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Eric Lease Morgan May 27, 2019 Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 39 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 44658 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 86 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 man 24 Mr. 12 London 10 look 10 good 9 Professor 9 Mrs. 9 Holmes 9 God 8 Watson 8 Sir 8 Miss 7 time 7 Lord 7 England 6 great 6 british 6 France 6 Dr. 5 hand 5 John 4 life 4 french 4 Mortimer 4 Monsieur 3 little 3 day 3 come 3 Wilson 3 Von 3 Smith 3 New 3 Lady 3 Johnson 3 James 3 English 3 Christ 3 Charles 3 Captain 2 spirit 2 song 2 old 2 like 2 case 2 West 2 Tom 2 Summerlee 2 Street 2 Stone 2 State Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 6704 man 2865 hand 2828 time 2282 face 2177 eye 2175 day 2129 way 1647 life 1625 thing 1616 head 1470 room 1468 one 1410 night 1398 side 1372 word 1324 nothing 1204 door 1201 year 1201 woman 1067 something 1049 case 1032 friend 1019 sir 1012 matter 990 house 983 mind 975 place 930 end 896 hour 888 foot 886 morning 883 light 879 moment 870 name 856 line 854 world 831 heart 823 voice 814 country 808 work 772 people 737 fact 730 thought 711 point 701 front 698 arm 678 horse 671 part 658 instant 651 window Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 2861 _ 1521 Mr. 698 Holmes 605 Sir 543 Lord 540 John 533 London 510 Mrs. 501 Professor 491 Dr. 462 God 422 England 421 Ezra 381 Emperor 375 Challenger 374 De 372 de 369 Miss 356 Watson 345 Girdlestone 342 France 329 Captain 310 Smith 300 Catinat 294 Tom 275 Colonel 271 Monsieur 258 English 257 Charles 247 Summerlee 247 State 229 New 229 Kate 229 I. 220 Montgomery 207 Master 204 McMurdo 203 Henry 203 Congo 202 Street 191 Amos 190 Germany 188 Sharkey 186 Mortimer 185 St. 185 King 176 Europe 175 Paris 162 Douglas 160 Wilson Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 32384 i 24666 it 21447 he 16676 you 8330 we 7565 me 7447 him 7285 they 4950 she 4702 them 3189 us 2244 her 1222 himself 944 myself 647 one 395 itself 365 themselves 349 yourself 259 ourselves 197 herself 157 mine 124 yours 59 his 53 ''em 36 hers 35 thee 30 ours 29 ''s 19 theirs 14 oneself 11 ye 8 em 7 yourselves 4 thyself 4 ha 3 meself 3 i''m 2 you''ll 2 whence 2 o 2 imself 2 d''you 2 bookshelf 1 toby''--that 1 thy 1 them"--a 1 she''ll 1 press:-- 1 mcevoy 1 l Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 70614 be 30360 have 8639 say 8107 do 5599 see 5238 come 3455 know 3348 go 3223 make 3140 take 2841 think 2592 look 2337 give 2235 get 2089 find 1829 tell 1791 hear 1731 seem 1659 leave 1645 stand 1617 ask 1616 cry 1385 turn 1337 lie 1294 pass 1188 show 1165 bring 1101 put 988 hold 984 speak 965 run 954 let 921 sit 910 keep 890 feel 802 fall 800 break 779 call 760 carry 745 answer 733 meet 715 draw 702 throw 698 follow 689 set 681 begin 678 rise 678 become 669 appear 658 mean Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 11361 not 5425 so 4128 very 3991 then 3980 up 3472 more 3090 out 3002 now 2802 little 2568 down 2492 great 2484 other 2443 good 2401 only 2386 well 2131 own 2128 as 2060 long 1995 never 1936 old 1832 back 1822 here 1771 there 1618 still 1566 much 1566 away 1546 first 1536 again 1524 last 1433 most 1406 ever 1377 too 1298 same 1286 young 1276 yet 1248 even 1232 off 1212 once 1210 such 1201 many 1184 all 1182 just 1139 far 1011 however 998 few 962 small 957 high 912 on 897 whole 890 also Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 561 good 441 least 248 most 151 bad 142 great 130 high 65 near 42 slight 36 small 35 low 32 strong 32 late 31 rich 30 large 27 Most 26 deep 25 fine 24 strange 18 old 18 early 16 young 15 dark 13 wise 12 fast 12 dear 12 brave 11 light 11 eld 10 wild 10 keen 9 smart 9 poor 9 long 9 furth 9 farth 9 black 8 simple 8 mere 8 faint 8 bright 7 topmost 7 queer 7 hard 7 fair 7 big 6 short 6 proud 6 lucky 6 happy 5 warm Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1185 most 106 well 49 least 4 strangest 2 worst 2 near 2 hard 1 latest 1 est Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 www.gutenberg.org 2 archive.org 1 www.fadedpage.net 1 gallica.bnf.fr Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47506/47506-h/47506-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47506/47506-h.zip 1 http://www.fadedpage.net 1 http://gallica.bnf.fr 1 http://archive.org/details/comingoffairies00doylrich 1 http://archive.org Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- 1 ccx074@pglaf.org Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 _ is _ 14 _ are _ 9 _ was _ 7 case is not 7 man is not 6 _ did _ 6 _ have _ 6 door was open 6 face was very 6 man has ever 5 eyes were still 5 face looking up 5 face was as 5 man did not 5 men do not 4 eyes were continually 4 face was pale 4 hands were still 4 man had ever 4 matter was serious 