodAs the rider approached to within a few hundred yards of the edge oftown he became aware of a sudden commotion He reined in his ponyallowing it to advance at a walk while with alert eyes he endeavoredto search out the cause of the excitement He did not have long towatch for the explanationA man had stepped out of the door of one of the saloons slowly walkingtwenty feet away from it toward the center of the street Immediatelyother men had followed But these came only to a point just outsidethe door For some reason which was not apparent to the rider theywere giving the first man plenty of roomThe rider was now able to distinguish the faces of the men in thegroup and he gazed with interested eyes at the man who had firstissued from the door of the saloonThe man was tallnearly as tall as the riderand in his everymovement seemed sure of himself He was young seemingly aboutthirtyfive with shifty insolent eyes and a hard mouth whose lipswere just now curved into a selfconscious smileThe rider had now approached to within fifty feet of the man haltinghis pony at the extreme end of the hitching rail that skirted the frontof the saloon He sat carelessly in the saddle his gaze fixed on themanThe men who had followed the first man out to the number of a dozenwere apparently deeply interested though plainly skeptical A shortfat man who was standing near the saloon door looked on with ahalfsneer Several others were smiling blandly A tall man on theextreme edge of the crowd near the rider was watching the man in thestreet gravely Other men had allowed various expressions to creepinto their faces But all were silentNot so the man in the street Plainly here was conceit personifiedand yet a conceit mingled with a maddening insolence His expressiontold all that this thing which he was about to do was worthy of

Produced by Roger Frank and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetIllustration As Dave clucked again Hero shot aheadPage 121Dave Porter SeriesDAVE PORTER AT STAR RANCHORTHE COWBOYS SECRETBYEDWARD STRATEMEYERAuthor of Dave Porter at Oak Hall The Gun Club Boys of LakeportOld Glory Series Colonial Series PanAmerican Series etc_ILLUSTRATED BY LYLE T HAMMOND_BOSTONLOTHROP LEE SHEPARD COPublished August 1910COPYRIGHT 1910 BY LOTHROP LEE SHEPARD CO_All rights reserved_DAVE PORTER AT STAR RANCHNorwood PressBERWICK SMITH CONorwood MassU S APREFACEDave Porter at Star Ranch is a complete tale in itself but forms thesixth volume in a line issued under the general title of Dave PorterSeriesIn the first book of the series called Dave Porter at Oak Hall thereader was introduced to a typical American lad of today and waslikewise shown the workings of a modern boarding schoola little worldin itselfThere was a cloud over Daves parentage and to solve the mystery hetook a long sea voyage as related in the second volume called DavePorter in the South Seas Then he came back to Oak Hall to help winseveral important games as the readers of Dave Porters Return toSchool already knowSo far although Dave had heard of his father he had not met hisparent He resolved to go on a hunt for the one who was so dear to himand what that led to was related in Dave Porter in the Far NorthWhen Dave returned to America he was sent again to schoolto dear oldOak Hall with its many associations Here he met many friends and someenemies as narrated in Dave Porter and His Classmates The lad had noeasy time of it but did something for the honor of the school that wasa great credit to himWhile at Oak Hall Dave through his sister received an invitation tospend his coming summer vacation on a ranch in the Far West He wasprivileged to take some friends with him and how the invitation wasaccepted and what happened I leave the pages which follow to relateIt has been an especial pleasure for me to write this book During thepast summer I covered about seven thousand miles of our great westerncountry and I have seen many of the places herein described I havealso been touched by our warm western hospitality and have had theadded pleasure of meeting some of my young readers face to faceOnce again I thank the many who have praised my books in the past Itrust that this volume may prove to their liking and benefit them EDWARD STRATEMEYERApril 12 1910CONTENTSCHAPTER PAGE I Dave and His Chums 1 II A Stray Shot 11 III An Interview of Interest 21 IV Caught in the Act 31 V At Niagara Falls 41 VI Nat Pooles Little Game 51 VII In Which Dave is Robbed 61 VIII The Youth in the Balcony 71 IX Only a Street Waif 81 X Off for the Boundless West 91 XI The Arrival at Star Ranch 101 XII A Race on Horseback 112 XIII The Crazy Steer 122 XIV A Face Puzzles Dave

Produced by R Cedron Joseph R Hauser and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetTALES OF DESTINYBy EDMUND MITCHELLLONDONCONSTABLE AND COMPANY LTD1913COPYRIGHT 1912UNITED STATES OF AMERICABYEDMUND MITCHELLCONTENTS Introduction 1 Chap I The Maid of Jhalnagor Told by the Rajput Chief 5 II The Hollow Column Told by the TaxCollector 19 III What the Stars ordained Told by the Astrologer 35 IV The Spirit Wail Told by the Merchant 60 V The Blue Diamonds Told by the Fakir 101 VI The Tiger of the Pathans Told by the Afghan General 128 VII Her Mother Love Told by the Physician 146 VIII The Sacred Pickaxe Told by the Magistrate 170TALES OF DESTINYINTRODUCTIONJust without one of the massive bastioned gates of the city ofFathpurSikri there stood in the year 1580 a caravanserai that affordedaccommodation for man and beast Here would alight travellers drawn bythe calls of homage by business or by curiosity to the famous Town ofVictory built as the inscription over the gateway told by HisMajesty King of Kings Heaven of the Court Shadow of God JalaladdinMohammed Akbar PadishahAt the time of our story Akbar was at the zenith of his glory He hadmoved his court from Agra the capital of his predecessors on the throneof the Moguls after having raised for himself on the spot where thebirth of a son had been promised him by a hermit saint this superb newcity of FathpurSikri seven miles in circumference walled and guardedby strong forts at its seven gateways Emperor and nobles had vied witheach other in erecting palaces of stately design and exquisite finish ofadornment A beautiful mosque commemorated the good deeds of the saintand provided a place of prayer for those of the Moslem faith In thepalace of the Emperor was a magnificent audience hall with marblecolumns and stonecarved galleries in the centre of which stood thethrone of gold sprinkled with rubies emeralds and diamonds surroundedby a silver railing and covered by a canopy of rich crimson brocadeIn this audience hall the great and good Akbar was wont to receive notonly his subjects rich and poor the former assembled to pay theircourt the latter to lay their grievances before the Imperial judge buthe also extended welcome to strangers from afar On the question ofreligion his mind was at this period in a state of change for he hadbroken from the strict faith of the Moslem had publicly announced thatthere was good in all beliefs had overthrown ceremonial rules whetherof Islam or of Hinduism and had proclaimed all things lawful exceptexcess His thoughts thus drifting toward a new religion a divine faiththat would bring into one fold the votaries of all religions he wasglad at his court to give audience to learned doctors from distant landsas well as from every part of India All were welcomeBrahmins andBuddhists Moslem schoolmen Hindu fanatics pantheists the worshippersof fire the Jews whose prophets are Abraham and Moses even Christianpadres from faroff Europe It was Akbars delight to listen to theirexpositions and discussions and to the defence of their varied dogmasThus did the fame of the king for tolerance benevolence and wisdombecome noised abroad far and wide so that visitors flocked ineverincreasing numbers to the beautiful city At our caravanseraiwithout the gate there would often in the cool of an evening begathered together on the shaded veranda a group of travellersrepresenting diverse races and classes Some of the towndwellers toowould be there resting and refreshing themselves after their walk tothe city walls while from the nearby camp of the Rajputs who formed aportion of the royal bodyguard there would oftentimes stroll over a fewmenatarmsOn such occasions it would generally happen that the debates recentlylistened to in the Imperial Hall of Assembly would be subjected tocomment And from discussion of this kind the conversation would quitefrequently change to storytelling dear to the hearts of all natives ofHindustan and by no means to be despised for in a good story there maybe implanted the kernel of a sound philosophyOn a summer night in the year named eight men were assembled on theveranda of the caravanserai The full moon had just risen above a topeof tamarind trees and its silvern radiance revealed every detail of thescene A Rajput chief occupied the place of central prominence cushionsarranged for his convenience on one of which rested his scimitar theemblem of his soldierly profession Not far from him in ahalfreclining posture was a general of the Afghans also of thebodyguard of the Emperor A hakeem or physician and an astrologerboth in the Moslem style of dress were seated close together legscrossed beneath them while a little apart were two Hindus as the castemarks on their foreheads showed a taxcollector from the country and akotwal or city magistrate Just above the steps leading on to theveranda surrounded by his bales of merchandise sat a merchant fromBombay a big and stalwart man attired in spotless white raiment onhis head a voluminous muslin turban In striking contrast squatting onthe

Produced by Carlo Traverso Claudio Paganelli and theOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet LA BATTAGLIA DI BENEVENTO Storia del secolo XIII SCRITTA DA FD GUERRAZZI Edizione nuovamente rivista e corretta dallAutore Io son Manfredi Nepote di Gostanza imperatrice DANTE FIRENZE FELICE LE MONNIER 1852 LEditore intende valersi dei diritti accordati dalle Leggi sulla Proprietà letterariaNon avrei tanto tardato a dar luogo nella _Biblioteca nazionale_ aquesta opera di FD Guerrazzi segli avesse avuto prima doggifacoltà di cedermene il diritto Lindugio però fu largamentecompensato dalle cure poste ora dallAutore intorno a questa Operadella sua giovinezza che nellangustie del carcere comegli stessodicevami _rilesse con inesprimibile amore volgendo omai iltrentanovesimo mese della sua prigionia_F LE MONNIER_Giugno_ 1852AL BENEVOLO LETTOREQuando Omobuono Martini milanese riprodusse co suoi tipi la_Battaglia di Benevento_ a me piacque preporle un _Discorso_ intornoalle ragioni della Letteratura moderna in Italia e il Libro e ilDiscorso dedicai alla egregia donna Signora Angelica Bartolomei nataPalli Comparendo adesso questa opera nuovamente alla luce per lestampe di Felice Le Monnier senza Discorso e senza Dedica parmi cosadicevole manifestarne la causa onde uom non creda che persopraggiunto pentimento io gli abbia voluti omettere Per certo comela fama della illustre donna per la mia Dedica non aumentò cosìnemmeno per sopprimerla chio mi facessi punto diminuirebbetuttavolta tôrre quello che una volta si diè e sia pure poveracosa non sembra onesto ed a me poi recherebbe gravezza grandissimaove altri pensasse alterata verso Lei la mente che un dì mipersuase a renderle giusta le forze mie quel tributo di onore Anzipoichè per questa guisa mi viene schiusa la via di favellare delleDediche preposte alle altre opere mie mi par bene valermi del destroper tenere proposito di tutte con brevissime paroleA Niccolò Puccini io dedicava la _Veronica Cybo_ in pegno di anticaamicizia ed ebbi sempre in pensiero intitolare al suo nome opera dimaggiore momento chEgli lo meritava pur troppo ma mi mancò iltempo e forse me ne sarebbe mancato anche lo ingegno Di questo miodifetto mi consola ampiamente conoscere come Egli abbia saputo troppomeglio che non saprebbero fare opere dinchiostro raccomandare lapropria fama ai posteri dando se non unico radissimo esempio delmodo col quale hassi ad amare il Popolo di vero amore avvegnadiochèdi due cose abbisogni principalmente il Popolo di esempii buoni edinsegnamento che di parole ormai che cosa farsi non sa tante nefurono sprecate quasi tutte invano talune poi peggio che invano Diquesta verità udii sovente porgere testimonianza allo stessoPuccini il quale con quel suo vispo linguaggio soleva dire che ifatti erano maschi e le parole femmine Intitolando a lui il mioLibro io volli pertanto rendere omaggio al savio cultore dellacarità verso il prossimo ed allo amatore della Patria zelantissimoonde fra le amarezze di cui non è penuria nel turpe carcere acerbami percosse quella di non potere come avrei voluto dettare del mortoamico sincerissima qual Ei non temeva e quale a me non sarebberiuscito concepire diversa la Orazione funeraria Ma poichè farloliberamente mi era conteso mi parve degno tacere e così ne vadopersuaso sembrerà anche allo spirito di Lui se pure lo toccano lemiserie alle quali noi siamo infelicissimi rimastiE tanto più duolmene in quanto che a veruno poteva per avventurariuscire quanto a me di palesare al mondo il cuore chEgli ebbe ecerto poi a nessuno più che a me ne correva obbligo religiosissimoTalora vagando insieme con Lui pei silenzi della notte nelle sue salesolitarie a parte a parte mi apriva gli affanni che contristarono lasua infanzia e le angoscie pungenti che gli derivarono dallainfermità miserabile di cui pure la Natura non lo avevapercosso e spettacolo veramente portentoso era e lacrimevole a unpunto contemplare come tanta copia di amaritudine non fosse bastata acorrompere le acque dolcissime della sua esistenza nè il rigidoalito della tristezza a spegnere la sua fedele lotte le cadute ilrilevarsi più gagliardo e il proponimento osservato fino altermine della vita di adottare per figliuolo il Popolo interodacchè le gioie di marito e di padre Ei si vietava contemplareinsomma quello affannarsi indefesso a mescere intera la sua grandeanima nellanima del Popolo onde ei se ne avvantaggiasse E se neavvantaggerà però che il Popolo abbia viscere di gratitudine ese mai avvenga che traviato o corrotto da consigli pessimi prorompa inoffese a danno dei suoi benefattori presto si pente e piange eadora mutate in oggetto di culto le vittime del suo furorealtri nonsi pente mai nè piangeLa morte che immatura colpì quel caro capo se non prodotta fuper lo meno assai accelerata dalla sventura sopraggiuntagli percagione mia e fu questa Apprendendo quel gentile con inestimabilefastidio come gli Accusatori miei si fossero prevalsi a danno mio dicerte sue lettere a me dirette nella festosa giocondità del suospirito non mise tempo fra mezzo a scendere giù dal Castello dellaCavinana doverasi ridotto a circondarsi di ombre e di memorie percercare fra le sue carte le lettere che io con gravità di consigliogli era venuto rispondendo e quante gliene capitarono a mano tante mene mandò compito lufficio nel tornarsene alla stanza delCastello infelice i cavalli aombrando su di una erta diruparono conla carrozza a precipizio dentro un burrone comecchè Ei restassesemivivo sul colpo pure si rilevò porgendogli anche cotestoinfortunio argomento per manifestare lo amore suo verso il Popolo ilquale con ogni maniera di pietoso aiuto lo sovvenne ma da quel giornoin poi Egli non ebbe più bene e conobbe soprastargli il fatosupremo nè punto gliene dolse anzi desiderò essere mortoquattro anni avanti E adesso siamo pochi chi per un verso chiper un altro che come Lui

Produced by Roger Frank and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetIllustrationA SWEET LITTLE MAIDBYAMY E BLANCHARDAuthor of Little Miss Oddity Little Miss MouseLittle Sister Anne Mistress May etcNEW YORKHURST COMPANYPUBLISHERSCopyright 1899by GEORGE W JACOBS COToMY DEAR LITTLE GODDAUGHTERAGNES BLANCHARD WILLIAMSI LOVINGLY DEDICATE THIS STORY OF ANOTHERSWEET LITTLE MAIDA E BCONTENTS CHAP PAGE I DIMPLE AND BUBBLES 9 II DOLLS 26 III A QUARREL 44 IV HOUSEBREAKERS 62 V ROCK 81 VI THE TEAPARTY 97 VII HOUSEKEEPERS 119 VIII ADRIFT 139 IX DOWN TOWN 158 X THE PICNIC 177 XI AN UNCLE AND A WEDDING 196CHAPTER IDimple and BubblesIs yuh asleep Miss DimpleNo said Dimple drowsilyIm areWhy Bubbles replied Dimple if you were asleep you wouldnt betalkingFolks talks in their sleep sometimes Miss Dimple answered Bubblesopening her black eyesWell maybe they do but your eyes are open nowI have heerd of people sleepin with their eyes open returnedBubbles nothing abashedO Bubbles I dont believe it for that is how to go to sleep mammasays shut your eyes and go to sleep she never says open your eyesand go to sleep so thereBubbles sat thoughtfully looking at her toes having nothing to say whenDimple brought her mamma into the questionIll tell you what Bubbles said Dimple after a moments pauserising from the long grass where the two had been sitting Lets playIndian You make such a lovely Indian just like a real one I am almostafraid of you when you are painted up and have feathers in your headBubbles grinned at the complimentI will be the white maiden to be captured said Dimple as Bubblescoolly proceeded to take off her frock displaying a red flannelpetticoatIll hunt up the feathers and you get ready Dimple went on And theshawlwe must have the striped shawl for a blanket and running intothe house she soon came out with a little striped shawl and a handfulof stiff feathers The shawl was arranged over Bubbles shoulders andproduced a fine effect when the feathers were stuck in her headNow if you could only have the hatchet You go get it BubblesI dassent said BubblesOh yes you dare Dimple said coaxingly Id go ask mamma but it isso hot and Ive been in the house onceDeed Miss DimpleBubbles beganDont you deed me I tell you to go and I mean it Ill send you tothe orphan asylum if you dont and I wonder how you will like that nomore cakes no more chicken and cornbread for you Miss Bubbles Mushand milk missThis dreadful threat had its desired effect and Bubbles bare blacklegs went scudding through the grass and were back in a twinklingHyah it is she said I was skeered sho noughOh well you are a goose said Dimple Who ever heard of an Indianbeing scared at a hatchet Now I will go into the woodshedthat is myhouse you knowand you must skulk softly along and when you get tothe door bang it open with the hatchet and give a whoopSo Dimple went in her house and shut the door fearfully peeping throughthe cracks once in a while as the terrible foe crept softly nearer andnearer then with a terrific yell burst inPlease Mr Indian dont scalp meUgh said the IndianWhat shall I do said Dimple Make me take off my stockings andshoes Bubbles You know the captives must go barefootedUgh said the Indian pointing to Dimples feetMy shoes and stockings Well I will give them to you and she quicklytook them off The Indian gravely tied them around his neck and takingDimple by the hand he led her forth in triumphBut here a disaster followed for the captive thinking it her duty tostruggle knocked the hatchet out of the Indians hand and it fell withits edge on Dimples little white foot making a bad gashOh youve killed me sure enough she cried Oh you wicked wickedthingPoor Bubbles cried quite as hard as she and begged not to be sent tothe orphan asylumOh your mother will whip me she cried I spect I ought to bekilled but deed I didnt

Produced by Al HainesFrontispiece Calumet remained unshakenTHE BOSS OF THE LAZY YBYCHARLES ALDEN SELTZERAUTHOR OFTHE COMING OF THE LAW THE TWOGUN MAN ETCILLUSTRATIONS BYJ ALLEN ST JOHNNEW YORKGROSSET DUNLAPPUBLISHERSCopyrightA C McClurg Co1915Published April 1915Copyrighted in Great BritainCONTENTSCHAPTER I The HomeComing of Calumet Marston II Betty Meets the Heir III Calumets Guardian IV Calumet Plays Bettys Game V The First Lesson VI Bob VII A Page from the Past VIII The Toltec Idol IX Responsibility X New Acquaintances XI Progress XII A Peace Offering XIII Suspicion XIV Jealousy XV A Meeting in the Red Dog XVI The Ambush XVII More Progress XVIII Another Peace Offering XIX A Tragedy in the Timber Grove XX Betty Talks Frankly XXI His Fathers Friend XXII Neal Taggart Visits XXIII For the Altars of His TribeILLUSTRATIONSCalumet remained unshaken _Frontispiece_Get up or I will shoot you like a dog she saidHer appearance was now in the nature of a transformationCalumet stepped inTHE BOSS OF THE LAZY YCHAPTER ITHE HOMECOMING OF CALUMET MARSTONShuffling down the long slope its tired legs moving automatically thedrooping pony swerved a little and then came to a halt trembling withfright Startled out of his unpleasant ruminations his lips tensingover his teeth in a savage snarl Calumet Marston swayed uncertainly inthe saddle caught himself crouched and swung a heavy pistol to amenacing poiseFor an instant he hesitated searching the immediate vicinity withrapid intolerant glances When his gaze finally focused on the objectwhich had frightened his pony he showed no surprise Many timesduring the past two days had this incident occurred and at no time hadCalumet allowed the pony to follow its inclination to bolt or swervefrom the trail He held it steady now pulling with a vicious hand onthe reinsTen feet in front of the pony and squarely in the center of the trail agigantic diamondback rattler swayed and warned its venomous lidlesseyes gleaming with hate Calumets snarl deepened he dug a spur intothe ponys left flank and pulled sharply on the left rein The ponylunged swerved and presented its right shoulder to the swayingreptile its flesh quivering from excitement Then the heavy revolverin Calumets hand roared spitefully there was a sudden threshing inthe dust of the trail and the huge rattler shuddered into a sinuoustwisting heap For an instant Calumet watched it and then seeingthat the wound he had inflicted was not mortal he urged the ponyforward and leaning over a little sent two more bullets into the bodyof the snake severing its head from its bodyMans size declared Calumet his snarl relaxing He sat erect andspoke to the ponyGet along you damned fool Scared of a sidewinderRelieved deflating its lungs with a tremulous heave and unmindful ofCalumets scorn the pony gingerly returned to the trail In thirtyseconds it had resumed its drooping shuffle in thirty seconds Calumethad returned to his unpleasant ruminationsA mile up in the shimmering white of the desert sky an eagle swam onslow wing shaping his winding course toward the timber clump thatfringed a river Besides the eagle the pony and Calumet no livingthing stirred in the desert or above it In the shade of a rockperhaps lurked a lizard in the filmy mesquite that drooped and curledin the stifling heat slid a rattler in the shelter of the sagebrushthe sage hen might have nestled her eggs in the hot sand But thesewere fixtures Calumet his pony and the eagle were not The eaglewas Mexican it had swung its milewide circles many times to reach thepoint above the timber clump it was migratory and alert with thehunger lustCalumet watched it with eyes that glowed bitterly and balefully Halfan hour later when he reached the river and the pony clattered downthe rocky slope plunged its head deeply into the stream and drank witheager silent draughts Calumet swung himself crossways in the saddlefumbled for a moment at his slicker and drew out a battered tin cupLeaning over he filled the cup with water tilted his head back anddrank The blur in the white sky caught his gaze and held it Hiseyes mocked his lips snarledYou damned greaser sneak he said Followed me fifty miles Aflash of race hatred glinted his eyes I wouldnt let no damnedgreaser eagle get me anywayThe pony had drunk its fill Calumet returned the tin cup to theslicker and swung back into the saddle Refreshed the pony took theopposite slope with a rush emerging from the river upon a high plateaustudded with fir balsam and pine Bringing the pony to a halt Calumetturned in the saddle and looked somberly behind himFor two days he had been fighting the desert and now it lay in hisrear a mystic duncolored land of hot sandy waste and silencebrooding menacing holding out its threat of deatha vast naturalbasin breathing and pulsing with mystery rimmed by remote mountainsthat seemed tenuous and thin behind the everchanging misty films thatspread from horizon to horizonThe expression of Calumets face was as hard and inscrutable as thedesert itself the latters filmy haze did not more surely shut out themysteries behind it than did Calumets expression veil the emotions ofhis heart He turned from the desert to face the plateau from whoseedge dropped a wide tawny valley luxuriant with bunch grassa goldenbrown sweep that nestled between some hills inviting alluring Sosharp was the contrast between the desert and the valley and so potentwas its appeal to him that

