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...olutely without meaning. Fortunately, after all such churls have withdrawn from my audience in high displeasure, there remains a large majority who ar... ...jority who are loud in acknowledging the amusement which they have derived from a former paper of mine, ‘On Murder considered as one of the Fine Arts;... ... the entire speculation, furnishes the surest means of disen- chanting him from the horror which might else gather upon 5 Thomas de Quincey his feeli... ... of exertion is very lim- ited, and is soon filled by regular professional people, trained and equipped for the service. In the case of a fire which i... ...ain rob her mistress of a night’s rest. And she well knew that, with three people all 19 Thomas de Quincey anxiously awaiting her return, and by this... ...r below-stairs, or in one of the bedrooms above. Immedi- ately a stream of people poured down into the kitchen, where at once they saw the cradle—but ... ...ut at least a cathedral would be required in di- mensions, York Minster or Cologne. Lamp-light gives to us some advantages which the ancients had not....

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...RUDIN a novel By IVAN TURGENEV T ranslated from the Russian By Constance Garnett Introduction by S. Stepniak A Penn St... ...ortunity university. 3 Turgenev RUDIN a novel BY IVAN TURGENEV Translated from the Russian By Constance Garnett Introduction by S. Stepniak LONDON: W... ...genev stands with the greatest authors of all times. The gallery of living people, men, and especially women, each different and perfectly individuali... ...o study at your school.’ This was, indeed, a generous compliment, com- ing from the representative of French literature which is so eminently artistic... ...g this one. His stories are not love poems. He only prefers to present his people in the light of that feeling in which a man’s soul gathers up all it... ...shka. He was certainly able to paint all classes and conditions of Russian people. But in his greater works Turgenev lays the action exclusively with ... ...hailovna sniffed at her little crushed-up hand- kerchief steeped in eau de cologne. ‘Are you in the government service?’ she asked. ‘Who? I?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘... ...e un- der her window every night; I will sprinkle the coachmen with eau de cologne and strew flowers along the roads. And we shall both be simply new ...

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...ing the garden-plot, shrank back alarmed. The Irish servant-lass rushed up from the kitchen and smiled a “God bless you.” Amelia could hardly walk alo... ... war; until the Irish maid-servant came with a plate and a bottle of wine, from which the old gentleman insisted upon helping the valet. He gave him a... ... What a gulf lay between her and that past life. She could look back to it from her present stand- ing-place, and contemplate, almost as another being... ... to take measures for the preparing of a mag- nificent ornamented tea. All people have their ways of express- ing kindness, and it seemed to Mrs. Sedl... ...ith men of fashion and ladies of note, on their way to Brussels and Ghent. People were going not so much to a war as to a fash- ionable tour. The news... ...to be said that this soft and gentle creature took her opinions from those people who surrounded her, such fidelity being much too humble-minded to th... ...ecca said, putting her handker- chief to her eyes, and smelling the eau-de-cologne with which it was scented. “I have done you injustice: you have got...

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..., etc. Here, my dear Nodier, is a book filled with deeds that are screened from the action of the laws by the closed doors of domestic life; but as to... ... how fatal the results of feminine weakness, how great the dangers arising from selfish interests when indulged without restraint. May a society which... ... means of an education other than that of a lay university. In the “Scenes from Military Life” so many fine natures, so many high and noble self-devot... ...in point of fact, he was only following out the evil tendencies which many people shelter under the terrible axiom that “men should have strength of c... ...ocer depended; on the contrary, he endeavored to enlighten them. Enlighten people in those days! As well might he have begged them to bring back the B... ...tre Gonin”; words cost him nothing, and he said as many as he could to get people to believe. If, unfortunately, some one refused to accept the ex- pl... ...an in. By the light of a candle, she applied the ordinary remedies,—eau-de-cologne to the temples, cold water to the forehead, a burnt feather under t...

