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Julie Opp was an American stage actress who was for a number of years popular on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. She was the wife of the Anglo- American actor William Faversham, whom she married shortly after the two co-starred in the 1902 Broadway production, The Royal Rival.

Being the Story and Romance of the most Celebrated Prisons of the Monarchy and the Revolution: Triste comme les portes d'une prison—Sad as the gates of Prison, is an old French proverb which must once have had an aching significance. To the citizen of Paris it must have been familiar above most...

AGATIZED RAINBOWS .... A Story of the Petrified Forest…with views of other National Park Service units of Northern Arizona "Oh ranger, please! Just one itzy bitzy piece of petrified wood to take home to show my boy friend. You won't miss just one teeny weeny piece." Holding in his hand an assortment...

Alexander Pope is best known for his satirical verse, as well as for his translation of Homer. Famous for his use of the heroic couplet, he is the second-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare.

Each time I begin a book of travel I search for the reasons that sent me awandering. Foolishness, for I ought to know by this time the wander fever was born in my blood; it is in the blood of my sister and brothers. We were brought up in an inland town in Victoria, Australia, and the years have seen...

There is a cause for everything. Are antique collectors born or are they made? Is the craze inherent, or do circumstances or environment create the craving? How in later life do early associations influence our peculiar fancies? Possibly my seven years as a choir-boy at Winchester Cathedral attending...

To be successful in woodwork construction the possession of two secrets is essential—to know the right joint to use, and to know how to make that joint in the right way. The woodwork structure or the piece of cabinet-work that endures is the one on which skilful hands have combined to carry out...

The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, written by the Venerable Bede in the 8th century, is a history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England generally; its main focus is on the conflict between the pre-Schism Roman Rite and Celtic Christianity. It was originally composed in...

Which Introduces Them The Coming of the Children The Education of Mr. Wycherly The Secretiveness of Mause Robina The Awakening of Mr. Wycherly Elsa Drives the Nail Home Edmund Rechristens Mr. Wycherly Cupid Abroad The Sabbath Loaves and Fishes The Village A Meeting A Parting The Bethune Temperament...

Throughout the following pages the threads of history and fiction are closely interwoven. The plot of the story is laid in the dark and stormy days of 1861, amid the waving trees and blue grass fields of Central Kentucky. No State wept more bitter tears at the commencement of the dreadful struggle...

Something New in Naval Life "If He's a Man, He'll Stand Up" For the Trophy of the Fleet The Aero Squad Uncle Sam's Men-birds Ned Invents Something A Rescue by Aeroplane Herc Gets a "Talking To" A Conspiracy is Ripening A Dreadnought Boy at Bay In Their Enemies' Hands "Stop Where You Are!" Harmless...

A few years ago, when my first story saw the light, a little fellow, a stranger to me then, but who has since proved himself the truest of friends, wrote me a most welcome letter. He said, among other things: "I have read the book five times through. My nurse, Lily Jones, read the book to me twice,...

INTRODUCTION. By the Editor THE EXCURSION. By Edwina Stanton Babcock (From The Pictorial Review) ONNIE. By Thomas Beer (From The Century Magazine) A CUP OF TEA. By Maxwell Struthers Burt(From Scribner's Magazine) LONELY PLACES. By Francis Buzzell (From The Pictorial Review) BOYS WILL BE BOYS. By Irvin...

Seventeen years ago the author of this work made his first trip abroad to gather material for a book on coffee. Subsequently he spent a year in travel among the coffee-producing countries. After the initial surveys, correspondents were appointed to make researches in the principal European libraries...