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... have been laid open and elucidated; scarcely a fragment or fi- bre of his Soul, Body, and Possessions, but has been probed, dissected, distilled, des... ...ience,—the vestural Tissue, namely, of woollen or other cloth; which Man’s Soul wears as its outmost wrappage and overall; wherein his whole other Tis... ... the Intellect of the place assembled of an evening); and there, with low, soul-stirring tone, and the look truly of an angel, though whether of a whi... ...ffscourings of Vienna) vociferously superintending games of chance. Ballad-singers brayed, Auctioneers grew hoarse; cheap New Wine (heuriger) flowed l... ...as articulately perhaps as the case admitted. Or call him, if you will, an American Backwoodsman, who had to fell unpenetrated forests, and battle wit... ...onsiderably involved in haze. To the first English Edition, 1838, which an American, or two American had now opened the way for, there was slightingly... ... pacificated. ’ Here is a” ...— Sun Newspaper, 1st April, 1834. III. NORTH—AMERICAN REVIEWER. ... “After a careful survey of the whole ground, our bel...

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...e over from England. They seemed to be impelled by an earnest love for the souls of men, and a pure desire to make known what they considered a revela... ...he Puritans, But Grandfather told them that God had put something into the soul of man, which always turned the cruelties of the persecutor to naught.... ...who realized that an Indian possesses a mind, and a heart, and an immortal soul. That single man was John Eliot. All the rest of the early settlers se... ...rs to the charge of treason. During the reign of Charles II., however, the American colonies had but little reason to complain of harsh or tyran nica... ...eason for their apprehen sions. King James caused the charters of all the American colonies to be taken away. The old charter of Massachusetts, which... ...n her, together with the immense wealth of which they had robbed the South American kings.” “Why, Grandfather!” exclaimed Laurence, “what magnifi cen... ...e drum, fife, and bugle drowning the holy organ peal and the voices of the singers. It would appear as if the British took every method to insult the ...

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...cks was very red, the mangle with its put-up board was white-scrubbed, the American oil-cloth on the table had a gay pattern, there was a warm fire, t... ...e struggle to mount on board became desperate and savage, but stimulating. Souls surcharged with hostility found now some outlet for their feelings. ... ...pokesman on the pit bank: or when he read the all-righteous newspaper; his soul curdled with re- vulsion as from something foul. Even the infernal lov... ...o quiet, they had the dangerous impassivity of the Bohemian, Pari- sian or American rather than English. “Cigarette, Julia?” said Robert to his wife. ... ...of fact, the doctor was weep- ing too, for he was an emotional sympathetic soul, over forty. “Never mind—never mind—you aren’t alone,” came the doctor... ...ing that proud, rather stiff bend of her head was. She had some aboriginal American in her blood. But as she looked, she pursed her mouth. The artist ... ...ith disgust. The sham Egypt of Aida hid from her nothing of its shame. The singers were all colour- washed, deliberately colour-washed to a bright ora... ...on heads, a million hands, and one monstrous, unnatural consciousness. The singers ap- peared before the curtain—the applause rose up like clouds of d...

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...Contents EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY MR. DE QUINCEY TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF THIS WORKS. ...................................................................................................... 4 PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION .............................................................

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...iversity. Contents EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY MR. DE QUINCEY TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF THIS WORKS. ............................................... ...secondly, in having made me a participator in the pecuniary profits of the American edition, without solicita- tion or the shadow of any expectation o... ...rty years ago, which papers have been reprinted in a collective form by an American house of high character in Boston; but in part they are to be view... ... and Cimarosa. With Handel I had long been familiar, for the famous chorus singers of Lancashire sang continually at churches the most effective parts... ...cherous ill usage he had experienced, the religious processes by which his soul had been weaned from the world. The most obvious solution of the myste... ...ble innocence. Father of all! though wilful manhood read His punishment in soul distress Grant to the morn of life its natural blessedness”? Meantime,... ...cription of that noble street, it must have been about the entrance of All Souls’ College,—he met a gentleman, a gownsman, who (at the very moment of ...

