No one but myself knows what I have suffered, nor what my bookshave gained, by your unsleeping watchfulness and admirablepertinacity. And now here is a volume that goes into the world andlacks your imprimatur: a strange thing in our joint lives; and thereason of it stranger still! I have watched with interest, withpain, and at length with amusement, your unavailing attempts toperuse The Black Arrow; and I think I should lack humour indeed, ifI let the occasion slip and did not place your name... Read Full Story

"Abandoning my heart, and rapt in ecstasy, I ran after her till I cameto a place in which religion and reason forsook me." _Persian Religious Hymn. CONTENTS I. AFTER SUCH A PAGAN CUT II. THERE BEGINS CONFUSION III. AS FALSE AS STAIRS OF SAND IV. SOME SPEECH OF MARRIAGE V. VOLUBLE AND SHARP DISCOURSE VI. HEART-BURNING HEAT OF DUTY VII. THE SHOT OF ACCIDENT VIII. LIKE COVERED FIRE IX. HIS PURE HEART'S TRUTH X. A SYMPATHY OF WOE XI. IN PLACE AND IN ACCO... Read Full Story

-----------------------------------------------------------------| "O day and night, but this is wondrous strange" || ______ || / / /| ------ / /| /| / /-. || /---- / /__| / / /__| / | / / / || / /___ / | / /___ / | / |/ /__.-' || || No Dimensions One Dimension || . A ROMANCE OF MANY DIMENSIONS ----- || POINTLAND LINELAND || ... Read Full Story

The period represented by this volume is in many ways the most complex andconfusing in Israel's history. The record is not that of the life of anation but of the scattered remnants of a race. It was inevitable thatunder the influence of their varied environment, the survivors of theJewish race should develop very different beliefs and characteristics.The result is that many different currents of thought and shades of beliefare reflected in the literature of this period; some of it is dross, b... Read Full Story

In preparing the following pages I have been chiefly indebted for thematerials of the earlier chapters to some MS. notes by my late uncle,Mr. William Cairns. These were originally written for Professor MacEwenwhen he was preparing his admirable _Life and Letters of John Cairns,D.D. LL.D._ They are very full and very interesting, and I have madefree use of them.To Dr. MacEwen's book I cannot sufficiently express my obligations. Hehas put so much relating to Principal Cairns into an absolutely ... Read Full Story

Transcriber's Note: This document is the text of Trial and Triumph. Any bracketed notations such as [?], and those inserting letters or other comments are from the original text.Transcriber's Note About the Author:Francis Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) was born to free parents inBaltimore, Maryland. Orphaned at three, she was raised by her uncle, ateacher and radical advocate for civil rights. She attended the Academyfor Negro Youth and was educated as a teacher. She becam... Read Full Story

[Illustration: CORPORAL HOLMES IN THE UNIFORM OF THE 22ND LONDON BATTALION, QUEEN'S ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT, H.M. IMPERIAL ARMY. _Frontispiece_.]A YANKEE IN THE TRENCHESByR. DERBY HOLMESCORPORAL OF THE 22D LONDON BATTALION OF THEQUEEN'S ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT_ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS_BOSTONLITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY1918 Dedication TO MARION A. PUTTEE, SOUTHALL, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND, I DEDICATE THIS BOOK AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE LOVING THOUGHTS AND DEEDS BESTOWED UPON M... Read Full Story

What a month of March it was! And after an unusually mild season, too.Old Winter seemed to have hoarded up all his stock of snow and coldweather, and left it as an inheritance to his wild and rollicking heir,that was expending it with lavish extravagance.March was a jolly good fellow though, in spite of his bluster andboisterous ways. There was a wealth of sunshine in his honest heart,and he evidently wanted to render everybody happy. He appeared to haveentered into a compact with Santa Claus... Read Full Story

Last year, in giving the young ones a volume of English Fairy Tales,my difficulty was one of collection. This time, in offering themspecimens of the rich folk-fancy of the Celts of these islands, mytrouble has rather been one of selection. Ireland began to collecther folk-tales almost as early as any country in Europe, and Crokerhas found a whole school of successors in Carleton, Griffin,Kennedy, Curtin, and Douglas Hyde. Scotland had the great name ofCampbell, and has still efficient followe... Read Full Story

I don't exactly know why Cap'n Jonadab and me went to the post-office that night; we wa'n't expecting any mail, that's sartin.I guess likely we done it for the reason the feller that tumbledoverboard went to the bottom--'twas the handiest place TO go.Anyway we was there, and I was propping up the stove with my feetand holding down a chair with the rest of me, when Jonadab heavesalongside flying distress signals. He had an envelope in hisstarboard mitten, and, coming to anchor with a flop in t... Read Full Story