by WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE To JEAN AND THAT KINGDOM "Where you and I through this world's weather Work, and give praise and thanks together." CHAPTER 1. TWO MEN AND A WOMAN "Mr. Ridgway, ma'am." T...

by J. M. SYNGE INTRODUCTION It must have been on Synge's second visit to the Aran Islands that he had the experience out of which was wrought what many believe to be his greatest play. The scene of "R...

BY GERTRUDE ATHERTON INTRODUCTION A long list of works Gertrude Atherton has to her credit as a writer. She is indisputably a woman of genius. Not that her genius is distinctively feminine, though she...

REGINALD IN RUSSIA Reginald sat in a corner of the Princess's salon and tried to forgive the furniture, which started out with an obvious intention of being Louis Quinze, but relapsed at frequent inte...

By CHARLES BABBAGE DEDICATION. HAD I INTENDED TO DEDICATE THIS VOLUME, I SHOULD HAVE INSCRIBED IT TO A NOBLEMAN WHOSE EXERTIONS IN PROMOTING EVERY OBJECT THAT CAN ADVANCE SCIENCE REFLECT LUSTRE UPON H...

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON INTRODUCTION THE SURNAME OF STEVENSON FROM the thirteenth century onwards, the name, under the various disguises of Stevinstoun, Stevensoun, Stevensonne, Stenesone, and Stewinso...

ELECBOOK CLASSICS Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen ELECBOOK CLASSICS ebc0017. Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice This file is free for individual use only. It must not be altered or resold. ...

Robert Louis Stevenson INTRODUCTION In every Samoan household the day is closed with prayer and the singing of hymns. The omission of this sacred duty would indicate, not only a lack of religious trai...

Wilfred Owen Introduction In writing an Introduction such as this it is good to be brief. The poems printed in this book need no preliminary commendations from me or anyone else. The author has left u...

CURRER, ELLIS, AND ACTON BELL. POEMS BY CURRER BELL, PILATE'S WIFE'S DREAM. I've quench'd my lamp, I struck it in that start Which every limb convulsed, I heard it fall-- The crash blent with my sleep...