4 mind is still 4 mind was full 4 room was empty 4 something was amiss 4 thing is not 4 things are not 3 _ do _ 3 day is out 3 eyes had hardly 3 eyes were as 3 face look quite 3 face turned up 3 face was haggard 3 face was more 3 face was so 3 hands held out 3 hands were so 3 head was still 3 life was dead 3 man does not 3 man had apparently 3 man is too 3 man was as 3 man was still 3 matter is not 3 matter was not 3 men are too 3 men had better 3 men were not 3 men were still Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 case is not complete 2 one has not always 2 thing is not always 2 time is not yet 2 woman has not yet 1 _ lay no great 1 case is not hopeless 1 cases were not mine 1 day is not friday 1 day is not yet 1 day were not aware 1 end has not yet 1 eyes spoke no less 1 friend took no step 1 friends are not good 1 friends are not mine 1 life is not good 1 life is not worth 1 lives are not misspent 1 lives were no more 1 man had no consciousness 1 man has no cases 1 man has no honour 1 man has not yet 1 man have not yet 1 man is not humble 1 man was not quite 1 matter is not much 1 matter is not so 1 matter was no better 1 matter was not difficult 1 men had no force 1 men were not credulous 1 mind are not yet 1 night was not too 1 one has no choice 1 one has no opinions 1 one is not worthy 1 place was not very 1 room gave no space 1 time are not common 1 time is not long 1 times were not too 1 times were not very 1 woman is not always 1 words had no particular 1 words were no empty Sizes of items; "Measures in words, how big is each item?" ---------------------------------------------------------- 140439 13152 124720 11413 84393 39718 77245 139 77096 10446 76136 537 75604 11247 71824 34627 70377 32777 69670 423 69628 34797 60043 3070 59007 3776 58921 22357 58310 10581 52204 37712 50525 11656 50151 40848 47614 5317 47521 12555 34399 47506 29806 126 29263 42127 29167 439 20364 1638 18007 355 16278 38443 15001 9874 11574 2343 10875 21769 10830 2346 10094 2349 8760 2344 7814 2348 7459 2345 6628 38071 5902 2347 3345 17398 24951 Readability of items; "How difficult is each item to read?" ----------------------------------------------------------- 98.0 38071 93.0 17398 92.0 2347 92.0 11656 91.0 2345 91.0 3776 91.0 11413 90.0 38443 89.0 423 89.0 355 89.0 2346 89.0 2348 89.0 3070 89.0 11247 88.0 22357 88.0 10446 88.0 34797 88.0 32777 87.0 2343 87.0 2344 87.0 12555 87.0 13152 86.0 10581 86.0 34627 86.0 40848 84.0 126 84.0 139 83.0 2349 83.0 537 83.0 9874 78.0 5317 74.0 37712 74.0 39718 73.0 47506 73.0 42127 71.0 1638 66.0 439 100.0 21769 24951 Item summaries; "In a narrative form, how can each item be abstracted?" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 10446 red-faced man, a fine whist-player, and a soldier who knew his work. come athwart my hawse when I am working the ship," said the captain. "Nay, nay, Captain Sharkey, not so hot, sir!" said the quartermaster, "You''ve no call to fear me, sir," said he; "I''m a changed man from what "You came here to speak of Sharkey, Master Craddock," said he. "The man Sharkey is a vessel of wrath," said Craddock. compasses in his hand, sat a clean-shaven, pale-faced man with a fur cap "That''s soon set right," said Sharkey, turning his filmy eyes upon "You''ve made others look death in the face, Sharkey," said he; "now it "Happen you won''t," said the woman, and the Master turned a terrible eye He faced his man with little in-and-out steps, breaking to the left, "''Sir,'' said I, ''I am as honourable a man as you are yourself.'' 10581 ''Louis Laval,'' said I, thinking that it might sound less dangerous in ''Come, Monsieur Laval,'' said he, with quite a different ring in his man, who had said little hitherto, though he had continued to stare at ''It is no use,'' said he, in answer to some look in the other''s eye. ''You hear that, General Savary?'' said he, looking out of the door. with the death''s-head face, was the man whom I had heard my poor father ''Come, Sibylle,'' said her father, ''you can assure your cousin Louis ''I leave Monsieur de Laval in your hands, de Meneval,'' said he. ''You have not at your age become a practical man,'' said the Emperor. ''That is right, Monsieur de Laval,'' said the Emperor. ''You have only been in France a few days, Monsieur de Laval,'' said ''I know no more than Monsieur de Talleyrand does,'' said he; ''the Emperor ''Come here, Monsieur de Laval,'' said he. 11247 ''Good-day, sir,'' said he, seeing that I pulled up my horse. ''Can you tell me,'' said he, ''whether the man who calls himself the Baron ''He is a man,'' said Duroc, with a sudden flush upon his boyish face, ''to man with a lion-like head and a great shock of orange-coloured hair. ''We shall find what we want in here,'' said the man with the dark beard. And all the time our little man, with his pale face