Produced by Carlo Traverso Claudio Paganelli and theOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetThis file was produced from images generously madeavailable by Biblioteca Sormani MilanoA GHISLANZONIAbrakadabraSTORIA DELLAVVENIREMILANOCASA EDITRICE SONZOGNOVia Pasquirolo 14Printed in Italy_Al mio ottimo amico_Professore Angelo VecchioTu lo volesti ed io ho compiuto l_Abrakadabra_ Lo dedico a te chemai non cessasti di insistere perchè io conducessi a termine questobizzarro lavoro tante volte ripreso e sospesoEcco un libro che aipiù sembrerà una stravaganza forsanche una insensatezza Tu arguto egentile scoprirai in esso qualche seria intenzione qualche temasociale e politico degno di meditazione e di studi Io ho pagato ilmio debito a te ed ai pochi dei quali ho ambito la stima e laffettoQuesto mi stava a cuore del pubblico superficiale e svogliato poco mipreme Ti ringrazio del bene che mi hai fatto incessantementespronandomi al lavoro e combattendo le mie diffidenze Ricordamisempre quale uno de tuoi amici più affezionati _A GHISLANZONI__Caprino Bergamasco 28 novembre 1883_PROLOGOCAPITOLO IPerchè quelluomo si chiamasse AbrakadabraNellaprile dellanno 1860 un eccentrico personaggio venne ad abitarelalpestre paesello di CEra un uomo sui cinquantanni magro sparuto dagli occhi incavati edimmobili dal sorriso amorevole tratto tratto mefistofelicoLa foggia del suo soprabito nero ampio abbottonato fino al mento elungo fino al tallone la callotta di tela chegli portava a guisa diturbante involta a più riprese da una fascia azzurra tutto il suoabbigliamento formava una strana figura di prete e di pascià chelungi dal riuscire ridicola ispirava simpatia e rispettoQuelleccentrico personaggio aveva preso in affitto una casa dirustiche apparenze ma comoda e decente Tutti lo sapevano ricco e digran cuore I poveri del paesello dicevano che quel forestiere erastato mandato in paese dalla Provvidenza Nei primi tempi lochiamavano il _signore_Erano con lui due domestici ed un medico Questi gli stava sempre alato Rare volte parlavano assieme Quando uscivano al passeggio ilmedico leggeva o fumava laltro a giudicarne dalla immobilità dellosguardo pareva assorto in una sola irremovibile idea In paesecorreva voce che il _signore_ fosse malato di cervello per eccessivaapplicazione agli studi e avesse appunto abbandonata la città perritemprarsi nella buonaria dei montiIn fatti dopo un mese di vita campestre a dire dei paesani _ilsignore aveva fatto una ciera più lustra_ I suoi denti di alabastrobrillavano più spesso nel sorriso dellamorevolezza che non in quellodella ironia mefistofelicaUsciva più sovente al passeggio Si intratteneva sulla piazzetta audire i colloqui dei contadini a veder giuocare i fanciulli Ricevevaqualche visita alla sera Il curato il sindaco ed il farmacista eranodivenuti assidui nella sua sala ed egli stava le lunghe ore adascoltare le loro polemiche religiose e politicheIl curato il sindaco e il farmacista di C per lui rappresentavanoi tre partiti la eterna invariabile trinità del pensiero umano che asuo credere era cominciata nella mente dei tre primi abitatoridelluniversoIl curato rappresentava il _non possumus_ la forza reazionariaIl sindaco il liberale _moderato o moderatore_Il farmacista luomo del progresso ad ogni costo lutopistarivoluzionario che non ammette intervallo tra il pensiero e lazioneQuesti tre principii come ognuno può immaginare si detestavanocordialmente e il loro attrito era scabro e sfavillante come quellodellacciaio colla pietraCiò nullameno il curato il sindaco e il farmacista venivano ognisera ad occupare nella sala del _signore_ tre lati di un tavolo copertodi ricco tappetoNel centro di quel tavolo quegli spiriti eterogenei intollerantiirreconciliabili avevano trovato un punto di coincidenza simpaticaEra unimmane bottiglia unanfora imponente e generosa il cui sugoinesauribile produceva nei tre antagonisti il doppio effetto dirifiammare gli ardori politici e di ammorbidire le gole Il curato ilsindaco e il farmacista pigliavano un gusto matto a bisticciarsi e acontraddirsi in quel tiepido ambiente dove la più gustosa dellebevande era sempre là per estinguere ogni ardore di sete e dientusiasmoEssi amavano il buon vino con esemplare concordia e siccome il buonvino non corre le bettole e le cantine del volgo così la lororipulsione politica si era mutata in attrazione pel fascino di unbarolo squisitoIl curato si scusavaForse che alla chiesa non conveniamo tuttiuomini dabbene e peccatori papisti e scomunicati intorno allaltaredel Dio uno e veroE il farmacista riflettevaDinanzi alla malattia non conoscoavversarii politici io prodigo i miei medicinali anche ai vilimoderati che vorrei avvelenare di arsenico La malattia e la setestanno al di sopra di ogni rancore di partitoIl sindaco nella sua qualità di moderato credeva dar prova disublime tolleranza trincando coi due partiti estremiDi qual modo si erano introdotti nella casa delleccentrico _signore_tre individui di opinioni così avverseIl signore li aveva _conquistati_ nei primi tempi del suo soggiorno inpaese Ciascuno alla sua volta il curato il sindaco e il farmacistaavevano ricevuto dal forestiere una carta di visita ed un autografoaccompagnato da un biglietto a stampa di effetto miracolosoSulle carte di visita era impresso uno stemma gentilizio sovrappostoad una parola enigmatica che i tre sapienti del villaggio non avevanoosato interpretare _Abrakadabra_I biglietti a stampa erano altrettanti boni della banca nazionale delvalore di cinquecento franchi cadaunoLe tre lettere determinavano lo scopo e lindirizzo delloblazioneLa prima al curato per _lobolo di San Pietro_La seconda al sindaco pel monumento a Vittorio EmanueleLa terza al farmacista da suddividersi fra le due collette promosseda Garibaldi e da Mazzini pel _milione di fucili e pel soccorso allalibera stampa_Il curato il sindaco e il farmacista nellaprire quellinattesodispaccio nel constatare le intenzioni del generoso oblatore sierano fregati le mani a versarne sangue esclamando con enfasi dapartigiani il _signore_ è dei nostriEd ecco per quale impulso i tre avversari politici del paesello sierano recati a visitare il _signore_ coincidendo intorno alla grossabottiglia che poi doveva riavvicinarli quotidianamente a discutere igrandi problemi della politica mondialeDurante la polemica il contegno del _signore_ era sempre enigmaticoTaceva con disperante costanza La sua fronte spaziosa a volte sicorrugava i suoi occhi profondi vibravano lampi le labbra tumide esorridenti si contraevano e i denti si serravano con sinistrocigolioPareva chegli facesse uno sforzo violento contro gli impeti dellapropria volontà per reprimere un torrente di idee e di parole chetentavano prorompereQuelle crisi erano passeggiere ma atterrivano gli oratori eimponevano agli entusiasmi della loro facondiaUn silenzio solenne regnava per qualche tempo nella

Produced by Carlo Traverso Claudio Paganelli and theOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetCESARE CANTÙMARGHERITA PUSTERLARACCONTO STORICOQuarantesima Edizione Milanese con incisioniMILANOLIBRERIA DI EDUCAZIONE E DISTRUZIONE DI PAOLO CARRARA EDITOREProprietà LetterariaLEDITORE AI LETTORINel 1834 lautore di questo libro trovavasi nelle prigioni di StatodellAustria Il suo processante Paride Zajotti trentino era letteratoe però conscio del tormento che maggiore dar si può ad un letteratoquel di privarlo di ogni mezzo di leggere e di scrivere Brutalità tantopeggiore in quanto al fine dellinquisizione si dovette dichiarare chenon reggevano alla prova neppure gli _indizj_ e i _sospetti_ pei quali erastato sì lungamente carcerato e in quanto agli altri detenuti nonletterati si permetteva perfino di abbonarsi a gabinetti di letturaIn quella atroce solitudine il Cantù trovò modo di farsidellinchiostro col fumo della candela penna cogli steccadenti e su cartestraccie dategli per altri usi scrisse il presente romanzo Egli siricordava del fatto in di grosso e dei tempi gli mancavano i nomi proprj ele date sicure talchè i personaggi nacquero con nomi suppositizjsiccome variarono alcune circostanze di fatto allorchè sprigionatopotè limare il suo lavoro e dopo lunga quarantena alla censura diVienna perchè la censura milanese non credette poterlo ammettere ildiede alla stampaQuesti fatti non importano al pubblico eppure sono tuttaltro cheindifferenti per intendere molte parti del lavoro nel quale lautore volleritrarre o forse non volendo ritrasse i proprj patimenti e le proprieconsolazioni sotto figura altrui mentre Silvio Pellico aveva in personadipinto i suoiBensì è noto con quanto favore fu questo romanzo accolto in Italia etradotto in tutte le culte lingue Ciò non recherebbe meravigliagiacchè è fortuna comune a quasi tutti i libri di tal genere Benimporta laccertare che il successo della _Margherita Pusterla_ si sostennedopo il primo bollore e da quarantanni va ristampandosi continuamente inedizioni numerose prova di meriti intrinseci e letterarj e politici emorali indipendenti dalla moda e dalla novitàTestè uno di quei critici a cui pute ciò che sa di italianolagnavasi che in tanti romanzi e drammi nostri non apparisse un tipo didonna Al tempo stesso il barone Niccola Taccone Gallucci lodato autoredel _Saggio dEstetica_ in un lavoro sull_Arte cristiana_ asseriva chepoeti ed interpreti del perfetto pensiero dellepoca moderna e dellafede viva profondi scrutatori degli affetti romantici sono il Manzoni ilCantù ed il GrossiE soggiungevaIl Cantù che insieme al Manzoni e al Grossi formano il triumviratodirei quasi dellepoca più prospera della moderna poesia italiana sifa a sublimare la beltà del patire con la squisita pittura dellamoredella sofferenza della rassegnazione della morte della sua MargheritaPusterla Laffanno dellaffetto terreno negli ultimi istanti della suavita è patetico in quelle parole che suonano angosciose in ogni cuore_Morire morire così giovane e morire innocente_ Ma nello estremoquadro del dolore terribile e divinamente malinconico risalta una moraleleggiadria ed una purità di colorito che seduce nel martirio anche sulpalcoLa nobile figura di frate Buonvicino limmagine più perfettadellideale ascetico e cavalleresco che collocato accanto alla bellaMargherita guarda il cielo e mormora quelle sublimi parole _Lassùsono le speranze che non falliscono mai_ manifesta il generoso caratterela fede linvincibile fiducia lineffabile amore del Cantù che arrivafino allapogeo dellideale doloroso e malinconico allorchè la facciadi Margherita fatta più pallida si volge anchella cogli occhilagrimosi al cielo e si fa santa nel Dio padre degli infeliciesclamando _Signore la volontà vostra e non la mia_1Noi dunque facendo questa 42ª edizione sotto gli occhi dellautorepensiamo ben meritare della moralità e della letteratura diffondendo unlibro che crediamo rinvigorisca il sentimento del nobile e del giustomediante lamore pei buoni e lindignazione pei ribaldiMilano maggio 1880 Lettor mio hai tu spasimato No Questo libro non è per te 1833CAPITOLO PRIMOLA PARATAEntrando il marzo del 1340 i Gonzaga signori di Mantova avevano aperta unacorte bandita nella loro città con tavole disposte a chiunque venissecon musici saltambanchi buffoni fontane che sprizzavano vino tuttainsomma la pompa colla quale i tirannelli surrogatisi ai liberi governi inLombardia procuravano di stordire i generosi allettare i vani edabbagliare la plebe sempre ingorda dietro a queste luccicanti apparenzeFra i tremila cavalieri concorsi a quella festa con grande sfoggio dabiticolle più belle armadure che uscissero dalle fucine di Milano condestrieri ferrati persino dargento verano comparsi molti Milanesi perfare la corte al giovinetto Bruzio figliuolo naturale di Luchino Viscontisignor di Milano Sono fra essi ricordati Giacomo Aliprando MatteoVisconti fratello di Galeazzo e di Bernabò che poi divennero principiil Possidente di Gallarate il Grande de Crivelli e sovra gli altrisegnalato Franciscolo Pusterla il più ricco possessore di Lombardia esarebbesi potuto dire il più felice se la felicità potesse con beniumani assicurarsi e se da quella non fosse precipitato al fondo dognimiseria come il processo del nostro racconto dimostrerà2Questi campioni milanesi avevano riportato il premio della giostra ivicombattutasi il quale consisteva in un superbo puledro del valore di 400zecchini nero come una pece colla gualdrappa color di cielo ricamata adargento in un altro mezzano di grossezza baio di colore e balzano di duepiedi oltre a due abiti uno di scarlatto laltro di sciamito foderato divaio Per farne mostra erano i vincitori girati trionfalmente per CremonaPiacenza e Pavia donde serano vôlti dalla patria appunto il 20 Marzodellanno predetto Liete accoglienze ricevevano per tutto poichè unistinto dominante e pericoloso delluomo fece al valore fortunato tributarerispetto ed ammirazione in ogni tempo ma più ancora in quello tutto diforza materiale I signorotti poi vedeano volontieri che il coraggio siesercitasse in tornei e finte battaglie come in altre età viderovolontieri sfogato lumore curioso e contenzioso in fazioni da teatro e inletterarj garriti Perciò anche da Milano uscì ad incontrare i prodiuna cavalcata della Corte e de più nobili che ricevutili nellosplendido castello di Belgioioso voltarono con essi alla cittàEntrati con solenne pompa per la via di SantEustorgio attraversato quelsobborgo già cinto di mura e chiamato la Cittadella vennero alla portaTicinese

Produced by Marilynda FraserCunliffe Graeme Mackreth andthe Online Distributed Proofreading Team athttpwwwpgdpnetModern Religious Cults and MovementsWorks byGaius Glenn Atkins_Modern Religious Cults and Movements_Dr Atkins has written a noteworthy and valuable book dealing with thenew cults some of which have been much to the fore for a couple ofdecades past such as Faith Healing Christian Science New ThoughtTheosophy and Spiritualism etc 250_The Undiscovered Country_Dr Atkins work throughout is marked by clarity of presentationpolished diction and forceful phrasing A firm grasp of the elementaltruths of Christian belief together with an unusual ability to interpretmundane experiences in terms of spiritual reality 150_Jerusalem Past and Present_One of the books that will help to relieve us of the restless cravingfor excitement and to make clear that we can read history truly only aswe read it as His Storyand that we attain our best only as the hopeof the soul is realized by citizenship in the City of God_BaptistWorld_ 125_Pilgrims of the Lonely Road_A very unusual group of studies of the great mystics and shows realinsight into the deeper experience of the religious life_ChristianWork_ 200_A Rendezvous with Life_Life is represented as a journey with various inns along the waysuch as Days End Weeks End Months End Years Endall suggestiveof certain experiences and duties Paper 25 ctsModern Religious Cults and MovementsByGAIUS GLENN ATKINS DD LHD_Minister of the First Congregational Church Detroit MichAuthor of Pilgrims of the Lonely Road The Undiscovered Countryetc_New York ChicagoFleming H Revell CompanyLondon and EdinburghCopyright 1923 by FLEMING H REVELL COMPANYNew York 158 Fifth AvenueChicago 17 North Wabash AveLondon 21 Paternoster SquareEdinburgh 75 Princes Street_To EMC__Whose constant friendship through changing years has been like the fireupon his hearthstone a glowing gift and a grateful memory_IntroductionThe last thirty years though as dates go this is only an approximationhave witnessed a marked development of religious cults and movementslargely outside the lines of historic Catholicism and Protestantism Oneof these cults is strongly organized and has for twenty years grown morerapidly in proportion than most of the Christian communions Theinfluence of others more loosely organized is far reaching Some ofthem attempt to give a religious content to the present trend of scienceand philosophy and generally they represent the free movement of whatone may call the creative religious consciousness of our timeThere is of course a great and constantly growing literature dealingwith particular cults but there has been as yet apparently no attemptto inquire whether there may not be a few unexpectedly simple centersaround which in spite of their superficial differences they reallyorganize themselvesWhat follows is an endeavour in these directions It is really a verygreat task and can at the best be only tentatively done Whoeverundertakes it may well begin by confessing his own limitationsContemporaneous appraisals of movements upon whose tides we ourselvesare borne are subject to constant revision Ones own prejudices nomatter how strongly one may deal with them colour ones conclusionsparticularly in the region of religion The really vast subject matteralso imposes its own limitations upon even the most sincere studentunless he has specialized for a lifetime in his theme even then hewould need to ask the charity of his readersGround has been broken for such an endeavour in many differentdirections Broadly considered William James Varieties of ReligiousExperience was perhaps the pioneer work Professor James suggestiveanalyses recognize the greatly divergent forms religious experience maytake and establish their right to be taken seriously as valid facts forthe investigator The whole tendency of organized ChristianityandProtestantism more largely than Catholicismhas been to narrowreligious experience to accepted forms but religion itself is impatientof forms It has its borderlands shadowy regions which lie between theacceptance of what Sabatier calls the religions of authority on theone hand and the conventional types of piety or practical goodness onthe other Those who find their religion in such regionsone mightperhaps call them the borderland peoplediscover the authority fortheir faith in philosophies which for the most part have not thesanction of the schools and the demonstration of the reality of theirfaith in personal experience for which there is very little proof excepttheir own testimonyand their testimony itself is often confusedenoughBut James made no attempt to relate his governing conceptions toparticular organizations and movements save in the most general wayHis fundamentals the distinction he draws between the onceborn andthe twiceborn between the religion of healthymindedness and theneed of the sick soul the psychological bases which he supplies forconversation and the rarer religious experiences are immenselyilluminating but all this is only the nebulæ out of which religions areorganized into systems the systems still remain to be consideredThere has been of late a new interest in Mysticism itself a borderlandword strangely difficult of definition yet meaning generally thepersuasion that through certain spiritual disciplinescommonly calledthe mystic waywe may come into a firsthand knowledge of God and thespiritual order in no sense dependent upon reason or sense testimonySome modern movements are akin to mysticism but they cannot all befairly included in any history of mysticism Neither can they beincluded in any history of Christianity some of them completely ignorethe Christian religion some of them press less central aspects of itout of all proportion one of them undertakes to recast Christianity inits own moulds but certainly gives it a quality in so dealing with itwhich cannot be supported by any critical examination of the Gospels orconsidered as the logical development of Christian dogma Here arereally new adventures in religion with new gospels new prophets and newcreeds They need to be twice approached once through an examination ofthose things which are fundamental in religion itself for they havebehind them the power of what one may call the religious urge and theywill ultimately stand as they meet with a measure of finality thoseneeds of the soul of which religion has always been the expression orfall as they fail to meet them But since some limitation or other inthe types of Christianity which are dominant amongst us has given themtheir opportunity they must also be approached through someconsideration of the Christianity against which they have reactedUnsatisfied needs of the inner life have unlocked the doors

