Author: Fudeorca
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718393083
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
After holding back a thousand crusaders with just a few hundred soldiers, Yuri returns to the Shiyalta Kingdom triumphant. He heads for the royal capital, where he finds that his accomplishments have earned him newfound admiration and just as much resentment. Tensions are high among Shiyalta’s rulers as they shore up the kingdom’s defenses at the northern border in preparation for the next crusade. The loss of the war and imminent collapse of the Kilhina Kingdom have made the situation as dire as ever. Though it’s clear that the peace will be short-lived, Yuri is determined to make good use of it by preparing for what’s to come and spending time with those he cares about most. As he returns to his ordinary life, his relationship with Princess Carol becomes a focal point for many of his friends—and also for Shiyalta’s queen, who has grand plans for Yuri and her daughter. Yuri, meanwhile, is eager to learn of what became of Harol Harrell, the trader he’d sent off in search of a new continent.
The Conqueror from a Dying Kingdom: Volume 6
Author: Fudeorca
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718393083
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
After holding back a thousand crusaders with just a few hundred soldiers, Yuri returns to the Shiyalta Kingdom triumphant. He heads for the royal capital, where he finds that his accomplishments have earned him newfound admiration and just as much resentment. Tensions are high among Shiyalta’s rulers as they shore up the kingdom’s defenses at the northern border in preparation for the next crusade. The loss of the war and imminent collapse of the Kilhina Kingdom have made the situation as dire as ever. Though it’s clear that the peace will be short-lived, Yuri is determined to make good use of it by preparing for what’s to come and spending time with those he cares about most. As he returns to his ordinary life, his relationship with Princess Carol becomes a focal point for many of his friends—and also for Shiyalta’s queen, who has grand plans for Yuri and her daughter. Yuri, meanwhile, is eager to learn of what became of Harol Harrell, the trader he’d sent off in search of a new continent.
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718393083
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
After holding back a thousand crusaders with just a few hundred soldiers, Yuri returns to the Shiyalta Kingdom triumphant. He heads for the royal capital, where he finds that his accomplishments have earned him newfound admiration and just as much resentment. Tensions are high among Shiyalta’s rulers as they shore up the kingdom’s defenses at the northern border in preparation for the next crusade. The loss of the war and imminent collapse of the Kilhina Kingdom have made the situation as dire as ever. Though it’s clear that the peace will be short-lived, Yuri is determined to make good use of it by preparing for what’s to come and spending time with those he cares about most. As he returns to his ordinary life, his relationship with Princess Carol becomes a focal point for many of his friends—and also for Shiyalta’s queen, who has grand plans for Yuri and her daughter. Yuri, meanwhile, is eager to learn of what became of Harol Harrell, the trader he’d sent off in search of a new continent.
The Conqueror from a Dying Kingdom: Volume 5
Author: Fudeorca
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718393067
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
When Yuri agreed to lead a band of fellow students into the Kilhina Kingdom to witness a battle from atop their kingeagles, he knew there’d be some risk, but he never imagined the situation would grow so dire. He and Princess Carol have been left injured and isolated. But after more than a week of slow progression through a dense forest, enemy soldiers in pursuit all the while, a glimmer of hope awaits them. On the night that Carol confesses her feelings for Yuri, they’re a mere day’s journey from reaching the village they’d set out from. The pair may find help there, or at least some indication of what became of their friends...assuming the enemy hasn’t gotten there first. Whatever the situation, the journey home looks to be a long one as Kilhina succumbs to an unstoppable army of crusaders. For anyone without a kingeagle, a mere two bridges leading to the Shiyalta Kingdom may be the only means of escape.
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718393067
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
When Yuri agreed to lead a band of fellow students into the Kilhina Kingdom to witness a battle from atop their kingeagles, he knew there’d be some risk, but he never imagined the situation would grow so dire. He and Princess Carol have been left injured and isolated. But after more than a week of slow progression through a dense forest, enemy soldiers in pursuit all the while, a glimmer of hope awaits them. On the night that Carol confesses her feelings for Yuri, they’re a mere day’s journey from reaching the village they’d set out from. The pair may find help there, or at least some indication of what became of their friends...assuming the enemy hasn’t gotten there first. Whatever the situation, the journey home looks to be a long one as Kilhina succumbs to an unstoppable army of crusaders. For anyone without a kingeagle, a mere two bridges leading to the Shiyalta Kingdom may be the only means of escape.
