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Excerpt from Sarchedon a Legend of the Great Queen, Vol. 2 of 3Ever since her subjection under an Eastern peo ple of wandering and warlike habits, counting their possessions by their ¿ocks, but Showing rather the rapacious instincts of the wolf than the meek and gentle nature of those creatures they loved to tend, Egypt had learned to hate, even more than she feared.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and...

Excerpt from Market Harborough and Inside the BarNow, Mr. Sawyer, too, will descend into the vale of years with a landmark on which to fix his failing eyes, an era which Shall serve as a date for his reminiscence, and a starting-point for his after dinner yarns. This shall be the season when Mr. Sawyer went to the Shires. It is not yet very long ago. Perhaps it may.be well to relate a few Of his adventures and doings in those localities ere th...

Excerpt from Black but Comely, Vol. 2 of 3: Or the Adventures of Jane LeeNot so with the Giant, the Fat Lady, and the Two-headed Child. Here curiosity might gaze its fill unchecked by fear, for the first distinguished personage was deaf, the second affable, and the third so fast asleep in bed, that only one head could be seen above the blankets, and the second must be left to the imagination of a spectator.About the PublisherForgotten Books pu...

Excerpt from The Interpreter: A Tale of the WarOT one of my keys will fit it: the Old desk has been laid aside for years, and is covered with dust and rust. We do not make such strong boxes nowadays, for brass hinges and secret drawers have given place to ¿imsy morocco and russia leather, 'so we Clap a Bramah lock, that Bramah himself cannot pick, on a black bag that the veriest bungler can rip open in five seconds with a penknife, and entrust...

Excerpt from Uncle John, Vol. 1 of 3: A NovelOn the present occasion we will take upon ourselves the fulfilment of a task for which the butler has little leisure, the postman less inclination, and, mastering the contents of these epistles, begin with No. I., addressed in a running, lady-like, not very legible hand.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comTh...

Excerpt from Roy's WifeAn Open wine-book propped against an uncorked bottle Offers the produce of many European vineyards at the highest possible tarifi'. In its first page alone the varieties Of champagne and claret might stock the cellar Of a duke. But he is a man of unusually trustful nature who drinks wine in a coffee-room at the rate Of one hundred and twenty shillings per dozen, and experienced travellers wisely content themselves with p...

Excerpt from Satanella, Vol. 1 of 2: A Story of PunchestownAt her head stood a ragged urchin of four teen, although her eyes showed wild and red above the shabby blinkers, she rubbed her nose against the lad's waistcoat, and seemed to con sider him the only friend she had left in the world.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction...

Excerpt from Contraband, Vol. 1 of 2: Or a Losing HazardMrs. Lascelles loved her horse dearly, and had been riding him with the liberality and con fidcncc that spring from true affection, in a lady like manner no doubt, and gracefully enough, but with considerable daring, and no small expenditure of pace. The good generous animal had a perfect right to be tired, having borne his precious b1u°den honourably and safely close to hounds as long as...

Excerpt from Satanella: A Story of PunchestownAt her head stood a ragged urchin of four teen, although her eyes showed wild and red above the shabby blinkers, she rubbed her nose against the lad's waistcoat, and seemed to con sider him the only friend she had left in the world.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 import...

Excerpt from The White RoseI can work, sir, well enough, replied the pupil, when I have an object.An object! Retorted the tutor, lifting his eyebrows in that stage of astonishment which is but one degree removed from disgust, gracious heavens, sir, if your whole success in life, your character, your position, the very bread you eat, is not an object, I should like to know what is!Gerard knew, but he wasn't going to tell Mr. Archer, and I think...

Excerpt from The White Rose, Vol. 3A good many people were already in town. Mrs. Vandeleur had left off her widow's cap, and reduced the depth of her crape borders. Dolly Egremont, after a grand quarrel with Miss Tregunter, who had spent several months in the south of France, and never shown since, was up to his ears in theatrical affairs. His correspondence with the American ao tress alone, who, always coming, had not yet arrived, would have ...

Excerpt from M. Or N. Similia Similibus CuranturPerhaps of this young couple, the girl, in her perfect faith and entire self-sacrifice, may have be'eh less aghast than her lover at the imminence of dis covery, reprobation, and scorn. -when no other course was left open, she eloped willingly enough with the man she had trusted-shutting her eyes to con sequences, ih that recklessness of devotion which, lead though it may to much unhappiness in l...

Excerpt from M. Or Similia Similibus Curantur, Vol. 2 of 2Yet she knew quite well where he was hidden all the time, and, inasmuch as she had some regard for her kind old employer, the know ledge almost drove her mad. Therefore it was that Dorothea, harassed by con¿icting feelings, drowned her sorrows perseveringly in the bowl.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgotte...

Excerpt from The Gladiators: A Tale of Rome and JudaeaSO the Ivory Gate swings back, and gentle doves come forth on snowy Wings, ¿ying upwards through the gloom, to bear balm and consolation to the weary and the wounded and the lost. Now this was the dream the birds of Peace brought with them, to soothe the broken spirit Of a Sleeping slave.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more ...

Excerpt from Satanella a Story of Punchestown, Vol. 2 of 2In a comic opera, once much appreciated by soldiers of the French nation, there occurs a quaint refrain, to the effect that the gathering of strawberries in a certain wood at Malieux is a delightful pastime, "Quand on est deux, Quand on est deux - "and the sentiment, thus expressed, seems applicable to all solitudes, suburban or otherwise, where winding paths and rustic seats admit of t...

Excerpt from Sister Louise or the Story of a Woman's Repentance: RosineThe last speaker threw his plumed hat on the table, and disembarrassed himself of a handsome sword, richly ornamented with gold. That table was Of rough deal, over which the plane had passed but lightly. Napkin or cloth it had none, its service consisting, indeed, of a coarse earthenware plate, some blunt knives, a steel fork, and a broken mug. The two young officers who be...

Excerpt from Uncle John, Vol. 3 of 3: A NovelGloomy as must have been the "dungeon dark" of a feudal castle in the Middle Ages, such as that in which William of Deloraine complained he lingered "long months three, " filthy as the miry hole from which a pitying eunuch drew the prophet out by his arm-pits with clouts and cords, I can conceive nothing more suggestive of utter hopelessness and desolation than the order, the discipline, the whitewa...

Excerpt from The Brookes of BridlemereThe Squire wouldn't miss it, if you took five shillings off his chimney-piece, but the law would send you to prison and hard labour, all the same and serve you right! Poaching is but stealing out of doors, J em. You ought to know that as well as I do. I tell you, I wouldn't trust a poacher any more than I would a housebreaker or a thief.But J em could not see the matter exactly in this light. It is doubtfu...

Excerpt from Digby Grand, Vol. 1 of 2: An Autobiography'Grand and Buffler to stay!' says the 'prepostor' of the Lower Remove-Remove, as he darts into our hall of learning on his humane errand. Right well do Grand and Buffler know what that simple sentence indicates, and ere the messenger of Fate, in the shape of a short and dirty lower boy colleger, or 'tug' has departed, they evince by a simultaneous hitching of the waistband, and wistful exp...

Excerpt from Cerise: A Tale of the Eighteenth CenturyIN the gardens of Versailles, as everywhere else within the freezing in¿uence of the Grand Mona'rque, nature herself seemed to accept the situation, and succumbed inevitably under the chain of order and courtly etiquette. The grass grew, indeed, and the Great Waters played, but the former was rigorously limited to certain mathematical patches, and permitted only to obtain an established leng...