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Excerpt from A Bibliography of Oliver Wendell Holmes Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 2d scrim, vol. 5, p. 200. Extracts from Mr. Pierce's diary have been published at intervals by the Society. See under Poetry: a Metrical Essay and The Pil grim's Vision. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an im...

Excerpt from A History of Penal Methods: Criminals, Witches, Lunatics He started some few years back as a helpless baby, with a little bright, wondering face looking out on life. What has been impressed into it since then? It was a blank page, with only the water-mark of heredity, and a certain grade of quality and texture upon it. What have we written there? What has the whole community been doing to make these lines, now so deeply graven, o...

Excerpt from The Novels of Honoré De Balzac, Vol. 2: Now for the First Time Completely Translated Into English In addition pleasure of dedicating this Scene to you is the gratification afforded to my pride by betraying the secret of your kindness to him who subscribes himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an ...

Excerpt from Eros Throne Time rolls them downward to the plain, And with millennial years they break. For nothing yet by Nature made, And never aught man forged in fire, Could turn away his wrathful blade, Or hath not crumbled on his pyre. The ¿oating fortress, with its sheath Of tempered iron, rises fair. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com Th...

Excerpt from Text, Type and Style: A Compendium of Atlantic Usage This book is not intended as a general hand book, or manual of style, or as a general guide to the study Of English, or as anything more than its sub-title indicates: that is to say, an effort to put into words the principles and the rules SO far as those principles can be expressed in rules that govern the preparation Of copy and the handling Of proofs of the Atlantic Monthly....

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Excerpt from The Petty Bourgeois, Vol. 2 Every one has heard of the disasters of the Odéon, that fatal theatre which, for years and years, consumed the substance of all its directors. Rightly or wrongly, the quarter in which that dramatic impossibility is situated is still convinced that it is deeply interested in its prosperity, and more than once the mayor and most eminent citizens of the arrondissement, with a courage that does them honor,...

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...