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CleopatraJacob Abbott Cleopatra PREFACE Of all the beautiful women of history, none has left us such convincing proofs of her charms as Cleopatra, for the tide of Rome's destiny, and, therefore, that of the world, turned aside because of her beauty. Julius Caesar, whose legions trampled the conqu...

Marjorie DawThomas Bailey Aldrich Marjorie Daw I DR. DILLON TO EDWARD DELANEY, ESQ., AT THE PINES. NEAR RYE, N.HAugust 8, 1872.My Dear Sir: I am happy to assure you that your anxiety is without reason. Flemming will be confined to the sofa for three or four weeks, and will have to be careful at f...

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...

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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The Merriweather Girls in Quest of TreasureLizette M. Edholm The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure CHAPTER I ON THEIR WAY The four Merriweather Girls were assembled at the railroad station where the long string of Pullman coaches stood ready. The girls were starting on a vacation trip to th...

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...

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...

Ma confessionTolstoy Leo, graf Ma confession PRÉFACELa vive admiration que l'on manifeste à Paris pour les ouvrages de Tolstoï, la sympathie avec laquelle on accueille chaque nouveau volume de ses œuvres, et l'intérêt qu'on porte à son individualité, m'ont donné l'idée de traduire ce petit volume...