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...ery noisy. Look at the faces of the actors and buffoons when they come off from their business; and Tom Fool washing the paint off his cheeks before h... ...bition of this sort, will not be oppressed, I take it, by his own or other people’s hilarity. An episode of humour or kind- ness touches and amuses h... ...n this to tag to the present story of 4 V anity Fair “V anity Fair.” Some people consider Fairs immoral altogether, and eschew such, with their serva... ...Pinkerton, was an object of as deep veneration as would have been a letter from a sovereign. Only when her pupils quitted the establishment, or when t... ... work which she invariably pre- sented to her scholars, on their departure from the Mall. On the cover was inserted a copy of “Lines addressed to a yo... ...the wide world who would take the trouble off her hands. What causes young people to “come out,” but the noble ambition of matrimony? What sends them ... ...ecca said, putting her handker- chief to her eyes, and smelling the eau-de-cologne with which it was scented. “I have done you injustice: you have got... ... Rotterdam, whence they were transported by another steamer to the city of Cologne. Here the carriage and the family took to the shore, and Jos was no... ...re, and Jos was not a little gratified to see his arrival announced in the Cologne newspapers as “Herr Graf Lord von Sedley nebst Begleitung aus Londo...

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...ON THE EVE a Novel By IVAN TURGENEV T ranslated from the Russian By Constance Garnett With an introduction by Edward Garnet... ...ty university. 3 Turgenev ON THE EVE a Novel By IVAN TURGENEV T ranslated from the Russian By Constance Garnett With an introduction by Edward Garnet... ...rgenev. Hawthorne and others have treated it, but the colour seems to fade from their artist characters when a com- parison is made between them and S... ...d won. But each of T urgenev’s novels in some subtle way suggests that the people he introduces are playing their little part in a great national dram... ... foreigners, thus straight to the heart of the national secrets of a great people, secrets which our own critics and diplomatists must necessarily mis... ...es, and smiled and leaned his head as boys do who know 10 On the Eve that people look at them admiringly. He wore a loose white coat, made like a blo... ...half lying on a reclining chair, sniffing a handkerchief steeped in eau de Cologne; he himself was standing at the hearth, every button buttoned up, i...

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...lence, her enemies within her frontiers—all proved the great Richelieu no longer in existence. In truth, that the red simar which occupied the wonted ... ...t the red simar which occupied the wonted place was his no longer, was still more strikingly obvious from the isolation which seemed, as we have obser... ... seemed, as we have observed, more appropriate to a phantom than a living creature— from the corridors deserted by courtiers, and courts crowded with ... ... as from the distant and incessant sounds of guns fir- ing—let off, happily, without other end or aim, except to show to the guards, the Swiss troops ... ...se,” he continued, “of the parliament! Both Orleans and Montargis are ours. It will be a work of time, but those who have begun by crying out: Down wi... ...is difficulties. Discontent had long pervaded the lower ranks of society in France. Crushed and impoverished by taxation—imposed by Mazarin, whose ava... ... friends, monsieur; because I have acted like Queen Marie de Medicis, who, returning from her first exile, treated with contempt all those who had suf...

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...f writers who forget to put on the title pages of their books: “Translated from the German.” THOUGHT AND ACT TOWARD THE END OF VENEMIAIRE, year VII., ... ...dernach, a small town standing on the left bank of the Rhine a few leagues from Coblentz. At that time the French army, commanded by Augereau, was man... ...ies invaded by our troops. At this period many sons of good families taken from 7 Balzac their medical studies by the recent conscription law due to ... ...ing the banks of the Rhine and the scenery of Suabia be- tween Mayenne and Cologne,—a strong, rich, vigorously varied nature, filled with feudal memor... ...I can litter them down in a corner of the courtyard. The stable is full of people. Do these gentlemen come from France?” he added after a slight pause... ...e morning.” “Oh! as to provisions,” said the innkeeper, nodding his head, “people come to the Red Inn for their wedding feast from thirty miles round....

