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The Transmigration of the Seven Brahmans By Henry David Thoreau "This is a short translation from the Harivamsa, a Sanskrit text which is techncially a Purana. This translation is notable because the translation is by Henry David Thoreau, the prominent 19th century American philosopher and writer."

On the Study of Celtic Literature by Matthew Arnold The following remarks on the study of Celtic Literature formed the substance of four lectures given by me in the chair of poetry at Oxford. They were first published in the Cornhill Magazine, and are now reprinted from thence. Again and again,...

YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD SERIES by Oliver Optic (William Taylor Adams) This Series contains 4 existing novels: Outward Bound Dikes and Ditches Down the Rhine Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark The author hopes that the volumes of the series...

Egyptian Myth and Legend by Donald Mackenzie Donald A. MacKenzie (1873-1936) was a Scottish journalist and prolific writer on religion, mythology and anthropology in the early 20th century. He was born in Cromarty and began his career in Glasgow. Between 1903 and 1910 he owned and edited The...

Up The Baltic Young America In Norway Sweden And Denmark by Oliver Optic (William Taylor Adams) Up the Baltic, the first volume of the second series of “Young America Abroad,” like its predecessors, is a record of what was seen and done by the young gentlemen of the Academy Squadron on...

The House of the Hidden Places by W. Marsham Adams There were many speculative attempts to explain the internal architecture of the Great Pyramid of Giza in the 19th century. Most of them were composed with an eye to Christian dispensational prophecies. Adams, on the other hand, thought that...

Ani Maamin - I believe… "Ani Ma'amin "I believe" is a prosaic rendition of Maimonides' thirteen-point version of the Jewish principles of faith. It is based on his Mishnah commentary to tractate Sanhedrin. The popular version of Ani Ma'amin is of a later date and has some significant...

Vinaya Texts (Part I) Translated from the Pâli by T.W. Rhys Davids and Herman Oldenberg. The Pâtimokkha and The Mahâvagga, I-IV. The Sacred Books of the East Part Thirteen Translated from the Pali by T.W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg. The Sacred Books of the East series, comprising...

Collection Of The Age Of Reason Volume 2 What if God doesn't exist? What if humanity is not the center of the universe? What if there is no absolute truth? In the opening year, 1793, when revolutionary France had beheaded its king, the wrath turned next upon the King of kings, by whose...

The Young Engineers In Arizona by H. Irving Hancock I'll wager you ten dollars that my fly gets off the mirror before yours does. "I'll take that bet, friend." The dozen or so of waiting customers lounging in Abe Morris's barber shop looked up with signs of renewed life. "I'll...

Pale Ink by Henriette Mertz This is another attempt to investigate early Chinese trans-Pacific contacts, written mid-20th century by a globe-trotting patent attorney, Henriette Mertz. Like Charles Leland's Fusang, written three-quarters of a century before, Mertz depends heavily on ancient...

The Mahabharata, Book 4: Virata Parva Kisari Mohan Ganguli, tr. Om! Having bowed down to Narayana, and Nara the foremost of male beings, and the goddess Saraswati also, must the word Jaya be uttered. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent, and is a...

The Coming Wave by Oliver Optic "The Coming Wave" is the fourth volume of the Yacht Club Series, and is an entirely independent story. Though the incidents are located on Penobscot Bay and relate largely to boats and yachting, the characters have not before been presented; but some...

Work And Win by Oliver Optic "Here, Noddy Newman! you haven't washed out the boat-house yet," said Ben, the boatman, as the young gentleman thus addressed was ambling down towards the river. "Hang the boat-house!" exclaimed Noddy, impatiently, as he stopped short...