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...Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis is ... ...ublication Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without... ...sting them from the business center, and on the farther hills were shining new houses, homes—they seemed—for laughter and tranquillity. Over a concret... ...elow the bridge curved a railroad, a maze of green and crimson lights. The New York Flyer boomed past, and twenty lines of polished steel leaped into ... ...abula Street, 496—J. K. Dawson to Thomas Mullally, April 17, 15.7 X 112.2, mtg. $4000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nom And this morning Babbitt was... ...solutely, with figures all in rows and with precedents from Poland and New Zealand, that the street-car company loved the Public and yearned over its ... ... {illustration omitted: consists of several doodles and “(1) a profession (2) Not just a trade crossed out (3) Skill & vision (3) Shd be called “realt... ...tions, but he preferred advance informa- tion about the extension of paved highways, and this a grateful administration gave to him. Also, he was one ... ...l have a nice drive and get cool.” It was a night of lovers. All along the highway into Zenith, under the low and gentle moon, motors were parked and ...

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... Vailima Letters by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication ... ...ed free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neith... ...ight rolled off up Vaea mountain-side; back with Clarke to the Mis- sion; had a bit of lunch and consulted over a queer point of missionary policy jus... ...serably smiling over the miserable issue of his own un- manliness. —Paul—a German—cook and steward—a glut- ton of work—a splendid fellow; drawbacks, t... ... ingenuity, I begin it at different places; so that if you stumble on one section, you may not even then sus- pect the fulness of my labours. Accordin... ...ch just shot through me like a bullet in one of my moments of awe, alone in that tragic jungle:— 13 V ailima Letters THE HIGH WOODS OF ULUFANUA. 1. ... ...ile, through the accident of a fire at an inn. She must not run from a marriage, I think; it would bring her in the wrong frame of mind. Once I can ge... ...lains scarce at all. Yesterday, she went down sola (at least accompanied by a groom) to pay a visit; Belle, Lloyd and I went a walk up the mountain ro... ...like; but does any single soul understand me? Fanny is on the whole very much better. Lloyd has been under the weather, and goes for a month to the So...

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... In The South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publicati... ...ished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Ne... ...ds the close of ’89. By that time gratitude and habit were beginning to attach me to the is- lands; I had gained a competency of strength; I had made ... ... By 8 In The South Seas the same step I had journeyed forth out of that comfort- able zone of kindred languages, where the curse of Babel is so easy ... ...mon to both races: common to both tongues the trick of dropping medial consonants. Here is a table of two widespread Polynesian words:— House. Love. T... ...he island. It is not considered what class is mostly seen. Yet we should not be pleased if a Lascar foremast hand were to judge England by the la- die... ...without with such a mental and implicit awe, and, when examined from within, should present so many apparent evidences of design. We read in Dr. Campb... ...l, he keeps the natives working and the roads passable. Without Stanislao and the convicts, I am in doubt what would become of the present regimen in ... ...t to plant in this land and in these dark regions, that they might receive 66 In The South Seas the root of all that is good and true, which is love....

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...IN THE DAYS OF THE COMET BY H. G. WELLS A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication In the Days of the Comet by H... ... the Days of the Comet by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and witho... ... beautiful, and in some subtle quality, in this small difference and that, new to me and strange. They were in no fashion I could name, and the simple... ...nd I am out of touch with my youth. The old life seems so cut off from the new, so alien and so unreasonable, that at times I find it bordering upon t... ...s of the old world disorder in our hearts. 9 H. G . Wells S S S S Section 2 ection 2 ection 2 ection 2 ection 2 PARLOAD stood at the open window, ope... ...istic papers of the old time. 36 In the Days of the Comet S S S S Section 2 ection 2 ection 2 ection 2 ection 2 I HAD CAST Nettie off in an eloquent ... ...ad its carpet and was taken in prayer. And in Sydney, in Melbourne, in New Zealand, the thing was a fog in the afternoon, that scattered the crowd on ... ...necessary connection with the land, except in certain limited instances of highway and common. All the rest of the land was cut up in the mad- dest wa... ...hem then—the United States of America, the Cape Colony, Australia, and New Zealand—spent much of the nineteenth century in the frantic giving away of ...

