Dream Daysby Kenneth GrahameContentsTHE TWENTY-FIRST OF OCTOBERDIES IRAEMUTABILE SEMPERTHE MAGIC RINGITS WALLS WERE AS OF JASPERA SAGA OF THE SEASTHE RELUCTANT DRAGONA DEPARTUREDream DaysTHE TWENTY-FIRST OFOCTOBERIn the matter of general culture and attainments, we youngstersstood on pretty level ground. True, it was always happening that...
The Pursuit of the House-Boatby John Kendrick BangsCHAPTER I: THE ASSOCIATED SHADES TAKE ACTIONThe House-boat of the Associated Shades, formerly located upon the River Styx, as the reader may possibly remember, had been torn from its moorings and navigated out into unknown seas by that vengeful pirate Captain Kidd, aided and abetted by some of the most ruffianly inhabitants of Hades. Like a thief in the night had they come, and for no better reason than that the Captain had been unanimously v
Andreas HoferAn HISTORICAL NOVELby Lousia MuhlbachCONTENTS.CHAPTERI 1809II The Emperor FrancisIII The Courier and the AmbassadorIV The Emperor and his BrothersV The Performance of "The Creation"VI Andreas HoferVII Andreas Hofer at the TheatreVIII Consecration of the Flags, and FarewellIX Tis Time!X Anthony Wallner of Windisch-MatreyXI The Declaration of LoveXII Farewell!...
Philosophy of Historyby HegelTable of ContentsIntroductionO The subject of this course of Lectures is the Philosophical History of the World.SECTION ONE: Original History§ 1 They simply transferred what was passing in the world around them, to the realm ofrepresentative intellect.§ 2 The influences that have formed the writer are identical with those which have moulded theevents that constitute the matter of his story....
The Death of the Lionby Henry JamesCHAPTER I.I HAD simply, I suppose, a change of heart, and it must have begunwhen I received my manuscript back from Mr. Pinhorn. Mr. Pinhornwas my "chief," as he was called in the office: he had the highmission of bringing the paper up. This was a weekly periodical,which had been supposed to be almost past redemption when he tookhold of it. It was Mr. Deedy who had let the thing down sodreadfully: he was never mentioned in the office now save in...
Female Suffrageby Susan Fenimore CooperA LETTER TO THE CHRISTIAN WOMEN OF AMERICA.Part I.The natural position of woman is clearly, to a limited degree, asubordinate one. Such it has always been throughout the world, in allages, and in many widely different conditions of society. There arethree conclusive reasons why we should expect it to continue so forthe future.FIRST. Woman in natural physical strength is so greatly inferior toman that she is entirely in his power, quite incapable of self-..
2005年9月24日上午,北京市会议联合会与《北京晚报》社在国家图书馆举办公益讲座,我讲的题目是“周易与抗衰老”。9点30分,我准时进入会场,进去一看,我惊呆了:会场坐满了人!主持人在前面开道,我好不容易才挤到讲台上。环顾会场,不仅通道上站满了人,连讲台周围也挤满了人。开讲了,可是门外还挤满了要听的人,怎么办呢,主办方只得把扩音器拉到门外,让进不来的人在门外也能听得见啊……我在北京的养生公益讲座已不下百场了,但这样火爆的场面,还是使我感慨万千:老百姓真的太需要健康知识了!是啊,现在社会稳定,人民生活水平提高了,谁都想多活几年,谁都想亲眼多看看美好的伟大祖国,谁都愿尽情享受大自然赋予我们的这惟一的一次生命啊,谁能不关爱自己的健康呢!...
库切这回的主人公是一位年近七旬的女作家,名叫伊丽莎白的澳大利亚人,东西不多却很有影响,这有点像库切本人。也许,你可以把伊丽莎白视为库切的部分替身,确实有许多因素给人这种暗示,包括早年的欧洲经历,作为作家在英语世界中的边缘身份,以及对西方基督教主流文化所持相似的批判态度,等等。但是千万别把她当做库切本人,别说性别不同,年龄也差一截,关键是作者和他塑造的人物总归是一种不对称的关系,比起故事之中的她,库切具有巴赫金所说的作者的“外在立场”(exotopie),这使得他对世界的观察比她更透彻,看法上也更有分寸。库切的策略是让伊丽莎白去替他嚷嚷,让她去面对驳诘、冷落和各种尴尬场面,借着女作家那份偏执劲儿,库切毫无顾忌地将自己对理性的批判引向较为极端的方向。这一来抛头露面的伊丽莎白让他玩残了,既然被推到“看”与“被看”的双重境地,那么她既是一个火力点也成了被攻击的标靶,她得为自己寻...
Children of the Whirlwindby Leroy ScottCHAPTER IIt was an uninspiring bit of street: narrow, paved with cobble; hot and noisy in summer, reeking with unwholesome mud during the drizzling and snow-slimed months of winter. It looked anything this May after noon except a starting-place for drama. But, then, the great dramas of life often avoid the splendid estates and trappings with which conventional romance would equip them, and have their beginnings in unlikeliest environment; and thence sweep