and his cold, grey ''I presume that you are a strong man, Colonel,'' said the chief, coming clean-shaven, with round, comely faces, looking to me more like monks the finest light-weight in England,'' said the older man, looking at me Abbey where you could shelter man or horse,'' said he. ''Keep your heart up, comrade,'' said I; ''I have seen a man with a worse 11413 "Ah, it is Captain de Catinat," said Madame de Montespan, with a smile "Your Highness," said the old Huguenot, coming forward and throwing open one yellow hand upon her shrinking arm, while his little dark eyes "The king comes, madame," said Mademoiselle Nanon, again protruding her "Monsieur Corneille, to read to the king," said the young lady, opening "Then you shall certainly do so in the future, madame," said the king "No, no, madame," cried the king, dashing his hand across his eyes. "Good-evening, Captain de Catinat," said the king, with a pleasant "I like your king," said Amos Green, "and I am glad to ride in his The man bent over De Catinat, and placed his hand upon his heart. "Come with me, uncle," said De Catinat, passing his arm under that of "It''s no use, lad," said Captain Ephraim, laying his great red hand upon 11656 Jim Horscroft was away when Cousin Edie was with us, but he came back she had said to him the Lord knows, but it was like old wine in his that a girl could have turned a strong man''s head like that, but I knew He stood looking at me, and his face had set like that of a man who is hard sand, and looked out at the old North Sea. How little did Jim know "Great Britain, I believe?" said he, turning briskly round and facing looked round with a face that was flushed, and two eyes that blazed like "It is for fine young men like you two to think of it," said de Lapp. away from him, so that he looked just like the old Jim as I had seen him "This man''s blood lies at your door," said I, with my hand on poor Jim''s 12555 small digest of the matter," said Stephens, handing a slip of paper to "I suppose it''s a good short way," said Miss Sadie, "but it feels queer "Shucks, Sadie, don''t talk like that, child," said the older woman "Come now, Colonel," cried Headingly, laughing, "surely you don''t mean "Sorry your wife isn''t coming, Belmont," said the Colonel. "Those are his putties, Miss Adams," said Colonel Cochrane, looking "I am not so sure of that, Miss Adams," said the Colonel. "Absolutely!" said Cecil Brown, looking over the desert with his dark, "Do you know, Belmont," said the Colonel, in a low voice, "you may think "Be Jove, he may be right, Cochrane," said Belmont, looking inquiringly "You do no good by exposing yourself," said Belmont, drawing Colonel "Do you know what I am thinking of all the time?" said Sadie. "That''s all right, Colonel," said Belmont. 126 World"--Professor Challenger, Professor Summerlee, Lord John Roxton, and "Friend Challenger is a clever man," said he with great vehemence. "You had a scrap once before with old man Challenger," said he sternly, "Upon my word, sir," said Lord John, very stern and rigid, "if you were a said Challenger, passing his short, thick arm round her waist. "Exactly," said Challenger, rubbing his hands, "we are all poisoned. "As to the laughter," said Challenger, "you will bear in mind that, like saw Lord John put his hand suddenly to his eyes, and once Summerlee "Well," said Lord John, "if we''ve got to sit suckin'' at those tubes like our oxygen is a delicate and vital question," said Challenger, looking "It strikes me nature''s on top this time," said Lord John, looking out of "Your remarks, my good Summerlee," said Challenger with enormous "At the same time," said Challenger, his great voice booming strangely 13152 "Oh yes, there are," Ezra Girdlestone remarked, coming into the room. "You have come in good time to see something of University life," said "I''ve been wishing to speak with you for some days, major," said Ezra. "I''d ask you round to me own little place," the major said, "but it''s "I hardly know," said Tom; "I should like a little time to think it "A good day''s work, Tom," said the old doctor, as they left the lawyer''s "Now, look at that!" cried the little man, throwing out his hands. "I''m fair sick of it," said the little man, passing his grimy hand "Look at that," the old man said, when the click of the outer door "A nice-looking girl, too," said Ezra, in answer to some such remark. "Look here, major," the latter said, when they came into their room, "Good night, Mister Ezra," said the girl, with her hand upon the handle 139 place, I don''t think my ideal would speak like that," said she. I always liked McArdle, the crabbed, old, round-backed, red-headed news "DEAR PROFESSOR CHALLENGER," it said, "As a humble student of Nature, I He wished, he said, to ask Professor Challenger whether Mr. Summerlee desired to