by Rudyard Kipling It was not part of their blood, It came to them very late, With long arrears to make good, When the Saxon began to hate. They were not easily
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) But the Ancient History of the Greeks never emancipated itself wholly from the influence of the epic poems. The revolt against it
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Fifty-two Stories of the British Navy, from Damme to Trafalgar, edited by Alfred H. Miles (published 1897). All spelling in the original. Early in the
Editor’s Note: This is a Hans Christian Andersen classic, appropriate for this season. FAR down in the forest, where the warm sun and the fresh air made a sweet resting-place, grew a
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Under the Stars and Bars, by Walter A. Clark (published 1900). All spelling in the original. It was the winter of ’64, and to those
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Alarms and Discursions, by G. K. Chesterton (published 1910). All spelling in the original. I suppose that, taking this summer as a whole, people will
Editor’s Note: The following comprises the supplementary, and final, chapter of Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia, by Frederick Courteney Selous (published 1896). All spelling in the original. (Go back to previous chapter)
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Hunting the Grizzly and Other Sketches, by Theodore Roosevelt (published 1889) The wolf is the arch type of ravin, the beast of waste and desolation.
Editor’s Note: The following comprises the twenty-sixth chapter of Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia, by Frederick Courteney Selous (published 1896). All spelling in the original. (Go back to previous chapter) CHAPTER XXVI
Editor’s Note: The following comprises the twenty-fifth chapter of Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia, by Frederick Courteney Selous (published 1896). All spelling in the original. (Go back to previous chapter) CHAPTER XXV
Editor’s Note: The following comprises the twenty-fourth chapter of Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia, by Frederick Courteney Selous (published 1896). All spelling in the original. (Go back to previous chapter) CHAPTER XXIV
Editor’s Note: The following comprises the twenty-third chapter of Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia, by Frederick Courteney Selous (published 1896). All spelling in the original. (Go back to previous chapter) CHAPTER XXIII
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