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First published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869, the present novel ‘Little Women’ by American author Louisa May Alcott follows the lives of four sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March—detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood, and is loosely based on the author and her three sisters.

We do not propose to apologize for writing this book, for the reasons that those who approve would not consider it necessary and those who oppose would not accept the apology. Therefore, we can only offer the same explanation as that made twenty-four centuries ago by the “Father of History” when he said: “To rescue from oblivion the noble deeds of those who have gone before, I, Herodotus of Halicarnassus, write this chronicle.”
We deem it well, however, to mention a few of the many reasons which impelled us to attempt the somewhat laborious but congenial task of preparing this work.
First of all, we were gratified and inspired by the kind reception accorded our first literary venture, “The White Side of a Black Subject,” which is now out of print after reaching twelve editions. Added to this was the still more generous treatment of our second production, “A New Negro for a New Century.” Nearly a hundred thousand copies of this book have been sold up to date, and the demand is still increasing.

A compandium of short biographies of men who were born poor but became famous and successful in their respective professions by their hardwork and brilliance. ‘Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous’ by Sarah K. Bolton was first published in the year 1885.

First published in the year 1897, the present novel ‘Liza of Lambeth’ by W. Somerset Maugham was his first novel, which he wrote while working as a doctor at a hospital in Lambeth. It depicts the short life and death of Liza Kemp, an 18-year-old factory worker who lives together with her aging mother in the fictional Vere Street off Westminster Bridge Road in Lambeth.

Venus and Adonis from William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare, english poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist.

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A destiny that leads the English to the Dutch is strange enough; but one that leads from Epsom into Pennsylvania, and thence into the hills that shut in Altamont over the proud coral cry of the cock, and the soft stone smile of an angel, is touched by that dark miracle of chance which makes new magic in a dusty world.

First published in the year 1900, famous British novelist and anthropologist Joseph Conrad’s novel ‘Lord Jim’ revolves around a British seaman Jim, who is trying to come to terms with a distressing accident of leaving a ship in distress that turned his life.

First published in the year 1907, famous English fiction writer Robert Hugh Benson’s present book ‘Lord of the World’ is a dyatopian science fiction novel.

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

This work is called a “romance,” because the incidents, characters, time, and scenery, are alike romantic. And in shaping this old tale, the Writer neither dares, nor desires, to claim for it the dignity or cumber it with the difficulty of an historic novel.
And yet he thinks that the outlines are filled in more carefully, and the situations (however simple) more warmly coloured and quickened, than a reader would expect to find in what is called a “legend.”
And he knows that any son of Exmoor, chancing on this volume, cannot fail to bring to mind the nurse-tales of his childhood—the savage deeds of the outlaw Doones in the depth of Bagworthy Forest, the beauty of the hapless maid brought up in the midst of them, the plain John Ridd’s Herculean power, and (memory’s too congenial food) the exploits of Tom Faggus.

Handsome would-be poet Lucien Chardon is poor and naïve, but highly ambitious. Failing to make his name in his dull provincial hometown, he is taken up by a patroness, the captivating married woman Madame de Bargeton, and prepares to forge his way in the glamorous beau monde of Paris. But Lucien has entered a world far more dangerous than he realized, as Madame de Bargeton’s reputation becomes compromised and the fickle, venomous denizens of the courts and salons conspire to keep him out of their ranks. Lucien eventually learns that, wherever he goes, talent counts for nothing in comparison to money, intrigue and unscrupulousness.

“If it be asked why a teacher of English should be moved to issue this book on Agassiz, my reply might be: ‘Read the Introductory Note’-for the answer is there. But doubtless the primary reason is that I have been taught, and I try to teach others, after a method in essence identical with that employed by the great naturalist. and I might go on to show in some detail that a doctoral investigation in the humanities, when the subject is well chosen, serves the same purpose in the education of a student of language and literature as the independent, intensive study of a living or a fossil animal, when prescribed by Agassiz to a beginner in natural science.” -Preface

First published in the year 1885, the present book ‘Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence’ is the autobiography of Louis Agassiz, who was one of the fathers of Earth sciences in his lifetime. His second wife collected the correspondence he shared with some of the foremost thinkers of his day, and here is the first volume of this fascinating collection.

It was originally my intention to leave the child of my imagination to make its way where it would, without any letter of introduction in the form of the usual prefatory address to the reader; but having been assured that a preface is indispensable, I am laid under the necessity of formally giving a little insight into the character of the possible inmate of many a happy home.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT is universally recognized as the greatest and most popular story-teller for children in her generation. She has known the way to the hearts of young people, not only in her own class, or even country, but in every condition of life, and in many foreign lands. Plato says, “Beware of those who teach fables to children;” and it is impossible to estimate the influence which the popular writer of fiction has over the audience he wins to listen to his tales.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

In this treatise, the veteran Swedish reformer attacks problems the most vital to the welfare of the human race, problems which have throughout the centuries engaged the attention of leaders of thought.

The writers who have given attention to the complex subject of the relations of the sexes, of the obligations of the state in the control of these relations, and of the organisation of the family as the foundation of society, include such authors as Plato, Goethe, Richter, Rousseau, Mary Wollstonecraft, Fourier, Comte, Mrs. Browning, Mill, Ibsen, Westermarck, Charlotte Gilman, Havelock Ellis, and many others.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. We believe this work is culturally important, and have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Luck on the Wing: Thirteen Stories of a Sky Spy” by Elmer Haslett. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre.

With over an hour to go before he needed to start braking for his landing on Luna, Pete Dudley sat at the controls of the rocket freighter and tried to think of anything else that needed checking after his spinning the ship. He drummed absently with the fingers of his right hand upon the buckle of the seat strap which restrained him from floating out of the padded acceleration seat.
—from this book

No answer is given in the Lysis to the question, ‘What is Friendship?’ any more than in the Charmides to the question, ‘What is Temperance?’ There are several resemblances in the two Dialogues: the same youthfulness and sense of beauty pervades both of them; they are alike rich in the description of Greek life. The question is again raised of the relation of knowledge to virtue and good, which also recurs in the Laches; and Socrates appears again as the elder friend of the two boys, Lysis and Menexenus. In the Charmides, as also in the Laches, he is described as middle-aged; in the Lysis he is advanced in years.

Emma Bovary is a sensuous and sentimental young woman who is trapped in alifeless marriage to a dull country doctor. Stifled by the monotony of provincial life, she yearns for passin and intimacy, yet she finds only greed, deceit and heartbreak. As one sordid love affair leads to another, we watch her plummeting towards the dreadful fate that awaits her.

The brightest memories of the old man faded at the sight of his nephew’s so-called mistress. His anger died away at the gracious exclamation which came from his lips as he looked at her. By one of those fortunate accidents which happen only to pretty women, it was a moment when all her beauties shone with peculiar lustre, due perhaps to the wax-lights.