The Doings of Raffles Haw (1891) is a novel by Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle involving an inventor who has discovered a way to turn lead into gold.
Excerpt: "e;When, in 1919, Private John Benton returned from France, he was not a hero of the proportions of three or four who, alone and unaided, had slain six or a dozen of the enemy and captured a hundred; but he was a warrior not to be sneezed at.
Excerpt: "e;The field of aviation has, from the inception of successful flight by the Wright Brothers, had a wonderful fascination for the amateur mechanic.
Edward Hutton's "e;Attila and the Huns"e; is a historical work that examines the life and impact of Attila the Hun and his nomadic warrior people, the Huns.
Francis of Assisi is, after Mary of Nazareth, perhaps the greatest saint in the Christian calendar, and one of the most influential men in the whole of human history.
In July 1891, a slender, bookish Prince-ton graduate packed a small knapsack, put on a suit of old work clothes, and walked into a new existence as a member of the working class.
Excerpt: "e;There have been occasions when, after long rest as a hulk lying in some land-locked cove, with little of its past history except the name left in people's memories, that once again the old ship has been brought forth, staunch as ever, to perform, it is hoped, faithful service on the outer seas.
Excerpt: "e;The narcotic effects of hemp are popularly known in the South of Africa, South America, Turkey, Egypt, Asia Minor, India, and the adjacent territories of the Malays, Burmese, and Siamese.
Excerpt: "e;Stirring Scenes in Savage Lands: An Account of the Manners, Customs, Habits and Recreations, Peaceful and Warlike, of the Uncivilised World.
Auszug: "Die Geschichte, die ich erzählen will, ereignete sich in jener im Großen und Ganzen glücklichen Zeit, da sich die Planeten um die Sonne drehten ohne zu fragen warum, und die Sonne ganz gedankenlos, ohne sich nach einem Spiegel zu sehnen, ihre leuchtenden Strahlenbündel von sich schleuderte.
Captain Mallender comes to old Madras in search of his uncle, once a reputable officer in the Blue Hussars, who disappeared mysteriously about thirty years ago.
This volume consists largely of Stevenson's thoughts as he journeyed by train in 1879 from New York to San Francisco, in pursuit of the American woman he had recently met on the Continent (and who was to become his wife).
Excerpt: "e;All save one of the papers here collected were written as lectures and read from a desk at Cambridge; the exception being that upon Trollope, contributed to The Nation and the Athenaeum and pleasantly provoked by a recent edition of the "e;Barsetshire"e; novels.
Excerpt: "e;If any one wishes to form the fullest estimate of the real character and influence of the great man whose name is prefixed to these remarks, he will not find it in his novels, splendid as they are, or in his ethical views, clearly and finely as they are conceived and expanded.
Auszug: "Wenn es für ein Findelkind ein erhebendes Gefühl ist, sich selbständig durch die Welt geschlagen zu haben, so hat doch das Bewußtsein, einem edlen Stamm wackerer Vorfahren entsprossen zu sein, einen höheren Wert, in dem Maße, als dankbare Pietät das kühle Selbstgefühl, niemand als sich selbst für sein Leben verpflichtet zu sein, an wärmender und beglückender Kraft überwiegt.
The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, first published in New York on April Fool's Day 1857, is the ninth book and final novel by American writer Herman Melville.
Auszug: "In allen Teilen der Erde haben jüngst kühne Aufstände von schurkischem Despotismus eins auf den Kopf bekommen; ebenso haben furchtbare Unfälle, von Lokomotiven oder Dampfern verursacht, Hunderten von kühnen Reisenden eins auf den Kopf gegeben (bei einem davon habe ich einen lieben Freund verloren).
Lafcadio Hearn was probably as responsible as anyone for opening the Western mind to the ways of the Japanese, having lived and worked there, marrying a Japanese woman and becoming a naturalized citizen.
