THERE was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but s

Finnian, the Abbott of Moville, went southwards and eastwards in great haste. News had come to him in Donegal that there were yet people in his ow

There are none of England's daughters that bear a prouder presence. ***** And a kingly blood sends glances up, her princely eye to trouble, And th

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I inscribe this to you, my dear Heine, to you that represent in Paris the ideas and poetry of Germany, in Germany the lively and witty criticism o

One or two friends to whom I showed these papers in MS. having observed that they were not half bad, and some of my relations having promised to b

TO The Faculty of Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga., --AND TO THE PRESIDENT IN PARTICULAR, TO WHOSE CAREFUL MENTAL AND MORAL TR

Neither life nor the lawn-tennis club was so full at Natterley that the news of Harry Sterling's return had not some importance. He came back,

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Rightly or wrongly, it is certain that a man both liberal and chivalric, can and very often does feel a dis-ease and distrust touching those polit

Link Ferris was a fighter. Not by nature, nor by choice, but to keep alive. His battleground covered an area of forty acres--broken, scrubby,

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PUTTING ON THE SCREW. The cold on the 8th of February, 186-, was more intense than the Parisians had experienced during the whole of the sever

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THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand lik

It is the fate of sequels to disappoint those who have waited for them; and my David, having been left to kick his heels for more than a lustre in

The success which attended the publication in this Series of Illustrated Works of A Woman's Journey round the World, has induced the publication o

To the memory of the companion, counsellor, and comrade of nearly 40 years. The sharer of my every ambition for the welfare of mankind, my

This little work aims to combine the instructive features of a book of travels with the interest of a domestic tale. Throughout its pages the desc

To the Memory of MY MOTHER; wise in counsel--tender in judgment, and in all charity--strengthful in Christian faith and purpose--I dedicat

DEDICATION To Maria. May your name, that of one whose portrait is the noblest ornament of this work, lie on its opening pages like a b

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Without going into a deep, psychological discussion of the elements in men's souls that breed events, we may say with truth that the Lazy A ranch

When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers stretch out, seeking Primˇs warmth but finding only the rough canvas cover of the ma

This book sets out as forcibly and exactly as possible the religious belief of the writer. That belief is not orthodox Christianity; it is not, in

CHAPTER I {would be CHAPTER XXIV, if numbered from beginning of Vol. I} "But there is matter for another rhyme; And I to this would add anothe

In the old days there were angels who came and took men by the hand and led them away from the city of destruction. We see no white-winged