PERSONS REPRESENTED CHRYSALE, an honest bourgeois PHILAMINTE, wife to CHRYSALE ARMANDE & HENRIETTE, their daughters ARISTE, brother to CHRYSALE BÉLISE, his siste

CHAPTER I In the autumn month of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, wherein these presents bear date, two idle apprentices, exhausted by the long, hot summer, and the

Synopsis: The national epic of Spain, written in the twelfth century about Rodrigo Diaz of Bivar, conqueror of Valencia, who only died in 1099 but had already become a legend. Re

PREFACE The author of the present volume has endeavoured to embody, in as short a space as possible, some of the results of his own experience and observation in society, and

by Wilkie Collins CONTENTS NOTE: THE LAW AND THE LADY. PART I. PARADISE LOST. CHAPTER I. THE BRIDE’S MISTAKE

CHAPTER I Twilight of a certain summer day, many years ago, shaded softly down over the wild Ohio valley bringing keen anxiety to a traveler on the lonely river trail. He had

THE LAST TOURNAMENT BY ALFRED TENNYSON, D.C.L., POET-LAUREATE AUTHOR'S EDITION FROM ADVANCE SHEETS This poem forms one of the "Idyls of the King." Its place is b

I. A MIDSUMMER freshet was running over old Gabe Bunch's water-wheel into the Cumberland. Inside the mill Steve Marcum lay in one dark corner with a sl

THE LAST OF THE PLAINSMEN by ZANE GREY PREFATORY NOTE Buffalo Jones needs no introduction to American sportsmen, but to these of my readers who

INTRODUCTION It is believed that the scene of this tale, and most of the information necessary to understand its allusions, are rendered sufficiently obvious to the reader i

CHAPTER I. WHEREIN MASTER ADAM WARNER IS NOTABLY COMMENDED AND ADVANCED—AND GREATNESS SAYS TO WISDOM, "THY DESTINY BE MINE, AMEN." The Chronicles inform us, that two or thre

Fair are thy fields, O England; fair the rural farm and the orchards in which the blossoms have ripened into laughing fruits; and fairer than all, O England, the faces of thy soft-

CHAPTER I. RURAL ENGLAND IN THE MIDDLE AGES—NOBLE VISITORS SEEK THE CASTLE OF MIDDLEHAM. Autumn had succeeded to summer, winter to autumn, and the spring of 1468 was green

DEDICATORY EPISTLE. I dedicate to you, my indulgent Critic and long-tried Friend, the work which owes its origin to your suggestion. Long since, you urged me to attempt a fict

By Edward Bulwer Lytton CONTENTS DEDICATORY EPISTLE. PREFACE TO THE LAST OF THE BARONS BOOK I.   THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER MARMADUKE N

By Henry Seton Merriman “What is it thou knowest, sweet voice?” I cried. “A hidden hope,” the voice replied.

By Henry Seton Merriman “What is it thou knowest, sweet voice?” I cried. “A hidden hope,” the voice replied. CONTENTS

PREFACE I have written “Impressions and Tales” upon the title-page of this volume, because I have included within the same cover two styles of work which

by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton CONTENTS BOOK THE FIRST Chapter I. Chapter II Chapter III Chapter IV Chapte

The illustrations by George Housman Thomas in this HTML file were taken from the First Edition of The Last Chronicle of Barset (Smith, Elder and Co., London, 1867).

By J. F. Bone CONTENTS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII

TIMES WERE HARD IN PONTIAC It was soon after the Rebellion, and there was little food to be had and less money, and winter was at hand. Pontiac, ever most loyal to old France

INTRODUCTION The story with which this book opens, 'The Lane That Had No Turning', gives the title to a collection which has a large share in whatever importance my work may p

By Gilbert Parker CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE LANE THAT HAD NO TURNING CHAPTER I.   THE RETURN OF MADELINETTE CHAPTER II.   WHEN THE