Produced by Mary StarrROWDY OF THE CROSS LBy BM Sinclair AKA B M BowerCONTENTS 1 Lost in a Blizzard 2 Miss Conroy Refuses Shelter 3 Rowdy Hires a New Boss 4 Pink as Chappyrone 5 At Home at Cross L 6 A Shot From the Dark 7 Rowdy in a Tough Place 8 Pink in a Threatening Mood 9 Moving the Herd 10 Harry Conroy at Home 11 Rowdy Promoted 12 You Can Tell Jessie 13 Rowdy Finds HappinessCHAPTER 1 Lost in a BlizzardRowdy Vaughanhe had been christened Rowland by his mother andrechristened Rowdy by his cowboy friends who are prone to treat withmuch irreverence the names bestowed by motherswas not happy He stoodin the stirrups and shook off the thick layer of snow which clung dampand closepacked to his coat The dull yellow folds were full of ithis gray hat pulled low over his purple ears was heaped with it Hereached up a gloved hand and scraped away as much as he could wrappedthe longskirted sourdough coat around his numbed legs then settledinto the saddle with a shiver of distaste at the plight he was in andwished himself back at the Horseshoe BarDixie standing kneedeep in a drift shook himself much after themanner of his master perhaps he also wished himself back at theHorseshoe Bar He turned his head to look back blinking at the snowwhich beat insistently in his eyes he could not hold them open longenough to see anything however so he twitched his ears pettishly andgave over the attemptIts up to you old boy Rowdy told him resignedly Im plumb lost Inever was in this damn country before anyhowand I sure wish I wasnthere now If youve any idea where were at Im dead willing to haveyou pilot the layout Never mind Chub locating his feed when its stuckunder his nose is his limitChub lifted an ear dispiritedly when his name was spoken but as wasusually the case he heard no good of himself and dropped his headagain No one took heed of him no one ever did His part was to carryVaughans bed and to follow unquestionably where Vaughan and Dixiemight lead He was cold and tired and hungry but his faith in hismaster was strong the responsibility of finding shelter before the darkcame down rested not with himVaughan pressed his chilled knees against Dixies ribs but the handupon the reins was carefully noncommittal so that Dixie having nosuggestion of his masters wish ventured to indulge his own He turnedtail squarely to the storm and went straight ahead Vaughan put hishands deep into his pockets snuggled farther down into the sheepskincollar of his coat and rode passive enduringThey brought up against a wire fence and Vaughan rousing from hisapathy tried to peer through the white shifting wall of the stormYoure a swell guidenot he remarked to the horse Now you youhike down this fence till you locate a gate or a corner or any darnedthing and I dont give a cuss if the snow does get in your eyes Itsyour own faultDixie sneezing the snow from his nostrils turned obediently Chubhis feet dragging wearily in the snow trailed patiently behind Half anhour of this and it seemed as if it would go on foreverThrough the swirl Vaughan could see the posts standing forlornly inthe snow with sixteen feet of blizzard between at no time could hedistinguish more than two or three at once and there were long minuteswhen the wall stood blank and shifting just beyond the first postThen Dixie lifted his head and gazed questioningly before him his earspointed forwardsentient strainedand whinnied shrill challengeHe hurried his steps dragging Chub out of the beginnings of a dreamVaughan straightened and took his hands from his pocketsOut beyond the dim wavering outline of the farthest post came answerto the challenge A mysterious vague shape grew impalpably upon thestrained vision a horse sneezed then nickered eagerly Vaughan drew upand waitedHello he called cheerfully Pleasant day this Out for yourhealthThe shape hesitated as though taken aback by the greeting and therewas no answer Vaughan puzzled rode closerSay dont talk so fast he yelled I cant follow yuhWhowho is it The voice sounded perturbed and it was moreover thevoice of a womanVaughan pulled up short and swore into his collar Women are not as arule to be met out on the blank prairie in a blizzard His voice whenhe spoke again was not ironical as it had been it was placatingI beg your pardon he said I thought it was a man Im looking forthe Cross L you dont happen to know where it is do yuhNoI dont she declared dismally I dont know where any place isIm teaching school in this neighborhoodor in some other I was goingto spend Sunday with a friend but this storm came up and ImlostSame here said Rowdy pleasantly as though being lost was a matterfor congratulationOh I was in hopesSo was I so were even there Well have to pool our chances I guessAny gate down that wayor havent you followed the fenceI followed it for miles and milesit seemed It must be some big fieldof the Cross L but they have so very many big fieldsAnd you couldnt give a rough guess at how far it is to the CrossLinsinuatinglyHe could vaguely see her shake of head Ordinarily it should be aboutsix miles beyond Rodways where I board But I havent the haziest ideaof where Rodways place is you see so that wont help you much Imall at sea in this snow Her voice was ruefulWell if you came up the fence theres no use going back that way andtheres sure nothing made by going away from itthats the way

Produced by Michael Ciesielski Annika Feilbach and theOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetCOCOA AND CHOCOLATE_Their History from Plantation to Consumer_ByARTHUR W KNAPPB Sc Bham FIC B Sc Lond Member of the Society ofPublic Analysts Member of the Society of Chemical Industry Fellowof the Institute of Hygiene Research Chemist to Messrs CadburyBros LtdLONDONCHAPMAN AND HALL LTD1920PREFACEAlthough there are several excellent scientific works dealing in adetailed manner with the cacao bean and its products from the variousview points of the technician there is no comprehensive modern workwritten for the general reader Until that appears I offer this littlebook which attempts to cover lightly but accurately the whole groundincluding the history of cacao its cultivation and manufacture This isa small book in which to treat of so large a subject and to avoidprolixity I have had to generalise This is a dangerous practice forwhat is gained in brevity is too often lost in accuracy brevity may bealways the soul of wit it is rarely the body of truth The expert willfind that I have considered him in that I have given attention to recentdevelopments and if I have talked of the methods peculiar to one placeas though they applied to the whole world I ask him to consider me bysupplying the inevitable variations and exceptions himselfThe book though short has taken me a long time to write having beenwritten in the brief breathing spaces of a busy life and it would neverhave been completed but for the encouragement I received from MessrsCadbury Bros Ltd who aided me in every possible way I amparticularly indebted to the present Lord Mayor of Birmingham Mr WACadbury for advice and criticism and to Mr Walter Barrow for readingthe proofs The members of the staff to whom I am indebted are Mr WPickard Mr EJ Organ Mr TB Rogers also Mr A Hackett for whomthe diagrams in the manufacturing section were originally made by MrJW Richards I am grateful to Messrs JS Fry and Sons Limited forinformation and photographs In one or two cases I do not know whom tothank for the photographs which have been culled from many sources Ihave much pleasure in thanking the following Mr R Whymper for a largenumber of Trinidad photos the Director of the Imperial Institute andMr John Murray for permission to use three illustrations from theImperial Institute series of handbooks to the Commercial Resources ofthe Tropics M Ed Leplae DirectorGeneral of Agriculture Belgiumfor several photos the blocks of which were kindly supplied by Mr HHamel Smith of _Tropical Life_ Messrs Macmillan and Co for fivereproductions from CJJ van Halls book on _Cocoa_ and _West Africa_for four illustrations of the Gold CoastThe photographs reproduced on pages 2 23 39 47 49 and 71 are byJacobson of Trinidad on pages 85 and 86 by Underwood Underwood ofLondon and on page 41 by Mrs Stanhope Lovell of TrinidadThe industry with which this book deals is changing slowly from an artto a science It is in a transition period it is one of the humours ofany live industry that it is always in a transition period There aremany indications of scientific progress in cacao cultivation and nowthat in addition to the experimental and research departments attachedto the principal firms a Research Association has been formed for thecocoa and chocolate industry the increased amount of diffusedscientific knowledge of cocoa and chocolate manufacture should give riseto interesting developmentsAW KNAPPBirmingham _February 1920_CONTENTS PAGEPREFACE vINTRODUCTION 1CHAPTER ICOCOA AND CHOCOLATEA SKETCH OF THEIR HISTORY 5CHAPTER IICACAO AND ITS CULTIVATION 17CHAPTER IIIHARVESTING AND PREPARATION FOR THE MARKET 45With a dialogue on The Kind of Cacao the Manufacturers LikeCHAPTER IVCACAO PRODUCTION AND SALE 81With notes on the chief producing areas cacao markets and theplanters lifeCHAPTER VTHE MANUFACTURE OF COCOA AND CHOCOLATE 119CHAPTER VITHE MANUFACTURE OF CHOCOLATE

Produced by Juliet Sutherland Colin Bell and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetIllustration Go back he saidTHE RED BOOK OF HEROESBY MRS LANGEDITED BY ANDREW LANGIllustrationWITH 8 COLOURED PLATES AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONSBY A WALLIS MILLSLONGMANS GREEN AND CO39 PATERNOSTER ROW LONDONNEW YORK BOMBAY AND CALCUTTA1909All rights reservedPREFACELife is not all beer and skittles said a reflective sportsman andall books are not fairy tales In an imperfect state of existence thepeety of it is that we cannot have all things as we would like themUndeniably we would like all books to be fairy tales or novels and atpresent most of them are But there is another side to things and wemust face it Life is real life is earnest as Tennyson tells ussaid an orator to whom I listened lately and though Longfellow notTennyson wrote the famous line quoted by the earnest speaker yet thereis a good deal of truth in it The word earnest like many other goodwords has been overdone It is common to sneer at earnest workersyet where would we be without them especially in our climateIn a Polynesian island where the skies for ever smile and the blacksfor ever dance earnestness is superfluous The breadfruit treedelivers its rolls punctually every morning strawberries or otherfruits as nice spring beneath the feet of the dancers the cavern inthe forest provides a roof and shelter from the sun the sea supplies aswimmingbath and man in time of peace has only to enjoy himself eatand drink laugh and love sing songs and tell fairy tales His draperyis woven of fragrant flowers nobody is poor and anxious about foodnobody is rich and afraid of losing his money nobody needs to think ofhelping others he has only to put forth his hand or draw his bow orswing his fishingrod and help himself To be sure in time of war manhas just got to be earnest and think out plans for catching andspearing his enemies and drill his troops and improve his weapons infact to do some work or have his throat cut and be put in the oven andeaten Thus it is really hard for the most fortunate people to avoidbeing earnest now and thenThe people whose stories are told in this book were very different fromeach other in many ways The child abbess Mère Angélique ruling herconvent and at war with naughty abbesses who hated being earnest doesnot at once remind us of Hannibal The great Montrose with his poemsand his scented lovelocks his devotion to his cause his chivalry hisdeath to which he went gaily clad like a bridegroom to meet his bridedoes not seem a companion for Palissy the Potter all black and shrunkand wrinkled and bowed over his furnaces It is a long way from gentleMiss Nightingale tending wounded dogs when a child and woundedsoldiers when a woman to Charles Gordon playing wild tricks at schoolleading a Chinese army watching alone at Khartoum in a circle of cruelfoes for the sight of the British colours and the sounds of thebagpipes that never met his eyes and earsBut these people and all the others whose stories are told had this incommon that they were in earnest though we may be sure that they didnot go about with talk of earnestness for ever in their mouths It camenatural to them they could not help it they liked it their heartswere set on two things to do their very best and to keep their honourThe Constant Prince suffered hunger and cold and long imprisonment allto keep the bird in his bosom as the old Cavalier said to be true tohonour I will carry with me honour and fidelity to the grave saidMontrose and he kept his word though his enemies gave him no gravebut placed his head and limbs on spikes in various towns of his countryBut now his grave in St Giless Church in Edinburgh is the mostbeautiful and honourable in Scotland adorned with his stainlessscutcheon and with those of Napiers and Grahams his kindred and hisfriends The grave of March the grave of Gwythar The grave of Gugann Gleddyvrudd A mystery to the world the grave of Arthursays the old Welsh poem and unknown as the grave of Arthur is the graveof Gordon The desert wind may mingle his dust with the sand the Nilemay sweep it to the sea as the Seine bore the ashes of that martyr ofhonour the Maid of France The whole earth is brave mens commonsepulchre says the Greek their tombs may be without mark or monumentbut honour comes a pilgrim grey to the sacred places where men cannotgo in pilgrimageWe see what honour they had of men the head of Sir Thomas More thehead of Montrose were exposed to mockery in public places the ashes ofJeanne dArc were thrown into the river Gordons body lies unknown buttheir honour is eternal in human memory It was really for honour thatSir Thomas More suffered it was not possible for him to live withoutthe knowledge that his shield was stainless It was for honour ratherthan for religion that the child Angélique Arnauld gave up amusement andpleasure and everything that is dear to a girl young wittybeautiful and gay and put on the dress of a nun Later she worked forthe sake of duty and religion but honour was her first mistress andshe could not go back from her plighted wordThese people were born to be what they were to be examples to all of usthat are less nobly born and like a quiet easy merry life We cannotall be Gordons Montroses Angéliques but if we read about them andthink about them a touch of their nobility may come to us and surelyour honour is in our own keeping We may try never to do a mean thingor a doubtful thing a thing that Gordon would not have been tempted todo though we are tempted more tempted

Produced by Paul Ereaut Jason Isbell and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetIN THE YULELOG GLOWCHRISTMAS TALES FROM ROUND THE WORLDSic as folk tell ower at a winter ingle_Scott_EDITED BYHARRISON S MORRISTHREE VOLUMES IN ONEBook IIPHILADELPHIAJ B LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1900Copyright 1891 by J B LIPPINCOTT COMPANYPRINTED BY J B LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PHILADELPHIACONTENTS OF BOOK IICHRISTMAS WITH THE BARON_By Angelo J Lewis_A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE_By Harrison S Morris_SALVETTE AND BERNADOU_From the French of Alphonse Daudet__By Harrison S Morris_THE WOLF TOWERTHE PEACE EGG_By Juliana Horatia Ewing_A STORY OF NUREMBERG_By Agnes Repplier_A PICTURE OF THE NATIVITY BY FRA FILIPPO LIPPI_By Vernon Lee_MELCHIORS DREAM_By Juliana Horatia Ewing_MR GRAPEWINES CHRISTMAS DINNER_By Harrison S Morris_ILLUSTRATIONS BOOK IITHE DAUGHTER OF THE BARONTHE HOSPITALMUMMERSA HILLY COUNTRY _A Droll Chapter by a Swiss Gossip_ I here beheld an agreeable old fellow forgetting age and showing the way to be young at sixtyfive _Goldsmith_CHRISTMAS WITH THE BARONIOnce upon a timefairy tales always begin with once upon a timeonceupon a time there lived in a fine old castle on the Rhine a certainBaron von Schrochslofsleschshoffinger You will not find it an easy nameto pronounce in fact the baron never tried it himself but once andthen he was laid up for two days afterwards so in future we will merelycall him the baron for shortness particularly as he was rather adumpy manAfter having heard his name you will not be surprised when I tell youthat he was an exceedingly bad character For a baron he was consideredenormously rich a hundred and fifty pounds a year would not be thoughtmuch in this country but still it will buy a good deal of sausagewhich with wine grown on the estate formed the chief sustenance of thebaron and his familyNow you will hardly believe that notwithstanding he was the possessorof this princely revenue the baron was not satisfied but oppressedand ground down his unfortunate tenants to the very last penny he couldpossibly squeeze out of them In all his exactions he was seconded andencouraged by his steward Klootz an old rascal who took a maliciouspleasure in his masters cruelty and who chuckled and rubbed his handswith the greatest apparent enjoyment when any of the poor landholderscould not pay their rent or afforded him any opportunity foroppressionNot content with making the poor tenants pay double value for the landthey rented the baron was in the habit of going round every now andthen to their houses and ordering anything he took a fancy to from afat pig to a pretty daughter to be sent up to the castle The prettydaughter was made parlormaid but as she had nothing a year and tofind herself it wasnt what would be considered by careful mothers aneligible situation The fat pig became sausage of courseThings went on from bad to worse till at the time of our storybetween the alternate squeezings of the baron and his steward the poortenants had very little left to squeeze out of them The fat pigs andpretty daughters had nearly all found their way up to the castle andthere was little left to takeIllustration The Daughter of the BaronThe only help the poor fellows had was the barons only daughter LadyBertha who always had a kind word and frequently something moresubstantial for them when her father was not in the wayNow Im not going to describe Bertha for the simple reason that if Idid you would imagine that she was the fairy Im going to tell youabout and she isnt However I dont mind giving you a few outlinesIn the first place she was exceedingly tinythe nicest girls thereal lovable little pets always are tinyand she had long silkenblack hair and a dear dimpled little face full of love and mischiefNow then fill up the outline with the details of the nicest andprettiest girl you know and you will have a slight idea of her Onsecond thoughts I dont believe you will for your portrait wouldnt behalf good enough however it will be near enough for youWell the barons daughter being all your fancy painted her and atrifle more was naturally much distressed at the goingson of herunamiable parent and tried her best to make amends for her fathersharshness She generally managed that a good many pounds of the sausageshould find their way back to the owners of the original pig and whenthe baron tried to squeeze the hand of the pretty parlormaid which heoccasionally did after dinner Bertha had only to say in a tone ofmild remonstrance Pa and he dropped the hand instantly and staredvery hard the other wayBad as this disreputable old baron was he had a respect for thegoodness and purity of his child Like the lion tamed by the charm ofUnas innocence the rough old rascal seemed to lose in her presencehalf his rudeness and though he used awful language to her sometimesI dare say even Unas lion roared occasionally he was more tractablewith her than with any other living being Her presence operated as amoral restraint upon him which possibly was the reason that he neverstayed downstairs after dinner but always retired to a favoriteturret which I regret to say he had got so in the way of doing everyafternoon that I believe he would have felt unwell without itThe hour of the barons afternoon symposium was the time selected byBertha for her errands of charity Once he was fairly settled down tohis second bottle off went Bertha with her maid beside her carrying abasket to bestow a meal on some of the poor tenants among whom she wasalways received with blessingsAt first these excursions had been undertaken principally fromcharitable motives and Bertha thought herself plentifully repaid in thelove and thanks of her grateful pensionersOf late however another cause had led her to take even strongerinterest in her walks and occasionally to come in with brighter eyesand a rosier cheek than the gratitude of the poor tenants had been wontto produceThe fact is some months before

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TWENTYTHIRDCounterchaseNIGHT THE TWENTYFOURTHConstantiaNIGHT THE TWENTYFIFTHThe Paying of the ScoreEPILOGUEBOOK IINGREDIENTS If the red slayer thinks he slays Or if the slain think he is slain They know not well the subtle ways I keep and pass and turn again EMERSON _Brahma_ The best kind of revenge is not to become like him MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUSPROLOGUEOtway told this story in a dugout which served for officers mess ofa fieldbattery somewhere near the Aisne but it has nothing to dowith the War He told it in snatches night by night after themanner of Scheherazade in the _Arabian Nights Entertainments_ and asa rule to an auditory of two Here is a full list of PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUENARRATOR Major Sir Roderick Otway Bart MC RFAAUDIENCE AND INTERLOCUTORS Lieut John Polkinghorne RFA of the Battery Sec Lieut Samuel Barham MC RFA of the Battery Sec Lieut Percy YarrellSmith RFA of the Battery Sec Lieut Noel Williams RFA attached for instructionBut military duties usually restricted the audience to two at a timethough there were three on the night when Barham Sammy set his COgoing with a paragraph from an old newspaper The captainoneMcInnes promoted from the ranksattended one stance only He dweltdown at the wagonlines along with the Veterinary Officer andbrought up the ammunition most nights vanishing back in the smallhours like a ghost before cockcrowThe battery lay somewhat wide to the right of its fellows in thebrigade in a saucershaped hollow on the hillside well screenedwith scrub Roughly it curved back from the straight lip overlookingthe slope in a threefifths segment of a circle and the officersmess made a short arc in it some way in rear of the gunsYou descended by steps cut in the soil and well pounded into adwelling rather commodious than large for Otwaywho knew aboutyachtshad taken a fancy to construct it nauticalwise with lockersthat served for seats at a narrow saloon table sleeping bunksexcavated along the sides and airholes like cabin toplightscunningly curtained by night under the shellproof coverIt cost us a week he wrote home to his sister to get the placeto my mind Since then we have been adding fancy touches almostdaily and now the other batteries froth with envy You see it hadto be contrived like the poets chest of drawers A double debt to pay Dosshouse by night and bagoftricks by dayAnd here we have lived now shooting and sleeping very littlesleeping for five solid weeks All leave being off I have falleninto this way of life almost without a thought that there ever hadbeen or could be another and feel as if my destiny were to go onat it for ever and ever And this at thirtyfive SallyIt must be ever so much worse for the youngsters one would sayAnyway I have had ten good years that they are missing Cambridge Henley Lords Ascot and hometotidy and afterwardsthe little Mercedes and you and I rolling in to Princes and thetheatre whilst good old Bob is for the House to take _his_exercises walking the lobbies clean linen after the bath and my ownsister beside meshe that always knew how to dressand the summerevening over Hyde Park Corner and the Green Park No I mustntgo on It is _verboten_ even to think of a white shirt until theBosch hangs out the tail of _his_My youngsters are missing all this I tell myself Yet they are acheerful crowd and keep smiling on their Papa The worst is a kindof paralysis seems to have smitten our home mails and generaltransport for close upon a fortnight No letters no parcelsbutone case of wine six weeks overdue with half the bottles in shardsno newspapers This last specially afflicts young Sammy Barham whois a glutton for the halfpenny press which again is odd because hiscomments on it are vitriolicNo booksthats the very worst Our mess library went astray inthe last move no great loss perhaps except for the _Irish RM_which I was reading for the nth time The only relic that survivesand follows us everywhere like an intelligent hound is a novel ofScottish sentiment entitled _But and Ben_ The heroine wearsp 2 a dress of some soft white clinging materialwhich mayaccount for it Young YSmith who professes to have read the workfrom cover to cover asserts that this material clings to herthroughout but I doubt the