know how it was that Professor Challenger Lord John Roxton has some points in common with Professor Summerlee, "It was on that," said Professor Challenger, pointing to this tree, "As to the man''s identity," said Professor Challenger, "I have no doubt "Maple White again," said Professor Challenger. "Our young friend has glimpses of lucidity," said Professor Challenger, lunch-time among those very bushes," said Lord John, looking across the "We shall know in the morning," said Lord John. "I think I should back my little friend," said Lord John, caressing his "By George, young fellah, you''ve put your hand on it!" said Lord John, 1638 changed in such cases, but the body through which the spirit worked, good thing, as keeping us in touch with the spiritual world. evidence proved that actual appearances of the dead person came with thought-reading at one end, and the actual manifestation of the spirit who go the length of saying that the phenomena and messages come from If a person comes to me with an account of life in some further certain the fact of life after death, the base of all religion. spirit body was possibly so far material as to be more visible to a In connection with the general subject of life after death, people may The cases of spirits who give good proof of in Mr. Dawson Roger''s life, a very good case of a spirit who called life-time here, they pass to some further state of existence; that 17398 This driver was a knowing-looking old veteran, with a weather-beaten "That''s a long time," I said. I tell ye I took a dead man for a fare once, and drove about with him "Well, it''s an old story now," said the driver, putting a small piece "''Cert''nly, mum,'' I says for I saw my way to a good thing. I said the word than the old one she pulls open the door, and she and "''That was the number they gave me,'' I said, ''But maybe he''s come to He was a young, good-looking fellow, but his face wore an you like,'' he said; ''only don''t drive fast for I''m getting old, and hours'' drive and paying his fare like a man at the end of it. sort of look about him, as if he had some job on hand. cab stopped out jumped the little man with his bag right into the 21769 And, dear old Ireland, God save you, [9] Hold thou my ways from glutted days, I ''ave no grudge against the man — An'' wished ''im a good day, "Ah, Wilson," said the famous man, "Rough, I know, on poor old Flo, It was in the days when farmer men were Four days on end ''e never knew ''ow ''e ''ad [30] They ''unt to-day down ''Orsham way. With just one thought within ''is mind — Now past there came a godly man, He was fighting night and day, The things that he liked best, [62] Bendy he turned Methodist—he said he Then Bendy said, "Good Lord, since But now, dear Lord"—and here he laid his (A man whom I remember in old days, And day follows night To Bedford, where in days of old Tuesday saw us still in rain — Where in days so long gone by 22357 "I''d like to ''ave a word or two with you over that, sir," he said in the "By your leave, sir, we''ll come to that later," said he. "We don''t even like the word ''master,''" said the American. "It''s like this, sir," said the footman, halting when they had arrived at "I begin to think that this uproar must be at our door," said Sir "You are very right, sir," said the young man, warmly. "May I ask, sir," said he, in an easy conversational fashion, "whether "Now, sir," said the older man, "speak, and speak to the point, for I can "A very big house if every man had his rights," said the station-master, "And it''s time all good children were in bed," said the Lady as the "Their time was come," said Daddy, who was a bit of a Fatalist. "And a little petrol for Daddy," said Dimples. 2343 "I suppose, Watson, we must look upon you as a man of letters," said "Pray sit down, Mr. Scott Eccles," said Holmes in a soothing voice. agents, you know, and they said that Mr. Garcia''s rent was paid up all "Come, come, sir," said Holmes, laughing. "You are like my friend, Dr. Watson, who has a bad habit of telling his stories wrong end foremost. "You traced him through the telegram, no doubt," said Holmes. to the death last night of Mr. Aloysius Garcia, of Wisteria Lodge, near "A very remarkable note," said Holmes, glancing it over. You will come round with us to the station, Mr. Scott Eccles, and let us have your statement in writing." "Remarkable, but by no means impossible," said Holmes, smiling. "Nothing in all this," said Baynes, stalking, candle in hand, from room "Oh, very good," said Holmes. "A chaotic case, my dear Watson," said Holmes over an evening pipe. 2344 "You remember," said he, "that some little time ago when I read you the "Miss Susan Cushing, living at Cross Street, Croydon, has been made the "You have observed, of course," said he at last, "that the ears are not strong