The Conqueror from a Dying Kingdom (Manga) Volume 2
Author: Fudeorca
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718393237
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
A power struggle emerges to control the Ho family and its army, throwing Yuri Ho’s peaceful life of raising birds in another world into disarray. Before dying in battle, the former head of the family wrote a will naming Yuri’s father as successor, but the treacherous retainer Rakunu presents a forged will to seize power for himself. Feeling no choice but to act immediately, Yuri must somehow prove that Rakunu’s will is a fake. Until then, Yuri and his new parents must walk along a knife’s edge, knowing this usurper can assassinate them at any moment.
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718393237
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
A power struggle emerges to control the Ho family and its army, throwing Yuri Ho’s peaceful life of raising birds in another world into disarray. Before dying in battle, the former head of the family wrote a will naming Yuri’s father as successor, but the treacherous retainer Rakunu presents a forged will to seize power for himself. Feeling no choice but to act immediately, Yuri must somehow prove that Rakunu’s will is a fake. Until then, Yuri and his new parents must walk along a knife’s edge, knowing this usurper can assassinate them at any moment.
The Conqueror from a Dying Kingdom: Volume 2
Author: Fudeorca
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718393008
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
With his relaxing life as a ranch hand in a peaceful corner of the Shiyalta Kingdom far behind him, Yuri Ho has begun training at the Knight Academy so that he might someday succeed his father as ruler of Ho Province and commander of the family’s forces. At school, however, Yuri quickly encounters a serious problem. Because he’s skipped a good portion of his credits and the martial arts training is a breeze compared to the practice he received under his family’s veteran soldiers, he has ample free time every afternoon. For an enterprising young student with memories of modern Japan, this ought to be the perfect opportunity to take the city by storm. Yuri courts some novel business ideas, but will his disruptive commercial models really stand a chance in a city as corrupt as the royal capital? The kingdom’s witch families are determined to maintain the status quo, and they’re not known for fighting fair!
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718393008
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
With his relaxing life as a ranch hand in a peaceful corner of the Shiyalta Kingdom far behind him, Yuri Ho has begun training at the Knight Academy so that he might someday succeed his father as ruler of Ho Province and commander of the family’s forces. At school, however, Yuri quickly encounters a serious problem. Because he’s skipped a good portion of his credits and the martial arts training is a breeze compared to the practice he received under his family’s veteran soldiers, he has ample free time every afternoon. For an enterprising young student with memories of modern Japan, this ought to be the perfect opportunity to take the city by storm. Yuri courts some novel business ideas, but will his disruptive commercial models really stand a chance in a city as corrupt as the royal capital? The kingdom’s witch families are determined to maintain the status quo, and they’re not known for fighting fair!
The Conqueror from a Dying Kingdom (Manga) Volume 1
Author: Fudeorca
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718393229
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
After a life seemingly devoid of meaning, a man reincarnates in a new world as Yuri Ho. Immersed in novel experiences and embraced by parents who shower him with unprecedented affection, his will to live grows like never before. The future that lies before him is a peaceful existence on his father’s ranch, breeding and raising birds to be ridden by warriors fighting distant wars. His new home, the Shiyalta Kingdom, has enjoyed peace and prosperity for centuries, shielded by friendly nations that, like Shiyalta itself, were established following the collapse of a once-great empire. It seems no threat can compromise this idyllic lifestyle. However, when the effects of a neighboring kingdom’s war throw Yuri’s family into crisis, he finds himself unable to stand by and watch.