Produced by David Newman Clare Boothby Linda Cantoniand the Online Distributed Proofreading Team athttpwwwpgdpnetRESONANCEINSINGING AND SPEAKINGBYTHOMAS FILLEBROWN MD DMDTWENTYONE YEARS PROFESSOR OF OPERATIVE DENTISTRY AND ORAL SURGERY INHARVARD UNIVERSITY MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION THEACADEMY OF DENTAL SCIENCE THE NEW ENGLAND OTOLOGICAL ANDLARYNGOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ETC LECTURER ON VOICE DEVELOPMENTTHIRD EDITIONIllustration THE MUSIC STUDENTS LIBRARYBOSTONOLIVER DITSON COMPANYNEW YORKCHAS H DITSON COCHICAGOLYON HEALY_Copyright MCMXI_BY OLIVER DITSON COMPANYInternational Copyright securedTranscribers Note Text in bold is surrounded by Text in italicsis surrounded by _TO THE MEMORY OFWILLIAM HASKELL STOCKBRIDGEPUPIL OF VANNUCCINI AND MY FIRST INSTRUCTOR IN VOICE CULTURE THISVOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATEDPREFACEEfforts to develop my own voice and the voices of my patients afteroperations for cleft palate aided by anatomical study resulted in aplan for the focusing and development of the human voice quitedifferent from any other yet published or so far as I know yetproposed This plan has proved so successful in my later life that Ifeel emboldened to offer it for the consideration of speakers andsingersWhile twentyfive years ago few of the principles here described wereacknowledged or even recognized within the last decade almost allhave been advocated separately by different teachers or writers Atthe present time therefore originality consists only in theclassification of the principles into a systematic progressive wholeand in arranging a simpler and more practical method of applying themthus making the desired results much more quickly attainableIt is attempted in this volume only to describe the value of eachelement in the production of the perfect tone and to demonstrate theprinciples which if properly and faithfully applied will develop thebest that is possible in each individual voice and prepare the pupilto enter upon the more advanced arts of speaking and singingIn 1903 I prepared a series of papers on _The Art of Vocalism_ whichwere published in _The Étude_ in May June and July of that yearThese articles are incorporated in this work In connection withdifferent organs and conditions important principles are stated andrestated This repetition is thought desirable in order that thefundamentals may be kept prominently before the mind and impressedupon the attentionI believe that a careful study of this volume will prove of essentialservice to teachers and advanced pupils of singing and oratoryespecially to young teachers just entering upon their duties Itsmethod will be found adapted to the instruction of pupils of allgrades from the kindergarten to the Conservatory of Music and theSchool of OratoryI shall be gratified if this outcome of years of experience constantstudy and tested methods shall prove helpful to those who seekmastery of the art of beautiful speaking and singingIllustration signature Thomas FillebrownCONTENTS PREFACE vii INTRODUCTION 1 I THE VOCAL INSTRUMENT 6 II THE SPEAKING VOICE AND PRONUNCIATION 16 III BREATH CONTROL 23 IV BREATHING EXERCISES 33 V REGISTERS 38 VI RESONANCE IN GENERAL 43 VII HEAD AND NASAL RESONANCE 51VIII PLACING THE VOICE 56 IX THROAT STIFFNESS 74 X SOME GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 77 XI THE PSYCHOLOGY OF VOCAL CULTURE 82 BOOKS CONSULTED 86 INDEX

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Produced by Roger Frank and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetTHE ALCHEMISTS SECRETBYISABEL CECILIA WILLIAMSP J KENEDY SONS44 BARCLAY STREET NEW YORKCOPYRIGHT 1910BYP J KENEDY SONSCONTENTS PAGETHE PASSING OF TONY 11THE TRAMP 27HE HATH PUT DOWN THE MIGHTY 42A MEMORABLE CHRISTMAS MORNING 58NANCYS TALE 72PATSY 88THREE EVENINGS IN A LIFE 103THE ELEVENTH HOUR 116THE STORY OF JULIE BENOIT 130PETER 150GODS WAY 165THE PASSING OF TONYLast mail in Mis BascombLast mails in TonyBe there anything for me tonightWidow Bascomb knew perfectly well there was not but she reached for asmall pile of letters in a pigeonhole on her right and glanced over themrapidly Her sour visage and rasping voice softened perceptibly as shesmiled on the little old man before herSorry Tony theres nothing for you tonightThank you Mis Bascomb praps itll come tomorrow and Tony turnedaway with a sigh and moved towards the doorA group of men were gathered around the stove smoking and exchangingthe gossip of the town These greeted him kindly as he passed and hereturned the greetings half absently Before opening the door the oldman stopped to give his woolen muffler one more turn around his neckPurty cold snap this he remarked to the company in general Looksas if wed have snow fore mornin and a white Christmas after allGoodnight Mis Bascomb goodnight boys A merry Christmas to youall and Tony stepped out into the frosty air of the December eveningHe sighed again as he turned up over the hill to the left and startedfor home It had been a long cold walk down to the village and itwould be equally long and even colder on the way back for a sharp windwas blowing directly in his face It was a bad night for an old man likeTony to be abroad and he was almost sorry that he had ventured out Butthere was his promise to Martha it would never do to break that Marthahad always been of a more hopeful turn of mind than he anyway Whileshe was still alive she had imparted to him the same spirit of trust andhopefulness which shone in her steady gray eyes but since God had takenMartha and left him all alone in the world of care and trouble life hadbeen hard indeedHe had promised Martha never to omit the daily visit to the postofficeto inquire for the letter which thus far had failed to arrive Marthahad been so sure that Sallie would write to them some day Sallietheir handsome wilful daughter who had passed out of their livesnearly fifteen years before He never blamed Sallie for wanting to leavethem what could a tiny village like this offer to one as clever aspretty as ambitious as Sallie had been The neighbors had said manyunkind things of Sallie but he heeded them not They had called hervain idle and silly they said the folks at the big house had spoiledher and put notions into her head They told him he did a foolish thingwhen he allowed her to go as maid to the lady of the

Produced by Keith Edkins and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetNEW WORDANALYSISORSCHOOL ETYMOLOGY OF ENGLISH DERIVATIVE WORDS_WITH PRACTICAL EXERCISES_INSPELLING ANALYZING DEFINING SYNONYMS ANDTHE USE OF WORDSBY WILLIAM SWINTONGOLD MEDALIST FOR TEXTBOOKS PARIS EXPOSITION 1878 AND AUTHOR OFSWINTONS GEOGRAPHIES OUTLINES OF THE WORLDSHISTORY LANGUAGE SERIES ETCNEW YORK CINCINNATI CHICAGOAMERICAN BOOK COMPANY_Copyright_ 1879BY WILLIAM SWINTONPREFACEThe present textbook is a newmodeling and rewriting of Swintons_WordAnalysis_ first published in 1871 It has grown out of a largeamount of testimony to the effect that the older book while valuable as amanual of methods in the hands of teachers is deficient in practiceworkfor pupilsThis testimony dictated a double procedure first to retain the old_methods_ secondly to add an adequate amount of new _matter_Accordingly in the present manual the few Latin roots and derivativeswith the exercises thereon have been retainedunder Part II The LatinElementas simply a _method of study_1 There have then been added inDivision II Abbreviated Latin Derivatives no fewer than two hundredand twenty Latin rootwords with their most important English offshoots Inorder to concentrate into the limited available space so large an amount ofnew matter it was requisite to devise a novel mode of indicating theEnglish derivatives What this mode is teachers will see in the sectionpages 50104 The author trusts that it will prove well suited toclassroom work and in many other ways interesting and valuable should itnot a good deal of labor both of the lamp and of the file will have beenmisplacedTo one matter of detail in connection with the Latin and Greek derivativesthe author wishes to call special attention the Latin and the Greek rootsare as keywords given in this book in the form of the _presentinfinitive_the present indicative and the supine being of courseadded For this there is one sufficient justification to wit that thepresent infinitive is the form in which a Latin or a Greek root is alwaysgiven in Webster and other received lexicographic authorities It is acurious fact that in all the school etymologies the present indicativeshould have been given as the root and is explicable only from theaccident that it is the keyform in the Latin dictionaries The change intoconformity with our English dictionaries needs no defense and willprobably hereafter be imitated by all authors of school etymologiesIn this compilation the author has followed in the main the last editionof Websters Unabridged the etymologies in which carry the authoritativesanction of Dr Mahn but reference has constantly been had to the works ofWedgwood Latham and Haldeman as also to the English Etymology of DrJames Douglass to whom the author is specially indebted in the Greek andAngloSaxon sectionsWSNEW YORK 1879CONTENTS PART I INTRODUCTION PAGE I ELEMENTS OF THE ENGLISH VOCABULARY 1 II ETYMOLOGICAL CLASSES OF WORDS 5 III PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES 5 IV RULES OF SPELLING USED IN FORMING DERIVATIVE WORDS 6 PART II THE LATIN ELEMENT I LATIN PREFIXES 9 II LATIN SUFFIXES 12 III DIRECTIONS IN THE STUDY OF LATIN DERIVATIVES 21 LATIN ROOTS AND ENGLISH DERIVATIVES 23 DIVISION I METHOD OF STUDY 23 DIVISION II ABBREVIATED LATIN DERIVATIVES 50 PART III THE GREEK ELEMENT I GREEK PREFIXES 105 II GREEK ALPHABET 106 GREEK ROOTS AND ENGLISH DERIVATIVES

Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team athttpwwwpgdpnet This file was produced from imagesgenerously made available by The Internet ArchiveAmericanLibrariesTHE NEW PENELOPEANDOTHER STORIES AND POEMSBYMrs Frances Fuller VictorSan FranciscoA L BANCROFT COMPANY PRINTERS1877Copyright 1877 byMRS FRANCES FULLER VICTORPREFACEThis collection consists of sketches of Pacific Coast life most ofwhich have appeared from time to time in the _Overland Monthly_ andother Western magazines If they have a merit it is because theypicture scenes and characters having the charm of newness andoriginality such as belong to border lifeThe poems embraced in the collection have been written at all periodsof my life and therefore cannot be called peculiarly Western But theyembody feelings and emotions common to all hearts East or West and assuch I dedicate them to my friends on the Pacific Coast but mostespecially in OregonPortland August 1877CONTENTSSTORIES PAGEThe New Penelope 9A Curious Interview 80Mr Elas Story 96On the Sands 112An Old Fool 132How Jack Hastings Sold His Mine 180What They Told Me at Wilsons Bar 197Miss Jorgensen 212Sam Rices Romance 231El Tesoro 247POEMSA Pagan Reverie 269Passing by Helicon 272Lost at Sea 275Twas June Not I 276Lines to a Lump of Virgin Gold 281Magdalena 284Repose 289Aspasia 291A Reprimand 296To Mrs 297Moonlight Memories 299Verses for M

Produced by Barbara Tozier Bill Tozier Janet Blenkinshipand the Online Distributed Proofreading Team athttpwwwpgdpnetIllustration That gardening is best which best ministers to mansfelicity with least disturbance of natures freedomThis is my study The tree in the middle of the picture is Barries elmI once lifted it between my thumb and finger but I was younger and thetree was smaller The dark tree in the foreground on the right is FelixAdlers hemlock Page 82THE AMATEUR GARDENBYGEORGE W CABLEILLUSTRATEDCHARLES SCRIBNERS SONSNEW YORK MCMXIV_Copyright 1914 by_CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS_Published October 1914_ CONTENTS PAGE MY OWN ACRE 1 THE AMERICAN GARDEN 41 WHERE TO PLANT WHAT 79 THE COTTAGE GARDENS OF NORTHAMPTON 107 THE PRIVATE GARDENS PUBLIC VALUE 129 THE MIDWINTER GARDENS OF NEW ORLEANS 163 ILLUSTRATIONS That gardening is best which best ministers to mans felicity with least disturbance of natures freedom _Frontis_ that suddenly falling wooded and broken ground where Mill River loiters through Paradise 6 On this green of the dryads lies My Own Acre 8 The beautiful millpond behind its high dam keeps the river full back to the rapids just above My Own Acre 12 A fountain where oneor twocan sit and hear it whisper 22 The bringing of the grove out on the lawn and the pushing of the lawn in under the grove was one of the early tasks of My Own Acre 24 Souvenir trees had from time to time been planted on the lawn by visiting friends 26 How the words were said which some of the planters spoke 28 Where are you going says the eye Come and see says the roaming line 34 The lane is open to view from end to end It has two deep bays on the side nearest the lawn 36 until the house itself seems as naturally to grow up out of the garden as the high keynote rises at the end of a ladys song

Produced by Paul Murray Richard J Shiffer and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetTranscribers Note Every effort has been made to replicate this textas faithfully as possible including obsolete and variant spellingsand other inconsistencies Text that has been changed to correct anobvious error is noted at the end of this ebook CRITICAL MISCELLANIES BY JOHN MORLEY VOL III Essay 9 The Expansion of England London MACMILLAN AND CO LIMITED NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1904THE EXPANSION OF ENGLAND Politics and History 291 In relation to the eighteenth century 294 Mr Green and his _History of the English People_ 297 The secession of the American colonies 300 The mechanical and industrial development of England 301 The Americans and Independence 303 The moral of Mr Seeleys book 305 Organisation in time of war 306 Sir Henry Parkes on Australia 307 Mr Archibald Forbes and the Australian colonies 313 Proposals made by the Earl of Dunraven regarding the colonies 316 The formation of an imperial Zollverein or Greater Customs Union 318 Sir Thomas Farrers _Fair Trade_ v _Free Trade_ 318 The colonies to be represented in the British Parliament 319 Lord Grey 320 Mr W E Forsters address on our Colonial Empire 321 The Newfoundland Fishery dispute 329 The Germanic Confederation 331 Conclusion 334THE EXPANSION OF ENGLANDThere is a vulgar view of politics which sinks them into a merestruggle of interests and parties and there is a foppish kind ofhistory which aims only at literary display which produces delightfulbooks hovering between poetry and prose These perversions accordingto me come from an unnatural divorce between two subjects whichbelong to one another Politics are vulgar when they are notliberalised by history and history fades into mere literature when itloses sight of its relation to practical politics These very justremarks are made by Mr Seeley in a new book which everybody has beenreading and which is an extremely interesting example of that unionof politics with history which its author regards as so useful or evenindispensable for the successful prosecution of either history orpolitics His lectures on the expansion of England contain asuggestive and valuable study of two great movements in our historyone of

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sperarlo sapendo che altra volta già mè statogeneralmente perdonato il rappresentare con tutta fiducia linternodellanima miaAL MARCHESETANCREDI FALLETTI DI BAROLOED ALLA MARCHESAGIULIETTA NATA COLBERTSUA CONSORTEOMAGGIO DELLAUTORELA MIA GIOVENTÙ Cor mundum crea in me Deus _Ps_ 50Lamento sui fuggiti anni primieri Che fecondi di speme Iddio mi dava E di ricchi damore alti pensieriTra giubili ed affanni io magitava Ed incessanti studi e bramosia Di sollevarmi dalla turba ignavaE spesso dentro al cor parola udìa Che diceami delluom sublimi cose Tali che desser uomo insuperbìaPupille aver credea sì generose Il mio intelletto che dovesser tutte Schiudersi a lui le verità nascoseE di ragion nelle più forti lutte Io mi scagliava indomito sognante Che sempre indagin lumi eccelsi frutteQuella vita arditissima ed amante Di scïenza e di gloria e di giustizia Alzarmi imprometteva a gioie santeNè sol fremeva dellaltrui nequizia Ma quando reo me stesso io discopriva Lore mi savvolgean donta e mestiziaPoi dal perturbamento io risalíva A proposti elevati ed a preghiere Me concitando a carità più vivaPerocchè mavvedea chuom possedere Stima non può di se medesmo e pace Sei non calca del Bel le vie sincereMa allor che fulger più parea la face Di mia virtù vi si mescea repente Dinnato orgoglio il lucicar fallaceE allor Dio si scostava da mia mente E a gravi rischi mi traea baldanza Ed infelice erio novellamenteSe così vissi in lunga titubanza Ondor vergogno ah tu pur sai mio Dio Che tremenda cingeami ostil possanzaSfavillante dingegno il secol mio Ma da irreligiose ire insanito Parlava audace ed ascoltavalioE perocchè tra suoi sofismi ordito Pur tralucea qualche pregevol lampo Spesso da quelli io mi sentìa irretitoEgli imprecando ogni maligno inciampo Sciogliea della ragion laudi stupende Ma insiem menava di bestemmie vampoEd io come colui che intento pende Da labbra eloquentissime e divine E ogni lor detto allalma gli sapprendeMeditando del secol le dottrine Inclinava i miei sensi alcuna volta Di servil riverenza entro il confineTardi vidio cha indegne colpe avvolta Era sua sapïenza e vidi tardi Chei debaccava per superbia stoltaTrasvolaron frattanto i dì gagliardi Della mia giovinezza e sovra mille Splendide larve io posto avea gli sguardiE nulla oprai che dalta luce brille E si sprecar fra inani desidèri Dellalma mia bollente le favilleLamento sui fuggiti anni primieri Che deccelse speranze ebbi fecondi E di ricchi damore alti pensieriMa sien grazie al Signor che ne profondi Delirii miei pur non sorrisi io mai Aglinimici suoi più furibondiSempre attraverso tutte nebbie i rai Del Vangel mi venian racconsolando Sempre la Croce occultamente amaiEd il maggior mio gaudio era allorquando In una chiesa io stava i dì beati Di mia credente infanzia rammentandoQue dì pieni di fede in che insegnati Dal caro mi venian labbro materno I portenti onde al ciel siamo appellatiDi nuovo fean di me poscia governo La incostanza gli esempi ed il timore Dellaltrui vile e tracotante schernoE lira tua mertai per tanto errore Ma glindelebili anni che passaro Ritesser non mè dato o mio SignorePresentarti non posso altro riparo Che duolo e preci e fè nel divo sangue Di cui non fosti sulla terra avaroPer chiunque a tuoi piè pentito langueA DIO Et anima mea illi vivet _Ps_ 21Duopo ho damarti e duopo ho che tu mami O tu che per amar mi desti un cuore Son mal fermi quaggiù tutti i legami Tu sei solo immutabile o Signore Samo creati cuor fa chio rïami In essi te che mi comandi amore Se daltri il braccio mi sostiene alquanto Sostenga essi con me tuo braccio santoOvanco intorno a me sien petti cari No mai bastar non ponno al mio conforto Spesso agitato da

Produced by Suzanne Lybarger Jacqueline Jeremy BrianJanes and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team athttpwwwpgdpnetTHE FIFTH WHEELIllustration Why Breck dont be absurd I wouldnt _marry_ you foranything in the world_Page 24_ THE FIFTH WHEEL _A NOVEL_ BY OLIVE HIGGINS PROUTY AUTHOR OF BOBBIE GENERAL MANAGER Illustration _WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS BY JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG_ NEW YORK FREDERICK A STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS _Copyright 1916 by_ FREDERICK A STOKES COMPANY _Copyright 1915 1916 by_ THE PHILLIPS PUBLISHING COMPANY _All rights reserved including that of translation into foreign languages_ DEDICATED TO MY MOTHERCONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I RUTH VARS COMES OUT 1 II BRECKENRIDGE SEWALL 10 III EPISODE OF A SMALL DOG 18 IV A BACKSEASON DÉBUTANTE 27 V THE UNIMPORTANT FIFTH WHEEL 36 VI BRECK SEWALL AGAIN 44 VII THE MILLIONS WIN 50 VIII THE HORSESHOW 56 IX CATASTROPHE 69 X A UNIVERSITY TOWN 80 XI A WALK IN THE RAIN 90 XII A DINNER PARTY 101 XIII LUCY TAKES UP THE NARRATIVE 112 XIV BOB TURNS OUT A CONSERVATIVE 124 XV ANOTHER CATASTROPHE 135 XVI A FAMILY CONFERENCE 142 XVII RUTH GOES TO NEW YORK 156 XVIII A YEAR LATER 166 XIX RUTH RESUMES HER OWN STORY 177 XX THE FIFTH WHEEL GAINS WINGS

Produced by Graeme Mackreth and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetBANZAIIllustration Thats the Japanese _Satsuma_ Togos _Satsuma_BANZAIBYPARABELLUMLEIPZIGTHEODOR WEICHER PUBLISHERNEW YORKTHE BAKER TAYLOR CO SALES AGENTS33 EAST 17TH STREET UNION SQUARECOPYRIGHT 1908 BYTHEODOR WEICHERCOPYRIGHT 1908 BYTHE BAKER TAYLOR CO_All rights reserved_ENTERED AT STATIONERS HALL LONDONPublished January 1909THE TROW PRESS NEW YORKCONTENTS PAGEFOREWORD viiINTRODUCTION ixCHAPTERIIN MANILA 1IION THE HIGH SEAS 34IIIHOW IT BEGAN 49IVECHOES IN NEW YORK 61VFATHER AND SON 69VIA NIGHT IN NEW YORK 77VIITHE RED SUN OVER THE GOLDEN GATE 96VIIIIN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH 105IXA FORTYEIGHTHOUR BALANCE 121XADMIRAL PERRYS FATE 142XICAPTAIN WINSTANLEY 171XIIARE YOU WINSTANLEY 185XIIITHE REVENGE FOR PORTSMOUTH 192XIVON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WHIRLPOOL 206XVA RAY OF LIGHT 211XVITHROUGH FIRE AND SMOKE 217XVIIWHAT HAPPENED AT CORPUS CHRISTI 228XVIIITHE BATTLE OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS 243XIXTHE ASSAULT ON HILGARD 272XXA FRIEND IN NEED 286XXIDARK SHADOWS 295XXIIREMEMBER HILGARD 306XXIIIIN THE WHITE HOUSE 312FOREWORDEvery American familiar with the modern international political horizonmust have experienced a feeling of solid satisfaction at the news that aformidable American fleet was to be dispatched to the waters of thePacific and the cruise of our warships has been followed with intenseinterest by every loyal citizen of our Republic The reasons thatrendered the long and dramatic voyage of our fleet most opportune areidentical with the motives that actuated the publication of thistranslation from the German of a work which exhibits a remarkable graspof facts coupled with a marvelously vivid power of description It is nosecret that our ships were sent to the Pacific to minimize the danger ofa conflict with our great commercial rival in the Far East if not toavert it altogether and _Banzai_ it seems to me should perform asimilar mission The graphic recital I take it is not intended toincite a feeling of animosity between two nations which have everyreason to maintain friendly relations but rather to call the attentionof the American people to the present woeful lack of preparedness andat the same time to assist in developing a spirit of sound patriotismthat prefers silent action to blatant braggadocio That the PacificOcean may become in truth the Peaceful Ocean and never resoundto the clash of American arms is the devout wish of one whobelievesimplicitlywith Moltke in the old proverb _Si vis pacempara bellum_If

