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The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, Volume 2 (of 3)
by Alain Rene Le SageThree weeks after marriage, my mistress bethought herself of rewarding the services I had rendered her. She made me a present of a hundred pistoles, telling me at the same time: Gil Blas, my good fellow, it is not that I mean to turn you away, for you have my free leave to stay here as long as you please; but my husband has an uncle, Don Gonzales P..
The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, Volume 3 (of 3)
by Alain Rene Le SageDon Anastasio de Rada, a gentleman of Grenada, was living happily in the town of Antequera, with Donna Estephania his wife, who united every charm of person and mind with the most unquestionable virtue. If her affection was lively towards her husband, his love for her was violent beyond all bounds. He was naturally prone to jealousy; and though wan..
The Flowering Plants of South Africa (Vol. 3)
by I.B. Pole CapartIn the Botanical Magazine, an excellent figure of this species was given with some critical notes by Sir Joseph Hooker on the taxonomic affinities of the species, and recently (Kew Bulletin, 1920) Mr. J. Hutchinson dealt more fully with the group represented by our plant. He has established Bojer’s MS. name Clematopsis, under which he describes 15 ..
The King of the Mamozekel
by Charles G. D. RobertsWhen the king of the Mamozekel barrens was born, he was one of the most ungainly of all calves,—a moose-calf. In the heart of a tamarack swamp, some leagues south from Nictau Mountain, was a dry little knoll of hardwood and pine undiscovered by the hunters, out of the track of the hunting beasts. Neither lynx, bear, nor panther had tradition of it...
The Story of the Battle Hymn of the Republic
by Florence Howe HallThe Battle Hymn of the Republic, “the crimson flower of battle,” bloomed in a single night. It sprang from the very soil of the conflict, in the midst of the Civil War. Yet the plant which produced it was of slow growth, with roots reaching far back into the past.In order to understand how this song of our nation sprang into sudden being we must st..
Fairy Tales for Workers' Children
by Herminia zur MuhlenThe work of translating this little book of fairy tales for workers’ children is very small in comparison to the joy I get from the knowledge that you, my beloved young comrades, are going to enjoy it.You have read many fairy tales, some of them very beautiful and some that frightened you with their horrible giants and goblins. But never, I am sure..
The Tunnel Under the Channel
by Thomas WhitesideIn the social history of England, the English Channel, that proud sea passage some three hundred and fifty miles long, has separated that country from the Continent as by a great gulf or a bottomless chasm. However, at its narrowest point, between Dover and Cap Gris-Nez—a distance of some twenty-one and a half miles—the Channel, despite any impress..
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
by Hans Christian AndersenHans Andersen's Fairy Tales with illustrations by William Robinson. The storks tell their young ones ever so many fairy tales, all of them from the fen and the moss. Generally the tales are suited to the youngsters’ age and understanding. The baby birds are pleased if they are told just ‘kribly, krably, plurry-murry!’ which they think wonderful; bu..