William Shakespeare 1602 DRAMATIS PERSONAE ORSINO, Duke of Illyria SEBASTIAN, brother of Viola ANTONIO, a sea captain, friend of Sebastian A SEA CAPTAIN, friend of Viola VALENTINE, gentleman attending...

By Olive Schreiner To a Great Good Man, Sir George Grey, Once Governor of the Cape Colony, who, during his rule in South Africa, bound to himself the Dutchmen, Englishmen, and Natives he governed, b...

BOOK I The double sorwe of Troilus to tellen, 1 That was the king Priamus sone of Troye, In lovinge, how his aventures fellen Fro wo to wele, and after out of Ioye, My purpos is, er that I parte fro y...

the U.S. Department of Energy National Atomic Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico The First Atomic Test On Monday morning July 16, 1945, the world was changed forever when the first atomic bomb was tested...

by Robert Louis Stevenson To S.L.O., an American gentleman in accordance with whose classic taste the following narrative has been designed, it is now, in return for numerous delightful hours, and wit...

Tour through the Eastern Counties of England I began my travels where I purpose to end them, viz., at the City of London, and therefore my account of the city itself will come last, that is to say, at...

by Jerome K. Jerome STORY THE FIRST--Peter Hope plans his Prospectus "Come in!" said Peter Hope. Peter Hope was tall and thin, clean-shaven but for a pair of side whiskers close-cropped and term...

(OR Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures) VICTOR APPLETON CHAPTER I A STRANGE OFFER "Some one to see you, Mr. Tom." It was Koku, or August, as he was sometimes called, the new giant s...

(OR Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky) Victor Appleton CHAPTER I A SKY RIDE "Oh Tom, is it really safe?" A young lady--an exceedingly pretty young lady, she could be called-- stood with one small, glov...

(OR The Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic) VICTOR APPLETON CHAPTER I UNTOLD MILLIONS "Tom, this is certainly wonderful reading! Over a hundred million dollars' worth of silver at the bottom of the...