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Edited By Grove Karl Gilbert and published in Chicago in 1903. (100 pages)The Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text.This book also contains 4 images that are available for viewing and download at www.digitaltextpublishing.comEditorial Note:.....IN about the year 1885 Mrs. M. D. Lincoln undertook the preparation of a biography of Major Powell, and from time to time during several years busied herself with the gathering of material. Her most important source was Major Powell himself, and through a series of interviews she obtained the events of his early and middle life as they were preserved in his memory. In some of those interviews she wrote down his words, and her manuscript as finally completed contains much of his characteristic phraseology. In a sense, therefore, and to a certain extent, the relation is autobiographic......Her work covered his early life and military career, but she did not feel competent to treat of his scientific labors and attainments, and for this subject appeal was made to Mr. G. K. Gilbert, member of the Geological Survey, who wrote two further chapters on Major Powell's scientific career. This was in 1888......Since Major Powell's death, Mr. Gilbert has revised his manuscript so as to cover the later as well as earlier scientific work; and two chapters have been added, one by Mr. Marcus Baker, and another by the editor of The Open Court......All these tributes to our late friend appeared in The Open Court, December, 1902, to June, 1903, and are here reprinted, with slight revision. Contents:Chapter I. Boyhood And Youth, Chapter II. The Soldier, Chapter III. The Professor, Chapter IV. The Explorer, Chapter V. The Investigator, Chapter VI. The Promoter Of Research, Chapter VII. Personal Reminiscences Of One Of His Staff, Chapter VIII. The Chief.Excerpts:.....JOHN WESLEY POWELL was born of English parents at Mount Morris, New York, on the 24th of March, 1834. His father, Joseph Powell, while in England, had been a preacher of the Wesleyan Church, and after reaching America he continued to preach. A diligent reader, a terse speaker, a sound thinker; honest, precise, and devout, the stern morality which he taught in the pulpit was exemplified in all his social relations and particularly in the government of his household. The severity of the father's discipline was, however, softened by the gentle influence of the mother. Remarkable alike for her womanly graces and rare gifts of mind, she shone like an angel of light in the home, planning a thousand pleasures for her children and judiciously managing her domestic affairs while her husband itinerated through the country on his ministerial labors......THE establishment of peace left the soldier without an occupation. He had willingly followed a life of toil and danger, when great national issues were at stake, but he could not be a soldier in time of peace. He therefore speedily sought some new occupation. After considering many different plans, he was prevailed upon to accept a nomination for the office of County Clerk of Du Page County, Illinois......A few days later he received a letter from the President of the Illinois Wesleyan University, at Bloomington, offering him the professorship of geology in that institution. This he accepted at once, although the salary was but $1,000 per annum, while the office of County Clerk was worth from $5,000 to $6,000. This university had previously given him the degree of A. B. and then of A. M., but the offer of the professorship was entirely unexpected. He left for Bloomington at once and entered upon his new duties......Professor Powell saw in the parks and canyons of Colorado more than a mere training-school for students. Vast unexplored regions, hitherto represented on all maps by an utter blank, astonished and attracted him.

Curly Jess is a beautiful and popular little girl who has always been good at everything she has done. She has always been a straight-A student until math class threw her for a loop! Embarrassed by her struggles, Jessica tries to keep her failure to herself. Will she fail math class, or will she find a way to turn things around? The author will be donating 20 percent of all revenue from this audiobook to Books 4 Billy, Inc., a nonprofit organization that raises money for families of brain cancer victims. For more information or to make a donation, please visit www.books4billy.com.

Little Red Riding-Hood and Other Stories: Based on the Tales in the 'Blue Fairy Book' was Edited By Andrew Lang with many Illustrations By H. J. Ford And G. P. Jacomb Hood. Published in London, New York, Bombay, And Calcutta in 1912.Contains 5 popular stories for children;Little Red Riding-HoodToads and DiamondsSnow-White and Rose-RedHansel and GrettelThe Brave Little TailorThe Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text. Some books, due to age and other factors may contain imperfections. Since there are many books such as this one that are important and beneficial to literary interests, we have made it digitally available and have brought it back into print for the preservation of printed works of the past. Making this copy is very readable.