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...A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Footnote to History by Robe... ... to History by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and with... .... In addition to the old conundrum, “Who is the king?” they had supplied a new one, “What is the vice-king?” Two royal lines; some cloudy idea of alte... ...11 Robert Louis Stevenson came to him upon a visit and took a fancy to his new posses- sion. “We have long been wanting a boat,” said they. “Give us t... ...ians; take some of the most civilised. In Honolulu, convicts labour on the highways in piebald cloth- ing, gruesome and ridiculous; and it is a common... ...:: (1) The Government of Samoa has been assumed by King Tuiaana Tamasese. (2) By order of the King, it was directed that a Fono should take place to-d... ...e than once is- sued orders forbidding Samoans to take money from “the New Zealand firm.” These, when they were brought to his notice, Brandeis disown... ... in differ- ent quarters of Matautu. The volleys, fired inshore, raked the highway, a British house was again pierced by numerous bullets, and these s... ...o bring German despatches to Apia. The rumour came along with her from New Zealand that in these despatches Knappe would find himself rebuked, and Fle...

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...THE CAGED LION by Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Caged Lion by Charlotte M... ... The Caged Lion by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without... ...ed at entrance, as if supposing the old man asleep; and at a slow pace the new-comer crossed the hall to the chimney, where he stood by the fire, warm... ... a voucher for the guest. The drawbridge had already been lowered, and the new-comer was crossing it upon a powerful black steed, guided by Father Nin... ...by the bare space trodden by feet of man and horse, and yet, in truth, the highway between Berwick and Edinburgh, which descended from a heathery moor... ...pindle side!’ ‘What are her lands?’ asked Malcolm. ‘Hainault, Holland, and Zealand,’ replied the lady. ‘Her father was Count of Hainault, her mother t... ... their seats in barges to return to Westminster by the broad and beautiful highway of the Thames. Here at once Alice Montagu nestled to Esclairmonde’s... ...James Kennedy, the King’s nephew, a real Parisian ‘bejanus,’ or bec jaune, 2 when they last had met in the Hotel de St. Pol; and thus not only qualifi... ...aited for him, and as a great bell began to ring, said ‘Pro caena,’ 5 and 2 Student of the first year. 3 Manners are lacking to the Northerners. 4 ...

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...Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Reprinted Pieces by Charles ... ...eprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without... ...........................................................................11 2 THREE ‘DETECTIVE’ ANECDOTES ................................................ ...roned, tomahawked, or eaten. Sitting on my ruddy hearth in the twilight of New Year’s Eve, I find incidents of travel rise around me from all the lati... ...ike a torch in the bark of some fisherman,’ which is the shining star of a new world. Bruce is caged in Abyssinia, surrounded by the gory horrors whic... ...eav ing him shipwrecked at Cleefeeway, which we apprehend to be Ratcliffe Highway—but heavier losses than that. Long ago a family of children and a m... ... information on such points as the following. Whether there really are any highway robberies in London, or whether some circumstances not con venient... ... gines, and Telegraphs; the chairman has erected mills and bridges in New Zealand. The usher at Our School, who was considered to know everything as ... ...OONEYMOUNT. Is it, or is it not, a ___ to saddle the parish with a debt of 2,745 pounds 6S. 9D., yet claim to be a rigid economist? Is it, or is it n...

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...s at Trincomalee, and 1 “A Scandal in Bohemia” The Strand July 1891 pp. 61 75 2 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes finally of the mission which he had ... ...He had risen out of his drug created dreams and was hot upon the scent of some new problem. I rang the bell and was shown up to the chamber which had ... ...ooked impatiently at his gigantic client. “If your Majesty would condescend to state your case,” he remarked, “I should be better able to advise you.”... ... a monograph upon the deep sea fishes. “Let me see!” said Holmes. “Hum! Born in New Jersey in the year 1858. Contralto — hum! La Scala, hum! Prima donn... ...honourable title of the woman. The Red headed League 21 The Red headed League 2 I HAD called upon my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, one day in the autu... ...ed his memory with a huge pinch of snuff. “Pray continue your very interesting statement.” “There was nothing in the office but a couple of wooden chai... ...It is quite separate and was left me by my uncle Ned in Auckland. It is in New Zealand stock, paying 4 1/2 per cent. Two thousand five hundred pounds w... ... claim, took to the bush, and in a word became what you would call over here a highway robber. There were six of us, and we had a wild, free life of i... ... gray suit, who seemed to be looking in my direction. The road is an important highway, and there are usually people there. This man, however, was lea...

