A BOOK OF ESSAYS IN PROFITABLE IDLENESS
by HENRY VAN DYKE
"And suppose he takes nothing, yet he enjoyeth a delightful walk by
pleasant Rivers, in sweet Pastures, amongst odoriferou...
INTRODUCTION
William Beckford, born in 1759, the year before the accession of King
George the Third, was the son of an Alderman who became twice Lord Mayor
of London. His family, o...
by Percival Lowell
CHAPTER 1. Individuality.
The boyish belief that on the other side of our globe all things are of
necessity upside down is startlingly brought back to the man wh...
by Thomas Holmes (Secretary of the Howard Association)
(1912)
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PREFACE
I am hopeful that some of the experiences given in the following
chapters may throw a little light upon ...
BY HERBERT N. CASSON
PREFACE
Thirty-five short years, and presto! the newborn art of telephony is
fullgrown. Three million telephones are now scattered abroad in foreign
countries,...