reason for sending Miss Cushing this packet. "I have a few questions to ask Miss Cushing," said he. "In that case I may leave you here," said Lestrade, "for I have another "We shall look in on our way to the train," answered Holmes. "I am coming to be of the same opinion, Miss Cushing," said Holmes, "Thank you, Miss Cushing," said Holmes, rising and bowing. sister Sarah lives, I think you said, at New Street, Wallington? "Is Miss Cushing at home?" asked Holmes. "Miss Sarah Cushing is extremely ill," said he. deed be sent to Miss Sarah Cushing? "Lestrade has got him all right," said Holmes, glancing up at me. 2345 "You arranged an affair for a lodger of mine last year," she said--"Mr. Fairdale Hobbs." that the man came ten days ago and paid you for a fortnight''s board and terms.'' I''m a poor woman, sir, and Mr. Warren earns little, and the long time to come if you keep the terms,'' he said. "Dear me, Watson," said Homes, staring with great curiosity at the "Then Dr. Watson and I will come round in time. "Why, Gregson!" said my companion as he shook hands with the Scotland "Mr. Holmes talks of signals," said Gregson. street, or in some way come to understand how close the danger was, and "Here is the candle in the window, Mr. Holmes," said Gregson. "Well, Mrs. Lucca," said the prosaic Gregson, laying his hand upon the "One moment, Gregson," said Holmes. "In that case," said Holmes, "my suggestion is that we lock this door, 2346 "Nothing of interest in the paper, Watson?" he said. "The London criminal is certainly a dull fellow," said he in the Arsenal--technical papers--Brother Mycroft, the chain is complete. working hours on Monday, and that Sir James left for London about three whole of Monday evening after office hours, and his key has never left "Can you suggest any possible motive for taking the papers to London "This is where the young man''s body lay," said he, indicating a spot "I can assure you, Mr. Holmes," said Lestrade, "that every carriage has "Come, Watson," said he, "our ways lie elsewhere. "Let us reconstruct, Watson," said Holmes after half an hour of you, Watson, that this young man''s body was PLACED on the roof of the Mycroft Holmes and Lestrade had come round by appointment after "Everything is known, Colonel Walter," said Holmes. "Then reparation is still within your power," said Sherlock Holmes. 2347 Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-suffering "He''s dying, Dr. Watson," said she. ''Let it be Watson, then,'' said he. "Well, Watson, we seem to have fallen upon evil days," said he in a "You mean well, Watson," said the sick man with something between a sob for poor Holmes was so obviously delirious that it seemed dangerous to passed from the flat I heard Holmes''s high, thin voice in some "Have you come from Holmes?" he asked. "I only know Mr. Holmes through "It was on account of your special knowledge that Mr. Holmes desired to Well, Watson, you have done all that a good friend could. "The same," said Holmes. "The same," said Holmes. "All is in order and this is your man," said Holmes. "I never needed it more," said Holmes as he refreshed himself with a "But your appearance, Holmes--your ghastly face?" 2348 "The train of reasoning is not very obscure, Watson," said Holmes with Lady Frances seems to have left there and given the place which Lady Frances Carfax had sought when she left Lausanne. his wife had returned to London, and Lady Frances had started thither "Where is the Lady Frances Carfax?" I asked. want to know, in the first place, Mr. Holmes, is, how in the world you "That is the lady," said Holmes. "You have done excellent work," said Holmes, scribbling a few words "I want to speak to Dr. Shlessinger," said Holmes. "I want to know what you have done with the Lady Frances Carfax, whom "I MEAN to find her," said Sherlock Holmes. "Our time is limited, Watson," said Holmes. said the sergeant majestically, "but you''ll have to go, Mr. Holmes." "It''s a missing lady, Sergeant, and we think she is in that house. 2349 tea at the vicarage and had come to know, also, Mr. Mortimer Tregennis, "Mr. Holmes," said the vicar in an agitated voice, "the most "Ask what you like, Mr. Holmes," said he eagerly. "It''s devilish, Mr. Holmes, devilish!" cried Mortimer Tregennis. "I fear," said Holmes, "that if the matter is beyond humanity it is sitting-room fronted, and from it, according to Mortimer Tregennis, Mortimer Tregennis after he left the room. here I have come to know this family of Tregennis very well--indeed, window and to the sitting-room lamp. which had burned in the room of Mortimer Tregennis on the morning of Mortimer Tregennis''s room to find some remains of this substance. "Upon my word, Watson!" said Holmes at last with an unsteady voice, "I "Perhaps we can clear the point up before we separate," said Holmes. "The killing of Mortimer Tregennis," said Holmes. Holmes sat for some little time in silence. 