Life and Adventures of James Williams, a Fugitive Slave, with a Full Description of the Underground Railroad, was published in San Francisco by the Women's Union Print, in 1873. (108 pages)Contains an Interactive Table of ContentsThe Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text. Some books, due to age and other factors may contain imperfections. Since there are many books such as this one that are important and beneficial to literary interests, we have made it digitally available and have brought it back into print for the preservation of printed works of the past.Preface:...THE Author, thinking an account of his life and experience would be of service to persons into whose hands it might fall, has, by the advice of some of his friends, come to the conclusion to narrate, as correctly as possible, things that he encountered and that came under his notice during a period of some forty-five years. He hopes, after a perusal of his first attempt, the reader will pardon him for any errors which may have been committed; and if I can only think that any good may have grown out of my adventures, I shall then consider that I have commenced to answer the end I and all human beings were created for — having lived that the world may be bettered by me.Excerpts:...When I arrived at my mother's house, I met my stepfather in the yard cutting wood, and I asked him if Mrs. Jourden was at home? He said, "Yes;" and asked me in. I went in and sat down by the door. My mother asked me my name. I answered, "James Williams." She said. "Come to the fire and warm yourself!" I said, " No; that I was not cold." After sitting there awhile, I asked her if she had any children. She said, "Yes;" and named one boy that belonged to William Hollingsworth, in Elkton. I asked if she had any more. She named my sister that belonged to Thomas Moore, of Elkton, Vic, that had run away and was betrayed by a colored man, for the sum of one hundred dollars. I had a brother that went with my mother when she run away from Maryland. She did not say anything about him, but spoke of John Thomas. I asked her if she would know him if she saw him. She said, "Yes." I said, "Are you sure that you would know him?" She answered, "Yes; don't you think I would know my own child?" And becoming somewhat excited, she told me that I had a great deal of impudence, and her loud tone brought her husband in, and he suspicioned me of being a spy for the kidnappers. He came with a stick and stood by the door, when an old lady, by the name of Hannah Brown, exclaimed: "Aunt Abby, don't you know your own child? Bless God, that is him." Then my mother came and greeted me, and my father also. My mother cried, "My God, my son, what are you doing here?" I said, "that I had given leg-bail for security."...The time arrived and Pete bade farewell to slavery, resolved to follow the North Star, with his pistol in hand, ready for action, After traveling about two hundred miles from home, he unexpectedly had an opportunity of using his pistol. To his astonishment, he suddenly came face to face with a former master, whom he had not seen for a long time. Peter desired no friendly intercourse with him whatever, but he perceived that his old master recognized him, and was bent on stopping him. Pete held onto his pistol, but moved as fast as his wearied limbs would allow him, in an opposite direction. As he was running, Pete cautiously cast his eye over his shoulder, to see what had become of his old master, when, to his amazement, he found that a regular chase was being made after him. After this signal leg-victory, Pete had more confidence in his understanding than he had in his old pistol, although he held on to it until he reached Philadelphia, where he left it in possession of the secretary of the Committee of the Underground Railroad. Pete was now Samue

Written in 1840. (99 pages) Very detailed.Excerpt:.....In the eleventh century, when the apprehension of the approaching end of the world, and appearance of Christ to judge mankind, had once more fanned the flame of pious pilgrimage which had been previously dying away, and men were hastening to the land where they expected to meet their Lord and Judge, there was built within the walls of Jerusalem an Hospital for the reception of Catholic pilgrims. This hospital stood within a very short distance of the church of the Holy Sepulchre, and, by the favor of the Egyptian Khalif, a church, dedicated to the Virgin, and afterwards called St. Maria de Latina, was erected close by it; there an abbot and several monks, who followed the rule of St. Benedict, received and entertained the pilgrims who arrived each year from the west, and furnished such of them as were poor or had been plundered by the roving Bedouins, with the means of paying the tax exacted by the unbelievers. Decorum not permitting the reception of female pilgrims, the brethren established without their walls a convent, dedicated to Mary Magdalene, where a pious sisterhood entertained the pilgrims of their own sex. The number of the pilgrims still continuing to increase, the abbot and his monks erected a new Hospitium near their church, which they placed under the patronage of St. John, the Patriarch of Alexandria, named Eleemon, or the Compassionate. This last Hospital had no independent revenues, but derived its income from the bounty of the abbot of the monastery of the Holy Virgin, and the alms of the pious. Contents:Chapter 1. The Hospitallers ---- Chapter 2. The Templars ---- Chapter 3. The Persecution of the Templars ---- Chapter 4. The Continuation of the Order ---- Chapter 5. The Knights Templars of Scotland ---- Appendix 1. Investiture as a Knight Commander of the Bath ---- Appendix 2. Death and Funeral of Sir Sidney Smith ---- Appendix 3. Sketch of the History and Possessions of the Order in Ireland ---- Appendix 4. Proclamation by the Freemasons of Europe, --- dated at Cologne on the Rhine 1535.This book for the Kindle contains 16 images, illustrations, or engravings that are available for viewing at www.digitaltextpublishing.com