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...the warp through which is shot a woof less brilliant than the poesy of thy soul, whose ex- pression, when it shines upon thy countenance, is, to those... ...ainst the evil day from your mysterious dwarf?” Modeste instantly sent the soul of her adorer to its humble mud-cabin with a terrible glance, such as ... ...ch seem to us dramatic are nothing more than 15 Balzac subjects which our souls convert into tragedy or comedy ac- cording to the bent of our charact... ...d Dumay to his wife, mak- ing her sit close by him. Madame Dumay, a little American about thirty-six years of age, wiped her eyes furtively; she adore... ... richest com- mercial house in Havre. Madame Dumay, a rather pretty little American, had the misfortune to lose all her children at their birth; and h... ... music, which had the inexpressible charm of sentiment so admired in great singers, Modeste had taken liberties with the lines in a manner that may as... ...d Dumay, “and you shall be a notary and the successor of Latournelle.” The American wife took the hand of the poor hunchback and pressed it. “What! yo...

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...mposure, with yet the sparkles; they ascend; but hue and flavour tell of a soul that has come to a lodgement there. It conducts the youthful man to te... ...ecrets, and the point of it for penetrating yours”:—women. But no; my dear souls didn’t prick and bother. And they dealt with a man in armour. I carry... ...ifteenth of the month! with the constitution of a broken drug-bottle, poor soul! She hears everything from Jarniman: he catches wind of everything. Al... ... He thanked heaven to his wife often, that he had nothing to do with North American or South American mines and pastures or with South Africa and, gol... ...and in- structed Germans not deviously march; whom acute and ad- venturous Americans, with half a cock of the eye in passing, compassionately outstrip... ...nt of commercial matters: rivalries of Banks; Foreign and Municipal Loans, American Rails, and Argen- tine; new Companies of wholesome appearance or s... ... you. But you are hungry? Y ou have been singing twice: three times! Opera singers, they say, eat hot suppers; they drink stout. And I never heard you...

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...ves of foreign lands were very numerous. They hailed from every corner of the globe—for instruction is cheap in Heidelberg, and so is living, too. The... ... Go”ttingen, to fight with a Go”ttingen expert; if he is victorious, he will be invited to other colleges, or those colleges will send their experts t... ...only with the white corps, while we were their guests, and keep aloof from the caps of the other colors. Once I wished to examine some of the swords, ... ...res- sion; yet at times the pain was so exquisite that I could hardly keep the tears back. At those times, as the howlings and wailings and shrieking ... ... of people marched around and around, in the third act, and sang the Wedding Chorus. To my untutored ear that was music—almost divine music. While my ... ..., once, and in Mannheim once, and in Munich (through my authorized agent) once, and this large experience had nearly persuaded me that the Germans pre... ... sufferer said: “There is one more, but I have not the courage to—O my lost Catharina!” One of the old dames said: Mark Twain 92 “Ah, I knew her well... ...the brain stirred up and active; the scenery and the woodsy smells are good to bear in upon a man an unconscious and unobtrusive charm and solace to e...

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...izon; like the pinnacles of some ornate and monstrous church, they stood there, in the sparkling brightness of the morning, the fit signboard of a wor... ...uth-easterly corner of the bay. Punctually to our use, the blow-hole spouted; the schooner turned upon her heel; the anchor plunged. It was a small so... ...there dwelt an old, melancholy, grizzled man of the name of Tari (Charlie) Coffin. He was a native of Oahu, in the Sandwich Islands; and had gone to s... ...ey of Hapaa, known to readers of Herman Melville under the grotesque misspell- ing of Hapar. There are but two writers who have touched the South Seas... ...e the year before, a first case of phthisis appeared in a house- 22 In The South Seas hold of seventeen persons, and by the month of August, when the... ...candid, almost innocent, description of a Russian man-of-war at the Marquesas; consider the disgraceful history of missions in Hawaii itself, where (i... ...iefs, the drummers, the dancers, the women, and the priests. The drums—perhaps twenty strong, and some of them twelve feet high—con- tinuously throbbe... ...you not hear something supernatural?’ His attention thus directed, he was aware of a strange buzzing voice—and yet he declared it was beautiful—which ... ...ere summoned (I suppose in honour of Queen Victoria) to join him. A strong breathless heat reigned under the iron roof, and the air was heavy with the...

