The Crowdby Gustave le BonTHE CROWD A STUDY OF THE POPULAR MINDBY GUSTAVE LE BONThe following work is devoted to an account of the characteristics of crowds.The whole of the common characteristics with which heredity endows the individuals of a race constitute the genius of the race. When, however, a certain number of these individuals are gathered together in a crowd for purposes of action, observation proves that, from the mere fact of their being assembled, there result certain new psychological characteristics, which are added to the racial characteristics and differ from them at times to a very considerable degree.Organised crowds have always played an important part in the life of pe　

THE HOUSE OF PRIDETHE HOUSE OF PRIDEBy Jack London1- Page 2-THE HOUSE OF PRIDEPercival Ford wondered why he had come. He did not dance. Hedid not care much for army people. Yet he knew them allgliding andrevolving there on the broad lanai of the Seaside, the officers in theirfresh-starched uniforms of white, the civilians in white and black, andthe women bare of shoulders and arms. After two years in Honolulu...　

End NotesNOTE TO CHAPTER I.Note A.-The Ranger or the Forest, that cuts theforeclaws off our dogs.A most sensible grievance of those aggrieved times were theForest Laws. These oppressive enactments were the produce ofthe Norman Conquest, for the Saxon laws of the chase weremild and humane; while those of William, enthusiastically attachedto the exercise and its rights, were to the last degreetyrannical. The formation of the New Forest, bears evidenceto his passion for hunting, where he reduced many a happy villageto the condition of that one commemorated by my friend,Mr William Stewart Rose:``Amongst the ruins of the church...　

420 BCTHE ACHARNIANSby Aristophanesanonymous translatorCHARACTERS IN THE PLAYDICAEOPOLISHERALDAMPHITHEUSAMBASSADORSPSEUDARTABASTHEORUSDAUGHTER OF DICAEOPOLISSLAVE OF EURIPIDESEURIPIDESLAMACHUSA MEGARIANTWO YOUNG GIRLS, daughters of the MegarianAN INFORMERA BOEOTIANNICARCHUSSLAVE OF LAMACHUSA HUSBANDMANA WEDDING GUESTCHORUS OF ACHARNIAN CHARCOAL BURNERSACHARIANS...　

North AmericaVolume 2by Anthony TrollopeCONTENTS OF VOL. II.CHAPTER I.WashingtonCHAPTER II.CongressCHAPTER III.The Causes of the WarCHAPTER IV.Washington to St. LouisCHAPTER V.MissouriCHAPTER VI.Cairo and Camp WoodCHAPTER VII.The Army of the NorthCHAPTER VIII.Back to BostonCHAPTER IX.The Constitution of the United StatesCHAPTER X.The GovernmentCHAPTER XI.The Law Courts and Lawyers of the United StatesCHAPTER XII.The Financial PositionCHAPTER XIII.The Post-officeCHAPTER XIV.American HotelsCHAPTER XV.LiteratureCHAPTER XVI.ConclusionNORTH AMERICA.CHAPTER 1. WASHINGTON.The site of the present City of Washington was chosen with three special views: firstly, that being on the Potomac it might hav　

ELECBOOK CLASSICSBARNABYRUDGECharles Dickens- Page 2-BARNABYRUDGEA TALE OF THE RIOTSOF ‘EIGHTY’Charles Dickens- Page 3-Barnaby Rudge 4ContentsClick on number to go to ChapterChapter 1................................................................................................13Chapter 2................................................................................................33...　

Boyhoodby Leo TolstoyTranslated by CJ HogarthIA SLOW JOURNEYAgain two carriages stood at the front door of the house at Petrovskoe. In one of them sat Mimi, the two girls, and their maid, with the bailiff, Jakoff, on the box, while in the othera britchkasat Woloda, myself, and our servant Vassili. Papa, who was to follow us to Moscow in a few days, was standing bareheaded on the entrance-steps. He made the sign of the cross at the windows of the carriages, and said:"Christ go with you! Good-bye."Jakoff and our coachman (for we had our own horses) lifted their caps in answer, and also made the sign of the cross."Amen. God go with us!"The carriages began to roll away, and the birch-trees of t　

THE FIRST DAY, THE FIRST NOVELLWHEREIN IS CONTAINED, HOW HARD A THING IT IS, TO DISTINGUISHGOODNESSE FROM HYPOCRISIE; AND HOW (UNDER THE SHADOW OF HOLINESSE)THE WICKEDNESSE OF ONE MAN, MAY DECEIVE MANYMessire Chappelet du Prat, by making a false confession, beguyledan holy Religious man, and after dyed. And having (during his lifetime) bene a very bad man, at his death, was reputed for a saint,and called S. Chappelet.It is a matter most convenient (deare Ladies) that a man ought tobegin whatsoever he doth, in the great and glorious name of him, whowas the Creator of all things. Wherefore, seeing that I am the manappointed, to begin this your invention of discoursing Novelties: I...　

The Ivory Childby H. Rider HaggardCHAPTER IALLAN GIVES A SHOOTING LESSONNow I, Allan Quatermain, come to the story of what was, perhaps, oneof the strangest of all the adventures which have befallen me in thecourse of a life that so far can scarcely be called tame or humdrum.Amongst many other things it tells of the war against the Black Kendahpeople and the dead of Jana, their elephant god. Often since then Ihave wondered if this creature was or was not anything more than amere gigantic beast of the forest. It seems improbable, evenimpossible, but the reader of future days may judge of this matter forhimself....　

A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEARby DANIEL DEFOEPart 1being observations or memorialsof the most remarkable occurrences,as well public as private, which happened inLondon during the last great visitation in 1665.Written by a Citizen who continuedall the while in London.Never made public beforeIt was about the beginning of September, 1664, that I, among the restof my neighbours, heard in ordinary discourse that the plague wasreturned again in Holland; for it had been very violent there, andparticularly at Amsterdam and Rotterdam, in the year 1663, whither,they say, it was brought, some said from Italy, others from the Levant,...　

CRIME AND PUNISHMENTby Fyodor Dostoevskytranslated by Constance GarnettPART ONEChapter OneON AN exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out...　

Mr. Gladstone and Genesisby Thomas Henry HuxleyIn controversy, as in courtship, the good old rule to be offwith the old before one is on with the new, greatly commendsitself to my sense of expediency. And, therefore, it appears tome desirable that I should preface such observations as I mayhave to offer upon the cloud of arguments (the relevancy ofwhich to the issue which I had ventured to raise is not alwaysobvious) put forth by Mr. Gladstone in the January number ofthis review, by an endeavour to make clear to such of ourreaders as have not had the advantage of a forensic educationthe present net result of the discussion....