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[Preparer's notes: 1) Though the original title does not appear in this version, this is (apart from the preface) a translation of: "Brevisima relacion de la destruccíon de las Indias", ...

36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON _Sixteenth Edition_ _First Published_ _1893_ _First Issued b...

By Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marsillac Translated from the Editions of 1678 and 1827 with introduction, notes, and some account of the author and his times.

Chapter L - Adam and Eve seek to cover their nakedness.

A recent traveller designates the Philippines as the birthplace of typhoons, the home of earthquakes,--epithets undoubtedly strong yet well deserved; and typhoons at certain seasons of the year, wi...

There are few circumstances among those which make up the present condition of human knowledge, more unlike what might have been expected, or more significant of the backward state in which specula...

King Alfred and the Cakes King Alfred and the Beggar King Canute on the Seashore The Sons of William the Conqueror The White Ship King John and the Abbot A Story of Robin Hood Bruce and the ...

Algernon Blackwood (1907) I After leaving Vienna, and long before you come to Budapest, the Danube enters a region of singular loneliness and desolation, where its waters spread away on all si...

Translated, with an Introduction, by William Archer INTRODUCTION.

Chapter I A very little boy stood upon a heap of gravel for the honor of Rum Alley.

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the French Academy Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & Co.

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IN TWO PARTS The text is that of the first American appearance in book form, 1879.

INTRODUCTION We take great pleasure in presenting to the attention of students and investigators of the Secret Doctrines this little work based upon the world-old Hermetic Teachings.

[Transcriber's note: Anonymous, _The power of mesmerism_ (1891), 1891 edition.

Translated into English Prose With a Short Introduction and Explanatory Notes.

Illustrated by Harry Clarke With an Introduction by Thomas Bodkin George G. Harrap & Co.

1894 With The Author's Apology (1902) THE AUTHOR'S APOLOGY Mrs Warren's Profession has been performed at last, after a delay of only eight years; and I have once more shared with Ibsen the ...

I LADY SUSAN VERNON TO MR. VERNON Langford, Dec. MY DEAR BROTHER,--I can no longer refuse myself the pleasure of profiting by your kind invitation when we last parted of spending some weeks wi...

A Discourse Upon The Origin And The Foundation Of The Inequality Among Mankind By J. J. Rousseau INTRODUCTORY NOTE Jean Jacques Rousseau was born at Geneva, June 28, 1712, the son of a watchm...

CLAUD LOVAT FRASER That when I die this word may stand for me-- He had a heart to praise, an eye to see, And beauty was his king.

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TO ALL CHILDREN CHILDREN IN YEARS AND CHILDREN IN HEART I DEDICATE THIS STORY INTRODUCTION There are some of us now reaching middle age who discover themselves to be lamenting the past i...

36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON _Eighth Edition_ * * * * * _First Printed_ ...

Professor of Semitic Languages, University of Pennsylvania And Albert T. Clay, Ph.D., LL.D., Litt.D. Professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature, Yale University ...

PURGATORY Complete TRANSLATED BY THE REV.

TABLE OF CONTENTS THE STORY OF MIMI-NASHI-HOICHI OSHIDORI THE STORY OF O-TEI UBAZAKURA DIPLOMACY OF A MIRROR AND A BELL JIKININKI MUJINA ROKURO-KUBI A DEAD SECRET YUKI-ONNA ...

Translated by Benjamin Jowett INTRODUCTION.

THE CONTENTS THE FLIGHT 9 THE SECOND NIGHT 18 SHELTER 27 A NEW HOME 34 HOUSEKEEPING 4...

BEING THE SECOND BOOK OF HIS HISTORIES CALLED EUTERPE When Cyrus had brought his life to an end, Cambyses received the royal power in succession, being the son of Cyrus and of Cassandane the daug...

Copyright 1912 by The Century Company TO YOU Blue Wednesday The first Wednesday in every month was a Perfectly Awful Day--a day to be awaited with dread, endured with courage and forgotten...

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From The Quarto Of 1616.

with an introduction by George Edward Woodberry and a biographical note by Margaret Lavington Born at Rugby, August 3, 1887 Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, 1913 Sub-Lieut...

BY ANNIE BESANT AND C.W. LEADBEATER [Illustration: Publisher Logo] THE THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING HOUSE LTD 38 GREAT ORMOND STREET, LONDON, W.C. 1 _First Printed_ 1901 _Reprint_ 1905 _Repr...

By Nicolay Gogol A comedy in five acts Translated by Thomas Seltzer from the Russian INTRODUCTION The Inspector-General is a national institution.

A Novel of the Mexican Revolution Translated by E. Munguia, Jr. Original Title: LOS DE ABAJO PART ONE "How beautiful the revolution!

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Edited By The Rev.

LONDON DAVID NUTT, 57-59 LONG ACRE 1911 PREFACE There is at least one spot in the world where Fairies are still believed in, and whe...

Thugs and Thuggee.

Translated by Benjamin Jowett INTRODUCTION.

dying, at the time he wrote it.

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Contents: Armstrong, Hannah Arnett, Harold Atherton, Lucius Ballard, John Barker, Amanda Barrett, Pauline Bartlett, Ezra Bateson, Marie Beatty, Tom Beethoven, Isaiah Bennett...

TARTUFFE OR THE HYPOCRITE by JEAN BAPTISTE POQUELIN MOLIERE Translated By Curtis Hidden Page INTRODUCTORY NOTE Jean Baptiste Poquelin, better known by his stage name of Moliere, stands...

ADDRESSED TO MRS. CREWE, WITH THE COMEDY OF THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL Tell me, ye prim adepts in Scandal's school, Who rail by precept, and detract by rule, Lives there no character, ...