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...1899. First book publi cation in The Son of the Wolf, Houghton Mifflin, 1900. 2 JACK LONDON life. You should have seen the chase, down the river and ... ...s the Englishman, Prince, who pledged “Uncle Sam, the precocious infant of the New World;” the Yankee, Bettles, who drank to “The Queen, God bless her... ...im!’ An’ yeh bet I dusted fer the barn.” “Any kids waiting for you back in the States?” asked the stranger. “Nope; Sal died ’fore any come. Thet ’s wh... ... * * * Fifteen minutes had barely elapsed when the jingle of bells an nounced new arrivals. The door opened, and a mounted police man of the Northwe... ...nk, earnest face of his fellow countryman, he replied inconsequentially on the state of the trail. Then he espied Father Roubeau, who could not lie. “... ...ted Police!” cried Bettles, to the crash of the empty cups. The White Silence 2 C ARMEN won’t last more than a couple of days.” Mason spat out a chun... ...e stream fed the Por cupine, which in turn joined the Yukon where that mighty highway of the North countermarches on the Arctic Circle. But they had ... ...oir, they trickled through the dark forests and mountain passes, threading the highways in bark canoes, or with their moccasined feet breaking trail f... ...the youngsters on him. There was that bloke, Sandel. He had come over from New Zealand with a record behind him. But nobody in Australia knew anything...

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...6 DUTIES—DISCONTENT—SAN PEDRO CHAPTER XV — A FLOGGING—A NIGHT ON SHORE—THE STATE OF THINGS ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 BOARD—SAN DIEGO . ... ...ER XIX — THE SANDWICH 74 ISLANDERS—HIDE CURING—WOOD CUTTING— RATTLE SNAKES—NEW COMERS . . 82 CHAPTER XX — LEISURE—NEWS FROM HOME—’’BURNING THE WATE... ... . . . 90 CHAPTER XXII — LIFE ON SHORE—THE ALERT . . . . 94 CHAPTER XXIII — NEW SHIP AND SHIPMATES—MY WATCHMATE CHAPTER XXIV — SAN DIEGO AGAIN—A DE... ...ng journey. This was literally bidding ‘‘good night’’ to my native land. - 2 - Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana CHAPTER II — FIRST IMPR... ...rength enough to hold on to anything, and it was ‘‘pitch dark.’’ This was my state when I was ordered aloft, for the first time, to reef topsails. ... ... by us, at an immense price, and retail it among themselves at a real (12 1/2 cents) by the small wine glass. Their hides, too, which they value at t... ...ve that he was eaten, and that, they cannot endure to be taunted with.—‘‘New Zealand Kanaka eat white man;— Sandwich Island Kanaka,—no. Sandwich Isl... ...tly, until one of the men said he had a book which ‘‘told all about a great highway- man,’’ at the bottom of his chest, and producing it, I found, t... ...at upon the windlass, and sung sea songs, and those ballads of pirates and highwaymen, which sailors delight in. Home, too, and what we should do wh...

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...d in the ports of China and Japan, is still to be heard, in its home country, in half a hundred varying stages of transition. You may go all over the States, and -- setting aside the actual intrusion and influence of foreigners, negro, French, or Chinese -- you shall scarce meet with so marked a difference of accent as in the forty miles between Edinburgh and Glasgow, or o...

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...MEMORIES AND PORTRAITS by Robert Louis Stevenson A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Memories and Portraits by Rob... ...on (1912 Chatto and Windus edition) is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and withou... ...e is tarred with the English stick. For Mr. Grant White the States are the New England States and nothing more. He wonders at the amount of drinking i... ..., more readily accessible to Mr. White than Boston to the English, and the New England self-sufficiency no better justified than the Britannic. It is ... ... which I used to admire; his reminiscences were all of journeys on foot or highways busy with post-chaises – a Scotland before steam; he had seen the ... ...ere consulting engineers to the Indian, the 59 Memories and Portraits New Zealand, and the Japanese Lighthouse Boards, so that Edinburgh was a world ... ...s as: “Scene 6. The Hermitage. Night set scene. Place back of scene 1, No. 2, at back of stage and hermitage, Fig. 2, out of set piece, R. H. in a sla... ...or The Wreck Ashore? Sixteen-String Jack whom I did not even guess to be a highwayman, troubled me awake and haunted my slumbers; and there is one seq...