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718393229
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
After a life seemingly devoid of meaning, a man reincarnates in a new world as Yuri Ho. Immersed in novel experiences and embraced by parents who shower him with unprecedented affection, his will to live grows like never before. The future that lies before him is a peaceful existence on his father’s ranch, breeding and raising birds to be ridden by warriors fighting distant wars. His new home, the Shiyalta Kingdom, has enjoyed peace and prosperity for centuries, shielded by friendly nations that, like Shiyalta itself, were established following the collapse of a once-great empire. It seems no threat can compromise this idyllic lifestyle. However, when the effects of a neighboring kingdom’s war throw Yuri’s family into crisis, he finds himself unable to stand by and watch.
The Conqueror from a Dying Kingdom (Manga): Volume 3
Author: Fudeorca
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718393245
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Yuri Ho wanted nothing but a peaceful life, but now a future as a military commander and provincial ruler seems unavoidable. Following his humiliation of a political rival to ensure his father would become the head of the Ho family, it’s assumed that the father is merely keeping the seat warm for his son. Now at just ten years old, Yuri has to prepare himself for his impending great responsibilities by attending the Knight Academy—a prestigious school where anyone seeking to serve as a military officer in the Shiyalta Kingdom must train. As Yuri attempts to navigate the academy’s odd systems and strange traditions, he soon encounters the kingdom’s first princess, Carol Flue Shaltl. Strong-willed and principled, she takes offense to Yuri’s apathy and makes herself his rival, much to his dismay. But when Yuri is center of attention in a school of would-be warriors, his run-in with Princess Carol is far from his last violent encounter.
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718393245
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Yuri Ho wanted nothing but a peaceful life, but now a future as a military commander and provincial ruler seems unavoidable. Following his humiliation of a political rival to ensure his father would become the head of the Ho family, it’s assumed that the father is merely keeping the seat warm for his son. Now at just ten years old, Yuri has to prepare himself for his impending great responsibilities by attending the Knight Academy—a prestigious school where anyone seeking to serve as a military officer in the Shiyalta Kingdom must train. As Yuri attempts to navigate the academy’s odd systems and strange traditions, he soon encounters the kingdom’s first princess, Carol Flue Shaltl. Strong-willed and principled, she takes offense to Yuri’s apathy and makes herself his rival, much to his dismay. But when Yuri is center of attention in a school of would-be warriors, his run-in with Princess Carol is far from his last violent encounter.
The Conqueror from a Dying Kingdom: Volume 3
Author: Fudeorca
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718393024
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Yuri continues his life at the Knight Academy, where he trains in the art of war and deepens his ties with Princess Carol and Myalo, a child from a powerful witch family. When he’s not busy with classes, he also oversees a papermaking business, which is expanding rapidly thanks to memories of technology from his past life. To many, Yuri’s only problem seems to be the royal capital’s corrupt witches, who eye his company’s profits enviously. Unfortunately, Yuri knows better. His homeland remains on the path of destruction, and a bleak future lies ahead of him and others. It’ll take more than wealth to save his loved ones from death or enslavement at the hands of Kulati invaders. As Yuri begins to grapple with problems that extend beyond the royal capital and even the borders of the Shiyalta Kingdom, his intellect, understanding of celestial navigation, and growing skills as a kingeagle rider may prove invaluable.
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718393024
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Yuri continues his life at the Knight Academy, where he trains in the art of war and deepens his ties with Princess Carol and Myalo, a child from a powerful witch family. When he’s not busy with classes, he also oversees a papermaking business, which is expanding rapidly thanks to memories of technology from his past life. To many, Yuri’s only problem seems to be the royal capital’s corrupt witches, who eye his company’s profits enviously. Unfortunately, Yuri knows better. His homeland remains on the path of destruction, and a bleak future lies ahead of him and others. It’ll take more than wealth to save his loved ones from death or enslavement at the hands of Kulati invaders. As Yuri begins to grapple with problems that extend beyond the royal capital and even the borders of the Shiyalta Kingdom, his intellect, understanding of celestial navigation, and growing skills as a kingeagle rider may prove invaluable.