24951 3070 "This is Sir Henry Baskerville," said Dr. Mortimer. "Now," said Sir Henry Baskerville, "perhaps you will tell me, Mr. Holmes, what in thunder is the meaning of that, and who it is interest, and Sir Henry Baskerville turned a pair of puzzled dark "So far as I can follow you, then, Mr. Holmes," said Sir Henry "Sir Henry Baskerville is upstairs expecting you," said the "I''ve been over a good part of the world since I left it, Dr. Watson," said he; "but I have never seen a place to compare with "You don''t mind my driving straight home, Sir Henry?" said Dr. Mortimer. "My word, it isn''t a very cheerful place," said Sir Henry. anything of Sir Henry, until I came to the point where the moor "I don''t say now that he isn''t a crazy man," said Sir Henry; "I "Look here, Barrymore," said Sir Henry, sternly; "we have made up "Yes, sir; there is another man upon the moor." 32777 "From the little that I have seen of you it appears to me, Dr. Hardacre," said he, "that you are the very man I have wanted to meet." "A brown man''s hand!" said he, in amazement. "Your name, sir?" said he, sitting pen in hand with his long, red-lined this man whom he called Edward, and every word that he said was like a my worthy master," he said, taking the old man by the sleeve, and "You should never tell lies, young man," said the other. "Very true, Defoe," said a genial-looking man in a red waistcoat, who "I don''t know his name," said Bellingham, passing his hand over the "Perhaps I know more than you think," said Smith, looking keenly at the "I think there''s life in him," said Smith, with his hand to the lad''s A look of fear came into his eyes, and he sank his face into his hands. 34627 Such a man was Captain John Scarrow, of the ship _Morning Star_, and yet come athwart my hawse when I am working the ship," said the captain. "Nay, nay, Captain Sharkey, not so hot, sir!" said the quartermaster, "You came here to speak of Sharkey, Master Craddock," said he. "The man Sharkey is a vessel of wrath," said Craddock. "That''s soon set right," said Sharkey, turning his filmy eyes upon "It is no time for drinking, Captain Sharkey," said Martin. "Captain Sharkey," said he, "I come as spokesman of the crew." "So I shall, Captain Sharkey," said the old seaman, "for I have done my "Look at her hand, Captain Sharkey!" he cried. Copley Banks said little when he heard the news, but he sank into a "You''ve made others look death in the face, Sharkey," said he; "now it snow-white quarter-deck stood a stiff little brown-faced man, who swept 34797 The man was a handsome fellow, with bold grey eyes and a long light, quick step passed my study door, and I knew that my new "Look here, guv''nor," said the man from the dingle, "not so much "A very big house if every man had his rights," said the station-master, "We are man and wife in the sight of Heaven," he said solemnly, looking You, sir," he said wistfully, "look like one who has seen much of at the time all the doctors said that she could not survive long. "Let me see," said the third year''s man, "you have never seen an "So do I," said the senior man, and they laughed as they shook hands. "Well, old man," he said, "we''ll talk it over to-morrow. "There was one fellow came in with a cut head one night," said Tom, "and "Yes, sir," said the man. 355 "Professor Gilroy is a terrible sceptic," said he; "I hope, Miss white?--Miss Agatha Marden, I think the name is." "So much for the mesmeric sleep," said Miss Penclosa. As I bade her good-night Miss Penclosa slipped a piece of "Austin," she said, "I have come to tell you that our engagement is at "MY DEAR PROFESSOR GILROY [it said]: Pray excuse the personal nature "Agatha," said I seriously, "would you mind telling me exactly what you A blank day, as Miss Penclosa goes with Wilson and his wife go, let the research come to an end; any thing is better than facing to Miss Penclosa, but I shall simply stay away. Professor Wilson is coming back this week, and of course Mrs. Wilson is very anxious that Miss Penclosa should be well again then, The other is that Professor Wilson comes back in a day 37712 wrought in the Congo lands by King Leopold of Belgium and his followers to own work, Stanley laboured hard among the native chiefs, and returned to the fall of the Arab power the Congo Free State was only called upon to Already the Congo State was largely the outcome of Belgian work and of King Leopold let it be known that he had left the Congo Free State in his State within this district, (1) natives can only gather rubber on received by the general public from the Congo Free State concerned the Having shown in these two examples the way in which the Congo Free State sent in every direction, forcing natives to make rubber and to