Originally published in London in 1880 Preface:I have for several reasons abstained from mentioning the productions of living poets and poetical writers, but have otherwise attempted to make my work as complete as it was in my power to make it. I have used the word romantic in opposition to classical, and possibly have made the word unduly comprehensive by treating of all supernatural fiction, except that of ancient Greece and Rome; and even that I have occasionally noticed for the sake of comparison. Contents:Enchanted Persons ----- Metamorphoses ----- Enchanted Places ----- Magical Substances ----- Magic Youth And Life ----- Spirits In Inanimate Substances ----- Checks To Supernatural Power ----- Things Supernaturally Connected With Fortune ----- Supernatural Influences On The Affections ----- Talismans And Spells ----- Magical Illusions ----- Magicians ----- Witches ----- Demogorgon ----- Fairies ----- Jinn ----- Elementary Spirits ----- The Good Genius And The Evil Genius ----- Giants, Dwarfs, Ogres, And Monsters ----- Supernatural Animals ----- The Language Of Animals ----- The Classics In Connection With Romance ----- Resemblances In Fairy Fiction ----- Migration Of Souls ----- Death ----- Vampires, And Animated Corpses ----- Ghosts ----- Sea Phantoms ----- Haunted Houses ----- Prognostics ----- Supernatural Dreams And Visions ----- Curses And Blessings ----- The Evil Eye ----- Devils ----- Divine Power In Romance ----- Valkyrs ----- Scandinavian Deities ----- Hindoo Deities ----- Heroes Of Romance ----- Supernatural Powers Of Body ----- Invisibility ----- Supernatural Revealment ----- Immobility ----- Enlargement And Diminution ----- Supernatural Travels ----- The Supernatural In Allegory ----- Supernatural Conceits ----- The Supernatural In Fable Excerpts:......The following is the substance of a fable by Bidpai. A man picked up a mouse, took it home, and prayed God to change it into a girl, which transformation was accordingly effected. Some years after, he told her to choose a husband. She chose the most powerful being in creation, whoever that might be. The man, thereupon, addressed the Sun, thinking that to be the mightiest being. But the Sun modestly replied that the Cloud, which obscured his light, was more powerful. The Cloud, on appeal being made to it, acknowledged itself inferior to the Wind, which could disperse it. The Wind admitted the superiority of the Mountain, which could arrest its progress. The Mountain said that the Rat was stronger than itself, since it could pierce its sides, and enter it at will. So the girl was engaged to marry the Rat; but, in order to make the match more equal, it was thought better to transform her back into a Mouse; which was done. There is a fable, attributed to Æsop, which is similar to many old fairy-stories, in which greed is punished, and honesty, or civility, rewarded. One instance of these stories is that, versified by Parnell, where a good fellow accidentally falls in with the fairies, and has the hump on his back taken off; and a bad fellow, hearing of this, intentionally meets with the fairies, with the purpose of being rewarded, but, betraying his right disposition, gets nothing but the hump of the other man placed permanently on his own back. The probably spurious fable of Aesop is this. A woodman loses his hatchet in a stream. Mercury appears to him with a golden hatchet, and asks him whether it is his. The man says No. Mercury then shows him a silver hatchet. The man still says No. Mercury then restores him the lost hatchet, and, as a reward for his honesty, gives him also the other two. A companion of the man, hearing the story, goes to the stream, and designedly loses his hatchet. The god appears, as before, with the golden hatchet, which the man claims. The god is disgusted with his greediness, and, far from giving him another hatchet, will not allow him to have even his own again.