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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:IllAGAIN WOMAN CROSSES YOUTH'S ROADImperceptibly gray clouds had filmed the clear blue of the sky, as if a depth of heaven too dazzling for mortal eye must be veiled. As Hugh's steps approached the town, the sky was thickly laced with cloud, and fitful gleams of a watery sunshine were all that penetrated the western horizon. Absorbed in perplexed consideration, he took no note of the weather.While he was resting at a cross-roads before entering the last valley, a riderless horse came clattering down the road from the north, bearing a handsome new side-saddle. The pace was a leisurely gallop, as though the horse, having spent his first mad impulse, had time to notice the surroundings and enjoy his accomplished freedom. At sight of the young man seated beneath the sign-post, the runaway stopped short, snorted, then with delicate deliberation prepared to dash past this possible obstacle to his freedom. Proclaiming his spirit with a wave of his tail, he trotted slowly forward. It was a lively, handsome beast, more playful than wild, and the young man, reaching out suddenly his hand, was lucky enough to catch the loose curb and wise enough to humor the captive by running a few steps with him until he could bring him to a stand. There were angry glances from the large brown eyes, but the animal accepted capture with some grace."A fine beast!" the youth thought, wondering whether he could mount him and thus ride back up the north roaduntil he met the owner. But the aristocratic art of horsemanship not having come within his experience, he concluded that the safer course would be to lead the animal. Patting his smooth neck, he turned him around. The horse examined his captor, snorted once or twice, then consented to walk calmly by the youth's side. A short space up the roa... ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the text that can both be accessed online and used to create new print copies. This book and thousands of others can be found in the digital collections of the University of Michigan Library. The University Library also understands and values the utility of print, and makes reprints available through its Scholarly Publishing Office. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Publisher: DuffieldPublication date: 1906Subjects: Fiction / GeneralFiction / LiteraryFiction / Romance / GeneralFiction / Romance / ContemporaryFiction / Short StoriesHistory / GeneralLiterary Criticism / GeneralLiterary Criticism / American / GeneralNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1901.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Soviet Naval Strategy
Commander Robert W. Herrick, U.S. Navy (Retired), examines the ofensive-defensive cycles through which naval strategy has evolved over the last half century with in the Soviet Union.

This study is primarily an internal historical analysis, in which the author progresses from a discussion of the beginning of Soviet sea power to an evaluation of the Soviet Navy's present strength - a large, strong subamrine force, including a ballisic and homing missile capability, a modest ASW force, and a surface force with surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles.

Despite its forays into distant seas, Commander Herrick contends that the Soviet Navy continues to be strategically defensive; this comprehensive appraisal of the evolution of Soviet Naval strategy should go far in contributing to an understanding of current and prospective developments within the Soviet Navy, and, hopefully, to further discussions of that Navy's strategic potential.
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Originally published in 1911.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This was one of the best books I have read in a while.Wonderful feminist story.Make a marvelous movie for someone like a young Kathleen Turner.Spans a woman's life from the time she is twelve til she is 42; ends in about 1922.Starts with a harrowing scene of the death of her father from a sawblade.If written a little heavy-handed, still manages a very good story, even illicit sex and adultery.Lots of good scenes for film script.Lilla manages to overcome the stilted mores of her mother and the times.Takes place in Chicago and Wilmette.Herrick obviously a local boy.Much comparison could be made here between Lilla and her mother and many mothers and daughters of today.In the book, the two can never come to a meeting of the minds .They have totally different mind-sets, morals, values, etc.They just do not speak the same language. ... Read more

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Robert Welch Herrick (1868-1938) was a novelist who was part of a new generation of American realists. His novels deal with the turbulence of industrialized society and the turmoil it can create in sensitive, isolated people. He was also briefly acting-Governor of the United States Virgin Islands in 1935. From 1905 to 1923, he was a professor of literature at the University of Chicago, during which time he wrote thirteen novels. Among those considered to be his finest was Web of Life (1900). His art was free of dogmatic isms and achieves its power from a melancholic fatalism. He dreaded the brutality and ignorance of the mob as much as he despised the avarice and ennui of the upper class. He was suspicious of political doctrines and utopian legislation, feeling that true progress for human happiness must always lie in individuals making moral choices. His works include: Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories (1897), The Man Who Wins (1897), The Gopsel of Freedom (1898), The Real World (1901), Their Child (1903), Together (1908) and A Life for a Life (1910). ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Publisher: New York, The Macmillan CompanyPublication date: 1908Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Realism vs. Idealism

Robert Herrick was a novelist who straddled the fence between realism and idealism. Setting his novels in realistic situations, he often developed characters who faced and then transcended them according to idealistic standards. Temptation and the breakdown of self-control are the realistic elements of this story which the main character, Jack Pemberton, must overcome. The book is all about Pemberton, from his dismal childhood, through Harvard, his developing career as a lawyer, and finally his going west. Passion is the great temptation, and it comes with Elsie Mason, a bored social-climber who tries to seduce Jack. But Jack resists and thus remains mater of his own destiny. With this new-gained self-knowledge, Jack is able to go out into the real world of business and "fight the good fight." Despite the ending being a bit stiff, Herrick writes well, and the story is fast paced. Not as good as some of his later, better developed, novels, it was a moderate early success. ... Read more

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Robert Welch Herrick (1868-1938) was a novelist who was part of a new generation of American realists. His novels deal with the turbulence of industrialized society and the turmoil it can create in sensitive, isolated people. He was also briefly acting-Governor of the United States Virgin Islands in 1935. From 1905 to 1923, he was a professor of literature at the University of Chicago, during which time he wrote thirteen novels. Among those considered to be his finest was Web of Life (1900). His art was free of dogmatic isms and achieves its power from a melancholic fatalism. He dreaded the brutality and ignorance of the mob as much as he despised the avarice and ennui of the upper class. He was suspicious of political doctrines and utopian legislation, feeling that true progress for human happiness must always lie in individuals making moral choices. His works include: Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories (1897), The Man Who Wins (1897), The Gopsel of Freedom (1898), The Real World (1901), Their Child (1903), Together (1908) and A Life for a Life (1910). ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more