Library of Alexandria

One of the first commercial adventurers to the Columbia River, and one of the first men engaged by John Jacob Astor for his far western fur-trading expeditions, was Alexander Ross, a Scotchman, who came to Canada in early life, spent more than forty... Leer más

La classe du village était finie…. Voilà Mieken, la jolie enfant blonde, qui s’en retourne à la maison avec son ardoise sous le bras. Son voisin Janneken, tête frisée aux cheveux noirs, marche à côté d’elle.[1] [Note 1: Mieken et Janneken, petite... Leer más

The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore,... Leer más

—Allez chercher Nora. Je veux qu'elle voie sa mère sur le lit de mort. L'ordre fut donné d'un ton presque dur, de volonté farouche. Cependant l'institutrice, Mlle Marthe, une personne instruite, maigre et avisée, à la fois très égoïste et très bonne... Leer más

Unquestionably the chief interest of this volume will centre in the three recently recovered "lost" Tudor Plays: Wealth andHealth, Impatient Poverty, and John the Evangelist. It was, in truth, a unique and notable "find"—one that gladdened the world... Leer más

JOEL AND THE SNAKE "Come on, Dave!" It was Joel's voice, and Polly pricked up her ears. "'Tisn't going to hurt you. Hoh! you're a 'fraid-cat—old 'fraid-cat!" "No, I'm not 'fraid-cat," declared little Davie, trying to speak stoutly; "I'm coming, Joel... Leer más

In the year 1859 there occurred three events which, though not all comparable to one another, yet make the year one of such importance that we may take it as marking the beginning of the distinctively modern period of geographical science. These... Leer más

Great books, the masterpieces of the special branch of knowledge with which they deal, are often very big books; and busy men, who have not unlimited time for reading, find it helpful to have some one who will give them a general summary of a famous... Leer más

Pendant les guerres de l'empire, Gœthe, au bruit du canon brutal, Fit le Divan occidental, Fraîche oasis où l'art respire. Pour Nisami quittant Shakspeare, Il se parfuma de çantal, Et sur un mètre oriental Nota le chant qu'Hudhud soupire

Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-suffering woman. Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and... Leer más

There was an old grey weather-beaten stone tower standing on the top of a high rocky promontory, which formed the western side of a deep bay, on the south coast of England. The promontory was known as the Stormy Mount, which had gradually been... Leer más

A NOCTURNAL WALK.—MY AUNT'S FIVE HUNDRED FRANCS The theatres had long since dismissed their audiences, the shops were closed, and the cafés were closing. Passers-by were becoming more and more infrequent, the cabs moved more rapidly, the street... Leer más

Aliens. “One fact is plain. Vittorina must not come to England.” “Why? She, a mere inexperienced girl, knows nothing.” “Her presence here will place us in serious jeopardy. If she really intends to visit London, then I shall leave this country at... Leer más

Once upon a time there lived in Brittany a noble lord, who was called the Baron Kerver. His manor-house was the most beautiful in the province. It was a great Gothic castle, with a groined roof and walls, covered with carving, that looked at a... Leer más

The sins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. These are the words that have followed me always. This is the curse which has fallen on my life. If I had not known my father, if I had not loved... Leer más

"After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; and found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came... Leer más

La révolution du 20 mars formera, sans doute, l'épisode le plus remarquable de la vie de Napoléon, déjà si féconde en événemens surnaturels. Mon intention n'a point été d'en écrire l'histoire: cette noble tâche est au-dessus de mes forces; j'ai... Leer más

Quando, em 1868, achando-me em Santiago do Chile, emprehendi os estudos que derão em resultado a presente Memoria, tinha em vista requerer dos governos do Brasil e da Bolivia o privilegio para a construcção e custeio de uma estrada, transitavel a... Leer más

The people on deck bent over, some until heads touched knees, others, more exactly calculating, just sufficiently to clear the beams. The canal-boat passed beneath the bridge, and all straightened themselves on their camp-stools. The gentlemen who... Leer más

STEPHAN EARLE OF BULLONGNE. 1135. An. Reg. 1. Stephan earle of Bullongne, the sonne of Stephan erle of Blois, by his wife Adela, daughter to William Conquerour, came ouer with all speed after the death of his vncle, and tooke vpon him the... Leer más