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...not true.” Hackluyt. “WHALE. * * * Sw. and Dan. hval. This animal is named from roundness or rolling; for in Dan. hvalt is arched or vaulted.” Webster... ...ed or vaulted.” Webster’s Dictionary. “WHALE. * * * It is more immediately from the Dut. and Ger. Wallen; A.S. Walw ian, to roll, to wallow.” Richards... ...how ever authentic, in these extracts, for veritable gospel cetology. Far from it. As touching the ancient authors generally, as well as the poets he... ...ked fangs.” Montgomery’s Pelican Island. “Io! Paean! Io! sing, To the finny people’s king. Not a mightier whale than this In the vast Atlantic is; Not ... ...t me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people’s hats off — then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I... ...d deal rather not sleep with your own brother. I don’t know how it is, but people like to be private when they are sleeping. And when it comes to slee... ...gale — her masts stood stiffly up like the spines of the three old kings of Cologne. Her ancient decks were worn and wrinkled, like the pilgrim worship... ...cetological System standing thus unfinished, even as the great Cathedral of Cologne was left, with the crane still standing upon the top of the uncompl... ...roper olfactories. But what does he want of them? No roses, no violets, no Cologne water in the sea. Furthermore, as his windpipe solely opens into th...

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... scrapes with Phyllis, without trou- bling themselves to extract any moral from their proceed- ings; and to these the Mohun family would only apologis... ...nt and sympathetic ears. And then came the impulse to literature for young people given by the example of that memorable book the Fairy Bower, and fol... ...d learnt to know real anxiety and sorrow. Her mother, after suffering much from grief at the loss of her two brothers, fell into so alarm- ing a state... ...ousness about her in the midst of the even cheerfulness with which she had from the first supported her father’s spirits. Mr. Mohun, however, did not ... ...be like the old days, when every birthday of yours was a happy day for the people at Hetherington,’ said Emily. ‘ Ah! those were happy old days,’ said... ...x, my father’s godson! Was not Mrs. Aylmer badly off? I can- not bear that people should be forgotten!’ ‘It is not so very long that we have lost sigh... ...surly. ‘I am sure I should not mind travelling twice over the world to see Cologne Cathedral, or the field of Waterloo,’ said Lily. ‘Let me only show ... ...s of glaciers would be ru- ined by the reality; and he did not care to see Cologne Ca- thedral till it was finished. On this Lily set up an outcry of ... ...d now it stands for T uesday three weeks. Now we shall see what he says to Cologne, Lily.’ Claude sprung up, and began talking over arrangements and p...

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...City, and remaining only long enough to refresh my horse and wipe the dust from my hands and feet, I would start again for Jaffa, and there catch a ce... ...his way?” and I proposed to hand the bottle to him. “As far as I can judge from a short stay, you won’t find much like that in Jerusalem.” He declined... ... pressed a hope that I would not hesitate to say so if his suggestion were from any cause disagreeable to me. 6 A Ride Across Palestine As a rule I a... ...ern worshippers are not like the churchgoers of London, or even of Rome or Cologne. They are wild men of various nations and races,—Maronites from Leb... ...n to remain here long I would advise you to get one. These Orientals are a people with whom appearances go a long way, and, as a rule, fear and respec... ...the wayside, we could see not only the garments and faces of these strange people, but we could watch their gestures and form some opinion of what was... ... the journey had been made at terrible cost and ter- rible risk; for these people had come from afar, and were from their habits but little capable of...

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...as spared; the obtaining the girdle of strength; the recovery of the spoil from the three-fold enemy; the gaining of the fruit of life; immediately fo... ...d when he died under the final blow of the loss of my little brother Percy from measles. The dear old place—house with five gables on the garden front... ...ecame such democrats that they actually married the two daughters of a man from Cumberland named Lewthwayte, whom Lord Erymanth had turned out of one ... ...d so severely; besides, there was no doubt of their hav- ing harangued the people, and stirred them up, and they were seen, as well as Prometesky, at ... .... His form and colouring must have come from the Cumberland statesman, but people said his voice and expression had much of his father in them; and no... ...ed Mr. Prosser, but without meeting much sympa- thy. Mr. Prosser said many people’s minds had changed with regard to English or Irish demagogues, and ... ...esentable as they are.” “I shall wash them.” “Wash! As if oceans of Eau-de-Cologne would make them fit for society!” said Eustace, with infinite disgu...

