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Grant Allen

Falling in Love; With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of ScienceGrant Allen Falling in Love; With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science PREFACESome people complain that science is dry. That is, of course, a matter of taste. For my own part, I like my science and my champagne as dry a...

Science in ArcadyGrant Allen Science in Arcady PREFACE These essays deal for the most part with Science in Arcady. 'Tis my native country: for I am not of those who 'praise the busy town.' On the contrary, in the words of the great poet who has just departed to join Milton and Shelley in a place ...

An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel ClayGrant Allen An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay I THE EPISODE OF THE MEXICAN SEER My name is Seymour Wilbraham Wentworth. I am brother-in-law and secretary to Sir Charles Vandrift,...

This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works – the Œuvre – of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook – 10000 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay• Falling in Love; With O...

The Woman Who DidGrant Allen The Woman Who Did PREFACE "But surely no woman would ever dare to do so," said my friend."I knew a woman who did," said I; "and this is her story."I Mrs. Dewsbury's lawn was held by those who knew it the loveliest in Surrey. The smooth and springy sward that stretched...

Biographies of Working MenGrant Allen Biographies of Working Men PREFACEMy acknowledgments are due to Dr. Smiles's "Lives of the Engineers," "Life of the Stephensons," and "Life of a Scotch Naturalist;" to Lady Eastlake's "Life of Gibson;" to Mr. Holden's "Life of Sir William Herschel;" to M. Seu...

Strange StoriesAllen Grant Strange Stories PREFACE It is with some little trepidation that I venture to submit to the critical world this small collection of short stories. I feel that in doing so I owe some apology both to my readers and to the regular story-tellers. Being by trade a psychologis...

Moorland IdyllsGrant Allen Moorland Idylls “For dear Fatherwith Grant’s love.”I. THE NIGHT-JAR We sat late on the verandah last night, listening to the low trilling croon of the night-jar. It was a balmy evening, one of the few this summer; the sunset was lingering over the heather-clad moors, an...

Charles DarwinAllen Grant Charles Darwin CHAPTER I THE WORLD INTO WHICH DARWIN WAS BORN Charles Darwin was a great man, and he accomplished a great work. The Newton of biology, he found the science of life a chaotic maze; he left it an orderly system, with a definite plan and a recognisable meani...

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