The Conqueror from a Dying Kingdom: Volume 1
Author: Fudeorca
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718392982
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
As a self-professed no-lifer, Yuri idles his days away in front of a computer. This all changes the moment his life in Japan comes to an abrupt end and he finds himself reborn in the strange new world of the Shiyalta Kingdom. His new life includes everything he once lacked: loving parents, a comfortable home, and a promising future breeding and raising birds on his dad’s ranch. For centuries, the kingdom he now calls home has enjoyed peace and prosperity, shielded by friendly nations that, like Shiyalta itself, were established with the collapse of a once-great empire. War is a distant problem, relevant only to Shiyalta’s ruling families whose warriors periodically set out to join the fighting upon massive birds trained by Yuri’s dad and others. But this peaceful existence can’t last forever. Something rotten lies at the heart of the kingdom, and it doesn’t take someone with Yuri’s exceptional intelligence to realize that those distant battles will only remain irrelevant for so long.
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718392982
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
As a self-professed no-lifer, Yuri idles his days away in front of a computer. This all changes the moment his life in Japan comes to an abrupt end and he finds himself reborn in the strange new world of the Shiyalta Kingdom. His new life includes everything he once lacked: loving parents, a comfortable home, and a promising future breeding and raising birds on his dad’s ranch. For centuries, the kingdom he now calls home has enjoyed peace and prosperity, shielded by friendly nations that, like Shiyalta itself, were established with the collapse of a once-great empire. War is a distant problem, relevant only to Shiyalta’s ruling families whose warriors periodically set out to join the fighting upon massive birds trained by Yuri’s dad and others. But this peaceful existence can’t last forever. Something rotten lies at the heart of the kingdom, and it doesn’t take someone with Yuri’s exceptional intelligence to realize that those distant battles will only remain irrelevant for so long.
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scripture, Volume 6
Author: Lange, John Peter
Publisher: Delmarva Publications, Inc.
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 4812
Book Description
All sixty-three of the original volumes are included in a nine volumes set. There are two linked indexes in this volume, a main index at the front of this volume that will take you to the beginning each of the books of the bible and another index at the beginning of each book there is a linked scripture index leading to the particular subject. Lange’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments, translated, revised, edited and enlarged from the German editions of John Peter Lange and many contributors, and edited by Philip Schaff. Lange’s Commentary on the entire Bible has remained one of the most useful and valuable work of its kind. It is conservative in theology and universal in hermeneutics. Delmarva Publications is proud to make it available in digital format. The original work was completed in 63 volumes, but we have made it available in 9 volumes they are: Volume 1 - Genesis to Ruth Volume 2 -1 Samuel to Esther Volume 3 - Job to Ecclesiastes Volume 4 - Song of Songs to Lamentations Volume 5 - Ezekiel to Malachi Volume 6 - Matthew to John Volume 7 - Acts to 2 Corinthians Volume 8 - Galatians to 2 Timothy Volume 9 -Titus to Revelation
Publisher: Delmarva Publications, Inc.
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 4812
Book Description
All sixty-three of the original volumes are included in a nine volumes set. There are two linked indexes in this volume, a main index at the front of this volume that will take you to the beginning each of the books of the bible and another index at the beginning of each book there is a linked scripture index leading to the particular subject. Lange’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments, translated, revised, edited and enlarged from the German editions of John Peter Lange and many contributors, and edited by Philip Schaff. Lange’s Commentary on the entire Bible has remained one of the most useful and valuable work of its kind. It is conservative in theology and universal in hermeneutics. Delmarva Publications is proud to make it available in digital format. The original work was completed in 63 volumes, but we have made it available in 9 volumes they are: Volume 1 - Genesis to Ruth Volume 2 -1 Samuel to Esther Volume 3 - Job to Ecclesiastes Volume 4 - Song of Songs to Lamentations Volume 5 - Ezekiel to Malachi Volume 6 - Matthew to John Volume 7 - Acts to 2 Corinthians Volume 8 - Galatians to 2 Timothy Volume 9 -Titus to Revelation
The Best of the World's Classics prose Volume 6
Author: Henry Cabot Lodge
Publisher: 谷月社
