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Bk II, Ch 2: Yamaki Entertains

In Nami-ko

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Kenjiro Tokutomi and Kenjiro Tokutomi


Nami-ko, a young woman of a noble Japanese family, has recently married the naval officer Takeo, the only heir of a friend of her father's. …

Selected excerpts by Epictetus

In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 14

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Various


The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

The Rational Element in Geography

In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 10 - 11. November 1899

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol X, November 1899.It includes the following articles:The Alaskan Boundary, by H…

Folly 1: Squaring the Circle Part 1

In The Seven Follies of Science

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John Phin


The seven follies of science; a popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve…

Identification of Criminals

In Practical Instruction for Detectives

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Emmerson W. Manning


Having been connected for many years with two of the largest and most successful private detective agencies in this country, both as an oper…

Dedication & Prefaces

In Our Cats and All About Them

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Harrison Weir


The Englishman Harrison Weir organized the first cat show in England in 1871. In 1887 he founded the National Cat Club and was its first Pre…

Meteorology and the State (1920)

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 099

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Anonymous


"Instead of letting ourselves, at the thought of mealtime, fall into a state of chronic mental flutter that incapacitates us for any se…

Atlantis

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 095

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Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Ed.


"A legendary island in the Atlantic Ocean, first mentioned by Plato", is how the 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica descr…

Die Sieben in Rostock

In LibriVox 7th Anniversary Collection

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Ludwig Bechstein


To celebrate the 7 years of LibriVox , readers from all around the world have recorded 77 works they have selected, all of which have 7 in …

Of Boiling

In The Theory and Practice of Brewing

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Michael Combrune


This is an elaborate treatise on how to brew beer. That art is as noble today as it was in 1761, when this book was first published, and Mr.…

Reception to the Japanese Ambassadors at the White House

In From the Easy Chair Vol. 3

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George William Curtis


The third volume of essays and observations From the Easy Chair of William Curtis, editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the …

The Iris

In Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No 2 February 1899

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Various


"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and br…

First Part, chapter I, part 1: Astronomers and Cartographers

In Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 2

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Jules Verne


This volume, entitled "The Great Navigators of the 18th century", forms the second of three volumes under the general title of &qu…

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