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Excerpt from The Civil Service of the CrownThe history of the rise of imperial administra tion in Great Britain, and the analysis of its constitution, which will be found in the follow ing pages, originally appeared. In the West Minster Review in two articles, intituled The Civil Service, which were written as a Com mentary on the Reports of The Civil Service Inquiry Commission, 1875.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of tho...

Excerpt from Thanatopsis and Other Poems: And Other PoemsBryant began to make verses in his eighth year, one of his earliest efforts being a paraphrase of the first chapter of the Book of Job, and another, a poetical address before his school. In his thirteenth year he surprised his family and the public with a political satire of over five hundred lines, which was published at Boston under the title, The Embargo, or Sketches of the Times, a S...

Excerpt from Sella, Thanatopsis and Other Poems: With Notes and a Biographical SketchBryant translated many short poems from the Spanish, but his largest literary undertaking was the translation of the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer. He brought to this task great requisite powers, and if there is any failure it is in the absence of Homer's lightness and rapidity, qualities which the elasticity of the Greek language especially favored.About the Pub...

Excerpt from The United States Review and Literary Gazette, Vol. 2: From April 1, to October 1, 1827WE should have been glad of a better life of Mrs. Radcliffe than the one before os. It contains but little more than is to be found in the extract in Scott's Lives of the Novelists. Let os, however, be grateful for that little, and, in particular, for the correction of the silly stories set a-going by some small theorists, who thought to account...

Excerpt from Poetical WorksThe ancestry of William Cullen Bryant might have been inferred from the character of his writings, which reflect whatever is best and noblest in the life and thought of New England. It was a tradition that the first Bryant of whom there is any account in the annals of the New World came over in the Mayflower, but the tradition is not authenticated. What is known of this gentleman, Mr. Stephen Bryant, is that he came ...

Excerpt from Scribner's Popular History of the United States, From the Earliest Discoveries of the Western Hemisphere by the Northmen to the Present Time, Vol. 5A people greatly tried RY war. - secretary chase developed As A presiden tial candidate. The cleveland convention nominates general fremont. Looking TO grant AS A candidate. The arguelles incident. Lincoln.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and c...

Excerpt from Scribner's Popular History of the United States, From the Earliest Discoveries of the Western Hemisphere by the Northmen to the Present Time, Vol. 5A people greatly tried RY war. - secretary chase developed As A presiden tial candidate. The cleveland convention nominates general fremont. Looking TO grant AS A candidate. The arguelles incident. Lincoln.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and c...

Excerpt from The United States Review and Literary Gazette, Vol. 2: From April 1, to October 1, 1827WE should have been glad of a better life of Mrs. Radcliffe than the one before os. It contains but little more than is to be found in the extract in Scott's Lives of the Novelists. Let os, however, be grateful for that little, and, in particular, for the correction of the silly stories set a-going by some small theorists, who thought to account...

Excerpt from PoemsWe think on what they were, with many fears Lest goodness die with them, and leave the coming years.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfe...

Excerpt from A Popular History of the United States, Vol. 4: From the First Discovery of the Western Hemisphere by the Northmen, to the End of the Civil WarThe present volume is the completion of the work which the late Mr. Bryant consented should have the sanction of his name. The first two volumes passed the ordeal Of his careful perusal in justice to those who began the reading of the work at the beginning of its publication, it is only pro...

Excerpt from Forest ScenesThe melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year, Of wailing winds, and naked woods, and meadows brown and sere. Heaped in the hollows of the grove, the autumn leaves lie dead.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology t...

Excerpt from Scribner's Popular History of the United States, Vol. 3: From the Earliest Discoveries of the Western Hemisphere by the Northmen to the Present TimeThere were slaves also in New York, but not enough to in¿uence the system of labor. As Andros said, they were but very few. Beggars there were none the poor who could not support themselves were taken care of - easily taken care of, no doubt, as there could not have been many. The manu...

Excerpt from A New Library of Poetry and Song, Vol. 2T is love creates their melody, and all This waste of music is the voice of love That even to birds and beasts the tender arts Of pleasing teaches.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digit...

Excerpt from The Song of the SowerAnd those whose sounding axes gleam, And him who breaks the quarry-ledge, And him who with the steady sledge, The roof-trees of our swarming race, The lengthening street, For the brave men that climb the mast.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Book...

Excerpt from The Little People of the SnowAmong the summer-blossoms, far below Saw its white peaks in August from their door. One little maiden, in that cottage - home Dwelt with her parents, light of heart and limb, Bright, restless, thoughtless, ¿itting here and there, Like sunshine on the uneasy ocean-waves.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis b...

Selections From the Portfolio of S. V. White is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1890.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebo...

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