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Excerpt from Gallant Little Wales: Sketches of Its People, Places and CustomsI wish to express my debt to Mr. Henry Black well, who has always been quick to lend me volumes from his priceless Welsh library and who went over some of my manuscript for me. I am under obligations also to Rev. Gwilym O. Griffith of Carnarvonshire, North Wales. Thanks, too, I owe to Miss Dorothy Foster for her work upon the map which appears as a sep arate page in t...

Excerpt from Vacation Camping for GirlsThere is an appropriate garb for the wil derness even as there is the right gown for an afternoon tea. Except for this warning.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, preserv...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from The Sun Chaser: A Play in Four ActsThis play is fully protected by the copyright law. No per formance, either professional or amateur, may be given without the written permission of the author, who may be addressed in care of the publishers. Steward Kidd Company, Cincinnati, Ohio.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduct...

Excerpt from The End of a SongSix aye, she 'd always a tendency to babies - ten - 't was the same with her mother whatever - Tom, Mali, Pat inherited - aye, twelve! Aye, the Span ish royal family could n't have done bet ter. An' the oldest just twelve!Well, they 'te grand babies sighed old Nan whose married life had not known a single little one.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find ...

Excerpt from Leviathan, the Record of a Struggle and a TriumphTo the stranger visiting these Philadelphia college halls on this hot day for the first time, only the laughter and youthful freshness of the boys would have seemed to matter. These lads who swarmed in and out of the Quad drew all eyes and all ears. From one of the windows of the Quad, conspicuous because of the beauty of its bright ¿ower boxes, hung a black grizzled head, gazing mo...

Excerpt from Wellesley College Legenda, 1899In praise of her we love so true. Steadfast, our Alma Mater, Shall be thy loyal daughter Faithful to Wellesley and the blue! Long hours of work and pleasure, Life filled to fullest measure.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 sta...

Excerpt from A Brief Historical Outline of English Literature: From the Origins to the Close of the Eighteenth CenturyThis brief outline of the history of English Literature is intended simply for class use. The bibliographical refer ence is made largely with the Mt. Holyoke College Library in mind, and with the hope that the shelf numbers may [lighten the difficulties of looking for books when a student wishes to save all the time for reading...

Excerpt from The Merry Merry CuckooMerry Cuckoo has been a constant inspiration Doctor Richard Burton, ex-president of the Drama League of America.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 fo...

Excerpt from The Merry Merry Cuckoo: And Other Welsh PlaysIn the production of these plays it is important that the spirit of the Welsh should be understood. The literal carrying out of much detail would, no doubt, help, but more essential is it to carry out the Welsh attitude of mind. George Meredith, Welsh by inheritance, wrote in his Emilia: All subtle feelings are discerned by Welsh eyes and I may observe there is human nature and Welsh na...

Excerpt from The Merry Merry Cuckoo: And Other Welsh PlaysIn the production of these plays it is important that the spirit of the Welsh should be understood. The literal carrying out of much detail would, no doubt, help, but more essential is it to carry out the Welsh attitude of mind. George Meredith, Welsh by inheritance, wrote in his Emilia: All subtle feelings are discerned by Welsh eyes and I may observe there is human nature and Welsh na...

Excerpt from English Pastoral Drama: From the Restoration to the Date of the Publication of the "Lyrical Ballads" (1660-1798)For many suggestions I am indebted to Professor Margaret Sherwood, ph.d. (yale University), of Wellesley College, some of Miss Sherwood's eriti cisms and comments I have taken almost verbatim. To Miss Helen M. Cady, m.a. (wellesley), I am under great obligations for helping me in my bibliographical work at the Boston Pub...

Excerpt from Through Welsh DoorwaysAnnie's words sounded inconclusive, although she fortified them by an animated gesture with her plump wrinkled hand. Her eyes glanced timidly from the window to David's face.But Annie, ye've not said a word of the cuckoo, replied David plaintively.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 i...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Excerpt from A Girl's Student Days and After HE school and college girl is an important factor in our life to-day. Around her revolve all manner of educational schemes, to her are open all kinds of educational opportunities. There was never an age in which so much thought was expended upon her, or so much interest felt in her development. There are many articles written and many speeches delivered on the responsibility of parents and teache...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

About the Book Books about Travel in Great Britain describe travel, tourism and adventures in England, Scotland and Wales, which have their unique and intertwined histories and specific features. Titles include: A Journal of an Excursion Round the South-Eastern Coast of England, A Walk Through Southampton: Including a Survey of Its Antiquities, Authorised Guide to the Tower of London, Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain, The Derbyshire ...

About the Book Books about Holidays and Celebrations for Juveniles describe the meanings of various holidays and celebrations in a manner that can be understood by children.About usTrieste Publishing's aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. Our titles are produced from scans of the original books and as a result may sometimes have imperfections. To...

Excerpt from Little Busybodies And we who wrote this book? Well, we, too, have been children. We used to climb trees and turn somersaults, why But that is another story! And we remember so well what it used to be like to have to learn dull things we did not wish to know. SO we said to ourselves, as we looked over our spectacles at each other, N 0, they sha'n't be told a single uninteresting fact, they sha'n't be dull, poor dears, as we were s...

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...