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Volume VI (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland Ever since civilized man has had a literature he has apparently sought to make selections from it and thus put his favorite passages together in a compact and convenient form. Certain it is, at least, that to the Greeks, masters in all great arts, we owe this habit. They made such collections and named them, after their pleasant imaginative fashion, a gathering of flowers, or what we, borrowing their word, call an anthology. So to those austere souls who regard anthologies as a labor-saving contrivance for the benefit of persons who like a smattering of knowledge and are never really learned, we can at least plead in mitigation that we have high and ancient authority for the practise. In any event no amount of scholarly deprecation has been able to turn mankind or that portion of mankind which reads books from the agreeable habit of making volumes of selections and finding in them much pleasure, as well as improvement in taste and knowledge. With the spread of education and with the great increase of literature among all civilized nations, more especially since the invention of printing and its vast multiplication of books, the making of volumes of selections comprizing what is best in one's own or in many literatures is no longer a mere matter of taste or convenience as with the Greeks, but has become something little short of a necessity in this world of many workers, comparatively few scholars, and still fewer intelligent men of leisure. Anthologies have been multiplied like all other books, and in the main they have done much good and no harm. The man who thinks he is a scholar or highly educated because he is familiar with what is collected in a well-chosen anthology, of course, errs grievously. Such familiarity no more makes one a master of literature than a perusal of a dictionary makes the reader a master of style. But as the latter pursuit can hardly fail to enlarge a man's vocabulary, so the former adds to his knowledge, increases his stock of ideas, liberalizes his mind and opens to him new sources of enjoyment. The Greek habit was to bring together selections of verse, passages of especial merit, epigrams and short poems. In the main their example has been followed. From their days down to the "Elegant Extracts in Verse" of our grandmothers and grandfathers, and thence on to our own time with its admirable "Golden Treasury" and "Oxford Handbook of Verse," there has been no end to the making of poetical anthologies and apparently no diminution in the public appetite for them. Poetry indeed lends itself to selection. Much of the best poetry of the world is contained in short poems, complete in themselves, and capable of transference bodily to a volume of selections. There are very few poets of whose quality and genius a fair idea can not be given by a few judicious selections. A large body of noble and beautiful poetry, of verse which is "a joy forever," can also be given in a very small compass. And the mechanical attribute of size, it must be remembered, is very important in making a successful anthology, for an essential quality of a volume of selections is that it should be easily portable, that it should be a book which can be slipt into the pocket and readily carried about in any wanderings whether near or remote. An anthology which is stored in one or more huge and heavy volumes is practically valueless except to those who have neither books nor access to a public library, or who think that a stately tome printed on calendered paper and "profusely illustrated" is an ornament to a center-table in a parlor rarely used except on solemn or official occasions. I have mentioned these advantages of verse for the purposes of an anthology in order to show the difficulties which must be encountered in making a prose selection. Very little prose is in small parcels which can be transferred entire, and therefore with the very important attribute of completeness, to a volume of selections. From most of the great prose writers it is necessary to take extracts, and the chosen passage is broken off from what comes before and after. The fame of a great prose writer as a rule rests on a book, and really to know him the book must be read and not merely passages from it. Extracts give no very satisfactory idea of "Paradise Lost" or "The Divine Comedy," and the same is true of extracts from a history or a novel. It is possible by spreading prose selections through a series of small volumes to overcome the mechanical difficulty and thus make the selections in form what they ought above all things to be—companions and not books of reference or table decorations. But the spiritual or literary problem is not so easily overcome. What prose to take and where to take it are by no means easy questions to solve. Yet they are well worth solving, so far as patient effort can do it, for in this period of easy printing it is desirable to put in convenient form before those who read examples of the masters which will draw us back from the perishing chatter of the moment to the literature which is the highest work of civilization and which is at once noble and lasting. Upon that theory this collection has been formed. It is an attempt to give examples from all periods and languages of Western civilization of what is best and most memorable in their prose literature. That the result is not a complete exhibition of the time and the literatures covered by the selections no one is better aware than the editors. Inexorable conditions of space make a certain degree of incompleteness inevitable when he who is gathering flowers traverses so vast a garden, and is obliged to confine the results of his labors within such narrow bounds. The editors are also fully conscious that, like all other similar collections, this one too will give rise to the familiar criticism and questionings as to why such a passage was omitted