George Whale CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Lighter-than-air craft consist of three distinct types: Airships, which are by far the most important, Free Balloons, and Kite Balloons, which are attached to the g...

LEO TOLSTOY Translated by CJ HOGARTH A SLOW JOURNEY Again two carriages stood at the front door of the house at Petrovskoe. In one of them sat Mimi, the two girls, and their maid, with the bailiff, ...

STORIES OF BOY-LIFE IN THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN HJALMAR HJORTH BOYESEN THE BATTLE OF THE RAFTS THE ORIGIN OF THE WAR A deadly feud was raging among the boys of Numedale. The East- Siders hated...

(Or On Guard with Uncle Sam) Scout Master, G. Harvey Ralphson CHAPTER I. PLANNING A VACATION. "After all, it is what's in a fellow's head, and not what's in his pocket, that counts in the long run."...

Andrew Lang TO THE VISCOUNTESS WOLSELEY Madame, it is no modish thing, The bookman's tribute that I bring; A talk of antiquaries grey, Dust unto dust this many a day, Gossip of texts and bindings old,...

Anna Sewell [English Quaker -- 1820-1878.] [Note: `Black Beauty' was originally published in 1877. This etext was transcribed from an American edition of 1911. Some small corrections were made, after ...

William J. Kountz, Jr. PREFACE In presenting this work, we believe that an explanation is due the reader as to why the letters are given in their present form at this time. The first book published, "...

Richard Harding Davis Had the Wilmot Electric Light people remained content only to make light, had they not, as a by-product, attempted to make money, they need not have left Hayti. When they flooded...

Jonathan Swift PREDICTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1708 Wherein the month, and day of the month are set down, the persons named, and the great actions and events of next year particularly related, as will come...

Arthur Conan Doyle CHAPTER I. THE NEW-COMERS. "If you please, mum," said the voice of a domestic from somewhere round the angle of the door, "number three is moving in. Two little old ladies, who were...