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Life is either a great adventure or nothing." Helen Keller*... In the tradition of Charles Dickens, the adventure of a life well lived is fascinatingly told by Charles Young in his book, Burning Stone: Friendship Of Fire, (the first of two books) which is about the exciting adventure of an intriguing young man, Addam Dammon, who thought his entire predictable life was planned out for him. When a mysterious 'call', from the Burning Stone, came ...

Life is either a great adventure or nothing." Helen Keller*... In the tradition of Charles Dickens, the adventure of a life well lived is fascinatingly told by Charles Young in his book, Burning Stone: Friendship Of Fire, (the first of two books) which is about the exciting adventure of an intriguing young man, Addam Dammon, who thought his entire predictable life was planned out for him. When a mysterious 'call', from the Burning Stone, came ...

Excerpt from Harald First of the Vikings 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 the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the...

Excerpt from A Text-Book of General Astronomy: For Colleges and Scientific SchoolsThe present work is designed as a text-book of Astronomy suited to the general course in our colleges and Schools of science, and is meant to supply that amount of information upon the subject which may fairly be expected of every liberally educated person. W'hile it assumes the previous discipline and mental maturity usually corresponding to the latter years Of'...

Excerpt from Manual of Astronomy a Text-BookThe material of the new book has naturally been derived largely from its predecessors, but everything has been care fully worked over, rearranged and rewritten where necessary.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...

Excerpt from A Memoir of Charles Mayne Young, Tragedian, 1871: With Extracts From His Son's Journal I have been unaffectedly surprised and gratified by the reception this book has met with at the hands both of the Press and the Public. Tolerant as my critics have been of my negligences and ignorances, none of them can be more conscious of them than I am myself. It did not need their forbearance to quicken my own sense of the meagreness of the...

Excerpt from Lessons in Astronomy, Including Uranography a Brief Introductory Course Without Mathematics It has been thought well also to add brief notes on the legendary mythology of the constellations for the benefit of such pupils as are not likely to become familiar with it in the study of classical literature. In the preparation of the book great pains have been taken not to sacrifice accuracy and truth to compactness, and no less to br...

Excerpt from A Memoir of Charles Mayne Young, Vol. 1: Tragedian, With Extracts From His Son's Journal Few persons of matter-of-fact temperament know how difficult it is for the imaginative, how ever truthful in intention, to adhere rigidly to bald literality of narration. Any impartial and dispassionate observer, who has ever seen the experiment of Russian scandal, and witnessed the ludicrous discrepancies of statement which occur between twe...

Excerpt from A Memoir of Charles Mayne Young, Tragedian, 1871, Vol. 2: With Extracts From His Son's JournalNow, in neither of these estimates is one farthing allowed for beer or animal food of any kind, for hat or cap, boots or shoes, stockings or socks, night-shirt or day shirt, coat, vest, trowsers, or those essentials of domestic life, needles and thread. Is it possible that the extra wages earned in harvest can defray the cost of these thi...

Excerpt from Clara Barton: A Centenary Tribute to the World's Greatest Humanitarian Founder of the American Red Cross Society Author of the American Amendment to the International Red Cross Convention of Geneva Founder of the National First Aid Association of America The author undertakes to produce a few pen pictures of a personal friend - humanity's friend. They are pictures of sentiment, pictures of reality pictures of humanity. About the...

Excerpt from The Waverley Novels: An Appreciation Charles alexander young, the author of this Appreciation, was born on new-year's Day, 1880, and perished in the earthquake of April, 1905, at Dharmsala, India. He was educated at the High School of Stirling and the University of Glasgow, and for both school and college he had a very loyal affection. On leaving Glasgow he spent a year in London cramming for the Indian Civil Service examination,...

Excerpt from Last Leaves From the Journal of Julian Charles Young, A. M: Rector of Ilmington, WarwickshireThe friends who loved and valued him will understand how great an effort it has cost me to write even these poor lines. To their sympathy I commend the contents of this volume, relying on their reverence for his memory to forgive the imperfections which his own hand was not permitted to correct.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes ...

Excerpt from Petticoat Perfidy: A Comedietta in One Act Mrs. M. I don't go so far as to ask you to do that. I want you to put on one of my dresses, and when Mrs. 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 the work, prese...

Excerpt from Dangers of the Trail in 1865: A Narrative of Actual Events I present this narrative of actual events on a trip across the plains to Denver, Colorado, in I 865 and of life in the Far West in the later sixties. An interesting and valuable feature is a map of the country, made in 1865, by Henry Bowles of Boston, showing the old Platte River and Smoky Hill Trails of that day before there was a railroad west of the Missouri River. A...

Life is either a great adventure or nothing." - Helen Keller* ... "The wonderful thing about an 'adventure' story is that one gets to enjoy drama, suspense, thriller, and love stories all in one book." - Charles Young. "At that moment, the Stone burst into the whitest, strongest, harshest, light imaginable, not small beams this time, the entire Stone and sky were filled with its unbearable brilliance. Though my eyes were closed and I was facin...

Life is either a great adventure or nothing." - Helen Keller* ... "The wonderful thing about an 'adventure' story is that one gets to enjoy drama, suspense, thriller, and love stories all in one book." - Charles Young. "At that moment, the Stone burst into the whitest, strongest, harshest, light imaginable, not small beams this time, the entire Stone and sky were filled with its unbearable brilliance. Though my eyes were closed and I was facin...

The Souls of W. E. B. Du Bois explores the relationship of W. E. B. Du Bois's seminal book, The Souls of Black Folk, to other works in his scholarly portfolio and to his larger project concerning race, racial identity, and the social objectives of scholarly engagement.The new, original chapters in this book, written by leading Du Bois scholars, offer a critical reading of Souls and its relevance a century later in today's world. The chapters s...

Excerpt from The Sun and the Phenomena of Its Atmosphere It is of course impossible to include within such limits anything like a complete statement of our present knowledge concerning the sun: for this, one must have recourse to such works as Proc tor's Sun or Secchi's Le Soleil. The new German edition of the latter book, revised and edited by Dr. Schellen, is especially to be commended as a most complete and admirable exhibition of the pres...

Excerpt from The Elements of Astronomy: A Text Book for Use in High Schools and Academies, With an Uranography Special attention has been paid to making all statements correct and accurate as far as they 90. Many of them are necessarily incomplete, 011 account of the elementary char acter of the work, but it is hoped that this incomplete ness has never been allowed to degenerate into untruth, and that the pupil will not afterwards have to unl...

Excerpt from Order of Precedence: With Authorities and Remarks Treasurer, Lord President of the Council, Lord Privy Seal or Chief Secretary, be under the degree of a Baron of Parliament, by reason whereof they can have no interest to give any assent or dissent in the said House, then they shall be placed at the upper most part of the Sacks in the midst of the said Parliament Cham ber, the one of them above the other, in order as is above rehe...