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Lessons in Life, for All Who Will Read Them

Creator: Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885
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LESSONS IN LIFE, FOR ALL WHO WILL READ THEM. BY T. S. ARTHUR. PHILADELPHIA: 1851. PREFACE. "WE are never too old to learn;" is a truism that cannot be repeated too often, if, in the repetition, we do not lose the force of the sentiment. In fact, at every stage of existence we are learners; and, if we (sic) con the lessons well that are written in the great Book of Human Life, wide open before us, we will be wiser and happier. To make the study easier for some, the Stories in this little volume have been written. They present a few marked phases in life, and the lessons taught are worthy of thoughtful consideration. "STORIES FOR PARENTS" will speedily follow this volume, and make the
Crescent and Iron Cross

CRESCENT AND IRON CROSS BY E.F. BENSON _Crescent and Iron Cross, Preface_ In compiling the following pages I have had access to certain sources of official information, the nature of which I am not at liberty to specify further. I have used these freely in such chapters of this book as deal with recent and contemporary events in Turkey or in Germany in connection with Turkey: the chapter, for instance, entitled 'Deutschland ueber Allah,' is based very largely on such documents. I have tried to be discriminating in their use, and have not, as far as I am aware, stated anything derived from them as a fact, for which I had not found corroborative evidence. With regard to the Armenian massacres I have drawn largely on the testimony collected by Lord Bryce, on that brought
eighth in our "LIBRARY FOR THE HOUSEHOLD." CONTENTS. THE RIGHT OF WAY COALS OF FIRE A NEW PLEASURE THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW SMITH AND JONES; OR, THE TOWN LOT HE MUST HAVE MEANT ME FOR THE FUN OF IT FORGIVE AND FORGET PAYING THE MINISTER HAD I BEEN CONSULTED THE MISTAKES OF A "RISING FAMILY" THE MEANS OF ENJOYMENT