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The Cameronians - A Novel, Volume III
James GrantHew was far from dying yet, as the doctor averred; and Sir Piers too—he 'had seen too much of that sort of thing up country, not to know all about it;' but, in his lowness and perturbation of spirit, ..
The Doves' Nest, and Other Stories
Katherine MansfieldKatherine Mansfield died at Fontainebleau on January 9th 1923, at the age of thirty-four. The title of this volume, “The Doves’ Nest and Other Stories,” is the title which Katherine Mansfield int..
A Gamekeeper's Note-book
Owen JonesA gamekeeper's notes are written for the most part on the tablets of his mind. He is a man of silence; yet he is ever ready to unlock the casket of his memories if old friends, and sympathetic, are ab..
A Merry Scout
Edna Payson BrettLakeside Park was fairly a-blossom with children that bright summer morning, babies and babies—chubby little boys in clean jaunty blouses, dainty little girls, fresher than the posies as they skipped ..
From Immigrant to Inventor
Michael PupinLooking back over the development of this volume throughout the year or more during which I have been writing it, it seems to me that I cannot better express the end I have had in view than to repeat ..
Joseph and His Brethren
W. K. TweedieThe story of Joseph is at once so simple that childhood is arrested and rivetted by it, and so profound that sages may deepen their wisdom by meditating on the truths which it embodies. As the bones o..
Summer
Romain RollandSylvie had touched a wound that she wanted to forget. Through an inconsistency she could not have explained, but which came from the depths of her nature, she who rejoiced at the coming of the child b..
The History of Trade Unionism
Sidney WebbThe reader must not expect to find, in this historical volume, either an analysis of Trade Union organisation, policy, and methods, or any judgement upon the validity of its assumptions, its economic ..