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...st day to last of the voyage, there is no rest for a chief mate’s body and soul. And ships are what men make them: this is a pronouncement of sailor w... ...icers affected a superiority over the rest of us, but the boredom of their souls appeared in their manner of dreary sub- mission to the fads of their ... ...following eyes on board those ships—Dutch, English, with a sprin- kling of Americans and a German or two—who had all hoisted their flags at eight o’cl... ...nd fed with black coal. The other seems to draw its strength from the very soul of the world, its formidable ally, held to obedience by the frailest b... ... in our discourse, upon sci- ence, politics, natural history, and operatic singers. Then, after remarking abruptly, “You seem to be rather intelligent...

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...a few particular things, such as, for instance, the analysis of Poe’s place in American literature — an essay of mine, by the way, in the current Atla... ...n, with drawn, white faces and open mouths, is shrieking like a chorus of lost souls; and Chapter I 5 the red faced man, his face now purplish with w... ...bbreviated leg looked as though the devil had there clutched for the Cockney’s soul and missed the shadow for the substance. “And whom have I to thank... ...d sometimes of the clear azure of the deep sea. They were eyes that masked the soul with a thousand guises, and that sometimes opened, at rare moments... ...ented, and I remarked Bulfinch’s “Age of Fable,” Shaw’s “History of English and American Literature,” and Johnson’s “Natural History” in two large volu... ...nd gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musi... ...as you, was it, you black beggar?” belligerently demanded one, Kelly, an Irish American and a longshoreman, making his first trip to sea, and boat pull... ...ight brown hair, and loved it, and learned more of love than all the poets and singers had taught me with all their songs and son nets. She flung it b...

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...udgments, rather: judgments in the mirk nicht among the draygons o’ the deep. And their souls – to think o’ that – their souls, man, maybe no prepared... ...‘I havenae been near it,’ said she. ‘What for would I go near it, Charlie lad? The poor souls are gone to their account long syne; and I would just ha... ...ount long syne; and I would just have wished they had ta’en their gear with them – poor souls!’ This was scarcely any great encouragement for me to te... ...once before he died! to move with a jocund spirit in a golden land! to hear the trained singers and sweet church bells, and see the holiday gardens! ‘... ...is an argument exactly suited to your intellectual level – many of them are English and American. Where else should we expect to find a thief? – And n...

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...elf approval; so he sacrificed all other values to get it. Y.M. Some noble souls have refused to fight duels, and have manfully braved the public cont... ...t a requirement of his nature and training, and thus acquire peace for his soul. Y.M. Apparently, then, all men, both good and bad ones, devote their ... ...e seemed but one way to get it; he must devote himself to saving imperiled souls. He became a missionary. He landed in a pagan country ill and helples... ...rotestant; Ameri can—ditto; Spaniard, Frenchman, Irishman, Italian, South American—Roman Catholic; Russian—Greek Catholic; T urk—Mohammedan; and so o... ...ns, the Russians, the Germans, the French, the English, the Spaniards, the Americans, the South Americans, the Japanese, the Chinese, the Hindus, the ... ...ow remember why. After that we made the English pegs fence in European and American history as well as English, and that answered very well. English a... ...hen we have lately had a season or two of them in New York with these same singers in the several parts, and possibly this same orchestra. I resolved ... ...ou can lay on your keelson except gravel. THURSDAY.—They keep two teams of singers in stock for the chief roles, and one of these is composed of the m... ...oon till ten at night. Nearly all the labor falls upon the half dozen head singers, and apparently they are required to furnish all the noise they can...

