Author: Mildred Aldrich

Language: English

Published: 1914

"A Hilltop on the Marne" is a masterpiece, because the woman who wrote it, left by her own intrepidity virtually in the midst of the world's greatest battlefield, was able to record vividly, simply and accurately her impressions of the titanic drama staged around her.

A Narrative of the Settlement of La Gloria, the First American Colony in Cuba, and the Early Experiences of the Pioneers

Author: James Meade Adams

Language: English

Published: 1901

A biographical sketch

Author: Anonymous

Language: English

Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document

Author: Anonymous

Language: English

Published: 1902

The story that follows this introduction is literally true. There died lately, in a Western State prison, a man of the class known as habitual criminals. He was, at the time of his death, serving out a sentence for burglary. For thirty years he had been under the weight of prison discipline, save for short periods of freedom between the end of one term and the beginning of another.

Because of this man's exceptional qualities, as contrasted with those of the multitude of criminals, he was induced, semi-officially, in a friendly way, to write the story of his life. He accepted the proposition made to him, though, consistent with his quality, not quite fulfilling his pledge, omitting, as he did, certain hard details of the later part of his criminal career. This was but natural, and, perhaps, [vi]it is the one incident which shows that the man realized, in some measure, the truth as to his own character.

Stirring Adventures Along the Great Canal

Author: Victor Appleton

Language: English

Published: 1915

Author: John Kendrick Bangs

Language: English

Published: 1903

The idiot is the same old idiot, if a trifle worn. As an inventive idiot he is in his element although of all his numerous inventions he complains that none has been realized. Probably there is a deep psychological reason for that for they were all of the "Dreamaline" sort. For a few cents everyone was to be able to be what he wanted to be, the reasoning of the idiot being that " if you feel like a millionaire you are as happy as a millionaire; happier in fact, for you are not even bothered by cutting the coupons." The other members of Mrs. Smithers-Pedagogue's high class home for single gentlemen we can report to be just the same. "Anyone who thinks that discord exists at this table doesn't know what he is talking about. Even the oil and the vinegar mix as the oleaginous appearance of the vinegar in the caster testifies," remarked the Idiot. While the Idiot was endeavoring to promote himself into the Idiot Publishing company they refused to take any stock in him, but when it was rumored that he was willing to be a Consolidated Gas company that was a different matter. "It would be something to turn out an honest gas company," urged the Idiot.

or, Daring Adventures in the Great West

Author: Captain Ralph Bonehill

Language: English

Published: 1901

The story of three brothers, who are left to shift for themselves upon a lonely ranch home situated in the mountainous region of the State of Idaho, near one of the numerous branches of the Salmon river.

Language: English

Published: 1889

Author: Ernest Alexander Cruikshank

Language: English

Published: 1896

A Tale of the First Communal Charter

Author: Eugène Süe

Language: English

Published: 1908

Both in the tragic picture of Brunhild, and of the rustic, industrial and peaceful picture of the settlement of Charolles, the story constitutes a connecting link between the turbulence of the previous story--The Poniard's Hilt; or, Karadeucq and Bonan--and the renewed turbulence of the age depicted in the story that follows--The Albatial Crosier; or, Bonaik and Septimine.

Language: English

Published: 1863

At the earnest request of many of my comrades of the Twelfth Rhode Island Volunteers, I am induced to publish this narrative, which, with very little addition or alteration, I have copied entire from my private journal. This was written under many disadvantages during a campaign of unusual hardships and privations. Hoping it may prove of use, as a reference, to many of my companions, who from the very nature of the campaign, found it impossible to keep a record, is the only apology I have to offer for publishing a work of this nature.

A Story of The New Zealand War

Author: G. A. Henty

Language: English

Published: 1891

In the following story I have made no attempt to give anything like a general history of the long struggle between the brave tribes of New Zealand and the forces of England and the colony. That struggle lasted over a period of some years, and to do justice to its numerous incidents in the course of a single volume would have left no space whatever available for the telling of a story.