Produced by Jeannie Howse David Clarke and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet Thisfile was produced from images generously made availableby The Internet ArchiveCanadian Libraries Transcribers Note Inconsistent hyphenation and unusual spelling in the original document has been preserved The style used by the author to record time is 60 rather than the modern 600 A number of obvious typographical errors have been corrected in this text For a complete list please see the end of this document LETTERS FROMFRANCEWRITTEN BYISAAC ALEXANDER MACKTHE YOUNGERLIEUTENANT OF THE11TH SUFFOLK REGIMENTAND LATERCAPTAIN OF THE101ST TRENCH MORTAR BATTERYPRIVATELY PRINTEDLETTERS FROM FRANCE 11TH SUFFOLKS BEF Monday January 10th 1916My darling MotherThis will probably be a long letter I hope you will not get boredwith it Please keep this letter and any that follow it so that atthe end of the war I may perhaps achieve fame as the author ofDrivellings of a young Officer at the Front As I have not got usedto the routine out here I will describe all the last few days as theystrike me because probably when I have been out here a littleeverything will become such a matter of course that it will bedifficult to give you any idea of what our life is like unless I beginwith a good chapter oneCHAPTER IThe young soldiers last day in EnglandThe last day or two was rather a rush Thursday we frantically packedvalises and vainly attempted to reduce them to something near theregulation 35lbs At first one put in a wardrobe fit for Darius goingto conquer Greece which when put on the scale gaily passed itsmaximum of 55 pounds Then out came slacks shoes scarves all sortsof things The weighing was then repeated and further reductionsembarked upon the final result being about 45 lbs However we packedthem up tight and they all passed all right Friday was an awful dayspent in full marching field service order inspections and rumoursof absurd Divisional and Brigade operations which were to take placeat night although we were to rise at 4 am to march to the stationHowever the operations were only for Company Commanders and so wewere savedIn the afternoon we bought all the things we thought we had forgottenAs everything was packed up a group of halfadozen of us assembledround the antiroom fire to attempt to obtain a little sleep I had achair and a great coat to go over me The others slept on the floorwith table clothes and such like things We kept a huge fire burningall night and unfortunately instead of going to sleep one could nothelp looking into its red depths and seeing the pictures of men andhorses you always see in fires Personally I did not sleep at allonly rested and dozed At 30 am a man came in and announced in astentorian voice The Corporal of the Guards compliments to CaptainSeddon and it is 3 oclock Appreciation of the fact from CaptainSeddon who had been sleeping in unprintable language which finallyresolved itself in a complaint that he had not been introduced to theCorporal

Produced by Roger Frank and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetTOM SLADE AT TEMPLE CAMPByPERCY K FITZHUGHAuthor ofTHE TOM SLADE BOOKSTHE ROY BLAKELEY BOOKSTHE PEEWEE HARRIS BOOKSPublished with the approval ofTHE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICAWHITMAN PUBLISHING CORACINE WISCONSINCopyright MCMXVIIGROSSET DUNLAPPrinted in the United States of AmericaTABLE OF CONTENTS I ROYS SACRIFICE 1 II INDIAN SCOUT SIGN 10 III PEEWEE AND MARY TEMPLE 19 IV TOM AND ROY 25 V FIRST COUP OF THE MASCOT 32 VI THE SHELTER 52 VII THE GOOD TURN 70 VIII BON VOYAGE 79 IX THE MYSTERY 94 X PEEWEES ADVENTURE 110 XI TRACKS AND TRAILING 124 XII THE LONG ARM OF THE SCOUT 136 XIII TEMPLE CAMP 150 XIV HERO CABIN 165 XV COWARD 177 XVI OSTRACIZED 188 XVII THE WINNING OF THE GOLDEN CROSS 197CHAPTER IROYS SACRIFICERejected by a large majorityI mean elected by a large majorityRoy Blakeley gathered up the ballots in his two hands dropped them intothe shoe box and pushed the box across the table to Mr Ellsworth as ifthe matter were finally settledHonorable Roy Blakeley he added didnt even carry his own patrolThis humiliating confession offered in Roys gayest manner was trueThe Silver Foxes had turned from their leader and to a scout voted forTom Slade It was hinted that Roy himself was responsible for this buthe was a good politician and would not talk There was also a dark rumorthat a certain young lady was mixed up in the matter and it is a factthat only the night before Roy and Mary Temple had been seen in earnestconverse on the wide veranda at Grantley Square by Peewee Harris whobelieved that a scout should be observantBe this as it may Tom had carried his own patrol the Elksunanimously and the Silver Foxes had voted for him like instructeddelegates while among the proud and dignified Ravens there had been butone dissenting vote Someone had cast this for Peewee Harris theSilver Fox mascot and the troops chief exhibit But of course it wasonly a joke The idea of Peewee going away as assistant camp managerwas preposterous Why you could hardly see him without a magnifyingglassIf this particular majority had been much larger announced Roy itwouldnt have been a majority at all it would have been a unanimityA una _what_ someone askedA unanimitythats Latin for home run Seems a pity that the onlything that prevented a clean sweep was a little threefoot pocketedition of a boy scoutAt this moment Peewee by a miracle of dexterity landed a ball oftwine plunk in the middle of Roys faceRoy laughed Mr Ellsworth youre a good campaign managerHes a boss shouted Peewee thats what he is A boss is a fellerthat has people elected and then makes them do what he saysWell you were glad enough to vote for him with the rest werent youlaughed the scoutmasterAnd Peewee had to confess that he wasBut there was no doubt that Roy had managed the whole thing and if everpolitical boss saw his fondest wishes realized Roy did nowI think said Mr Ellsworth that it is up to Tom to deliver hisspeech of acceptanceSure it is said Westy Martin Silver Fox We want to know hispolicies Is he going to favor the Elks or is he going to be neutralIs he for troop first or camp first asked Doc Carson Raven andFirstaid scoutIs Roy Blakeley going to come in for three or four helpings at messbecause he ran

Produced by Sankar Viswanathan and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet This book wasproduced from scanned images of public domain materialfrom the Google Print project Transcribers note 1 The spelling accents and diacritical marks of Sanskrit words is not consistent through the book The original spelling accents and diacritical marks are retained 2 The inline notes refer to lines in the poems These have been converted to footnotes for easy reference The information regarding the line referred to is however retained NALA AND DAMAYANTI AND OTHER POEMS TRANSLATED FROM THE SANSCRIT INTO ENGLISH VERSE WITH MYTHOLOGICAL AND CRITICAL NOTES BY THE REV HENRY HART MILMAN M APREBENDARY OF WESTMINSTER MINISTER OF ST MARGARETS AND LATE PROFESSOR OF POETRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD OXFORD D A TALBOYS M DCCC XXXV TO MY MOTHERTO WHOM THESE TRANSLATIONS HAVE AFFORDEDMUCH PLEASUREAND TO WHOM AT HER ADVANCED AGETO HAVE AFFORDED PLEASUREIS THE MOST GRATIFYING REWARD OF LITERARYLABOURTHIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBEDBY HER AFFECTIONATE SON CONTENTSNALA AND DAMAYANTI NOTESTHE DEATH OF YAJNADATTA NOTESTHE BRAHMINS LAMENT NOTESTHE DELUGETHE DESCENT OF THE GANGES PREFACEThose friends who have taken an interest in my literary productionsmay feel some surprise at my appearance in the character of atranslator of Sanscrit poetry To those and indeed to all who maytake up the present volume I owe some explanation of my pretensionsas a faithful interpreter of my original text Those pretensions arevery humble and I can unfeignedly say that if the field had beenlikely to be occupied by others who might unite poetical powers witha profound knowledge of the sacred language of India I should havewithdrawn at once from the competition But in fact in this countrythe students of oriental literature endowed with a taste and feelingfor poetry are so few in number that any attempt to make known thepeculiar character of those remarkable works the old mythologicalepics of India may be received with indulgence by all who areinterested in the history of poetry Mr Wilson alone since Sir WJones has united a poetical genius with deep Sanscrit scholarshipbut he has in general preferred the later and more polishedperiodthat of Kalidasa and the dramatiststo the ruder yet in myopinion not less curious and poetical strains of the older epicbardsA brief account of the manner in which I became engaged in thesestudies will best explain the extent of my proficiency During thetwo last years in which I held the office of Professor of Poetry inthe University of Oxford having exhausted the subject which I hadchosen for my terminal course I was at a loss for some materials forthe few remaining lectures before my office should expire I had beenled by the ardent curiosity which I have ever felt to acquire someknowledge of the poetry of all ages and nationsto examine some ofthe publications of French and German as well as English scholars onthe subject of Indian poetry chiefly those of the Schlegels of Boppand of De Chezy I was struck with the singularity and captivated bythe extreme beauty as it appeared to me of some of the extractsespecially those from the great epic poems the Mahabharata and theRamayana in their Homeric simplicity so totally opposite to theordinary notions entertained of all eastern poetry I was induced toattempt without any instruction and with the few elementary workswhich could be procured the Grammars of Wilkins and Bopp theGlossaries of Bopp and Rosen Mr Wilsons Dictionary was then out ofprint and could not be purchased to obtain some knowledge of thiswonderful and mysterious language The study grew upon me and wouldhave been pursued with more ardour perhaps with more success but forthe constant interruption of more imperative professional and literaryavocations In itself the Sanscrit is an inexhaustible subject ofinterest in its grammatical structure more regular artificial andcopious than the most perfect of the western languages in its originthe parent from which the older Greek the Latin and the Teutonictongues seem to branch out and develop themselves upon distinct anddiscernible principlesI ventured to communicate to the Members of the University whoattended my lectures my discoveries as it were in the

Produced by Chuck GreifMEMORIAS DE UN VIGILANTEJOSE S ALVAREZ FRAY MOCHOADMINISTRACIÓN GENERALBuenos Aires1920 FRAY MOCHOMEMORIAS DE UN VIGILANTEIDos palabrasIIEn los umbrales de la vidaIIIEl vaivén de mundoIVDe oruga mariposaVDe paria a ciudadanoVIEl tufo porteñoVIIMosaico criolloVIIILos bocetos de un miopeIXCinematógrafoXLa linterna de RegnierXIBrochazos ministerialesXIIEntretelones policialesXIIISiempre adelanteXIVMUNDO LUNFARDO EN LA PUERTA DE LA CUEVA PERSPECTIVAS ENTRE LA CUEVA ELLAS ELLOS EL CAMPANA EL ARTE ES SUBLIME EL CAFÉ DE CASSOULET EL BURRO DE CARGA LOS QUE CARGAN CON LA FAMA EL PANAL EN LA LENGUA NO LE SALVÓ SER MINISTRO CUPIDO Y CACO EL PRIMER CLIENTE AL REVUELOXVLOS MISTERIOS DE BUENOS AIRESXVIEL HOMBRE PROVIDENCIALNOTAS FRAY MOCHOJosé S Alvarez Fray Mocho nació en Gualeguaychú Provincia de EntreRíos el 26 de Agosto de 1858 Su temprana afición a observar losaspectos más pintorescos de la vida le encaminó por el doble sendero delperiodismo y de la investigación policial Así entre cuartilla ycuartilla llegó a ocupar el puesto de Comisario de Pesquisas en laPolicía de Buenos Aires que tanto se adaptaba a las modalidades de suespíritu curioso y novelescoEn ese carácter publicó 1887 su famosa _Galería de ladrones de lacapital_ en 2 gruesos volúmenes colección de fotografías policialescomentadas con perspicacia aunque esa obra tenía un carácter puramentetécnico Alvarez demostraba en las más nimias acotaciones esaextraordinaria agudeza de ingenio que más tarde floreció en susleidísimos cuentos y en su inextinguible pasión de conversarEn 1899 se asoció con Bartolito Mitre para fundar una revista ilustradaque llegó a ser la popularísima _Caras y Caretas_ hoy convertida enmagna empresa que coopera al desenvolvimiento de las artes y las letrasSu obra propiamente literaria consta de cinco libros en los que suposacar partido de sus cualidades de observador y de su estilo lleno degracia picaresca El cuento de costumbres llegó a ser su especialidaden lo que tuvo muchos imitadores sin ser igualadoSu primer libro _Memorias de un vigilante_ 1897 vio la luz bajo elpseudónimo de _Fabio Carrizo_ le siguieron _Viaje al país de losmatreros_ 1897 y _En el mar austral_ 1898 En el tercer aniversariode su muerte se reunieron sus cuentos publicados en la revista _Caras yCaretas_ bajo el titulo _Cuentos de Fray Mocho_ 1906 Otros no hansido publicados en libro y aparecerán con el título _Salero Criollo_Falleció en Buenos Aires el 23 de Agosto de 1903IDOS PALABRASNo abrigo la esperanza de que mis recuerdos lleguen a constituir unlibro interesante los he escrito en mis ratos de ocio y no tengopretensiones de filósofo ni de literatoNo obstante creo que nadie que me lea perderá su tiempo pues por lomenos se distraerá con casos y cosas que quizás habrá mirado sin ver yque yo en el curso de mi vida me vi obligado a observar en razón de mitemperamento o de mis necesidadesIIEN LOS UMBRALES DE LA VIDAMi nacimiento fue como el de tantos un acontecimiento natural de esosque con abrumadora monotonía y constante regularidad se producendiariamente en los ranchos de nuestras campañas desiertasPara mi padre fui seguramente una boca más que alimentar para mimadre una preocupación que se sumaba a las ocho iguales que ya tenía ypara los perros de la casa y para los pajaritos del monte que nosrodeaba una promesa segura de cascotazos y mortificaciones quecomenzaría a cumplirse dentro de los tres años de la fecha y duraríahasta que los vientos de la vida me arrebataran como a todos loscongregados por la casualidad bajo aquel techo hospitalarioConcluía quizás la primera década de mi vida cuando un buen día llegó ala casa una tropa de carros que desviándose del camino que serpenteabaentre las cuchillas allá en la linde del monte venía a campo traviesabuscando un vado en el arroyo que disminuía en una mitad el trecho arecorrer para llegar al pueblo más cercanoEl capataz habló con mi padre y éste de repente me hizo señas de queme acercara y dijoEste es el muchacho Como obediente y humilde no tieneyunta1 el otro que podía igualarlo se nos murió la vez pasadaComo conocedor del monte y del arroyo lo verá en el trabajoA mí me zumbaron los oídos y no pude saber lo que el hombre contestósin embargo me di cuenta así en general no más de que ya no podríaextasiarme a la sombra de los espinillos florecidos viendo cómo laslagartijas se correteaban sobre la cresta de los hormigueros haciendorelampaguear sus armaduras brillantes ni pasarme las horas muertasescuchando el contrapunto de las calandrias y de los zorzalesestimulados por el lamento de los boyeros parados al borde de sus nidoscolgados allá en la extremidad de los gajos más altos y flexibles de losmolles2 y coronillos3Mi padre me sacó de mi éxtasis con su voz ronca y varonil esta vezimpregnada de una dulzura desconocidaOiga hijito Vaya traiga su petisito bayo4 y ensílleloVa a acompañar a este hombre que es su patrónIIIEL VAIVÉN DEL MUNDOLas corrientes del mundo me arrebataron y luché con ellas con suertevaria ninguna ay volvió a traerme hasta los montes nativos y cuandoun díadespués de muchos añosvolví a ellos ya no guardaban sinorestos miserables escapados al hacha del montaraz y del pobre rancho yde la familia que lo ocupó ni el recuerdo siquieraQué fue de los míosQué fue de las hojas del tala frondoso en cuyas ramas flexibles mimadre colgaba la cuna de sus hijos aquel noque5 de cuero que la brisamecía cariñosaQué fue de los trinos del boyero y del contrapunto de las calandrias yde los zorzalesSólo quedan en mi memoria como un recuerdoSirviendo de guía a las tropas de carretas picando6 éstas

Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet Ons Schemeruurtje XIX WAT TANTE DORA VERTELDE H D Jacobi Geïllustreerd door Freddy Langeler H MeulenhoffAmsterdam1919I DE TROUWE KAMERADEN1 Broer en ZusMoesje waar is zus roept Tony terwijl hij tegen moeder opklimten zijne roode lippen op haar wangen druktDag vent zus is buiten in den tuin antwoordt moeder terwijlzij zijn lief jongenshoofd streelt en zijn kus weerom geeft Wegis hijde tuindeur doorde plaats over zoo gauw zijn dikkebeenen hem dragen kunnen Daar zit zus op het grasveld bij degymnastiekpalen Op een doek staat de box en zus kruipt er inrond Lijsje ligt in een hoekhaar wangen zijn afgeschrabd een neusheeft ze al lang niet meerhet paardje van Tony dat twee wieltjesmist en overal kale plekken heeft staat er ook bij en hier en daarliggen kegels verspreid Zus kijkt er niet naar om ze schuiftzittend op één been heen en weer over den grond en kraait tegende vogels en vlinders omhoog Daar trekt ze zich aan het hekje opzij staat Boer Boer De beide armpjes strekt ze naar Tony uit enplofdaar ligt ze languit op den grond boven op het arme Lijsje ende kegels Een lipje trekt ze maar broer is al bij haar wipt over hethek en neemt haar in zijn armen voordat de bui losbreekt Snoezeboldag lekkere schat en de wilde jongen houdt zijn kleine zus toch heelvoorzichtig vast en drukt zijn dikke wangen tegen haar pruilend mondjeDa da ze wijst naar boven in de boomen waar een leger musschenwacht tot moeder straks de kruimels op het pad strooitJa dat zijn de vogeltjes Ze wachten ook op eten Ze hebben ooktrek net als broer Ksst ksst Daar vliegen ze op Moet zus ookvliegen Daar ga je en hij tilt zus omhoogVoorzichtig Tony roept moeder die in de tuindeur naar de kinderenkeek Je zoudt haar laten vallen en ze vangt zus in hare armen opHé moe laat u haar nog even hier Of moeten we al koffiedrinken Ispaatje al thuisNeen pa is er nog niet maar zus moet toch eerst gewasschenNuspeel dan nog maar even met haar Dan ga ik nog even naar de keukenmaar niet meer optillen hoor en moeder zet zus weer in de boxDa da roept zus en moeder wuift haar lachend toe Da daWat is moeder rijk met haar tweetal Haar jongen van vijf jaar en haarlief klein molletje van vijftien maanden Hoe heerlijk denkt zedat ze zoo lief samen kunnen spelen Die Tony is toch zoo dol opzusje en Emy is zoo blij als ze Tony zietZe staat weer bij het hekje Broer gaat op den rand van het graszitten Nu gaat ze haar kunsten vertoonen Hoea roept ze in eensen heft beide armpjes omhoog Ze staat ze staat los in de boxMoes Moes kijk u eens roept Tony verrukt Emy staat alleenBij de keukendeur kijkt moeder om Ja ja moeder ziet het valmaar niet zus roept zij Maar broer waakt over haar en vangt haarlachend op en kust haarNee nee roept zus en wringt zich los Ze wil staan en houdt nietvan kussen Hoea weer staat ze Dat is een aardig spelletjeKom dan zegt broer Hij klimt ook in de box en gaat op zijn hurkenzitten met uitgestrekte armen Kom bij broer Zus waggelt en valtmaar hij grijpt haar en zet haar weer op de onbeholpen beentjesHier pak vast zegt hij dan en geeft haar een takje alsballanceerstok in haar handjes Goed vasthouden De dikke knuistjesgrijpen het takje stevig vast Ja ja knikt zeVooruit toe dan maar daar gaat ze en het gaat heusch Twee drievier stapjeswips daar ligt ze weer in zijn armen kraaiend van pretVader is thuis gekomen en roept lachend Hallo terwijl hij dentuin in komt Het kraaiende tweetal kijkt op en Tony roept vader toeKijkt u vader zus loopt Toe zus Maar nu wil ze niet ze gaat opden grond liggen en steekt de armen naar vader uit die haar opneemten haar op zijn sterke armen hoog in de lucht laat dansen tot ze hetuitgiert Nu ziet moeder het ook maar nu is zij niet bang en roeptvroolijk Kom jelui Tony slingert zich om vaders been en zingendgaat het drietal naar binnen waar moeder zus opvangt om haar gezichten handjes te wasschen wat ze lang niet zoo prettig vindt als spelenmet Tony of vader2 Emys ridderDe kleine zus groeide op onder de zorgen van vader moeder en grootenbroer en was nu al een aardig dribbeltje van vier jaar gewordenEn ik zeg dat je zusje toch niet aardig is TonyHet kleine wijsneusje stampvoette terwijl ze dit zei en stak haartong uit tegen Tony die met zijn zusje aan de hand op het pleintjevoor het postkantoor stondWelles antwoordde Tony met overtuigingNietis zei het meisje weer kijk dan ze heeft mij een duwgegeven en toen ben ik gevallen Kijk mijn schort heelemaal vuilen ze houdt Tony het bewijsstuk voorJa zegt Tony maar ze deed het niet exprès Ze kon het niethelpenNee ik dee het niet imspres ik kon het niet helpen zei Emy nuga je mee naar moeder Tony en ze trok haar broer mee naar huis Hijhield haar stevig vast Hij was zoo trotsch op zus met die mooieblonde krulletjes Net poppehaar zeiden de menschen en dat vondTony leuk om te hoorenNiemand mocht van zus iets kwaads zeggen

