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In Exitu Israel - An Historical Novel, Volume 1 (of 2)
by S. Baring-GouldIn Exitu Israel: An Historical Novel is the first of two volume historical fiction work written by S. Baring-Gould, who is also the author of ‘Curious Myths of the Middle Ages,’ ‘Origin and Development of Religious Belief,’ ‘The Silver Store,’ &c., &c.There is a side to the History of the French Revolution which is too generally overl..
World Without Glamor
by Stephen MarloweMarsden had filled a basin with well water and began to lather his hands and face with soap when Marie entered their cabin. He looked up and clucked his tongue in disapproval. "Lord," he said. "Look at yourself."Marie scowled at him as she removed her bandanna and shook loose her short-cropped hair. "How do you expect me to look?" Her plain but pre..
A lecture
by Victoria Claflin WoodhullVictoria C. Woodhull leaves this country shortly for Europe, and has prepared a lecture, which will be her farewell utterance. Those who heard Mrs. Woodhull recently at Paine Hall bear unanimous testimony to the humanitarian character of her address; she is the advocate of peculiar, because novel and original, views. A Times reporter has obtained a..
Hold Onto Your Body!
by Richard O. LewisHumming a merry little tune, I turned to the papers upon my desk. The partnership contract between James Fidwell and T. J. Nelson. If one of the partners should die from any cause, the other partner would become sole owner of the Remey Company....They seemed quite in order. I shuffled them into a neat pile and cut an intricate little dance step on ..
The Rising Son
by Wm. Wells BrownThe Rising Son; or, the Antecedents and Advancement of the Colored Race is the biography of African-American race written by Wm. Wells Brown whose other works include “Sketches Of Places And People Abroad,” “The Black Man,” “The Negro In The Rebellion,” “Clotelle,” Etc.After availing himself of all the reliable information obtainable, the aut..
Valladolid, Oviedo, Segovia, Zamora, Avila & Zaragoza
by Albert F. CalvertThe six cities of Spain which form the subject of the following pages are little known to English travellers. Yet no one who would understand the country can afford to pass them by. Not only are they compact of artistic and architectural treasures, but within their walls much of the history of the Spanish nation has been made. Oviedo—that little ci..
Minor Dialogues, Together With the Dialogue on Clemency
by Lucius Annaeus SenecaAUBREY STEWART's preface on the book saysI can say little by way of preface to Seneca’s “Minor Dialogues” which I have not already expressed in my preface to “De Beneficiis,” except that the “Minor Dialogues” seem to me to be composed in a gloomier key than either the “De Beneficiis” or “De Clementia,” and probably were written at a time when the a..
The Blue Birds at Happy Hills
by Lillian Elizabeth RoyThe Blue Birds at Happy Hills is a friendship fiction story written by Lillian Elizabeth Roy who is Author Of The “Five Little Starrs” Series, Etc.A shrill whistle from the woods then told the three waiting children that Don and Dot Starr were half-way to the meeting place. The Blue Birds and Bobolinks were going to meet at the barn, known now as t..