and such another inserted; why this writer was chosen and that other passed by. In literature we all have our favorites, and even the most catholic of us has also his dislikes if not his pet aversions. I will frankly confess that there are authors represented in these volumes whose writings I should avoid, just as there are certain towns and cities of the world to which, having once visited them, I would never willingly return, for the simple reason that I would not voluntarily subject myself to seeing or reading what I dislike or, which is worse, what bores and fatigues me. But no editor of an anthology must seek to impose upon others his own tastes and opinions. He must at the outset remember and never afterward forget that so far as possible his work must be free from the personal equation. He must recognize that some authors who may be mute or dull to him have a place in literature, past or present, sufficiently assured to entitle them to a place among selections which are intended above all things else to be representative. To those who wonder why some favorite bit of their own was omitted while something else for which they do not care at all has found a place I can only say that the editors, having supprest their own personal preferences, have proceeded on certain general principles which seem to be essential in making any selection either of verse or prose which shall possess broader and more enduring qualities than that of being a mere exhibition of the editor's personal taste. To illustrate my meaning: Emerson's "Parnassus" is extremely interesting as an exposition of the tastes and preferences of a remarkable man of great and original genius. As an anthology it is a failure, for it is of awkward size, is ill arranged and contains selections made without system, and which in many cases baffle all attempts to explain their appearance. On the other hand, Mr. Palgrave, neither a very remarkable man nor a great and original genius, gave us in the first "Golden Treasury" a collection which has no interest whatever as reflecting the tastes of the editor, but which is quite perfect in its kind. Barring the disproportionate amount of Wordsworth which includes some of his worst things—and which, be it said in passing, was due to Mr. Palgrave's giving way at that point to his personal enthusiasm—the "Golden Treasury" in form, in scope, and in arrangement, as well as in almost unerring taste, is the best model of what an anthology should be which is to be found in any language.
Publisher: 谷月社
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Volume VI (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland Ever since civilized man has had a literature he has apparently sought to make selections from it and thus put his favorite passages together in a compact and convenient form. Certain it is, at least, that to the Greeks, masters in all great arts, we owe this habit. They made such collections and named them, after their pleasant imaginative fashion, a gathering of flowers, or what we, borrowing their word, call an anthology. So to those austere souls who regard anthologies as a labor-saving contrivance for the benefit of persons who like a smattering of knowledge and are never really learned, we can at least plead in mitigation that we have high and ancient authority for the practise. In any event no amount of scholarly deprecation has been able to turn mankind or that portion of mankind which reads books from the agreeable habit of making volumes of selections and finding in them much pleasure, as well as improvement in taste and knowledge. With the spread of education and with the great increase of literature among all civilized nations, more especially since the invention of printing and its vast multiplication of books, the making of volumes of selections comprizing what is best in one's own or in many literatures is no longer a mere matter of taste or convenience as with the Greeks, but has become something little short of a necessity in this world of many workers, comparatively few scholars, and still fewer intelligent men of leisure. Anthologies have been multiplied like all other books, and in the main they have done much good and no harm. The man who thinks he is a scholar or highly educated because he is familiar with what is collected in a well-chosen anthology, of course, errs grievously. Such familiarity no more makes one a master of literature than a perusal of a dictionary makes the reader a master of style. But as the latter pursuit can hardly fail to enlarge a man's vocabulary, so the former adds to his knowledge, increases his stock of ideas, liberalizes his mind and opens to him new sources of enjoyment. The Greek habit was to bring together selections of verse, passages of especial merit, epigrams and short poems. In the main their example has been followed. From their days down to the "Elegant Extracts in Verse" of our grandmothers and grandfathers, and thence on to our own time with its admirable "Golden Treasury" and "Oxford Handbook of Verse," there has been no end to the making of poetical anthologies and apparently no diminution in the public appetite for them. Poetry indeed lends itself to selection. Much of the best poetry of the world is contained in short poems, complete in themselves, and capable of transference bodily to a volume of selections. There are very few poets of whose quality and genius a fair idea can not be given by a few judicious selections. A large body of noble and beautiful poetry, of