Produced by Ed FerrisFrontispiece v1jpgSENATOR GEORGE F HOAR From a photograph taken in 1897 _Copyright 1897 by H Schervee Worcester Mass_Title pageAUTOBIOGRAPHYOF SEVENTY YEARSBYGEORGE F HOARWITH PORTRAITSVOLUME INEW YORKCHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS1903DedicationTOMY WIFE AND CHILDRENTHIS RECORD OF A LIFE WHICHTHEY HAVE MADE HAPPYIS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATEDTable of ContentsCONTENTSCHAPTER IINTRODUCTORYCHAPTER IIROGER SHERMAN AND HIS FAMILYCHAPTER IIISAMUEL HOARCHAPTER IVBOYHOOD IN CONCORDCHAPTER VFAMOUS CONCORD MENCHAPTER VIFARM AND SCHOOLCHAPTER VIIHARVARD SIXTY YEARS AGOCHAPTER VIII1849 TO 1850FOUNDATION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTYDANIEL WEBSTERCHAPTER IXLIFE IN WORCESTERCHAPTER XPOLITICAL HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS FROM 1848 TO 1869CHAPTER XITHE KNOW NOTHING PARTY AND ITS OVERTHROWCHAPTER XIIELECTION TO CONGRESSCHAPTER XIIISUMNER AND WILSONCHAPTER XIVPERSONALITIES IN DEBATECHAPTER XVTHE NATIONAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 1869CHAPTER XVIPOLITICAL CONDITION IN 1869CHAPTER XVIIRECONSTRUCTIONCHAPTER XVIIICOMMITTEE SERVICE IN THE HOUSECHAPTER XIXSALMON P CHASECHAPTER XXADIN THAYERCHAPTER XXIPOLITICAL CORRUPTIONCHAPTER XXIICREDIT MOBILIERCHAPTER XXIIITHE SANBORN CONTRACTSCHAPTER XXIVBENJAMIN F BUTLERCHAPTER XXVBELKNAP IMPEACHMENTCHAPTER XXVIELECTORAL COMMISSIONCHAPTER XXVIIFOUR NATIONAL CONVENTIONS 1876CHAPTER XXVIIIFOUR NATIONAL CONVENTIONS 1880CHAPTER XXIXFOUR NATIONAL CONVENTIONS 1884CHAPTER XXXFOUR NATIONAL CONVENTIONS 1888CHAPTER XXXISATURDAY CLUBCHAPTER XXXIITHE WORCESTER FIRE SOCIETYAPPENDIX IAPPENDIX IITextAUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SEVENTY YEARSCHAPTER IINTRODUCTORYEverybody who reads this book through will wonder that a manwho ought to be able to tell so much has really told so littleI have known personally and quite intimately or have knownintelligent and trustworthy persons who have known personallyand quite intimately many men who have had a great sharein the history of this country and in its literature for ahundred and thirty yearsIn my younger days there were among my kindred and near friendspersons who knew the great actors of the Revolutionary timeand the time which followed till I came to manhood myselfBut I did not know enough to ask questions If I had andhad recorded the answers I could write a very large partof the political and literary history of the United StatesI never kept a diary except for a few and brief periodsSo for what I have to say I must trust to my memory I haveno doubt that after these volumes are published there willcome up in my mind matter enough to make a dozen better onesI invoke for this book that kindly judgment of my countrymenwhich has attended everything I have done in my life so farI have tried to guard against the dangers and the besettinginfirmities of men who write their own biography An autobiographyas the word implies will be egotistical An old mans autobiographyis pretty certain to be garrulous If the writer set forththerein his own ideals he is likely to be judged by themeven when he may fall far short of them Men are likely tothink that he claims or pretends to have lived up to themhowever painfully conscious he may be that they are only dreamswhich even if he have done his best have had little realityfor himThere is another danger for a man who tells the story ofgreat transactions in which he has taken part whether legislativeexecutive military or political or any other in whichthe combined action of many persons was required for the resultHe is apt to claim consciously or unconsciously that hehimself brought the whole thing aboutPapa said the little boy to the veteran of the Civil WarDid anybody help you to put down the RebellionThis peril specially besets narrators in their old age Iam afraid I can hardly escape itI once heard General George H Thomas relate to a brilliantcompany at a supper party among whom were Chief Justice ChaseGeneral Eaton Commissary General in two wars Senator TrumbullWilliam M Evarts Joseph Henry John Sherman his brotherthe General and several other gentlemen of equal distinctionthe story of the battles of Nashville and Franklin The storywas full of dramatic interest Yet no one who heard it wouldhave known that the speaker himself had taken part in thegreat achievement until just at the end he said of theBattle of Nashville that he thought of sending a detachmentto cut off Hoods army at a ford by which he escaped afterthey were defeated but he concluded that it was not safeto spare that force from immediate use in the battle IfI had done it he added with great simplicity I shouldhave captured his whole army There is where I made my mistakeThe recollections of the actors in important political transactionsare doubtless of great historic value But I ought to sayfrankly that my experience has taught me that the memory ofmen even of good and true men as to matters in which theyhave been personal actors is frequently most dangerous andmisleading I could recount many curious stories which havebeen told me by friends who have been writers of history andbiography of the contradictory statements they have receivedfrom the best men in regard to scenes in which they have beenpresentIf any critic think this book lacking in dignity or wisdomor modesty it is hoped that it may by way of offset makeup for it in sincerity I have so far lived in the worldwithout secrets If my countrymen or the people of Massachusettshave trusted me they have fully known what they were doingThey had eyes and chose meI have never lifted any finger or spoken a word to any manto secure or to promote my own election to any office Ido not mean to criticise other men who advance their honorableambition for public service or exert themselves to get officefor which they think themselves fit It was the high Romanfashion It has been the fashion in England always Englishgentlemen do not disdain a personal solicitation for politicalsupport and think no harm in it to which no American gentlemanwould for a moment stoopIt has been the custom in other parts of the country almostfrom the beginning of the Government But what I think abetter custom has prevailed in Massachusetts I arrogateto myself no virtue in this respect I only say that it hasbeen my supreme good fortune to be the son of a Commonwealthamong whose noble and highminded people a better and morefastidious habit has

Produced by Claudio Paganelli Carlo Traverso and theOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetThis file was produced from images generously madeavailable by the Bibliothèque nationale de FranceBnFGallica at httpgallicabnffr POESIE INEDITE DI SILVIO PELLICO LAutore intende di godere del privilegio conceduto dalle Regie Patenti del 28 febbrajo 1826 avendo egli adempito quanto esse prescrivono POESIE INEDITE DI SILVIO PELLICO VOLUME SECONDO TORINO TIPOGRAFIA CHIRIO E MINA MDCCCXXXVIIAI LETTORIErano da me stati immaginati alcuni poemetti narrativi a cui davanome di Cantiche ponendoli per finzione poetica in bocca danticoTrovadore Saluzzese finzione che poscia ho rigettata non avendo piùin animo di tessere siccome io divisava un romanzo il quale a taliCantiche dovesse collegarsiDato alla luce anni sono un saggio di esse mi sembrò venissegradito dal Pubblico Italiano e perciò minduco ora a consegnarnealle stampe altre setteSebbene io senta essere scarse le mie forze nel mettere in esecuzionesimili quadretti epici mi pare non di meno daccennare con essi unavia lodevole a queglingegni che hanno disposizione al generenarrativo e alla pittura de caratteri e delle passioni Non moltestorie offrono tema di grande poema epico ma fra loro havvene assaile quali possono porgere degno soggetto di brevi racconti eroici opietosi dandoci a rappresentare fatti avvenuti od anche ad inventaredignitose favole relative a questo o a quel paese a questo od a quelsecolo Il raccontare azioni magnanime ed errori e colpe è uno demodi con che la poesia può confortare lo spirito umano allamore delledomestiche e civili perfezioniChi avrà più vigore di me potrà desumere molte morali Cantiche piùsplendide delle mie dagli annali delle varie parti dItalia niunanazione essendovi che abbia avuto più luttuose e più felici vicendepiù diritti alla stima e più torti più uomini insigni dogniqualità Ho fatto la mia prova con poemetti piuttosto semplici ditessitura e non adorni di grande splendore pel soggetto Se ottengonoqualche suffragio resterà vie meglio dimostrato quale buon successopotrebbe conseguirsi traendo poetiche narrazioni di consimile foggiadai punti veramente luminosi delle storie nostreLe Cantiche da me eseguite sinora vennero tutte poste nel medio evonon già che io non discerna essere stati i pregi di quelletàcontaminati da molta barbarie ma bensì perchè tai secoli sono perchi li vede in lontananza unetà acconcia alla poesia stante laforte lotta del bene e del male che allora sorse e lungamenteagitassi per ogni dove Inoltre quei tempi non meritano vilipendio eciò ben dimostrano e quegli uomini che vi operarono alte cose equelli che le tentarono e le potenti città che vi crebbero e leistituzioni con che sandò scemando lignoranza e la sventura perimpulso principalmente dei Sommi Pontefici e del CleroLetà presente offrirebbe altresì a parer mio un fondo eccellenteper racconti poetici nobilitati da scopo morale Le gagliarde eterribili vicende che abbiamo vedute nel breve spazio dicinquantanni tante deluse promesse tanti errori tante guerregiuste ed ingiuste sublimi e pazze tanto cozzamento di popolidopinioni di sistemi tutto ciò è grande per la poesia tutto ciòabbonda di dolori umani e quindi anche di lezioni Ma possalimpresa di dipingere poeticamente sì i nostri tempi sì altre partidella storia patria venire assunta da scrittori di nobile tempra enon maligni nè cinici da scrittori che pensino con forza ma conforza religiosa ed amino i progressi veri della civiltà cioè iprogressi delle virtù pubbliche e private La poesia e la letteraturain generale non valgono niente quando non tendono a destaresentimenti alti e benefici e ad allontanare i concittadini dalleturpitudini dellincredulità e dellegoismoSe pubblicherò ancora altri versi procaccerò di presentare qualchesaggio di Cantiche relative ai secoli XVIII e XIX Molti nomiragguardevoli vi si possono mescere e segnatamente nomi dItalianiche hanno con meriti di varia specie onorato la nativa terra e glianni in cui sono vissuti sfavillando quali di pregio purissimo qualidi pregio non incontaminato da deplorabili erroriRAFAELLACanticaLa Cantica di _Rafaella_ doveva essere il principio dunazione piùvasta che non è quella presentemente qui disegnata Fu il primo saggiochio abbia eseguito di tal genere di componimenti or sono moltianni ma siffatto lavoro essendo andato perduto con altri scrittidalla mia gioventù ho pigliato più tardi a ricomporlo con affezionema non più come episodio di poema esteso Quel poema nella guisaideata dapprima aveva per oggetto di far sentire quanta debba e possaessere sugli uomini lefficacia delle virtù della donna Io congegnavaa tal uopo una serie di fatti collocandoli in Italia a tempidellImperadore Ottone II e divisando con simili diversi quadri dimostrare altresì qual fosse lItalia dallora sì in bene sì in male equanti bei temi a poesia possa offerire la vita del medio evo Foscolobramava che ci dividessimo lassunto di dipingere que secoli eglicon una serie di tragedie della qualità della sua _Ricciarda_ ed iocon poesie narrative Sebbene fossa fautore caldissimo degli studiiclassici amava egli pure i soggetti de mezzi tempi soltanto volendoche si trattassero con gusto severo e non con quelle soverchielicenze dinvenzione e di stile che da taluni della scuola romanticasandavano introducendo RAFAELLA Responsio mollis frangit iram sermo durus suscitat furorem Prov 15 1 O bellarte de carmi Onde lamore Il dolcissimo amor che sin dagli anni Dadolescenza io ti portava e afflitto Da lunghi disinganni anco ti porto Non per la melodìa misterïosa Sol de söavi accenti e non per laura Degli applausi sonanti entro le sale De colti ingegni e non per la più cara Delle lodila lagrima e il sorriso Delle donne gentili Innamorato O bellarte de carmi hai la mia mente Colle nobili istorie Il tuo incantesmo È per me la parola alta e pittrice De secreti dellanima ed un misto

Produced by Audrey Longhurst Janet Blenkinship and theOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetThis file was produced from images from the Home EconomicsArchive Research Tradition and History Albert R MannLibrary Cornell University APPLIED EUGENICS BY PAUL POPENOE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL OF HEREDITY ORGAN OF THE AMERICAN GENETIC ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON D C AND ROSWELL HILL JOHNSON PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURG THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK BOSTON CHICAGO DALLAS ATLANTA SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN CO LIMITED LONDON BOMBAY CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO OF CANADA LTD TORONTO 1918 _All rights reserved_ COPYRIGHT 1918 BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Set up and electrotyped Published October 1918PREFACEThe science of eugenics consists of a foundation of biology and asuperstructure of sociology Galton its founder emphasized both partsin due proportion Until recently however most sociologists have beeneither indifferent or hostile to eugenics and the science has been leftfor the most part in the hands of biologists who have naturally workedmost on the foundations and neglected the superstructure Although weare not disposed to minimize the importance of the biological part wethink it desirable that the means of applying the biological principlesshould be more carefully studied The reader of this book willconsequently find only a summary explanation of the mechanism ofinheritance Emphasis has rather been laid on the practical means bywhich society may encourage the reproduction of superior persons anddiscourage that of inferiorsWe assume that in general a eugenically superior or desirable personhas to a greater degree than the average the germinal basis for thefollowing characteristics to live past maturity to reproduceadequately to live happily and to make contributions to theproductivity happiness and progress of society It is desirable todiscriminate as much as possible between the possession of the germinalbasis and the observed achievement since the latter consists of theformer plus or minus environmental influence But where the amount ofmodification is too obscure to be detected it is advantageous to takethe demonstrated achievement as a tentative measure of the germinalbasis The problem of eugenics is to make such legal social andeconomic adjustments that 1 a larger proportion of superior personswill have children than at present 2 that the average number ofoffspring of each superior person will be greater than at present 3that the most inferior persons will have no children and finally that4 other inferior persons will have fewer children than now Thescience of eugenics is still young and much of its program must betentative and subject to the test of actual experiment It is moreimportant that the student acquire the habit of looking at society froma biological as well as a sociological point of view than that he puthis faith in the efficacy of any particular mode of procedureThe essential points of our eugenics program were laid down by ProfessorJohnson in an article entitled Human Evolution and its Control in the_Popular Science Monthly_ for January 1910 Considerable parts of thematerial in the present book have appeared in the _Journal of Heredity_Helpful suggestions and criticism have been received from severalfriends in particular Sewall Wright and O E Baker of the United StatesDepartment of Agriculture PAUL POPENOE WASHINGTON _June 1918_ TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE v INTRODUCTION BY EDWARD A ROSS xi CHAPTER I NATURE OR NURTURE 1 II MODIFICATION OF THE GERMPLASM 25 III DIFFERENCES AMONG MEN 75 IV THE INHERITANCE OF MENTAL CAPACITIES 84 V THE LAWS OF HEREDITY 99 VI NATURAL SELECTION

Produced by Chuck Greif Charles Aldarondo Bob Koertgeand the Online Distributed Proofreading Team athttpwwwpgdpnet NAPOLEON IN GERMANY NAPOLEON AND THE QUEEN OF PRUSSIA An Historical Novel BY L MÜHLBACH AUTHOR OF MARIE ANTOINETTE JOSEPH II AND HIS COURT BERLIN AND SANSSOUCI FREDERICK THE GREAT AND HIS FAMILY ETC TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY F JORDAN NEW YORK 1908 COPYRIGHT 1867 1893 BY D APPLETON AND COMPANY CONTENTS BOOK I CHAPTER I Ferdinand von Schill II The German Song III The Oath of Vengeance IV In Berlin V Quiet is the Citizens First Duty VI The Faithful People of Stettin VII The Queens Flight VIII Napoleon in Potsdam IX SansSouci X Napoleons Entry into Berlin XI Napoleon and Talleyrand XII The Princess von Hatzfeld XIII The Suppliant Princes XIV Triumph and Defeat XV The Victoria of Brandenburg Gate BOOK II XVI The Treaty of Charlottenburg XVII The Secret Council of State XVIII Baron von Stein XIX The Queen at the Peasants Cottage XX Count Pückler XXI The Patriots Death XXII Peace Negotiations XXIII The Slanderous Articles XXIV The Justification XXV Countess Mary Walewska XXVI The Dantzic Chocolate BOOK III XXVII TilsitNapoleon and Alexander XXVIII Queen Louisa XXIX Bad Tidings XXX Queen Louisa and Napoleon BOOK IV XXXI Baron von Stein XXXII The Patriot XXXIII Johannes von Müller XXXIV The Call XXXV Financial Calamities XXXVI Prince William XXXVII The Genius of Prussia XXXVIII A Family Dinner BOOK V XXXIX French Erfurt XL The Conspirators XLI The Festivities of Erfurt and Weimar XLII Napoleon and Goethe XLIII The Chase and the Assassins BOOK VI XLIV The War with Austria XLV Josephines Farewell XLVI Ferdinand von Schill XLVII Schill takes the Field XLVIII Schills Death XLIX The Parade at Schönbrunn L Napoleon at Schönbrunn LI Frederick Staps LII An Execution BOOK VII LIII Homeward Bound LIV The Emperor Francis and Metternich LV The Archduchess Maria Louisa LVI The Queens Birthday LVII Louisas DeathILLUSTRATIONSPortrait of NapoleonThe Oath of RevengeThe Queen in the Peasants CottageNapoleon and the Queen of PrussiaThe Emperor Francis and MetternichNAPOLEON AND QUEEN LOUISABOOK ICHAPTER IFERDINAND VON SCHILLProfound silence reigned in the valleys and gorges of Jena andAuerstadt The battles were over The victorious French had marched toJena to repose for a few days while the defeated Prussians had fled toWeimar or were wandering across the fields and in the mountainsanxiously seeking for inaccessible places where they might conceal theirpresence from the pursuing enemyA panic had seized the whole army All presence of mind and sense ofhonor seemed to be lost Every one thought only of saving his life andof escaping from the conquering arms of the invincible French Here andthere it is true officers succeeded by supplications and remonstrancesin stopping the fugitives and in forming them into small detachmentswith which the commanders attempted to join the defeated and retreatingmain forceBut where was this main army Whither had the Prince of Hohenlohedirected

Produced by Chris Nash Suzanne Shell and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet THE GUESTS OF HERCULES BOOKS BY C N and A M WILLIAMSON The Golden Silence The Motor Maid Lord Loveland Discovers America Set in Silver The Lightning Conductor The Princess Passes My Friend the Chauffeur Lady Betty Across the Water Rosemary in Search of a Father The Princess Virginia The Car of Destiny The ChaperonIllustration MARY WAS A GODDESS ON A GOLDEN PINNACLE THIS WAS LIFETHE WINE OF LIFE The Guests of Hercules BY C N and A M WILLIAMSON ILLUSTRATED BY M LEONE BRACKER ARTHUR H BUCKLAND GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY PAGE COMPANY 1912 Copyright 1912 by C N A M WILLIAMSON All rights reserved including that of translation into Foreign Languages including the Scandinavian TO THE LORD OF THE GARDEN ILLUSTRATIONSMary was a goddess on a golden pinnacle This was lifethe wine of life FrontispieceMary Grant FACING PAGE 22I cant promise she exclaimed Ive never wanted to marry 286It was Fate brought youto give you to me Do you regret it 398ITHE GUESTS OF HERCULESLong shadows of late

