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by Nicolo Machiavelli Translated by W. K. Marriott Nicolo Machiavelli, born at Florence on 3rd May 1469. From 1494 to 1512 held an official post at Florence which included diplomatic missions to vario...

L. FRANK BAUM Affectionately dedicated to my young friend Sumner Hamilton Britton of Chicago Prologue. Through the kindness of Dorothy Gale of Kansas, afterward Princess Dorothy of Oz, an humble write...

William Shakespeare I. When my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her, though I know she lies, That she might think me some untutor'd youth, Unskilful in the world's false forgeries, ...

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L. ADAMS BECK THE NINTH VIBRATION There is a place uplifted nine thousand feet in purest air where one of the most ancient tracks in the world runs from India into Tibet. It leaves Simla of the Imperi...

William H. McGuffey, Compiler PREFACE It is now nearly three quarters of a century since the appearance of the first edition of McGuffey's Readers, compiled by Dr. William H. McGuffey. Revisions have ...

PREFACE The New McGuffey First Reader has been prepared in conformity with the latest and most approved ideas regarding the teaching of reading, and its lessons embody and illustrate the best features...

by Honore de Balzac Translated by James Waring DEDICATION To Monsieur le Comte Ferdinand de Gramont. MY DEAR FERDINAND,--If the chances of the world of literature-- /habent sua fata libelli/--should...