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Summer
by Romain RollandOn the half-light of the room, with its closed shutters, Annette was sitting on her bed, smiling, with her white dressing-gown wrapped about her. Her unbound hair, which she had just washed, covered her shoulders. Through the open windows could be seen the motionless, golden warmth of an August mid-afternoon; without observing it, one felt out ther..
The History of Trade Unionism
by Sidney WebbThe thirty years that have elapsed since 1890, down to which date we brought the first edition of this book, have been momentous in the history of British Trade Unionism. The Trade Union Movement, which then included scarcely 20 per cent of the adult male manual-working wage-earners, now includes over 60 per cent. Its legal and constitutional statu..
A Square Deal
by Theodore RooseveltIf it were possible to place this volume in the hands of every American citizen I feel profoundly convinced there would follow an uplift toward right-living and right-thinking which would affect the destiny of our race more than anything which has yet occurred in our history.There is here presented a fearless expression of views upon the paramount ..
Poems
by Isaac RosenbergOf the many young poets who gave their lives in the war, Isaac Rosenberg was not the least gifted. Adverse circumstances, imperfect education, want of opportunity, impeded and obscured his genius; but whatever criticism be made of his poetry, its faults are plainly those of excess rather than deficiency. His writing was often difficult and obscure,..
In and About Drury Lane, and Other Papers, Vol. 2
by Dr. John DoranBut for Pepys and Evelyn we should know but little of the social life of the seventeenth century. A host of letter writers—Walpole, Mrs. Delany, and Mrs. Montagu, at the head of them—may be said to have photographed the next century for us. Lord Malmesbury, Lord Auckland, and some others succeeded; and now we are beginning to have revelations exclu..
Mountain Paths
by Maurice MaeterlinckIN that curious little masterpiece A Beleagured City, Mrs. Oliphant shows us the dead of a provincial town suddenly waxing indignant over the conduct and the morals of those inhabiting the town which they founded. They rise up in rebellion, invest the houses, the streets, the market-places and, by the pressure of their innumerable multitude, all-po..
One Hundered Years a Republic. Our Show
by Daisy ShortcutA Humorous Account of the International Exposition in Honor of the Centennial Anniversary of American Independence, from Inception to Completion, Including Description of Buildings, Biographies of Managers, Receptions of Foreign Dignitaries, Opening Ceremonies, Poem, Oration, Amusing Survey of All Departments, Incidents, Etc., Etc...
The Pacifist, and other poems
by Howard Futhey BrintonA collection of American poems by Howard Futhey Brinton.The Pacifist“Adam’s Apple”Mac’s (Psychologic) CigarBreaking InLa ReveSolThe Poor Man’s ClubRetrospectOn “Gungha Din”Why?BarneyCome, Little GirlI’ll Come, Little BoyChenowethYou WonderIn “Del’s”The Mother..