Dresden Surroundings. Entry upon office. King Friedrich August II. Freiherr von Liittichau. Frau Schro\'der Devrient. Berlioz at Dresden.Gluck\'s \"Armida\". Konzertmeister Ltpinski. Mendelssohn, and Beethoven\'s Symphony in F.Mozart\'s \"Don Juan\" and the Dresden critics. Occasional compositions; Das Liebesmahl der Apostel....

N tlie 3d of July, tlie morning after liis arrival at Cambridge, Washington took formal command of tlie army. It was drawn up on the common about half a mile from head-quarters....

PREFACE IT can hardly be denied that the men who have most chang! LD histories have been the great religious leader. \"Priest, Teacher,\" says Carlyle, \' whatsoever we can fancy to reside in man, em bodies itself here, to command over us to furnish us with constant practical tea(hing to tell llS for the day and hour what we are to do....

Recollections and letters of general lee chapter i services in the united states army captain lee, of the engineers, a hero to his child -the family pets-ho)\"!e fro\"!...

Lincoln in 1860. I T was the unexpected that happened in Chicago on that fateful 18th of l1ay, 1860, when Abraham Lincoln was nominated for President of the United States. It was who11y nnexpected by the friends of Seward; it was hoped for, but not confidently expected, by the friends of Lincoln....

The Boys\' Life of THEODORE ROOSEVELT PROLOGUE THIS is a book for boys and girls, for tomboys and for men. Sentimentalists and stackers and folk who serve two masters will find nothing in it to appeal to them....

\"...of character. I have doubted whether Madam Liberality\'s besetting virtue were a virtue at all. Was it unselfishness or love of approbation, benevolence or fussiness, the gift of sympathy or the lust of power, or was it something else? She was a very sickly child, with much pain to bear, and many pleasures to forego....

In answer to a question in an enquete that the proudest achievement of his life was the invention of this saw, in the practicability of which he still had faith, although I believe it has never been perfected for actual use....

The subject of this book was a man who was continually writing about himself, whether openly or in disguise. He was by nature inclined to thinking about himself and when he came to write he naturally wrote about himself; and his inclination was fortmed by the obvious impression made upon other men by himself and by his writings. He has been o....

\"George Sand is no longer read,\" they tell us. It may be so; yet, were it only for the honor of the French language, we believe that men will return, if not to the whole, at least to a part of her work, which will be refined by time, carefully sifted by public taste, and found superior to the vicissitudes and to the caprices of opinion....

Life of Jane Austen stands in literary history as one of a group of female novelists of manners, of which the other most prominent figures are Miss Burney, lfiss Edgeworth, and Miss Ferrier, while the whole group stands in contrast to the contemporary novelists of romance, such as the once famous Mrs. Radcliffe....

The Christmas Story from David Harum was the 2Jd of December, and shortly after the closinghour. Peleg had departedand our friend had just lockedthe vault when David cameinto the office and around behind the counter. \"Be you in any hurry?\" he asked. John said he was not, whereupon Mr....

The great humourist whose life I have undertaken to relate anew, would have been amused by a serious attempt to discover him among his ancestors....