Produced by Al HainesTHE CAPTAIN OF THE KANSASBYLOUIS TRACYAUTHOR OF THE WINGS OF THE MORNING THE PILLAR OF LIGHT ETCGROSSET DUNLAPPUBLISHERS NEW YORKCopyright 1906 byEDWARD J CLODE_Entered at Stationers Hall_CONTENTSCHAPTER IITEMS NOT IN THE MANIFESTCHAPTER IIWHEREIN THE CAPTAIN KEEPS TO HIS OWN QUARTERSCHAPTER IIIWHEREIN THE CAPTAIN REAPPEARSCHAPTER IVELSIE GOES ON DECKCHAPTER VTHE KANSAS SUSTAINS A CHECKCHAPTER VIBUT GOES ON AGAIN INTO THE UNKNOWNCHAPTER VIIUNTIL THE DAWNCHAPTER VIIIIN A WILD HAVENCHAPTER IXA PROFESSOR OF WITCHCRAFTCHAPTER XMISSING AT LLOYDSCHAPTER XICONFIDENCESCHAPTER XIIENLIGHTENMENTCHAPTER XIIITHE FIGHTCHAPTER XIVTHE FIRST WATCHCHAPTER XVIN WHICH THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENSCHAPTER XVICHRISTOBALS TEMPTATIONCHAPTER XVIIA MANS METHODAND A WOMANSCHAPTER XVIIIA FULL NIGHTCHAPTER XIXWHEREIN THE _KANSAS_ RESUMES HER VOYAGE_The Captain of the Kansas_CHAPTER IITEMS NOT IN THE MANIFESTI think I shall enjoy this trip purred Isobel Baring nestlingcomfortably among the cushions of her deck chair A steward wasarranging tea for two at a small table The _Kansas_ with placid humof engines was speeding evenly through an azure seaI agree with that opinion most heartily though to be sure so muchdepends on the weather replied her friend Elsie Maxwell rising topour out the tea Already the brisk seabreeze had kissed the Chileanpallor from Elsies face which had regained its English peachbloomIsobel Barings complexion was tinged with the warmth of a pomegranateAt sea even in the blue Pacific she carried with her the suggestionof a tropical gardenI never gave a thought to the weather purred Isobel again as shesubsided more deeply into the cushionsLet us hope such a blissful state of mind may be justified But youknow dear we may run into a dreadful gale before we reach theStraitsIsobel laughedAll the better she cried People tell me I am a most fascinatinginvalid I look like a creamy orchid And what luck to have a chum sodisinterested as you where a lot of nice men are concerned What haveI done to deserve it Because you are really charming you knowDoes that mean that you have already discovered a lot of nice men onboardElsie handed her friend a cup of tea and a plate of toastNaturally While you were mooning over the lights and tints of theAndes I kept an eye both eyes in fact on our compulsoryacquaintances of the next three weeks To begin with theres thecaptainHe is goodlooking certainly Somewhat reserved I fanciedReserved Isobel showed all her fine teeth in a smileIncidentally she took a satisfactory bite out of a square of toastI ll soon shake the reserve out of him He is mine You will seehim play pet dog long before we meet that terrible gale of yoursIsobel you promised your fatherTo look after my health during the voyage Do you think that I intendonly to sleep eat and read novels all the way to London Thenindeed I should be ill But there is a French Comte on the ship Heis mine tooYou mean to find safety in numbersOh there are others Of course I am sure of my little Count Hetwisted his mustache with such an air when I skidded past him in thecompanionwayElsie bent forward to give the chatterer another cup of teaAnd you promised to read Molière at least two hours daily she sighedgoodhumoredly Even the most sensible people and Elsie was verysensible begin a long voyage with idiotic programs of work to be doneI mean to substitute a live Frenchman for a dead onethat is allAnd I am sure Monsieur le Comte Edouard de Poincilit will do our Frenchfar more good than Les Fourberies de ScapinAm I to be included in the lessons And you actually know the mansname alreadyRead it on his luggage dear girl He has such a lot See if hedoesnt wear three different colored shirts for breakfast lunch andtea And if _you_ refuse to help who is to take care of le ptitEdouard while I give the captain a trot round Dont look crosstheres a darling though you _do_ remind me when you open your eyesthat way of a delightful little American schoolmaam I met in LimaShe had drifted that far on her holidays and I believe she washorrified with mePerhaps she thought you were really the dreadful person you madeyourself out to be Now Isobel that does not matter a bit inValparaiso where you are known but in Paris and LondonWhere I mean to be equally well known it is a passport to smartsociety to be _un peu risqué_ Steward Give my compliments toCaptain Courtenay and say that Miss Maxwell and Miss Baring hope hewill favor them with his company to teaElsies bright eager face flushed slightly She leaned forward witha certain squaring of the shoulders being a determined young person insome respectsFor once I shall let you off she said in a low voice So I giveyou fair warning Isobel I must not be included in impromptuinvitations of that kind Next time I shall correct your statementmost emphaticallyGood gracious I only meant to be polite Tut tut as dad says whenhe cant swear before ladies I shant make the running for you anymoreElsie drummed an impatient foot on the deck There was a little pauseIsobel closed her eyes lazily but she opened them again when she heardher friend sayI am sorry if I seem crotchety dear Indeed it is no pretense on mypart You cannot imagine how that man Ventana persecuted me The meresuggestion of any ones paying me compliments and trying to befascinating is so repellent that I cringe at the thought And even oursailorlike captain will think it necessary to play the society clownI suppose seeing that we are young and passably goodlookingIsobel Baring raised her head from the cushionsVentana was a determined wooer then What did he do she askedHehe pestered me with his attentions Oh I should have liked toflog him with a whipHe was always that

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TWENTY YEARS OF BALKAN TANGLEBYM EDITH DURHAMAUTHOR OF THE BURDEN OF THE BALKANSHIGH ALBANIATHE STRUGGLE FOR SCUTARI ETCLONDON GEORGE ALLEN UNWIN LTD RUSKIN HOUSE 40 MUSEUM STREETWC1First published 1920All rights reservedPREFACEAnd let men beware how they neglect and suffer Matter of Trouble tobe prepared for no Man can forbid the Sparke nor tell whence itcome BACONMINE is but a tale of small straws but of small straws carefullycollected And small straws show whence the wind blows There arecurrents and cross currents which may make a whirlwindFor this reason the tale of the plots and counterplots through whichI lived in my many years of Balkan travel seems worth the tellingEvents which were incomprehensible at the time have since beenillumined by later developments and I myself am surprised to findhow accurately small facts noted in my diaries fit in with officialrevelationsEvery detail every new point of view may help the future historyin calmer days than these to a just understanding of the worldcatastrophe It is with this hope that I record the main facts ofthe scenes I witnessed and in which I sometimes played a partM E DURHAMCONTENTSPREFACECHAPTER 1 PICKING UP THE THREADSCHAPTER 2 MONTENEGRO AND HER RULERSCHAPTER 3 FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF LAND AND PEOPLECHAPTER 4 SERBIA AND THE WAY THERECHAPTER 5 WHAT WAS BEHIND IT ALLCHAPTER 6 THE GREAT SERBIAN IDEACHAPTER 7 1903 AND WHAT HAPPENEDCHAPTER 8 MACEDONIA 19031904CHAPTER 9 ALBANIACHAPTER 10 MURDER WILL OUTCHAPTER 11 1905CHAPTER 12 BOSNIA AND THE HERZEGOVINACHAPTER 13 BOSNIA IN 1906 THE PLOT THICKENSCHAPTER 14 1907CHAPTER 15 1908 A FATEFUL YEARCHAPTER 16 1909CHAPTER 17 1910CHAPTER 18 1911 AND THE INSURRECTION OF THE CATHOLICSCHAPTER 19 1912 THE FIRST DROPS OF THE THUNDERSTORMCHAPTER 20 1914CHAPTER 21 THE YEARS OF THE WARINDEXTWENTY YEARS OF BALKAN TANGLECHAPTER ONEPICKING UP THE THREADSIt was in Cetinje in August 1900 that I first picked up a threadof the Balkan tangle little thinking how deeply enmeshed I shouldlater become and still less how this tangle would ultimately affectthe whole world Chance or the Fates took me Near EastwardCompletely exhausted by constant attendance on an invalid relativethe future stretched before me as endless years of grey monotonyand escape seemed hopeless The doctor who insisted upon my havingtwo months holiday every year was kinder than he knew Take themin quite a new place he said Get right away no matter where solong as the change is completeAlong with a friend I boarded an Austrian Lloyd steamer at Triesteand with high hopes but weakened health started for the ports ofthe Eastern AdriaticThreading the maze of mauve islets set in that incomparably blue anddazzling sea touching every day at ancient towns where strangetongues were spoken and yet stranger garments worn I began to feelthat life after all might be worth living and the fascination of theNear East took hold of meA British Consul bound to Asia Minor leaned over the bulwark anddrew a long breath of satisfaction We are in the East he saidCant you smell it I feel I am going home You are in the East sosoon as you cross Adria He added tentatively People dontunderstand When you go back to England they say How glad you mustbe to get home They made me spend most of my leave on a houseboaton the Thames and of all the infernal things I laughed I did not care if I never saw England again You wont ever go back again now will you he asked whimsicallyafter learning whence I came I must said I sadly Oh dontsaid he tell them you cant and just wander about the East Hetransshipped shortly and disappeared one of many passing travellerswith whom one is for a few moments on common ground Our voyageended at Cattaro and there every one Baedeker included said it wascorrect to drive up to Cetinje Then you could drive down next dayand be able to say ever afterwards I have travelled in MontenegroIt was in Cetinje that it was borne in on me that I had found thequite new place which I sought Thus Fate led me to the BalkansCetinje then was a mere redroofed village conspicuous on themountainringed plain Its cottages were but one storeyed for themost part and contained some three thousand inhabitants One bigbuilding stood up on the left of the road as the traveller enteredNo That is not the palace of the Prince said the driver It isthe AustroHungarian LegationAustria had started the great Legation building competition whichoccupied the Great Powers for the next few years Each Power stroveto erect a mansion in proportion to the amount of influence itsought to obtain in this sphere Russia at once followed Thencame Italy with France hard on her heels England it isinteresting to note started last by way of economizing bought anold house added tinkered and finally at great expense rebuiltnearly the whole of it and got it quite done just before theoutbreak of the Great War when it was beginning to be doubtful ifMontenegro would ever again require a British Legation But this isanticipatingIn 1900 most of the Foreign Ministers Plenipotentiary dwelt incottages or parlourboarded at the Grand Hotel the focus ofcivilization where they dined together at the Round Table ofCetinje presided over by Monsieur Piguet the Swiss tutor of theyoung Princes a truly tactful man whom I have observed to calm aheated altercation between two Great Powers by switching off theconversation from such a delicate question as Which Legation hasthe finest flag France or Italy to something of internationalinterest such as Which washerwoman in Cetinje gets up shirtfronts best For Ministers Plenipotentiary when not artificiallyinflated with the importance of the land they represent are quitelike ordinary human beingsTheir number and variety caused me to ask But why are so manyPowers represented in such a hole of a place And the Italianarchitect who was designing the Russian Legation replied more trulythan he was perhaps aware Because Montenegro is the matchbox uponwhich the next European war will be lightedCetinje was then extraordinarily picturesque The Prince did all hecould to emphasize nationality National dress

Produced by Don KostuchTranscribers NotesChapter numbers and subheading are both Roman numeralsThe chapter headings are preceded with the word ChapterText has been moved to avoid breaking sentences across page boundariesOther Gutenberg books on World War I areSergeant York And His Peopleby Samuel Kinkade Cowanhttpwwwgutenbergorgetext19117History of the World WarAn Authentic Narrative of the Worlds Greatest Warby Richard Joseph Beamishhttpwwwgutenbergorgetext18993This is a list of unfamiliar to me wordsapologue Moral fable an allegoryarbitral Relating to arbiters or arbitrationbahn PathwayBelial Spirit of evil personified the devil Satan worthlessnessbilletdoux Love letterchatelaine Mistress of a castle or fashionable household Clasp or chain for holding keys trinkets etc worn at the waist by women womans lapel ornament resembling thisconfabulations Conversation discussionCredat Judaeus Apella non ego Let the Jew Apella believe it not I Roughly tell it to someone else not meescutcheon Shield or similar surface showing a coat of armsflagitious Shamefully wicked persons actions or times Heinous or flagrant crimegrandiloquently Speaking or expressed in a lofty style pompous bombastic turgid pretentiousidentic Identical in form as when two or more governments deal simultaneously with another governmentlycanthropy In folklore ability to assume the form and characteristics of a wolfMare Liberum Body of navigable water to which all nations have unrestricted accessmendax Given to lyingmiching mallecho Sneaky mischiefMittelEuropa German term approximately equal to Central Europenon possumus We cannotobeisance Movement of the body showing respect or deferential courtesy bow curtsy or similar gesturepassierscheine Pass permitpersona grata Acceptable person or diplomatic representativepoilus French soldier especially in World War IPotsdam Capital city of the federal state of Brandenburg in Germany southwest of Berlin Berlin was the official capital of Prussia and later of the German Empire but the court remained in nearby Potsdam and many government officials also settled in Potsdam The city lost this status as a second capital in 1918 when World War I ended and the emperor Wilhelm II was deposedrefractory persons Hard or impossible to manage stubbornly disobedientsagacity Sound judgmentschmuck Obnoxious contemptible clumsy or stupid personschrecklichkeit Frightfulness horrorsoubrette Maidservant in a play displaying coquetry pertness and a tendency to engage in intrigue Flirtatious or frivolous young womantrepanning Using a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft that is attached a transverse handle used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skullululation Howl as a dog or a wolf hoot as an owl to lament loudly and shrillyVallombrosa Resort in central Italy near Florence a famous abbeyvicegerent Person appointed by a head of state to act as an administrative deputyvoluble Continuous flow of words fluent glib talkative articulate garrulous loquaciousEnd Transcribers NotesBY HENRY VAN DYKEFighting for PeaceThe Unknown QuantityThe Ruling PassionThe Blue FlowerOutofDoors in the Holy LandDays OffLittle RiversFishermans LuckPoems Collection in one volumeThe Red FlowerThe Grand Canyon and Other PoemsThe White Bees and Other PoemsThe Builders and Other PoemsMusic and Other PoemsThe Toiling of Felix and Other PoemsThe House of RimmonCHARLES SCRIBNERS SONSFIGHTING FOR PEACEBYHENRY VAN DYKEDCL OXFORDRECENTLY UNITED STATES MINISTER TO HOLLANDNEW YORKCHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS1917Copyright 1917 by Charles Scribners SonsPublished November 1917Illustration Scribners LogoCONTENTSCHAPTERFOREWORDI FAIRWEATHER AND STORM SIGNSII APOLOGUEIII THE WERWOLF AT LARGEIV GERMAN MENDAXV A DIALOGUE ON PEACE BETWEEN A HOUSEHOLDER AND A BURGLARVI STAND FAST YE FREEVII PAX HUMANAFOREWORDThis brief series of chapters is not a tale Of moving accidents by flood and field Of hairbreadth scapes i the imminent deadly breachSome dangers I have passed through during the last three years butnothing to speak ofNor is it a romance in the style of those thrilling novels of secretdiplomacy which I peruse with wonder and delight in hours of relaxationchiefly because they move about in worlds regarding which I have noexperience and little faithThere is nothing secret or mysterious about the American diplomaticservice so far as I have known it Of course there are times when likeevery other honestly and properly conducted affair it does not seekpublicity in the newspapers That I should suppose must always be afundamental condition of frank and free conversation between governmentsas between gentlemen There is a certain kind of reserve which isessential to candorBut American diplomacy has no picturesque meetings at midnight in thegloom of lonely forests no confabulations in black cellars with bandsof hireling desperadoes waiting to carry out its decrees no disguisesno masks no dark lanternsnothing half so exciting and melodramaticOn the contrary it is amazingly plain and straightforward with plentyof hard work but always open and aboveboard That is the rule for thediplomatic service of the United StatesIts chief and constant aims are known to all men First to maintainAmerican principles and interests and to get a fair showing for them inthe world Second to preserve and advance friendly relations andintercourse with the particular nation to which the diplomat is sentThird to promote a just and firm and free peace throughout the worldso that democracy everywhere may live without fearIt was the last of these three aims that acted as the main motive in myacceptance of President Wilsons invitation to go out as AmericanMinister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg in the summer of 1913 It waspleasant of course to return for a while to the land from which myancestors came so long ago It seemed also that some useful andinteresting work might be done to forward the common interests andideals of the United States and the Netherlandsthat bravelibertyloving nation from which our country learned and received somuch in its beginningsand in particular that there might beopportunity for cooperation in the Far East where the Dutch EastIndies and the Philippines are nextdoor neighbors But the chief thingthat drew me to Holland was the desire to promote the great work ofpeace which had been begun by the International Peace Conferences at TheHague

Produced by Chuck Greif Mireille Harmelin and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpdprastkonetProduced from images of the Bibliothèque nationale deFrance BnFGallica at httpgallicabnffrNote du transcripteurCe livre présente des lettres de Napoléon Bonaparte à sa première femmeJoséphine de Beauharnais et à la Comtesse Marie de WalewskaRappelons que Napoléon Bonaparte eut deux épousesJoséphine Tascher de la Pagerie veuve du général Beauharnais quilépousa en 1796 et dont il divorça en 1809 car Joséphine ne lui avait pasdonné lhéritier à la dynastie quil souhaitaitMarieLouise fillede lempereur dAutriche quil épousa en 1810 et dont il eut un filsle roi de Rome 18111832 surnommé lAiglonCest pendant les pourparlers qui conduisirent au Traité de Tilsittsigné en 1807 entre Napoléon 1er et le tsar Alexandre 1er de Russietraité qui eut pour conséquences le démembrement de la Prusse et lareconstitution dun État polonais le Grand Duché de Varsovie queNapoléon fit la connaissance de la Comtesse Marie de Walewska àlaquelle furent adressées quelques unes des lettres présentées dans celivreRappelons brièvement les épisodes successifs de la vie politique etmilitaire de Napoléon Bonaparteen mars 1796 Bonaparte venait dêtre nommé général en chef delarmée dItalie pour combattre les Autrichiens Il y remporta desvictoires restées fameuses Castiglione Arcole Rivoli Le Traité deCampoformio octobre 1797 mit fin à la guerre avec les Autrichiensen 17981799 ce fut la Campagne dÉgypte où Bonaparte fut vainqueuraux Pyramides mais la flotte française fut détruite par Nelson àAboukiren 1800 ce fut la 2ème campagne dItalie avec la victoire deMarengo sur les AutrichiensBonaparte devint premier Consul à la suite du coup dÉtat du 18brumaire an VIII 9 novembre 1799 puis fut sacré Napoléon 1er Empereurdes Français le 2 décembre 1804Ce fut ensuite une succession de batailles victorieuses Austerlitz1805 Iéna 1806 Eylau et Friedland 1807 Wagram 1809 Mais il yeut la défaite de Trafalgar 1805 où la flotte française fut détruitepar les Anglais La Paix de Vienne fut signée le 14 octobre 1809 Puisvinrent les désastres avec la Campagne de Russie 1812 la CampagnedAllemagne et la Défaite de Leipzig octobre 1813 la Prise de Parispar les Alliés mars 1814 le Traité dabdication de Fontainebleauavril 1814 lexil à lîle dElbe le Congrès de Vienne qui opéra laliquidation du régime napoléonien en Europe les Cent Jours mars àjuillet 1815 après le retour de Napoléon de lIle dElbe la Défaite deWaterloo juin 1815 la 2ème abdication le 22 juin 1815 et le départpour son exil à SainteHélène où il mourra en 1821 NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE TENDRESSES IMPÉRIALES AVEC UNE LETTREPRÉFACE PAR ABEL GRI LAmour est loccupation de lhomme oisif la distraction du guerrier lécueil du souverain Napoléon Bonaparte PARIS BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERNATIONALE DÉDITION E SANSOT Cie 9 rue de lÉperon 9 MCMXIII IL A ÉTÉ TIRÉ DE CET OUVRAGE25 EXEMPLAIRES NUMÉROTÉS SUR HOLLANDE VAN GELDER ZONEN_Que diriezvous dune série qui grouperait les récits envoyés duthéâtre de leurs exploits à leurs maîtresses par nos héros et qui nousles ferait voir dans linstant où lamour agit sur eux comme un fermentdhéroïsme Les lettres du jeune général en chef de larmée dItalieouvriraient cette collection_ MAURICE BARRÈSPréface des _Lettres du lieutenantcolonel Moll_ TABLE DES MATIÈRESLettrepréface à M Maurice BarrèsLettres du Général en chef de larmée dItalieLettres de Bonaparte Premier ConsulLettres de Napoléon EmpereurLettres de Napoléon à Joséphine après le divorceAPPENDICESDialogue sur lamourLa femme et le Code Napoléon Code civilCode pénalLettres à Mme Walewska LETTREPRÉFACE À MAURICE BARRÈS_Voir réunies en une page dhéroïsme et de passion les lettres damourdu jeune général en chef de larmée dItalie cest une idée qui vousfut chère et que voici réalisée__En y joignant le Dialogue sur lAmour quécrivit le jeune lieutenantdartillerie et les billets fiévreux que lEmpereur fit parvenir à MarieWalewska nous ajoutons les clartés et les ombres qui feront mieuxvaloir la figure du héros__Il nest pas jusquà cet âpre énoncé des articles du Code qui comme lagravure sévère de quelque eauforte ne puisse fixer dans notre cerveaula pensée austère du Maître__Nous ne dirons pas lhistoire de ses amours Si nous les savonsmultiples nous avons retenu quelles ne lobsédèrent pas Sans lesconsidérer comme une tare il pensait justement quelles étaient un malinévitable à lhomme sans foyer et que pour cette raison mieux valaitles taire et les cacher__Cest encore laimer que de ne pas attacher dimportance aux actes desa vie quil estimait négligeables__Aussi sa tendresse pour Marie Walewska nauratelle que lagrémentdune faiblesse sentourant de romantisme__Elle aura le charme troublant dune page de littérature où lamourdiscute lêtre aimé à la curiosité des foules et à la raillerie despamphlétaires Malgré ses moments de véritable grandeur et malgrélinaltérable souvenir quil lui garda laventure polonaise ne resteraquune aventure sans doute plus longue plus relevée parmi les autresmais dont on na pas à chercher les conséquences parce quelle nepouvait pas en avoir dans la pensée et par la volonté du héros__Lidée du rétablissement dun royaume par lintervention de lamour nesera quune chimère