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... to be characteristic. It is generally believed that the Aborigines of the American continent have an Asiatic origin. There are many physical as well ... ...ld do, being compelled to set bounds to fancy by experience; but the North American Indian clothes his ideas in a dress which is different from that o... ...aid. They were of hostile tribes, brought together by the influence of the American government; and it is worthy of remark, that a common policy led t... ...ot of it now; but this strange man amuses me; and if he ‘hath music in his soul’, let us not churlishly reject his company.” She pointed persuasively ... ...oftener felt the storms of heaven than any testimonials of weak- ness. The singers were dwelling on one of those low, dying chords, which the ear devo... ...nst His will, was I to burrow with such warnings in the air! Even the weak soul who passes his days in singing is stirred by the cry, and, as he says,... ...fifty demons were uttering their blasphemies at the fall of some Christian soul. “Well may you laugh, ye children of the devil!” said the scout, seati...

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... had been usual in the low-church parish of Blackstable, and in his secret soul he yearned for processions and lighted candles. He drew the line at in... ...ling about him that the Tempter was ever on the watch to gain his immortal soul; and though he was not more truthful than most boys he never told a li... ...e he could hide his foot in the water. He prayed with all the power of his soul. No doubts assailed him. He was confident in the word of God. And the ... ... , and his almond eyes almost closed as he did so. There were two or three American men, in black coats, rather yellow and dry of skin: they were theo... ... tall and slim. He held himself with a deliberate grace. Weeks, one of the American students, seeing him alone, went up and began to talk to him. The ... ...one, went up and began to talk to him. The pair were oddly contrasted: the American very neat in his black coat and pepper-and-salt trou- sers, thin a... ...omedians were lauded to the skies for their sense of character; fat female singers, who had bawled obscurely for twenty years, were discov- ered to po...

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... to Crevel’s great amazement. Such mean seducers cannot understand a great soul. “I, a widower five years since,” Crevel began, in the tone of a man w... ...ho sees herself respected and loved by her fam- ily; and I will give up my soul to God unspotted—” “Amen!” exclaimed Crevel, with the diabolical rage ... ...tuition to discern what were the motives in a simple, guileless, and noble soul for the fanati- cism of Madame Hulot’s love. Having fully persuaded he... ...He rushed off to Josepha’s lodgings in the Rue Chauchat; for, like all the singers, she lived close at hand. “Whom do you want, sir?” asked the porter... ... do you not leave everything for my sake?” asked the Brazilian. This South American born, being logical, as men are who 164 Cousin Betty have lived t... ... you?” “Valerie,” said the official, “my child, that cousin of yours is an American cousin—” “Oh, that is enough!” she cried, interrupting the Baron. ... ...quite inexplicable. The disease is peculiar 369 Balzac to negroes and the American tribes, whose skin is differently constituted to that of the white...

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...ONS of such a place as Albaro, the suburb of Genoa, where I am now, as my American friends would say, ‘located,’ can hardly fail, I should imagine, t... ...ess fierce desire to make converts, and once made, to let them go to ruin, soul and body. They may be seen, in their coarse dress, in all parts of the... ... the tapers. If there be any left (which seldom hap pens, I believe), the souls in Purgatory get the benefit of it. They are also supposed to have th... ...th an altar in it, and a stationary money box: also for the benefit of the souls in Purgatory . Still further to stimu late the charitable, there is ... ...ecessary), and stood there at my ease, during the performance of Mass. The singers were in a crib of wire work (like a large meat safe or bird cage) ... ...sed to view a little wooden doll, in face very like General Tom Thumb, the American Dwarf: gorgeously dressed in satin and gold lace, and actually bla... ...te Campagna in one direc tion, where it was most level, reminded me of an American prairie; but what is the solitude of a region where men have never... ...e they lie half suffo cated with mud and dust. Exhibitors of Punch, buffo singers with guitars, reciters of poetry, reciters of stories, a row of che...

