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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...

Stories from the Trenches: Humorous and Lively Doings of Our 'Boys Over There'Carleton B. Case Stories from the Trenches: Humorous and Lively Doings of Our 'Boys Over There' THE MAN WHO “CAME BACK” ONE of the strangest of the many personal romances which the war has brought is the tale of a man w...

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Legends and TalesBret Harte Legends and Tales THE LEGEND OF MONTE DEL DIABLO The cautious reader will detect a lack of authenticity in the following pages. I am not a cautious reader myself, yet I confess with some concern to the absence of much documentary evidence in support of the singular inc...

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...

Buzz a Buzz: or, The BeesBusch Wilhelm Buzz a Buzz; Or, The Bees Preface. EXPLANATORY I must say a few words in explanation of the somewhat novel form which my new "Bee-Book" has taken, and which, doubtless, will be a surprise to the many Bee-Friends who are waiting with exemplary patience for th...

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...

Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man Wilde Oscar Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death. Women are made to be loved, not to be understood. It is absurd to have a hard and fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. M...