WHY GO TO COLLEGE?WHY GO TOCOLLEGE?ALICE FREEMAN PALMERFormerly President of Wellesley College1- Page 2-WHY GO TO COLLEGE?To a largely increasing number of young girls college doors areopening every year. Every year adds to the number of men who feel as afriend of mine, a successful lawyer in a great city, felt when in talking ofthe future of his four little children he said, "For the two boys it is not soserious, but I lie down at night afraid to die and leave my daughters only a...　

PRINCE DARLINGONCE upon a time there lived a king who was so justand kind that his subjects called him "the Good King."It happened one day, when he was out hunting, that alittle white rabbit, which his dogs were chasing, spranginto his arms for shelter. The King stroked it gently,and said to it:"Well, bunny, as you have come to me for protectionI will see that nobody hurts you."And he took it home to his palace and had it put in apretty little house, with all sorts of nice things to eat.That night, when he was alone in his room, a beautifullady suddenly appeared before him; her long dress was...　

TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC RUNABOUT or The Speediest Car on the RoadTOM SWIFT AND HISELECTRIC RUNABOUTor The Speediest Car onthe RoadVICTOR APPLETON1- Page 2-TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC RUNABOUT or The Speediest Car on the RoadCHAPTER ITOM HOPES FOR A PRIZE"Father," exclaimed Tom Swift, looking up from a paper he wasreading, "I think I can win that prize!""What prize is that?" inquired the aged inventor, gazing away from a...　

Rhymes a la Modeby Andrew LangBALLADE DEDICATORYTO MRS. ELTON OF WHITE STAUNTONThe painted Briton built his mound,And left his celts and clay,On yon fair slope of sunlit groundThat fronts your garden gay;The Roman came, he bore the sway,He bullied, bought, and sold,Your fountain sweeps his works awayBeside your manor old!But still his crumbling urns are foundWithin the window-bay,Where once he listened to the soundThat lulls you day by day; -The sound of summer winds at play,The noise of waters coldTo Yarty wandering on their way,Beside your manor old!The Roman fell: his firm-set bound...　

CRIME AND PUNISHMENTby Fyodor Dostoevskytranslated by Constance GarnettPART ONEChapter OneON AN exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out...　

The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignanby Honore de BalzacTranslated by Katharine Prescott WormeleyDEDICATIONTo Theophile GautierTHE SECRETS OF THE PRINCESSE DE CADIGNANCHAPTER ITHE LAST WORD OF TWO GREAT COQUETTESAfter the disasters of the revolution of July, which destroyed so manyaristocratic fortunes dependent on the court, Madame la Princesse deCadignan was clever enough to attribute to political events the totalruin she had caused by her own extravagance. The prince left Francewith the royal family, and never returned to it, leaving the princess...　

When the World ShookBeing an Account of the Great Adventureof Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnotby H. Rider HaggardDEDICATIONDitchingham, 1918.MY DEAR CURZON,More than thirty years ago you tried to protect me, then astranger to you, from one of the falsest and most malignantaccusations ever made against a writer.So complete was your exposure of the methods of those at workto blacken a person whom they knew to be innocent, that, as youwill remember, they refused to publish your analysis whichdestroyed their charges and, incidentally, revealed their...　

The Countess of Saint GeranBy Alexander Dumas, pereAbout the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towardsmidday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the provinceof Auvergne, from the direction of Paris. The country folk assembledat the noise, and found it to proceed from the provost of the mountedpolice and his men. The heat was excessive, the horses were bathedin sweat, the horsemen covered with dust, and the party seemed on itsreturn from an important expedition. A man left the escort, andasked an old woman who was spinning at her door if there was not an...　

Lays of Ancient RomeLays of Ancient RomeBy Thomas Babbington Macaulay1- Page 2-Lays of Ancient RomePrefaceHoratius The LayThe Battle of the Lake Regillus The LayVirginia The LayThe Prophecy of Capys The LayThat what is called the history of the Kings and early Consuls ofRome is to a great extent fabulous, few scholars have, since the time of...　

THE DECAMERONby Boccaccio GiovanniTHE INDUCTION OF THE AUTHOR TO THE FOLLOWING DISCOURSESGracious Ladies, so often as I consider with my selfe, and observerespectively, how naturally you are enclined to compassion; as manytimes doe I acknowledge, that this present worke of mine, will (inyour judgement) appeare to have but a harsh and offensive beginning,in regard of the mournfull remembrance it beareth at the verieentrance of the last Pestilentiall mortality, universally hurtfullto all that beheld it, or otherwise came to knowledge of it. But for...　