bring Congo Free State--rubber and murder, slavery in its worst form. rubber--said he had often told the sentinels not to kill the people. "The State soldiers brought in seven hands, and reported having shot 3776 "Really, Holmes," said I severely, "you are a little trying at times." "I thought you would say so, Mr. Holmes," said White Mason in great "I''ve had a good look, Mr. Holmes," said White Mason. "Well, Mr. Holmes," said MacDonald, "when we have got our man--and you "It''s early days to talk of such things," said McMurdo with the air of "I thank you," said McMurdo, and shaking hands with his new Having had a good look at his man, McMurdo elbowed his way forward with "He''s Councillor McGinty, young man," said a voice from the group. "One last word, Brother McMurdo," said McGinty. "Sure, that was what I meant; I''m in your hands," said McMurdo. "I wanted to have a word with you, Mr. McMurdo," said the older man, "I''d like to know," said McMurdo, "how you ever came to learn that I "It is in this letter which has come into my hands," said McMurdo. 38071 Hold high the heart! The weary night, the chill bleak day, Athwart our joy still comes the thought There''s just one ragged British line of Plumer''s weary men; But, alas for dreams that vanish, for before the day was done Each day the Belfry faced you but you never brought it nearer, Fair Ypres was a relic of the soul of other days, It''s just the old familiar line of fifty thousand men, The dreams are passed and gone, old man, To be fit when the day should come! Foolish half-hearted Roman hell! For as he lies in hell to-day And how there passed three nights and days Ever more my heart is with you, ever more till life shall fail Take heart to hear the ragtime lilting down the deck. And a weary-hearted man was I. I turned away with heart of gloom, THE OLD WAY, and other Poems 3_s._ 6_d._ net 38443 "Look here!" said he turning round to the miner, "your medicine will be "Yoong man," said the miner, "thou''s got to mak'' t'' wife''s medicine "T'' wife wants her medicine," said the man, and lurched out at the door. "Gentlemen," said Montgomery, "I think that you will acknowledge that I "That''s easy done, Mr. Montgomery," said the fat-voiced publican. "Excuse all this rot, Mr. Montgomery," said the University man, in a "We want you to fight Silas Craggs, better known as the Master of "Thank you; I will let you know the hour," said Montgomery; and so the "A glove-fight, sir?" said Montgomery, guiltily. "Happen you won''t," said the woman, and the Master turned a terrible eye the Master of Croxley, and Robert Montgomery, of the Wilson Coal-pits. to look at, but Montgomery remembered that he had said that it was the man, dropped his hand for an instant, and at that instant Montgomery''s 39718 House Ball.--The Rescue Circle again.--Sitting with Mrs. Harris.--A good test case.--Australian botany.--The land of myrtles.--English cricket team.--Great final meeting in Melbourne. works of man, are flanked by great sky advertisements of various brands one of those great men like Sir Ronald Ross, whom the Indian Medical of these good, kind people was aboard, bearing great bunches of wild the fittings of a man-of-war, and a great impression of cleanliness and the need for good living in a way which meets their spiritual wants, Of my psychic work at Auckland there is little to be said, save that I said, "Above your head I see a man, an artist, long hair, brown eyes, man who has spent great part of his life studying the subject, and As an example of how it works, some years ago a Melbourne man named many cases by large proprietors who work great tracts with few hands, so 40848 "By the way, talking of Maloney--it''s a strange thing," said Broadhurst, "Yes, I''ll come," said young Braxton, with a quiet smile. his darned face," he said; "it''s Bill Hanker, the man who got the drop Judge Jeffers let on as how the old man wanted to hand in his "Look here, old man," said he; "sit down by me on the trunk and listen "Good-bye, old man," said Braxton. jump up; there''s a body of men coming!" Every man sprang to his horse''s night and day, turns against the very man that worked so hard for it. We got fair away to sea without a hitch, and things began to look a bit You, sir," he said wistfully, "look like one who has seen much of "It was but natural," said a man with a thick beard at my right hand. "Well, well, there''s plenty of time yet," said the man with the 42127 ago a complete defeat of Germany in a European war would have was reading Bernhardi''s book on Germany and the next war. In connection with the date at which the long-expected German war of war was a universal national insanity infecting the whole German The fact is that the German army, with all its great traditions, has with great warmth that in case of an Anglo-German war