The Talisman

Walter Scott

Now fitted the halter, now traversed the cart, And often took leave,--but seemed loath to depart!

Walter Scott

Edited with Notes By William J. Rolfe, Formerly Head Master of the High School, Cambridge, Mass.

Walter Scott

[Illustration: Frontispiece] [Illustration: Titlepage] For why?

Walter Scott

A POSTSCRIPT WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PREFACE AUTHOR'S NOTES--Volume II. GLOSSARY--Volume II. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Jane Austen

Chapter 1 It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Letter 1 St. Petersburgh, Dec. 11th, 17-- TO Mrs. Saville, England You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such ...

Herman Melville

Original Transcriber's Notes: This text is a combination of etexts, one from the now-defunct ERIS project at Virginia Tech and one from Project Gutenberg's archives.

Charles Dickens

Book the First--Recalled to Life I. The Period It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was...