In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898

Author: Sir James Knowles

Language: English

Published: 1898

It seemed like a dream to be invited to join a party on a private Pullman car for an extended tour of close on eight thousand miles, all in these our United States! Yet such was the opportunity which was generously offered us in this springtime of 1898. It was to be "A Flight in Spring" of most intense interest. The journey was to embrace in its continued circuit, from New York back to New York, points as widely separated as New Orleans and San Francisco. It was to traverse many States and Territories, and was to be accomplished with every adjunct of unstinted comfort and refinement.

Author: John Luther Long

Language: English

Published: 1906

It is one of the curiosities of literature that Mr. Long, who has made his reputation as a writer of Japanese stories, has never visited Japan. Those who know that country say that his stories are not characteristic of it. The Japanese themselves smile amiably when their American acquaintances speak to them of the Japan of Mr. Long. But this is neither here nor there. His stories are charming and that is all that the reader cares for.

Author: Charles A. Madison

Language: English

Published: 1940

Author: Joseph Hamblen Sears

Language: English

Published: 1920

Author: Louis Tracy

Language: English

Published: 1916

This book demands no explanatory word. But I do wish to assure the reader that every incident in its pages casting discredit on the invaders of Belgium is founded on actual fact. I refer those who may doubt the truth of this sweeping statement to the official records published by the Governments of Great Britain, France, and Belgium.

Language: English

Published: 1896

A Romance

Author: Guy Newell Boothby

Language: English

Published: 1898

Mr. Boothby has proved himself a master of the art of story-telling from the point of view of the reader who asks for a succession of stirring events, a suspicion of mystery, and an interest not only maintained but culminating. It would be unfair to explain the extraordinary character of "Pharos," or to do more than allude to the series of strange adventures wherein he plays a leading part. It is enough to assure Mr. Boothby's readers of delightful thrills and an interest which this vivid romancer never permits to flag.

Author: A.M. Chisholm

Language: English

Published: 1919

Life on a ranch in the Northwest.

Language: English

Published: 1845

It is at a stirring period of French history, abounding in horrors and bloodshed, and in plots and intrigues, that M. Alexandre Dumas commences 'Marguerite de Valois.' Beginning with the marriage of Henry and Margaret, he narrates, in his spirited and attractive style, various episodes, real and imaginary, of the great massacre, from the first fury of which Henry himself, doomed to death by the remorseless Catherine de Medicis, was only saved by his own caution, by the indecision of Charles IX., and the energy of Margaret of Valois. (Translated 1900)

Author: Elizabeth Louisa Hoskyn

Language: English

Published: 1914

The stories of London in this little book are interesting to everybody, whether young or old; they cannot fail to be so, because London is interesting, more or less, to everybody in the world. But the book is written more particularly for the children of London, so that they may not be careless city-dwellers, as so many are, but may grow up into real citizens of this great London, loving their old city in all its nooks and corners for its own dear sake, feeling it in all the twists and turns of its varied history, as if their life and its life were bound up in one.

Exploração entre os rios Taquary e Aquidauana no districto de Miranda : memoria descriptiva

Author: Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay

Language: Portugues

Published: 1868

Author: Scott Evans

Language: English

Published: 2010

Jacob Cox is 18 and finds himself running his family's new business, a dilapidated bar in a forgotten seaside town. Jacob longs to escape his family of villains, liars and psychopaths. Could the bar be his last chance to make money and get away from everyone he despises? Is his family really that bad or is he actually worse than all of them put together?

To make the business a success he needs help from his dangerous twin brother Miller, his disastrous best friend Curly and his annoyingly cool younger brother Clint. It's a perilous undertaking with monstrous foes and maybe even love (or just deadly sex). If his con artist father, gang member mother, and his sinister little sister Marie don't destroy his plans, maybe, just maybe he can escape.

A screwball comedy about a dysfunctional family who need each other to survive.

