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Two Years Ago, Volume ICharles Kingsley Two Years Ago, Volume I INTRODUCTORY It may seem a somewhat Irish method of beginning the story of "Two Years Ago" by a scene which happened but a month since. And yet, will not the story be on that very account a better type of many a man's own experiences...

Uncle Tom's Cabin, Young Folks' EditionHarriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin, Young Folks' Edition CHAPTER I UNCLE TOM AND LITTLE HARRY ARE SOLD VERY many years ago, instead of having servants to wait upon them and work for them, people used to have slaves. These slaves were paid no wages. Thei...

Tales for Young and OldVarious Tales for Young and Old PREFACE When the older were considerably younger, and young in infancy, the following interesting Tales were written.W. & R.C.THE BRIDE'S JOURNEY BY MRS CROWEIn the year 1809, when the French were in Prussia, M. Louison, an officer in the...

A Man's WomanFrank Norris A Man's Woman The following novel was completed March 22, 1899, and sent to the printer in October of the same year. After the plates had been made notice was received that a play called "A Man's Woman" had been written by Anne Crawford Flexner, and that this title had b...

The Little Princess of Tower HillMeade L. T. The Little Princess of Tower Hill THE LITTLE PRINCESS OF TOWER HILL CHAPTER I. HER VERY YOUNG DAYS All the other children who knew her thought Maggie a wonderfully fortunate little girl. She was sometimes spoken about as the "Little Princess of Tower H...

The True-Born EnglishmanThe True-Born Englishman A Satire Statuimus pacem, et securitatem et concordiam judicum et justiciam inter Anglos et Normannos, Francos et Britanes, Walliæ, et Cornubiæ, Pictos et Scotos, Albaniæ, similiter inter Francos et insulanos provincias et patrias, quæ pertinent ad...

The Mountains of CaliforniaJohn Muir The Mountains of California CHAPTER I THE SIERRA NEVADA Go where you may within the bounds of California, mountains are ever in sight, charming and glorifying every landscape. Yet so simple and massive is the topography of the State in general views, that the ...

Wonderful Stories for ChildrenHans Christian Andersen Wonderful Stories for Children OLÉ LUCKOIÈ, (SHUT-EYE.) There is nobody in all this world who knows so many tales as Olé Luckoiè! He can tell tales! In an evening, when a child sits so nicely at the table, or on its little stool, Olé Luckoiè c...

The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present PowerJohn S. C. Abbott The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power PREFACE The studies of the author of this work, for the last ten years, in writing the "History of Napoleon Bonaparte," and "The French Revolution of 1789," have necessarily made h...

Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The TragediesSamuel Johnson Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Introduction on Tragedies Dr. Johnson's reaction to Shakespeare's tragedies is a curious one, compounded as it is of deep emotional involvement in a few scenes in some plays and a strange...