Klasszic: 16 books

THE RECONCILIATION.   "For marriage is a matter of more worth, Than to be dealt in by attorneyship. For what is wedlock forced but a hell, An age of discord and perpetual strife? Whereas the contrary bringeth forth bliss, And is a pattern of celestial peace."...

THE anthropomorphic habit of thought manifested in the polytheism of the Greeks and the mono- theism of the early Jews has been responsible, one supposes, for the familiar expression, "the body politic." But if the capital of a country be regarded as its head, there are few large states...

ACCORDING to the opinion commonly entertained respecting an author's want of riches, it may be allowed us to say that we retain from childhood a considerable notion of "a ride in a coach." Nor do we hesitate to confess, that by coach we especially mean a hired one; from the equivocal dignity...

A TOKEN FOR MOURNERS. OR, The advice of Christ to a distressed mother, bewailing the death of her dear and only son ; wherein the boundaries of sorrow are duly fixed, excesses restrained, the com- mon pleas answered, and divers rules for the support of god's afflicted ones .....

The bondage of woman.--Genius and marriage.--Social graces.--Venus victrix.--Spiritual affinity.--Suitability of dress.--American women.--The world's new phases.--The destiny of humanity.--Australia (a plea for emigration)--The vision of the Vatican.--Irish leaders and martyrs.--The poet as teacher.--The...

THE MOTOR SCOUT A STORY OF ADVENTURE IN SOUTH AMERICA   CHAPTER I BOMBASTES FURIOSO One hot sultry afternoon in June, the population of the little town of San Rosario in the Peruvian Andes was struck with sudden amazement at the sight of a motor-bicycle clattering its way through...

INTRODUCTION.   I AM an honest churchman. I make this assertion in the beginning, that it may stand out so boldly and clearly in the reader's mind that there may never be any doubt as to my position, whatever of doubt or mystery the perusal of the following pages may call forth....

The habitat of man.--The length of time during which man has existed.--The physical limitations of existence.--The purpose of life.--Knowledge and education.--Religion and ethics.--Love.--Problems of the future

AN American firm of manufacturers made an extended investigation with a view to determining the best location for a Canadian branch plant. For their estimate they took one thousand dollars worth of product as the unit, and on that basis they prepared an exhaustive state- ment covering the leading...

CONTENTS.   PAGE I. The Peimitive and Apostolic Chuech .... 1 II. The Post-Apostolic and Medieval Chuech . 15 III. The Koman Catholic Chuech ....... 24 IV. The Chueches of the Refoemation 29 V. Eemonstbance and Reply 49 ...

Contents The Widow Ellis and her son Willie ........ 9 The Magic Lamp 34 Our Robins 40 Old Rover .53 The Chain of Love 69 Mill-hill 78 Mill-hill (Part Second) ' 95 The Bantem 137     THE WIDOW...

" So long as we can serve God by activity, let us do so ; when the time comes for manifesting Him in weakness or pain by the life of cheerful, dutiful, uncomplaining son- ship, let us do so. " Patience is harder than diligence, — to sit still than to be moving. Yet the...