Produced by David Garcia and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet This file wasproduced from images generously made available by TheKentuckiana Digital LibraryIllustration RECTOR OF ST MARKSIllustrationIllustration THE RECTOR OF ST MARKS BY MRS MARY J HOLMES AUTHOR OF DORA DEANE MAGGIE MILLER LENA RIVERS THE ENGLISH ORPHAN ETC M A DONOHUE CO CHICAGO THE RECTOR OF ST MARKSCHAPTER IFRIDAY AFTERNOONThe Sunday sermon was finished and the young rector of St Marksturned gladly from his studytable to the pleasant south window wherethe June roses were peeping in and abandoned himself for a fewmoments to the feeling of relief he always experienced when his weekswork was done To say that no secular thoughts had intruded themselvesupon the rectors mind as he planned and wrote that sermon would notbe true for though morbidly conscientious on many points andearnestly striving to be a faithful shepherd of the souls committed tohis care Arthur Leighton possessed the natural desire that those wholistened to him should not only think well of what he taught but alsoof the form in which the teaching was presented When he became aclergyman he did not cease to be a man with all a mans capacity tolove and to be loved and so though he fought and prayed against ithe had seldom brought a sermon to the people of St Marks in whichthere was not a thought of Anna Ruthvens soft brown eyes and theway they would look at him across the heads of the congregation Annaled the village choir and the rector was painfully conscious that fartoo much of earth was mingled with his devotional feelings during themoments when the singing over he walked from his armchair to thepulpit and heard the rustle of the crimson curtain in the organ loftas it was drawn back disclosing to view the five heads of whichAnnas was the center It was very wrong he knew and today he hadprayed earnestly for pardon when after choosing his text SimonSimon lovest thou me instead of plunging at once into his subjecthe had without a thought of what he was doing idly written upon ascrap of paper lying near Anna Anna lovest thou me more thanthese the these referring to the wealthy Thornton Hastings his oldclassmate in college who was going to Saratoga this very summer forthe purpose of meeting Anna Ruthven and deciding if she would do tobecome Mrs Thornton Hastings and mistress of the house on MadisonSquare With a bitter groan at the enormity of his sin and a ferventprayer for forgiveness the rector had torn the slips of paper inshreds and given himself so completely to his work that his sermon wasdone a full hour earlier than usual and he was free to indulge inreveries of Anna for as long a time as he pleasedI wonder if Mrs Meredith has come he thought as with his feetupon the windowsill he sat looking across the meadowland to wherethe chimneys and gable roof of Captain Humphreys house was visiblefor Captain Humphreys was Anna Ruthvens grandfather and it was thereshe had lived since she was three years oldAs if thoughts of Mrs Meredith reminded him of something else therector took from the drawer of his writing table a letter received theprevious day and opening to the second page read again as follows Are you going anywhere this summer Of course not for so long as there is an unbaptized child or a bedridden old woman in the parish you must stay at home even if you do grow as rusty as did Professor Cobdens coat before we boys made him a present of a new one I say Arthur there was a capital fellow spoiled when you took to the ministry with your splendid talents and rare gift for making people like and believe in you Now I suppose you will reply that for this denial of self you look for your reward in heaven and I suppose you are right but as I have no reason to think I have any stock in that region I go in for a good time here and this summer I take it at Saratoga where I expect to meet one of your lambs I hear you have in your flock forty in all their ages varying from fifteen to fifty But this particular lamb Miss Anna Ruthven is I fancy the fairest of them all and as I used to

Produced by Sigal Alon Christine P Travers and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet Thisfile was produced from images generously made availableby The Internet ArchiveCanadian LibrariesTranscribers note Obvious printers errors have been correctedThe original spelling has been retainedPage 17 some with faces turned upwards the word turned was crossedPage 234 Added a round bracket A bullet whistles by on the right of Bills head THE RED HORIZON BY THE SAME AUTHOR CHILDREN OF THE DEAD END The Autobiography of a Navvy Ten Thousand Printed within Ten Days of Publication THE RATPIT _Third Edition_ THE AMATEUR ARMY The Experiences of a Soldier in the Making THE GREAT PUSH THE RED HORIZON BY PATRICK MACGILL WITH A FOREWORD BY VISCOUNT ESHER G C B TORONTO McCLELLAND GOODCHILD STEWART LIMITED LONDON HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED 1916 THE ANCHOR PRESS LTD TIPTREE ESSEX TO THE LONDON IRISH TO THE SPIRIT OF THOSE WHO FIGHT AND TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY THIS BOOK IS DEDICATEDFOREWORD_To_ PATRICK MACGILL Rifleman No 3008 London IrishDEAR PATRICK MACGILLThere is open in France a wonderful exhibition of the work of the manygallant artists who have been serving in the French trenches throughthe long months of the WarThere is not a young writer painter or sculptor of French blood whois not risking his life for his country Can we make the same proudboastWhen I recruited you into the London Irishone of those splendidregiments that London has sent to Sir John French himself anIrishmanit was with gratitude and prideYou had much to give us The rare experiences of your boyhood yourtalents your brilliant hopes for the future Upon all these theWestern hills and loughs of your native Donegal seemed to have a priorclaim But you gave them to London and to our London Territorials Itwas an example and a symbolThe London Irish will be proud of their young artist in words and hewill for ever be proud of the London Irish Regiment its deeds andvalour to which he has dedicated such great gifts May God preserveyou Yours sincerely

Produced by Juliet Sutherland Sankar Viswanathan and theOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet THE OUTDOOR CHUMS AT CABIN POINT OR The Golden Cup Mystery BY CAPTAIN QUINCY ALLEN AUTHOR OF THE OUTDOOR CHUMS THE OUTDOOR CHUMS IN THE BIG WOODS ETC _The_ GOLDSMITH Publishing Co CLEVELAND OHIO COPYRIGHT 1916 BY GROSSET DUNLAP CONTENTSCHAPTERI ON THE WAY TO CAMPII A COOL CUSTOMERIII TAKING POSSESSIONIV AS BUSY AS BEAVERSV A CALL FOR HELPVI THE HOME OF THE OSPREYVII THE CHAINED DOORVIII WHEN THE FLASHLIGHT TRAP WORKEDIX THE FORAGING PARTYX TRESPASSERSXI IN THE BIG TIMBERXII CAUGHT IN THE STORMXIII TAKING A BEELINE FOR CAMPXIV THE RETURN OF THE VOYAGERSXV DAYS OF REAL SPORTXVI SHOWING BLUFF AND JERRYXVII THE WARNINGXVIII THE ACCUSATIONXIX REPAYING HIS DEBTXX GROPING IN THE DARKXXI AN UNEXPECTED APPEALXXII FIRST AID TO THE INJUREDXXIII A LIGHT IN THE WINDOWXXIV THE MYSTERY SOLVEDXXV CONCLUSION THE OUTDOOR CHUMS AT CABIN POINTCHAPTER ION THE WAY TO CAMPWere going into the woods light this time it seems boysRemember Bluff we sent along most of our stuff such as blanketsand grub as also the cooking outfit in charge of old Anthony thestage driverThats a fact Will and he was to leave it at the abandoned mineshaft from which point we expect to make pack horses of ourselvesTrue for you Jerry And unless Frank here has made a mistake in hisreckoning were due to reach that hole in the ground before anotherhourHow about that FrankWell fetch up there in less time than that I reckon fellows Totell you the truth it cant be more than a mile away from hereBully for that And after we get over the peak of this rocky ridge weought to be on the downgrade most of the wayWhen Jerry Wallington gave expression to his gratitude after thisfashion two of his companions waved their hats as though he voicedtheir sentiments One of these boys was Will Milton and while he didnot seem to be quite as vigorous as his chums still his active lifeduring the last two years had done much to build up his strength Asfor Bluff Masters any one could see from his looks that he had aconstitution of iron while his face told of determination borderingon obstinacy The fourth member of the little party tramping alongthis road leading over the ridge was Frank Langdon He was a boy ofmany parts able to take the lead in most matters and looked up to byhis comradesAll of them lived in the town of Centerville where on account oftheir love for the open and for camp life they had become known asthe Outdoor Chums Fortune had indeed been kind to these four boysand allowed them to enjoy opportunities for real sport that come theway of few ladsThey had first called themselves the Rod Gun and Camera Clubbecause their activities in

Produced by David Clarke and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet _Methuens Colonial Library_ QUISANTÉ BY THE SAME AUTHOR A Man of Mark Mr Witts Widow Father Stafford A Change of Air Half a Hero The Prisoner of Zenda The God in the Car The Dolly Dialogues Comedies of Courtship The Chronicles of Count Antonio The Heart of Princess Osra Phroso Simon Dale Rupert of Hentzau The Kings Mirror QUISANTÉ BY ANTHONY HOPE METHUEN CO 36 ESSEX STREET WC LONDON 1900 _Colonial Library_ CONTENTSCHAPTER PAGE I DICK BENYONS OUTSIDER 1 II MOMENTS 16 III SANDROS WAY 31 IV HES COMING 46 V WHIMSYWHAMSIES

Produced by Roger Frank and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetA GIRL IN TEN THOUSANDBYL T MEADEAUTHOR OF BASHFUL FIFTEEN THE CHILDREN OF WILTON CHASEGIRLS NEW AND OLD RED ROSE AND TIGER LILY ETCNEW YORKHURST AND COMPANY PUBLISHERSCHAPTER IYou are the comfort of my life Effie If you make up your mind to goaway what is to become of meThe speaker was a middleaged woman She was lying on a sofa in a shabbylittle parlor The sofa was covered with horsehair the room had afaded paper and faded chintz covered the shabby furniture The womanspleading words were emphasized by her tired eyes and worn face Shelooked full at the young girl to whom she spokeWhat shall I do without you and what will your father sayI have made up my mind said Effie I dont want to be unkind to youmotherI love you more than words can saybut I must go out into theworld I must live my life like other girlsYou had none of these ideas until you met Dorothy FraserYes I have had them for a long time Dorothy has given them emphasisthats all Dorothys mother did not like her to go away but now she isglad She says that nothing has made Dorothy into so fine a woman astaking her life into her own hands and making the best she can of itBefore I go mother I will get Agnes to learn all my duties she shallhelp you She is nearly fourteen she ought to be of use to you oughtshe notShe would not be like you replied Mrs Staunton She is very youngremember and is at school most of the day I wont argue with youEffie but it tires me even to think of itEffie sighed She bent down and kissed her mother Her words had soundedhard and almost defiant but there was nothing at all hard or defiantabout her sweet face She was a darkeyed girl and looked as if shemight be any age between seventeen and twenty There was a likenessbetween her and her mother quite sufficient to show their relationshipboth faces were softly curved both pairs of eyes were dark and themother must have been even prettier in her youth than the daughter wasnowAs I say continued Mrs Staunton it fills me with terror to thinkof doing without youTry not to think of it mother I am not going yet I only want to govery much indeed I am going to talk to father about it I want to havethe thing arranged while Dorothy is hereHere Effie went suddenly on her knees by the sofa and threw one youngarm protectingly round her motherYou do not know what it means to me she said When Dorothy talks ofthe full life the keen interest the battle the thrill of living Ifeel that I must go into itI mustWhile Effie was speaking Mrs Staunton looked fixedly at her There aremoments which all mothers know when they put themselves completely outof sight when they blot themselves out as it were This time had cometo Mrs Staunton nowAfter a pause she said and her words came out even without a sighThe question after all is this Effie What will your father sayWhen he thinks it out carefully he will be pleased replied Effie Hemust be interested in the profession I want to take up How oftenohhow often motherhas he groaned and sighed at the bad nursing whichhis patients get You know you have always said and he has said thesame that I am a born nurse Wont he be proud and pleased when I comehome and tell him all about the new ways in which things are done inLondon hospitals You know there are six of us and Agnes and Katie aregrowing up and can take my place at home presently Of course I knowthat father is quite the cleverest doctor in Whittington but nobodygets ill here and it is quite impossible to go on clothing and feedingsix of us with no means at all I do not think I am vain mother and Ido not really care very much about dress but mine is shabby is it notI think I should look prettyas pretty as you must have looked longagoif I were better dressedNo dress can change your face said Mrs Staunton with suddenpassion You have the sweetest and dearest face in the world to meWhen you go away the sunshine will go out of my life but my darlingmy darling I wontyou shall never have it to say that your motherstood in your way I must think however of what your father will sayto this I can only warn you that if there is one person your fatherdreads and dislikes more than another it is the modern girl He said tome Thank God Effie has none of that hideous modernity about her Sheis fairly goodlooking she does not think about Girton or Newnham orany of the womens colleges in short she has no advanced ideasThat is all he knows replied Effie The fact is I must and will dosomething to earn my living You are sending George out into the worldto win his spurs and I am going to win mineIn what way asked Mrs Staunton You know you are not cleverDorothy thinks I can be a nurse mother May she come and see you andtalk it all overThere is no harm in talking it over said Mrs Staunton But now Iwish you would go upstairs and help Susan to put the children to bedYou can bring baby downstairs if you like and I will undress him Runalong Effierun along theres a good childOh yes mother Ill go only just answer me one question first MayDorothy come here after supper tonightWhat is the use of my seeing her Your father is the one to decideI will ask father to stay in after supperI dont think he will A message has come from the Watson people overat the farm Mrs Watson was taken bad with a stitch

Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnet De Koran Voorafgegaan door Het leven van Mahomed Eene inleiding omtrent de Godsdienstgebruiken der Mahomedanen enzMet ophelderende aanmerkingen en historische aanteekeningen van M Kasimirski Dr L Ullmann Dr G Weil en R Sale Uitgegeven onder toezicht van Dr S Keyzer Vierde druk Waaraan is toegevoegd Een overzicht van de geschiedenis der Turken voornamelijk in hunne verhouding tot het overige Europa Door Dr N Japikse Met 3 in kleuren gedrukte Kaartjes RotterdamD BolleVOORBERICHT BIJ DEN TWEEDEN DRUKToen de eerste druk van den Koran nu 20 jaar geleden onder toezichtvan den bekwamen Hoogleeraar Keyzer bij mij het licht zag werder bepaald op gewezen dat de kennis van de godsdienstgebruikender Mahomedanen een noodzakelijk vereischte is om tot een juistebeoordeeling te komen der geduchte macht die haar hoofdzetel inKonstantinopel heeft en vandaar zich over geheel Azië en AfrikauitstrektHonderd dertig millioen Mahomedanen staan in de voornaamstewerelddeelen steeds gewapend tegenover drie honderd zestig millioenChristenenGedurende meer dan twaalf eeuwen is de Turk de openbare vijand vanden Christen en heeft deze laatste den Mahomedaan als zijn erfvijandleeren beschouwenEn toch is de Christen over het algemeen al zeer oppervlakkig inzijne beschouwing van den Muzelman slechts schaars bekend met dengodsdienst van MahomedSinds meer dan twaalf eeuwen hebben honderden millioenen menschenin dit geloof hun levensgids gevonden Men noeme dezen godsdiensteen dwaling t is zeker dat geen Christensecte tot op dezen dagvoor haar geloof zóó heeft geleden en gestreden als deze geminachteMuzelman voor het zijneDe leer van Mahomed heeft slechts drie geloofsartikelen Er ismaar één GodMahomed is Zijn profeetNiemand kan het lotdat éénmaal onveranderlijk over hem is vastgesteld ontgaanMahomed noemde zichzelf Gods profeet de Christenwereld noemdeMahomed een kwakzalver Het is bezwaarlijk aan te nemen dat eenGodsdienst waarin honderden millioenen schepselen van gelijkebeweging als wij leven en sterven gedurende nu meer dan twaalfeeuwen dat zulk een godsdienst geheel op kwakzalverij berustWanneer wij er Mahomed een verwijt van maken dat hij zijngodsdienstige leerstellingen doordreef met het zwaard dan mogen wijChristenen niet vergeten dat de grondlegger van onzen godsdienstwel een godsdienst des vredes en der liefde predikte doch dat Karelde Groote eveneens het zwaard gebruikte om de door hem overwonnenvolkeren tot het Christendom te bekeerenEn als de Christen zijn Bijbel hoog in eere houdt dan zien wij dat deeerbied die den Muzelman voor zijn Koran heeft vooral niet minder isIs het Mahomedanisme in Europa nog een groote kracht gelijkuit den laatsten worstelstrijd met Rusland blijkt blijft het inhet BritschIndische rijk het allesbeheerschend element ook inonze NederlandschIndische bezittingen is het opgegroeid tot eeneverbazende machtSedert Europa en Indië in versnelde gemeenschap zijn de afstandtusschen beiden van maanden tot weken is ingekrompen elke maandhonderden van Europa naar Azië afreizen is de noodzakelijkheidvermeerderd om de grondbeginselen te kennen van de kracht die daaralles beheerscht welker voorhoede reikt tot aan de grenzen vanRusland en Oostenrijk en eenmaal zelfs voor de poorten van Weenende vlag van den profeet ontplooideZiedaar waarom het wenschelijk mag genoemd worden dat een tweedevermeerderde druk van de Nederduitsche vertaling van den Koran daarineen licht ontsteke dat velen welkom zal zijnHaarlem 1878 J J van BrederodeVOORBERICHT BIJ DEN VIERDEN DRUKWat de vorige uitgever in zijn Voorbericht bij den Tweeden Drukten opzichte van doel en strekking van dit boek heeft gezegd isheden nog even juist en actueel als het destijds was bij dezenvierden druk behoeft daaraan niets te worden toegevoegdAlleen aangaande het Overzicht van de Geschiedenis der Turken zijopgemerkt dat dit hoofdstuk door Dr N Japikse geheel opnieuw werdgeschreven ten behoeve van den derden druk en thans weder door hemwerd herzienDe drie kaartjes bij dit hoofdstuk behoorend werden speciaal voordeze uitgave ontworpen en geteekend door den heer H Hettema JrRotterdam 1916 D BolleINHOUDILevensschets van Mahomet 1IIDe Koran Algemeen overzicht 41IIIDe Islam Algemeen overzicht 57IVDe Koran I Inleiding Gegeven te Mekka7 verzen 69 II De Koe Gegeven te

Produced by V L Simpson Suzanne Shell and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at httpwwwpgdpnetIllustration I cant believe that the castle of Ham was as striking in its untouched magnificence as now in the rosered splendour of its ruin pg 248 EVERYMANS LAND BY C N A M WILLIAMSON AUTHOR OF _The Lightning Conductor Discovers America_ _Lady Betty Across the Water_ _Set in Silver_ _Etc_ _Frontispiece_ A L BURT COMPANY Publishers New York Published by arrangement with Doubleday Page Company COPYRIGHT 1918 BY C N A M WILLIAMSON ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN COPYRIGHT 1918 BY THE FRANK A MUNSEY COMPANY TO ALL SOLDIERS WHO HAVE FOUGHT OR FIGHT FOR EVERYMANS LAND AND EVERYMANS RIGHT AND TO THOSE WHO LOVE FRANCECHAPTER IPadre when you died you left a message for me You asked me to go onwriting if I were in trouble just as I used to write when you were onearth I used to confess and you used to advise Also you used toscold _How_ you used to scold I am going to do now what you asked inthat messageI shall never forget how you packed me off to school at Brighton andBrian to Westward Ho the year father died and left us to youthe mosttroublesome legacy a poor bachelor parson ever had Id made up my mindto hate England Brian couldnt hate anything or anybody dreamers dontknow how to hate and I wanted to hate you for sending us there Iwanted to be hated and misunderstood I disguised myself as a Leprechaunand sulked but it didnt work where you were concerned You understoodme as no one else ever couldor will I believe You taught mesomething about life and to see that people are much the same all overthe world if you take them by the heartYou took _me_ by the heart and you held me by it from the time I wastwelve till the time when you gave your life for your country Tenyears When I tell them over now as a nun tells the beads of herrosary I realize what good years they were and how theirgoodnesswith such goodness as I had in me to face themcame throughyouEven after you died you seemed to be near with encouragement andadvice Remembering how pleased you were when I decided to train as anurse added later to the sense of your nearness because I felt youwould rejoice when I was able to be of real use It was only after youwent that my work began to count but I was sure you knew I could hearyour voice say Good girl Hurrah for you when I got the gold medalfor nursing the contagious cases your dear old Irish voice as it usedto say the same words when I brought you my school prizesPerhaps I _was_ a good girl Anyhow I was a good nurse Not that Ideserved much credit Brian was fighting and in danger day and nightYou were gone and I was glad to be a soldier in my way with never aminute to think of myself Besides somehow I wasnt one bit afraid I_loved_ the work But _Padre mio_ I am not a good girl now Im awicked girl wickeder than you or I ever dreamed it was in me to be atmy worst Yet if your spirit should appear as I write to warn me thatIm sinning an unpardonable sin I should go on sinning itFor one thing its for Brian twin brother of my body twin brother ofmy heart For another thing its too late to turn back Theres a doorthat has slammed shut behind me Now Ill begin and tell you everything exactly as it happened Many aconfessionletter Ive begun in just these words but never one likethis I dont deserve that it should bring me the heartease which usedto come But the thought of you is my star in darkness Brian is thelast person to whom I can speak because above all things I want him tobe happy On earth there is no one else Beyond the earth thereis_you_When Brian was wounded they expected him to die and he was asking forme The telegram came one day when we had all been rather overworked inthe hospital and I was feeling ready to drop I must only have imaginedmy tiredness though for when I heard about Brian I grew suddenly strongas steel I was given leave and disinfected and purified as thoroughlyas Esther when she was being made worthy of Ahasuerus Then I dashed offto catch the first train going northSt Raphael was our railway station but I hadnt seen the place since Itook up work