Lecture VIThe Chief and the LandThe Brehon law-tracts strongly suggest that, among the thingswhich we in modern times have most forgotten, is the importanceof horned cattle, not merely in the infancy of society, but at aperiod when it had made some considerable advance towardsmaturity It is scarcely possible to turn over a page withoutfinding some allusion to beeves, to bulls, cows, heifers, andcalves. Horses appear, sheep, swine, and dogs; and bees, theproducers of the greatest of primitive luxuries, have a place...　

The Mirror of the Seaby Joseph ConradContents:I. Landfalls and DeparturesIV. Emblems of HopeVII. The Fine ArtX. Cobwebs and GossamerXIII. The Weight of the BurdenXVI. Overdue and MissingXX. The Grip of the LandXXII. The Character of the FoeXXV. Rules of East and WestXXX. The Faithful RiverXXXIII. In CaptivityXXXV. InitiationXXXVII. The Nursery of the CraftXL. The TremolinoXLVI. The Heroic AgeCHAPTER I....　

()：/b6089/--第1章：为了儿子林川睁开昏睡的眼睛，只感觉一阵头疼欲裂，口干舌燥，全身一点力气都没有。紧接着，他抬眼往四周一看，整个人不由得一愣，这周围的一切，对他来说无比的陌生。一间简陋的屋子，屋子的面积不大，仅有二十几个平方。在屋子中间，有一张老旧的木质饭桌，上面清晰可见洒落的饭粒和几只飞舞的苍蝇。在屋子的一角，有一把破木吉他，静静的躺倒在地上，或许是由于许久没人动的原因，上面已经蒙上厚厚的一层灰。除此之外，整个屋子里，散发着一股发霉的味道，虽然很淡，却还是让林川的胃部一阵翻涌，感到十分的恶心。“爸爸，您喝水，喝完水就不难受了！”就在这个时候，一个幼稚的童音，在床边响了起来。林川扭头一看，发现是一名四五岁大的小男孩，手里拿着一只瓷制水杯，在杯顶的位置上，赫然缺了一块。...　

()：/b3938/--第一章 少年叶逸他叫叶逸，叶子的叶，飘逸的逸。他出生在那里他也不知道，他的父母叫什么在哪里是什么大人物他都不知道，他只知道他现在在蜀山山下的屋子里成长，是蜀山的老头把他养大，教他读书，教他做人，教他武功。这一天，叶逸在山上练完功后回到山下的屋子。“拿着，这是你新的任务。”叶逸一进门，还没等他喝口水，蜀山老头就对着叶逸边说边把他手上的纸条丢了过来。叶逸一听见有任务了，心里挺高兴的，在山上，每天在练功就是帮蜀山老头干家务。叶逸接过纸条，打开一看，对着蜀山老头说道：“纳尼，叫我去保护一个女的，不去，这个任务我不接，叫我去保护一个女的，反正我是不去，要去你去，这不是大材小用嘛。”接过纸条后，叶逸心里觉得是很重要的任务，结果是让自己去保护一个女学生，妈拉个x，失望呀。...　

()：/b5060/--第一章 让你当院长新书求收藏、推荐！！七月的江城骄阳似火，阳光如炙热的火星般飘下，“烫”得路上行人稀少，“烫”得翠绿的柳叶蔫头耷拉脑的。可江城市第一医院普外科的门诊手术室里却凉爽如秋夜，一个带着口罩、帽子看不清楚相貌的医生正在给一名患者做手术。患者是个二十多岁的小伙子，此时正**着上身双手抱头仰躺在诊疗床上，他微微侧头看向正忙活的医生稍有些急躁道：“大夫好了没啊？”“快了，马上就好。”从医生说话的声音来看他肯定很年轻，事实也确实如此，他大学都还没毕业，现在正在这家医院实习。医生叫艾乐，他后边那个字是音乐的乐，可这么多年过来叫对的人很少，几乎所有人都把后边的字念成了乐呵的乐。...　

()：/b5490/--第1章支付宝神奇改变某平行空间，华夏国。东江省，位于华国东部沿海，自古以来便有华国粮仓的美誉，又因其便利的交通和地理优势。改革开放以来迅速崛起，已经连续八年力压帝都天京，和魔都上洋，gdp总量持续占据全国第一的宝座，并持续跃进，不断拉大与其他省份的差距。东江市，是东江省的省会城市，位于东部沿海腹地，是华国粮仓中的粮仓，地据扼要，自古便是兵家必争之地。华国成立以来，这里已经发展为超级商业重地，到如今，已经由蓝海变为商业红海，各路资本大鳄在这里厮杀不断。据说在江湖中流传着一个久远而又不朽的传说，谁能够在东江这一块宝地站稳脚跟，那才有资格问鼎华国商业的巅峰！东江大学，是一所全学科、多门类的综合性大学，仅次于位于帝都的天京大学和水木大学，碾压魔都上洋和全国各地其他学府，综合实力排名全国第三。...