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...I was mad to have her, and cared nothing for the consequence; and the poor soul, knowing that which I was 13 Island Nights’ Entertainments still igno... ...– it came over me she was a kind of countess really, dressed to hear great singers at a concert, and no even mate for a poor trader like myself. She w... ... and by the face of him I knew he was a priest. He was a good- natured old soul to look at, gone a little grizzled, and so dirty you could have writte... ...and crying on the natives to come and beat it in, and singing out it was a soul he wished to save, and that. He was in a rare taking, was the priest. ... ...hing he did was to count his money; the sum was exact – forty-nine dollars American money, and one Chili piece. “That looks like the truth,” said Keaw... ...save my lover. What is this you say about a cent? But all the world is not American. In England they have a piece they call a farthing, which is about...

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...n the eighteenth century, it had passed into the careful keeping of a shrewd American banker, who had bought it originally because (owing to circumsta... ...ca thirty years before, had brought with him, at the top of his baggage, his American physiog nomy; and he had not only brought it with him, but he h... ...dered, placidly. “Well, I guess I’ll wait and see.” He had, in speaking, the American tone. “Are you cold?” the son enquired. 4 Portrait of a Lady Th... ...pest enjoyment was to feel the con tinuity between the movements of her own soul and the agitations of the world. For this reason she was fond of see... ...resent himself as an incentive to hope and a reward of patience. Deep in her soul—it was the deepest thing there—lay a belief that if a certain light ... ...nded that there were other gardens in the world than those of her remarkable soul, and that there were moreover a great many places which were not gar... ...hey drew near the choir on the left of the entrance the voices of the Pope’s singers were borne to them over the heads of the large number of persons ...

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... of Sydney Heads, the ship’s com- pany, all told, numbered some thirty-two souls; now, they mustered about twenty; the rest had deserted. Even the thr... ... under the influence of it. Taken in moderate quantities, I believe, in my soul, it did a man like him good; brightened his eyes, swept the cobwebs ou... ...g to the commander of the corvette, had recently gone ashore there from an American whaler, and were desirous of ship- ping aboard one of their own co... ...of foam, the tiny craft shot up the beach amid a shower of sparkles. Not a soul was there. Leaving one of their number by the water, the rest of the p... ...arcely any price too dear which will purchase his darling “tot.” Nowadays, American whalemen in the Pacific never think of carrying spirits as a ratio... ... had thrown the sailors, now brooked no restraint; and one of them—a young American who went by the name of Salem—dashed out from among the rest, 70 ... ...d me forcibly. Many voices around were of great sweetness and compass. The singers, also, seemed to enjoy themselves mightily; some of them pausing, n...

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...ng. He gulped a cup of coffee in the hope of pacifying his stomach and his soul. His stomach ceased to feel as though it did not belong to him, but Ve... ... paled before the alluring opportunities for tete-a-tetes that invited the soul to loaf in the long library before the baronial fireplace, or in the d... ...lin Avenue & 3d St., N.E Zenith Omar Gribble, Esq., 376 North American Building, Zenith. Dear Mr. Gribble: Your letter of the twentieth t... ...ompson, the old-fashioned, lean Yankee, rugged, traditional, stage type of American business man, and Babbitt, the plump, smooth, efficient, up-to-the... ...uch amused by the antiquated provincialism as any proper Englishman by any American. He knew himself to be of a breeding altogether more esthetic and ... ...Writing and Improving the Memory, Motion-picture-acting and Developing the Soul-power, Banking and Spanish, Chiropody and Photography, Elec- trical En... ... also the best operas, such as Verdi, rendered by the world’s highest-paid singers. “‘In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shab...