verse which is "a joy forever," can also be given in a very small compass. And the mechanical attribute of size, it must be remembered, is very important in making a successful anthology, for an essential quality of a volume of selections is that it should be easily portable, that it should be a book which can be slipt into the pocket and readily carried about in any wanderings whether near or remote. An anthology which is stored in one or more huge and heavy volumes is practically valueless except to those who have neither books nor access to a public library, or who think that a stately tome printed on calendered paper and "profusely illustrated" is an ornament to a center-table in a parlor rarely used except on solemn or official occasions. I have mentioned these advantages of verse for the purposes of an anthology in order to show the difficulties which must be encountered in making a prose selection. Very little prose is in small parcels which can be transferred entire, and therefore with the very important attribute of completeness, to a volume of selections. From most of the great prose writers it is necessary to take extracts, and the chosen passage is broken off from what comes before and after. The fame of a great prose writer as a rule rests on a book, and really to know him the book must be read and not merely passages from it. Extracts give no very satisfactory idea of "Paradise Lost" or "The Divine Comedy," and the same is true of extracts from a history or a novel. It is possible by spreading prose selections through a series of small volumes to overcome the mechanical difficulty and thus make the selections in form what they ought above all things to be—companions and not books of reference or table decorations. But the spiritual or literary problem is not so easily overcome. What prose to take and where to take it are by no means easy questions to solve. Yet they are well worth solving, so far as patient effort can do it, for in this period of easy printing it is desirable to put in convenient form before those who read examples of the masters which will draw us back from the perishing chatter of the moment to the literature which is the highest work of civilization and which is at once noble and lasting. Upon that theory this collection has been formed. It is an attempt to give examples from all periods and languages of Western civilization of what is best and most memorable in their prose literature. That the result is not a complete exhibition of the time and the literatures covered by the selections no one is better aware than the editors. Inexorable conditions of space make a certain degree of incompleteness inevitable when he who is gathering flowers traverses so vast a garden, and is obliged to confine the results of his labors within such narrow bounds. The editors are also fully conscious that, like all other similar collections, this one too will give rise to the familiar criticism and questionings as to why such a passage was omitted and such another inserted; why this writer was chosen and that other passed by. In literature we all have our favorites, and even the most catholic of us has also his dislikes if not his pet aversions. I will frankly confess that there are authors represented in these volumes whose writings I should avoid, just as there are certain towns and cities of the world to which, having once visited them, I would never willingly return, for the simple reason that I would not voluntarily subject myself to seeing or reading what I dislike or, which is worse, what bores and fatigues me. But no editor of an anthology must seek to impose upon others his own tastes and opinions. He must at the outset remember and never afterward forget that so far as possible his work must be free from the personal equation. He must recognize that some authors who may be mute or dull to him have a place in literature, past or present, sufficiently assured to entitle them to a place among selections which are intended above all things else to be representative. To those who wonder why some favorite bit of their own was omitted while something else for which they do not care at all has found a place I can only say that the editors, having supprest their own personal preferences, have proceeded on certain general principles which seem to be essential in making any selection either of verse or prose which shall possess broader and more enduring qualities than that of being a mere exhibition of the editor's personal taste. To illustrate my meaning: Emerson's "Parnassus" is extremely interesting as an exposition of the tastes and preferences of a remarkable man of great and original genius. As an anthology it is a failure, for it is of awkward size, is ill arranged and contains selections made without system, and which in many cases baffle all attempts to explain their appearance. On the other hand, Mr. Palgrave, neither a very remarkable man nor a great and original genius, gave us in the first "Golden Treasury" a collection which has no interest whatever as reflecting the tastes of the editor, but which is quite perfect in its kind. Barring the disproportionate amount of Wordsworth which includes some of his worst things—and which, be it said in passing, was due to Mr. Palgrave's giving way at that point to his personal enthusiasm—the "Golden Treasury" in form, in scope, and in arrangement, as well as in almost unerring taste, is the best model of what an anthology should be which is to be found in any language.