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...s not true.” —Hackluyt “Whale. ... Sw. and Dan. Hval. This animal is named from roundness or rolling; for in Dan. Hvalt is arched or vaulted.” —W ebst... ...ed or vaulted.” —W ebster’ s Dictionary “Whale. ... It is more immediately from the Dut. and Ger. wallen; a.s. walw-ian, to roll, to wallow.” —Richard... ..., however authentic, in these extracts, for veritable gospel cetology. Far from it. As touching the ancient authors generally, as well as the poets he... ...— Montgomery’ s World before the Flood. “Io! Paean! Io! sing. To the finny people’s king. Not a mightier whale than this In the vast Atlantic is; Not ... ...me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knock- ing people’s hats off—then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I c... ...d deal rather not sleep with your own brother. I don’t know how it is, but people like to be private when they are sleeping. And when it comes to slee... ...d stiffly up like the spines of 77 Herman Melville the three old kings of Cologne. Her ancient decks were worn and wrinkled, like the pilgrim-worship... ...etological System standing thus unfinished, even as the great Cathedral of Cologne was left, with the crane still standing upon the top of the uncompl... ...roper olfactories. But what does he want of them? No roses, no violets, no Cologne-water in the sea. Furthermore, as his windpipe solely opens into th...

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... in Graham’ s Magazine (Jan.-Apr. 1843) CHAPTER I Chapter numbers inserted from non-periodical editions of “Autobiography.” CERTAIN MORAL PHILOSOPHERS... ...foundations of human pride, have shown that every man is equally descended from a million of ancestors, within a given number of generations; thereby ... ...getable descent myself, the laws of nature have not permitted me to escape from the influ- ence of this common rule. The earliest accounts I possess o... ...bosom, and balmy airs fanning our cheeks. We loved change, too, like other people, and had probably seen enough of vegetation, whether figurative or r... ...l it was permitted to sprinkle a very little lavender, or exquisite eau de cologne, on a pocket-handkerchief. The odor of these two scents, therefore,... ... company, and she insisted on letting one drop—a single drop—of her eau de cologne fall on the beau- tiful texture. I was the happy handkerchief that ... ...k that much of it is, and, as I am now writing to Americans, and of French people, I see no particular rea- son why the fact should be concealed. Resp... ...enne; but she did not hesitate, and, at- tracted by the odor of the eau de cologne, she instantly pointed me out as the handkerchief she selected. Our... ...che was just beginning to discover that it had made a revolution for other people. Then it was happiness itself to be with Adrienne, and when I felt t...

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...h delight. Do you understand this feeling? This breeze, which has travelled from the regions towards which I am advanc ing, gives me a foretaste of... ... I resolved on my present un dertaking. I can, even now, remember the hour from which I dedicated myself to this great enterprise. I commenced by in... ...athematics, the theory of medi cine, and those branches of physical science from which a naval adventurer might derive the greatest practical advan ... ... “I have, doubtless, excited your cu riosity, as well as that of these good people; but you are too considerate to make inquiries.” “Certainly; it wo... ...and had died on giving her birth. The infant had been placed with these good people to nurse: they were better off then. They had not been long marrie... ...r, I dare say you wish to be indulged in a little gossip concerning the good people of Geneva. The pretty Miss Mansfield has already received the cong... ...e anguish which his remembrance creates. I will proceed with my tale. Beyond Cologne we descended to the plains of Holland; and we resolved to post th...

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...his lane of the sea. He had been on these coasts for the last three years. From Low Cape to Malantan the dis- tance was fifty miles, six hours’ steami... ...ithout a change; better than the faithful Serang, whom he had brought over from his last ship to keep the captain’s watch; better than he himself, who... ...s round, up and down the Straits; he knew its order and its sights and its people. Malacca to begin with, in at daylight and out at dusk, to cross ove... ... ship before he started her again in inverse order, seeing the same shores from an- other bearing, hearing the same voices in the same places, back ag... ... no matter how much love has gone to the bottom. And the world is not bad. People had been very kind to him; espe- cially Mrs. Gardner, the wife of th... ...as a boy how frequently waiters at the inns, country trades- men and small people of that sort, used to “My lord” the old warrior on the strength of h... ...une, polished his nails with attention, rubbed his shaved face with eau-de-Cologne, drank his early tea, went out to see his coolies at work: returned...