Author: Charles James Lever

Language: English

Published: 1896

Language: English

Published: 1901

WORLD--"The story of the 'firebrand,' Rollo Blair, a Scottish gentleman-adventurer, and his two incongruous associates, of the Abbot of Montblanch, the kidnapping of the Queen, the outlawry of Ramon Garcia, the outwitting of Cabrera by Rollo, and the doings of the gipsies, is decidedly good."

DAILY TELEGRAPH--"A full-blooded tale of adventure."

A Story of Duty and Peril

Author: Grant Balfour

Language: English

Published: 1899

Language: English

Published: 1887

A Love Story

Author: Amelia Edith Barr

Language: English

Published: 1891

Author: Jeffery Farnol

Language: English

Published: 1918

Author: Grant Balfour

Language: English

Published: 1899

A series of readable little modernized fables conveying useful moral lessons.

Author: William Dean Howells

Language: English

Published: 1893

Author: Waldemar Bonsels

Language: German

Published: 1920

Author: Myrtle Reed

Language: English

Published: 1904

A Love Story with a musical atmosphere. A picturesque, old German virtuoso is the reverent possessor of a genuine Cremona. He consents to take as his pupil a handsome youth who proves to have an aptitude for technique, but not the soul of the artist. The youth has led the happy, careless life of a modem, well-to-do young American, and he cannot, with his meagre past, express the love, the longing, the passion and the tragedies of life and its happy phases as can the master who has lived life in all its fulness. But a girl comes into his existence, a beautiful bit of human driftwood that his aunt had taken into her heart and home; and through his passionate love for her, he learns the lessons that life has to give—and his soul awakens.

An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia

Author: Henryk Sienkiewicz

Language: English

Published: 1898

A sequel to 'With Fire and Sword.'

Author: Various Authors

Language: English

Published: 1909

Language: English

Published: 1878

Language: Finnish

Published: 1889

Author: Henryk Sienkiewicz

Language: Finnish

Published: 1921

Author: James O'Brien

Language: English

In the early days of Orchid cultivation the idea was commonly entertained that these interesting plants could never become popular with the general public, for the reason that their culture involves a great initial outlay and permanent expense. That such an idea is incompatible with the facts is now admitted by all those who are most familiar with the subject. There is no department of "Present-Day" gardening that exhibits such wonderful progress as is shown in the Orchid gardens and nurseries that are to be found in every portion of these Isles.

Author: Stephen Crane

Language: English

Published: 1902

Author: Various Authors

Language: English

Published: 1910

The Story of China and the Opium Curse

Author: Samuel Merwin

Language: English

Published: 1908

A Personal Investigation, during an Extended Tour, of the Present Conditions of the Opium Trade in China and Its Effects upon the Nation.

These chapters were originally published during 1907 and 1908 in Success Magazine. Though frankly journalistic in tone, the book presents something more than the hasty conclusions of a journalist. During its preparation the author travelled around the world, inquiring into the problem at first hand in China and in England, reading all available printed matter which seemed to bear in any way on the subject, and interviewing several hundred gentlemen who have had special opportunities to study the problem from various standpoints. The writing was not begun until this preliminary work was completed and the natural conclusions had become convictions in the author's mind.

Language: English

It is only when a building entirely fulfils the purpose for which it is intended and bears the impress of a genuine style that it takes rank as a work of architecture. This definition, exclusive though it at first sight appears, brings within the province of the art every structure which combines with practical utility beauty of design and execution, from the humblest cottage to the most dignified temple or palace.

Author: Harry Stillwell Edwards

Language: English

Published: 1920

A Plucky Boy's Luck

Author: Horatio Alger Jr.

Language: English

Published: 1877

Language: Portugues

Published: 1839

Author: Paul Heyse

Language: English

Published: 1867

L'Arrabiata
Count Ernest's Home
Blind
Walter's Little Mother
The Dead Lake and Other Tales

Studies in Modern Feminism

Author: Dell Floyd

Language: English

Published: 1913

Language: English

Published: 1919