THE THREE BROTHERS[17][17] From the Polish. Kletke.There was once upon a time a witch, who in the shape of a hawkused every night to break the windows of a certain villagechurch. In the same village there lived three brothers, who wereall determined to kill the mischievous hawk. But in vain did thetwo eldest mount guard in the church with their guns; as soon asthe bird appeared high above their heads, sleep overpowered them,and they only awoke to hear the windows crashing in.Then the youngest brother took his turn of guarding the windows,and to prevent his being overcome by sleep he placed a lot ofthorns under his chin, so that if he felt drowsy and nodded his...　

The Works of Edgar Allan PoeVolume 3 of the Raven EditionIN FIVE VOLUMESContents Volume IIINarrative of A. Gordon PymLigeiaMorellaA Tale of the Ragged MountainsThe SpectaclesKing PestThree Sundays in a WeekNARRATIVE OF A. GORDON PYMINTRODUCTORY NOTEUPON my return to the United States a few months ago, after theextraordinary series of adventure in the South Seas and elsewhere, ofwhich an account is given in the following pages, accident threw meinto the society of several gentlemen in Richmond, Va., who felt deepinterest in all matters relating to the regions I had visited, andwho were constantly urging it upon me, as a duty, to give my...　

THE CONEThe night was hot and overcast, the sky red, rimmed with thelingering sunset of mid-summer. They sat at the open window,trying to fancy the air was fresher there. The trees and shrubs ofthe garden stood stiff and dark; beyond in the roadway a gas-lamp burnt, bright orange against the hazy blue of the evening.Farther were the three lights of the railway signal against thelowering sky. The man and woman spoke to one another in low tones."He does not suspect?" said the man, a little nervously."Not he," she said peevishly, as though that too irritatedher. "He thinks of nothing but the works and the prices of fuel.He has no imagination, no poetry."...　

The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Volume 4by Charles Dudley WarnerCONTENTS:BEING A BOYON HORSEBACKBEING A BOYOne of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, though it needs some practice to be a good one. The disadvantage of the position is that it does not last long enough; it is soon over; just as you get used to being a boy, you have to be something else, with a good deal more work to do and not half so much fun. And yet every boy is anxious to be a man, and is very uneasy with the restrictions that are put upon him as a boy. Good fun as it is to yoke up the calves and play work, there is not a boy on a farm but would rather drive a yoke of 　

Tales of Troyby Andrew LangTALES OF TROY: ULYSSES THE SACKER OF CITIESContents:The Boyhood and Parents of UlyssesHow People Lived in the Time of UlyssesThe Wooing of Helen of the Fair HandsThe Stealing of HelenTrojan VictoriesBattle at the ShipsThe Slaying and Avenging of PatroclusThe Cruelty of Achilles, and the Ransoming of HectorHow Ulysses Stole the Luck of TroyThe Battles with the Amazons and Memnonthe Death of AchillesUlysses Sails to seek the Son of Achilles.The Valour of EurypylusThe Slaying of ParisHow Ulysses Invented the Device of the Horse of TreeThe End of Troy and the Saving of HelenTHE BOYHOOD AND PARENTS OF ULYSSES...　

A Vindication of the Rights of Womanby Mary Wollstonecraft [Godwin]WITH STRICTURES ON POLITICAL AND MORAL SUBJECTS,BY MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR.CONTENTS.INTRODUCTION.CHAPTER 1. THE RIGHTS AND INVOLVED DUTIES OF MANKIND CONSIDERED.CHAPTER 2. THE PREVAILING OPINION OF A SEXUAL CHARACTER DISCUSSED.CHAPTER 3. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED.CHAPTER 4. OBSERVATIONS ON THE STATE OF DEGRADATION TO WHICH WOMANIS REDUCED BY VARIOUS CAUSES.CHAPTER 5. ANIMADVERSIONS ON SOME OF THE WRITERS WHO HAVE RENDEREDWOMEN OBJECTS OF PITY, BORDERING ON CONTEMPT.CHAPTER 6. THE EFFECT WHICH AN EARLY ASSOCIATION OF IDEAS HAS UPONTHE CHARACTER....　

CAIUS MARIUS155?-86 B.C.by Plutarchtranslated by John DrydenWE are altogether ignorant of any third name of Caius Marius; asalso of Quintus Sertorius, that possessed himself of Spain or ofLucius Mummius that destroyed Corinth, though this last was surnamedAchaicus from his conquests, as Scipio was called Africanus, andMetellus, Macedonicus. Hence Posidonius draws his chief argument toconfute those that hold the third to be the Roman proper name, asCamillus, Marcellus, Cato; as in this case, those that had but twonames would have no proper name at all. He did not, however, observe...　

THE ADVENTURES OF GERARDTHE ADVENTURES OFGERARDBY A. CONAN DOYLE1- Page 2-THE ADVENTURES OF GERARDPREFACEI hope that some readers may possibly be interested in these little talesof the Napoleonic soldiers to the extent of following them up to thesprings from which they flow. The age was rich in military material,some of it the most human and the most picturesque that I have ever read.Setting aside historical works or the biographies of the leaders there is a...　

The Twins of Table Mountainby Bret HarteCONTENTSI. THE TWINS OF TABLE MOUNTAINII. AN HEIRESS OF RED DOGIII. THE GREAT DEADWOOD MYSTERYIV. A LEGEND OF SAMMTSTADTV. VIEWS FROM A GERMAN SPIONTHE TWINS OF TABLE MOUNTAIN.CHAPTER I.A CLOUD ON THE MOUNTAIN.They lived on the verge of a vast stony level, upheaved so farabove the surrounding country that its vague outlines, viewed fromthe nearest valley, seemed a mere cloud-streak resting upon thelesser hills. The rush and roar of the turbulent river that washedits eastern base were lost at that height; the winds that strovewith the giant pines that half way climbed its flanks spent their...　

WYOMING:A STORY OF THE OUTDOOR WESTWYOMINGA STORY OF THE OUTDOOR WESTWilliam MacLeod Raine1- Page 2-WYOMING:A STORY OF THE OUTDOOR WESTCHAPTER 1. A DESERTMEETINGAn automobile shot out from a gash in the hills and slipped swiftlydown to the butte. Here it came to a halt on the white, dusty road, while itsoccupant gazed with eager, unsated eyes on the great panorama thatstretched before her. The earth rolled in waves like a mighty sea to the...　

INTRODUCTION TO THE METAPHYSIC OF MORALSby Immanuel Kanttranslated by W. HastieDIVISIONSGENERAL DIVISIONS OF THE METAPHYSIC OF MORALSI. DIVISION OF THE METAPHYSIC OF MORALS AS A SYSTEM OFDUTIES GENERALLY.1. All duties are either duties of right, that is, juridicalduties (officia juris), or duties of virtue, that is, ethical duties(officia virtutis s. ethica). Juridical duties are such as may bepromulgated by external legislation; ethical duties are those forwhich such legislation is not possible. The reason why the lattercannot be properly made the subject of external legislation is because...　

A UNITARIAN CREED_To Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse__Monticello, June 26, 1822_DEAR SIR, I have received and read with thankfulness andpleasure your denunciation of the abuses of tobacco and wine. Yet,however sound in its principles, I expect it will be but a sermon tothe wind. You will find it as difficult to inculcate these sanativeprecepts on the sensualities of the present day, as to convince anAthanasian that there is but one God. I wish success to bothattempts, and am happy to learn from you that the latter, at least,is making progress, and the more rapidly in proportion as ourPlatonizing Christians make more stir and noise about it. The...