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...St. Pe- tersburg and later an appointment at the university. Lived in Rome from 1836 to 1848. Died on 21st February 1852. INTRODUCTION Dead Souls, fir... ...Souls a unique work, peculiarly Gogolian, peculiarly Russian, and distinct from its author’s Spanish and English masters. Still more profound are the ... ...n in the author’s personal character; and unfortunately they prevented him from completing his work. The trouble is that he made his art out of life, ... ...ificent opportunity to reveal his genius as a painter of Russian panorama, peopled with characteristic native types commonplace enough but drawn in co... ...r I need knowledge of the classes in question, which are the flower of our people. In fact, this very reason—the reason that I do not yet know Russian... ...r is a terribly hard man, sir.” Curious that in enlightened Russia so many people cannot even take a meal at an inn with- out chattering to the attend... ... tight the waistcoat over his ample stomach, sprinkled himself with eau-de-Cologne, tucked his papers under his arm, took his fur cap, and set out for... ...ons sur la Misericorde de Dieu, par une Dame Penitente. 198 Dead Souls de-Cologne, and wrapping himself in warm clothes, and turning up the collar of... ... trace horse), developed a habit of washing with a sponge dipped in eau-de-Cologne, and invested in soaps of the most ex- pensive quality, in order to...

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...ion in The Atlantic Monthly, where it began to appear in 1880. It differed from its two predecessors, however, in finding a course also open to it, fr... ...it of a Lady merely to help him out with a lame phrase; they draw him away from his small question to their own greater ones; so that, after a little,... ... flower there; and, quite as much, these fine possibilities of recovering, from some good standpoint on the ground gained, the intimate history of the... ...ving ‘story’ enough. I seem to myself to have as much as I need—to show my people, to exhibit their relations with each other; for that is all my meas... ... attendants and enter- 15 Henry James tainers who come down by train when people in the coun- try give a party; they represented the contract for car... ...ere are circumstances in which, whether you partake of the tea or not—some people of course never do,—the situation is in itself delightful. Those tha... ...oilet-table, with something that looked uncommonly like a bottle of eau-de-Cologne. She speaks delightfully of Pansy; says 567 Henry James it’s a gre...

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...s; when there were two kings in Spain employed perpetually in running away from one an- other; when there was a queen in England, with such rogues for... ...en Mrs. Masham had not yet put Madam Marlborough’s nose out of joint; when people had their ears cut off for writing very meek political pamphlets; an... ...ay be urged, and each is excellent, yet we intend to take a few more pages from the “Old Bailey Calendar,” to bless the public with one more draught f... ... occupied very much in the same manner with Farquhar’s heroes. They roamed from Warwick to Stratford, and from Stratford to Birmingham, per- suading t... ... I’ve been to Stratford fair, and to W arwick many a time; and there’s two people who have offered to marry me, and ever so many who want to, and I wo... ...lliam of Nassau;” the Corporal joking and laugh- ing with all the grown-up people. The women, in spite of Mr. Brock’s age, his red nose, and a certain... ...; sit down there at a proper distance. And, La Rose, give him some eau- de-Cologne, and get a cup of coffee. Well, now, go on with your story. Egad, m...

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...RYSTE YSTE YSTE YSTE YSTE One single flash of glad surprise Just glanced from Isabel’s dark eyes, Then vanished in the blush of shame That as its ... ...t likely to dissent. Next they had to make their conquest available. Apart from Louis’s magnificent prognostications, at the lowest compu- tation, the... ...as no house provided, it mattered the less since there were five to choose from in the T errace, even if his grandmother had not wished that their hou... ... point abruptly. ‘In short, Isabel, my dear, what can you have done to set people saying that you have been corresponding with the young men at Ebbscr... ...y dear, you may mean, very rightly -I am sure you do, but you must not set people talking! It is not acting rightly by me, Isabel; but I would not car... ...an- not readily believe that I transgressed by setting the question before people in a right light. Only, whose fault soever it 20 Dynevor Terrace V ... ... ‘Isabel makes her twice as bad,’ exclaimed James; ‘to pet her with eau-de-Cologne is mere nonsense. Some day I shall throw a bucket of cold water ove... ...But, Charlotte, one thing is decided. Mrs. Frost can afford no more eau de Cologne. The first hysterics and you go!’ He passed upstairs, and found Isa...