By William MacLeod Raine, 1910 CONTENTS FOREWORD TO YE GENTLE READER. PART I — THE MAN FROM THE PANHANDLE

DEDICATION. TO HENRY FYNES CLINTON, ESQ., etc., etc. AUTHOR OF "THE FASTI HELLENICI." My Dear Sir, I am not more sensible of the distinction conferred upon me when y

CHAPTER II. The Departure of Solon from Athens.—The Rise of Pisistratus.—Return of Solon.—His Conduct and Death.—The Second and Third Tyranny of Pisistratus.—Capture of Sigeum

CONTENTS. BOOK III CHAPTER      I The Character and Popularity of Miltiades.—Naval expedition.           —Siege of Paros.—Conduct of Miltiades.—He is Accused and

CHAPTER I. Thucydides chosen by the Aristocratic Party to oppose Pericles.—His Policy.—Munificence of Pericles.—Sacred War.—Battle of Coronea.— Revolt of Euboea and Megara

CHAPTER VI. The sun had risen an hour since. Heron had betaken himself to his workshop, whistling as he went, and in the kitchen his old slave Argutis was standing over the h

CHAPTER IX. While this conversation was taking place, Melissa and her companion had reached the shore of the lake, the large inland sea which washed the southern side of the c

CHAPTER XII. Melissa had supposed that, according to custom, the litter would be carried up the incline or the steps, and into the Serapeum by the great door; but in consequen

CHAPTER XVIII. The statue of Serapis, a figure of colossal size, carved by the master- hand of Bryaxis, out of ivory overlaid with gold, sat enthroned in the inner chamber of

CHAPTER XXVIL The great Amphitheatre of Dionysus was in the Bruchium, the splendid palatial quarter of the city, close to the large harbor between the Choma and the peninsula

A THORNY PATH By Georg Ebers Volume 12. CHAPTER XXXIV. Caracalla's evening meal was ended, and for years past his friends had never seen the gloomy monarch in so mad a

I. THE SCENE Yes, of course it is an experiment! But it is made in corpore vili. It is not irreparable, and there is no reason, more's the pity, why I should not please myse

By Marion Harland New York: 1870 CONTENTS AT LAST CHAPTER I. — DEWLESS ROSES. CHAPTER II. — AN EXCHANGE OF CONFIDENC

CHAPTER VIII The Great French Duel [I Second Gambetta in a Terrific Duel] Much as the modern French duel is ridiculed by certain smart people, it is in reality one of the m

CHAPTER XXIX [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word. We heard his horn and instantly got up. It was dark and cold and wretched. As I fumbled around for the matches,

CHAPTER XXXVI [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing] We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas. The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length o

CHAPTER XLIII [My Poor Sick Friend Disappointed] Everybody was out-of-doors; everybody was in the principal street of the village—not on the sidewalks, but all over the s

By Thomas Dykes Beasley Author of "The Coming of Portola" With A Foreword by Charles A. Murdock Above the pines the moon was slowl

Romance By W. D. Howells Author Of “The Coast Of Bohemia”, “The Quality Of Mercy”, “A Hazard Of New Fortunes” Etc. Harper & Br

PREFACE. The little production presented in these pages was designed for, and has been used as, a lecture; and I have wished to preserve, without emendation, the form and char

CONTENTS CHAPTER I. The Grand Trunk Railway—Sarnia—"Confusion worse confounded"—A Churlish Hostess—Fellow-Passengers on the Manitoba—"Off at last!"—Musical Honours—Sunr

A Trip to Scarborough A COMEDY DRAMATIS PERSONÆ AS ORIGINALLY ACTED AT DRURY LANE THEATRE IN 1777 LORD FOPPINGTON Mr. Dodd. SIR TUNBELLY CLUMSY Mr. Moody. COLONEL

AT SUNDOWN BY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER AT SUNDOWN.      TO E. C. S.      THE CHRISTMAS OF 1888.      TH

AT THE SIGN OF THE EAGLE By Gilbert Parker “Life in her creaking shoes