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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 Familiar WaysThanks are due to the editor of The Atlantic Monthly for permission to reprint The Little House Our Venetian Lamp House Cleaning, It is Well to be off with the Old House before you are on with the New Our Nearest, and Farthest, Neighbors to the editor of Scribner's Magazine for permission to reprint The Vegetable Self, A Sab batical Year, Real Estate, Plain Coun try, Gardens, Real and Imagined, Brother Fire, The Thres...

Excerpt from A Puritan BohemiaHer eyes were following the red-brown sail of a tiny boat, just disappearing in the fog. She would like to catch and keep that colour effect.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, pr...

Excerpt from Dryden's Dramatic Theory and PracticeWorking thus unwillingly and with divided aim, he achieved in the drama success out of proportion to his merit. Ilis audiences were not sensitive to lack of vitality in the plays they went to see. Only great periods have produced great drama tists. And Dryden re¿ects his age. Operatic fea tures, incantation scenes. Torture scenes, gorgeous spectacular effects were offered in Dryden's plavs.Abou...

Excerpt from The Story of King Sylvain and Queen AiméeSecretly forth from the castle and found her way by the trees of the garden to the tryst ing place, and King Sylvain stole forth also, and together they met by the fountain, and there was one star now in the sky.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 historic...

Excerpt from The Princess PourquoiThe fairy who rules circumstance stood by the cradle and spoke. Her face was the face of one who wavers two ways, and her voice was unsure.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, ...

Excerpt from An Experiment in AltruismWhat do you mean by that I asked, turning to look at the girl's face. Her colour was shifting quickly in the cool October air.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, preservin...

Excerpt from A World to Mend, 1920: The Journal of a Working ManRobinson Crusoe on his island was not more alone. After all, this New England town with its homely happenings, the goings on in its little shops and about its doorways, is as much a new world to me as was Crusoe's island to Robinson Crusoe.I shall set to work in a different way from his. There shall be no stockade to separate me from my kind! Not if I can keep pulling it down.Ther...

Excerpt from Daphne, an Autumn PastoralDown there, she said gravely, pointing toward the top of the great hill on whose side the villa stood.Certainly, answered Giacomo with a bow, too much pleased by understanding when there was no reason for it to be captious in regard to the girl's speech. The Signorina non 1m paura, not 'fraid?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.for...

Excerpt from The Coming of the TideThere was a sudden note of sorrow in the voice, that did not escape the large ears of Andrew Lane the third.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...

Excerpt from Henry Worthington: IdealistIt was not thus that he had dreamed in bygone days of his first class. Even while wearing knickerbockers he had become aware of an inherited sense of responsibility toward the world, and had looked out upon life with great serious ness. As a child he had walked up and down the campus among the tall students, thinking of the day when he should be a professor.What are you going to do when you get to be a m...

Excerpt from The Worn DoorstepOften, at a distance, I thought that I had found it, thatched roofs or red tiles, or a lovely old Norman church tower would make me sure that my search was done, but again and again I found my self mistaken, I can hardly tell you why. You know without telling, as you must know all I am writing before I make the letters, and yet it eases my mind to write. At no time did you seem very far as I searched hill country ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Henry Worthington - Idealist is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899. 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. Hansebooks newly publi...

Excerpt from The Princess Pourquoi The fairy who rules circumstance stood by the cradle and spoke. Her face was the face of one who wavers two ways, and her voice was unsure. 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 important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct th...

Excerpt from The Story of King Sylvain and Queen Aime¿e Then Queen Aimée fell a-trembling, though she said no word, and in the dusk was the King ware of the beating of his own heart. 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 important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally recons...

Excerpt from The Coming of the TideThere was a sudden note of sorrow in the voice, that did not escape the large ears of Andrew Lane the third.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...