The Caged Lionby Charlotte M. YongePREFACEWhen the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history. In the present case, it is scarcely necessary to do more than refer to the almost unique relations that subsisted between Henry V. and his prisoner, James I. of Scotland; who lived with him throughout his reign on the terms of friend rather than of captive, and was absolutely sheltered by this imprisonment throughout his nonage and early youth from the frightful violence and presumption of the nobles of his kingdom....　

Sir Nigelby Sir Arthur Conan DoyleCONTENTI. THE HOUSE OF LORINGII. HOW THE DEVIL CAME TO WAVERLEYIII. THE YELLOW HORSE OF CROOKSBURYIV. HOW THE SUMMONER CAME TO THE MANOR HOUSE OF TILFORDV. HOW NIGEL WAS TRIED BY THE ABBOT OF WAVERLEYVI. IN WHICH LADY ERMYNTRUDE OPENS THE IRON COFFERVII. HOW NIGEL WENT MARKETING TO GUILFORDVIII. HOW THE KING HAWKED ON CROOKSBURY HEATHIX. HOW NIGEL HELD THE BRIDGE AT TILFORDX. HOW THE KING GREETED HIS SENESCHAL OF CALAISXI. IN THE HALL OF THE KNIGHT OF DUPLINXII. HOW NIGEL FOUGHT THE TWISTED MAN OF SHALFORDXIII. HOW THE COMRADES JOURNEYED DOWN THE OLD, OLD ROADXIV. HOW NIGEL CHASED THE RED FERRET...　

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWSTHE WIND IN THEWILLOWSKENNETH GRAHAMEAUTHOR OF "THE GOLDEN AGE," "DREAM DAYS," ETC.1- Page 2-THE WIND IN THE WILLOWSCHAPTER I.THE RIVER BANKThe Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then onladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he...　

The Essays of Montaigne, V19by Michel de MontaigneTranslated by Charles CottonEdited by William Carew Hazilitt1877CONTENTS OF VOLUME 19.XIII. Of Experience.CHAPTER XIIIOF EXPERIENCEThere is no desire more natural than that of knowledge. We try all waysthat can lead us to it; where reason is wanting, we therein employexperience,"Per varios usus artem experientia fecit,Exemplo monstrante viam,"["By various trials experience created art, example shewing theway."Manilius, i. 59.]which is a means much more weak and cheap; but truth is so great a thingthat we ought not to disdain any mediation that will guide us to it....　

The Beasts of Tarzanby Edgar Rice BurroughsTo Joan BurroughsCONTENTSCHAPTER PAGE1 Kidnapped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Marooned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Beasts at Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Sheeta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Mugambi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 A Hideous Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 Betrayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558 The Dance of Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649 Chivalry or Villainy . . . . . . . . . . . . 73...　

SCIENCE OF LOGICby HegelTABLE OF CONTENTSPreface to the First EditionPreface to the Second EditionIntroduction: General Notion of LogicIntroduction: General Division of LogicVOLUME ONE: THE OBJECTIVE LOGICBOOK ONE: THE DOCTRINE OF BEINGWith What must Science Begin?General Division of BeingSection One: Determinateness (Quality)Chapter 1 BeingA BeingB NothingC Becoming1. Unity of Being and Nothing2. Moments of Becoming: Coming-to-be and Ceasing-to-be3. Sublation of Becoming...　

The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemoniansby XenophonTranslation by H. G. DakynsXenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave him land and property in Scillus, where he lived for many years before having to move once more, to settle in Corinth. He died in 354 B.C.The Polity of the Lacedaemonians talks about the laws and institutions created by Lycurgus, which train and develop Spartan citizens from birth to old age.The Polity of the Lacedaemonians talks about the laws and institutions created by Lycurgus, which train and develop Spartan citizens from birth to old age....　

Female Suffrageby Susan Fenimore CooperA LETTER TO THE CHRISTIAN WOMEN OF AMERICA.Part I.The natural position of woman is clearly, to a limited degree, asubordinate one. Such it has always been throughout the world, in allages, and in many widely different conditions of society. There arethree conclusive reasons why we should expect it to continue so forthe future.FIRST. Woman in natural physical strength is so greatly inferior toman that she is entirely in his power, quite incapable of self-defense, trusting to his generosity for protection. In savage life thisgreat superiority of physical strength makes man the absolutemaster, woman the abject slave. And, although every successive...　

Lectures on Evolutionby Thomas Henry HuxleyITHE THREE HYPOTHESES RESPECTING THE HISTORY OF NATUREWe live in and form part of a system of things of immensediversity and perplexity, which we call Nature; and it is amatter of the deepest interest to all of us that we should formjust conceptions of the constitution of that system and of itspast history. With relation to this universe, man is, in extent,little more than a mathematical point; in duration but afleeting shadow; he is a mere reed shaken in the winds of force.But as Pascal long ago remarked, although a mere reed, he is athinking reed; and in virtue of that wonderful capacity of...　

The Mystery of the Yellow Roomby Gaston LerouxCHAPTER IIn Which We Begin Not to UnderstandIt is not without a certain emotion that I begin to recount herethe extraordinary adventures of Joseph Rouletabille. Down to thepresent time he had so firmly opposed my doing it that I had cometo despair of ever publishing the most curious of police storiesof the past fifteen years. I had even imagined that the publicwould never know the whole truth of the prodigious case known asthat of The Yellow Room, out of which grew so many mysterious,cruel, and sensational dramas, with which my friend was so closelymixed up, if, propos of a recent nomination of the illustrious...　

The Age of Invention, A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquestby Holland ThompsonPREFATORY NOTEThis volume is not intended to be a complete record of inventive genius and mechanical progress in the United States. A bare catalogue of notable American inventions in the nineteenth century alone could not be compressed into these pages. Nor is it any part of the purpose of this book to trespass on the ground of the many mechanical works and encyclopedias which give technical descriptions and explain in detail the principle of every invention. All this book seeks to do is to outline the personalities of some of the outstanding American inventors and indicate the significance of their achievements....　

THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARKHAMLET, PRINCE OFDENMARKWilliam Shakespeare16041- Page 2-THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARKDramatis PersonaeClaudius, King of Denmark. Marcellus, Officer. Hamlet, son to theformer, and nephew to the present king. Polonius, Lord Chamberlain.Horatio, friend to Hamlet. Laertes, son to Polonius. Voltemand, courtier.Cornelius, courtier. Rosencrantz, courtier. Guildenstern, courtier. Osric,...