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The Boss, and How He Came to Rule New YorkAlfred Henry Lewis The Boss, and How He Came to Rule New York THE WORD OF PREFACEIt should be said in the beginning that these memoirs will not be written by my own hand. I have no skill of pen and ink, and any relation of length would be beyond my genius...

Tristan and IsoldaRichard Wagner Tristan and Isolda: Opera in Three Acts THE STORY OF "TRISTAN AND ISOLDA" ACT ITristan, a valiant Cornish knight, is bringing Isolda, princess of Ireland, over as a bride for his uncle, King Mark. He is himself in love with her, but owing to a blood feud between t...

MoodsAlcott Louisa May Moods "Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus." Emerson.CHAPTER I. IN A YEAR The room fronted the west, but a b...

Landmarks in French LiteratureLytton Strachey Landmarks in French Literature TOJ.M.SCHAPTER I ORIGINS—THE MIDDLE AGES When the French nation gradually came into existence among the ruins of the Roman civilization in Gaul, a new language was at the same time slowly evolved. This language, in spite...

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Two Years Ago, Volume IICharles Kingsley Two Years Ago, Volume II CHAPTER XV. THE CRUISE OF THE WATERWITCH The middle of August is come at last; and with it the solemn day on which Frederick Viscount Scoutbush may be expected to revisit the home of his ancestors. Elsley has gradually made up his ...

Jane, Stewardess of the Air LinesWheeler Ruthe S. Jane, Stewardess of the Air Lines Chapter One Graduation Night Jane Cameron looked breathlessly around the room where seventeen senior nurses of the Good Samaritan hospital at University City sat primly awaiting their diplomas. It was graduation n...

Sämmtliche Werke 4: MirgorodNikolai Vasilevich Gogol Sämmtliche Werke 4: Mirgorod / Gutsbesitzer der alten Zeit / Taraß Bulba / Wij / Wie Iwan / Iwanowitsch und Iwan Nikiforowitsch sich entzweiten / Die / Equipage Vorrede des Herausgebers Die in diesem Bande vereinigten Erzählungen bilden die For...

The Garden of DreamsMadison J. Cawein The Garden of Dreams TO My Brothers Not while I live may I forgetThat garden which my spirit trod!Where dreams were flowers, wild and wet,And beautiful as God. Not while I breathe, awake adream,Shall live again for me those hours,When, in its mystery and glea...

Two Wonderful Detectives: or, Jack and Gil's Marvelous SkillOld Sleuth Two Wonderful Detectives; Or, Jack and Gil's Marvelous Skill BY OLD SLEUTH, Author of All the Famous Old Sleuth Stories. CHAPTER I THE DETECTIVE AND THE BANKER – A REMARKABLE NARRATIVE – A PECULIAR TRAIL – MILLIONS WITH NO OWN...