A Footnote to History
PREFACE
AN affair which might be deemed worthy of a note of a few lines in
any general history has been here expanded to the size of a volume
or large pamphlet. The smallness of the scale, and the singularity
of ......
By the end of the second year of his apostolic work, Popinot had turned the storeroom at the bottom of his house into a parlor, lighted by the three iron-barred windows. The walls and ceiling of this spacious room were whitewashed, and the furnitu......
Anon, it comes up stealthily, and creeps along the walls, seeming to read, in whispers, the Inscriptions sacred to the Dead. At some of these, it breaks out shrilly, as with laughter; and at others, moans and cries as if it were lamenting. It has ......
"No doubt that by selecting a certain method and taking great pains the whole story might have been written out on a cigarette paper. For that matter, the whole history of mankind could be written thus if only approached with sufficient detachment......
Taken from this book:
It is extremely rare for young men, when driven to suicide, to attempt
it a second time if the first fails. When it doesn't cure life, it
cures all desire for voluntary death. Raoul felt no disposition to try
it again w......
A CHARMED LIFE
She loved him so, that when he went away to a little war in which
his country was interested she could not understand, nor quite
forgive.
As the correspondent of a newspaper, Chesterton had looked on at other wars; when th......
A QUESTION OF LATITUDE
Of the school of earnest young writers at whom the word muckraker
had been thrown in opprobrium, and by whom it had been caught up as
a title of honor, Everett was among the younger and less
conspicuous. But, if in ......
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
Chapter I
IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND PASSEPARTOUT ACCEPT EACH OTHER,
THE ONE AS MASTER, THE OTHER AS MAN
Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington
Gardens, the house in which......
I had the time to see her dull face, red, not with a mantling blush, but as if her flat cheeks had been vigorously slapped, and to take in the squat figure, the scanty, dusty brown hair drawn into a tight knot at the back of the head. She looked q......
1891. Kipling, English short-story writer, novelist and poet, who celebrated the heroism of British colonial soldiers in India and Burma, he was the first Englishman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. An account of America from Rud......
Construction engineer Bartley Alexander is a troubled, middle-aged man torn between Winifred, his American wife--a cold woman with clearly defined standards--and Hilda Burgoyne--an alluring mistress in London who has helped him recapture his youth......
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
by Howard Pyle
PREFACE
FROM THE AUTHOR TO THE READER
You who so plod amid serious things that you feel it shame to give
yourself up even for a few short moments to mirth and joyousness
in the ......
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
BY MARK TWAIN
Here is the story of Tom, Huck, Becky, and Aunt Polly; a tale of adventures, pranks, playing hookey, and summertime fun. Written by the author sometimes called "the Lincoln of literature," The Advent......
Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
March 4, 1861
Fellow citizens of the United States: in compliance with a custom as old
as the government itself, I appear before you to address you briefly
and to take, in your presence, the oath prescr......
ABC's of Science
By: CHARLES OLIVER
INDEX
I. The Supreme Power of Nature
II. Astronomy
III. The Solar System
IV. Across the Divide
V. Flourishment of the Earth
VI. Animal Magnetism
VII. Miscellaneous
The author of th......
The Solution to Bad Credit
Structure of Social Security Numbers
Scoring for Credit
The Credit System
Credit Card Insights
Six Credit Card Secrets Banks Don't Want You to Know
Establish AAA Credit in 30 Days
The Lure of Bankruptcy
B......
Snapshots - The Cartoon
A really terrific e-book crammed from virtual cover to virtual cover with Cartoons, Sayings, and Silly Questions from the gifted (and somewhat twisted) comic mind of Jason Love.
NOTE: One problem with this ebook is t......
The Ultimate Beanie Baby Kit!
Cash in on the Beanie Baby craze!
Learn how to buy them cheap to collect
or sell them to make big money!
In this kit you will get:
A comprehensive list of Beanie Baby websites.
Buying, selling an......
This eBook is an assortment of tried and true home remedies
from a variety of sources. While the author can't vouch for the
particular effectiveness of any method, nor are any to be
considered miracle cures, many people have found the following......
This eBook is an assortment of tried and true home remedies
from a variety of sources. While the author can't vouch for the
particular effectiveness of any method, nor are any to be
considered miracle cures, many people have found the following......