with France it is upon the whole German nation, which for generations to come one imagine Germans making war in such a spirit as this? Germany used to be a very great nation, mentally and morally because I have been studying _Germany and the Next War_, by General war, then it was not forced on by Great Britain in order to possess which he considers that Germany should make war upon the British has raised in his _Germany and the Next War_ from the British point 423 "Let me see," said the third year''s man. As he spoke, a small, brisk, iron-grey man came striding into the room, The doctor, a grave-faced young man, put his fingers to the furrowed, small, hard-faced woman with a great bruise all round her eye. "Thank ye kindly, sir," said the woman, when his work was finished; "Young man," said the flunky, "tell your master, Dr. Wilkinson, that he "So do I," said the senior man, and they laughed as they shook hands. "I don''t know his name," said Bellingham, passing his hand over the "Why, I hear someone coming up the steps now," said Smith. "Perhaps I know more than you think," said Smith, looking keenly at the "I think there''s life in him," said Smith, with his hand to the lad''s A look of fear came into his eyes, and he sank his face into his hands. 439 is to be remembered that Christ''s life in this world occupied, so far attention to Christ''s life as compared to His death, and the new concerning Christ, the gentle, loving and powerful spirit which broods one hand, you had a material, earth-bound spirit of a low order of forms of mediumship, the direct voice and spirit photography, have also In the case of the direct voice one of the leading exponents is Mrs. French, an amateur medium in America, whose work is described both by voice in the case of four different mediums, two of them amateurs, and of these various accounts as to the conditions of spirit life. great Christ spirit, the very soul of reason, of justice, and of of spirit life and have lived entirely for the earth, its cares and these powers were contained always within His human body, or how far He 47506 of _Light_, that alleged photographs of fairies had been taken. little time ago, Elsie said she wanted to photograph them, and begged She believes the fairy photographs to be quite genuine. the little girl in the picture who wrote fairy stories which he photographs of fairies having been successfully taken in the North of photographers that the fairy figures show quite different shadows single exposure, open-air work, show movement in the fairy figures, one photograph of fairies and another of a gnome--playing round are real photographs of fairies, notwithstanding the fact that no placed upon the fact that the fairies in the photograph had of a fairy has never been produced on a photographic plate. criticism of the genuineness of the photographs of fairies appearing The fairy who is looking at Elsie in the other photograph fairy, like a carnation in shape, the head appearing where the stalk 5317 good company that one may come to think too little of the living. It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good words--"D--was a dirty man," but the books certainly would be It''s a sad book, Lockhart''s "Life." It leaves gloom in the mind. great man takes of old age and death. mentioning his name--and one cannot read the great historian''s life hand, men who have been very great in the short story, Stevenson, all his flaws, the man who, in addition to the great book, of which Most of my books deal with the days of his greatness, but here, you the day might come when his book would be the one great authority, sure there are many good books, possibly there are some great ones, books to put into a young man''s hands if you wished to train him 537 He said that he was shivering and looked like a man thousand-foot level, looking like little black swallows against the "Look here, Burger," said Kennedy, "I do wish that you would confide in "Wait a bit, Burger," said Kennedy, laying his hand upon the other''s "Go on, man, light the candle!" said Kennedy impatiently. "Good evening," said Douglas Stone, when the butler had closed the "Come in!" said my relative, and opened the door. young man came out of the door and walked swiftly down the street. "Ask Lady Rossiter to have the goodness to step this way," said his "Perhaps you are not aware," said he, "that I am a medical man like "Now then, sir, look sharp, the train is going," said he. "Well, he must come in again," said young Morton, and passed through "Do come round," it said; "the matter is becoming more and more 9874 great good fortune, at the very crisis of the war, to visit the battle ''It''s a dear little gun,'' says the officer boy. I have told of my first day, when I visited the front trenches, saw the Italian lines, for they have the great advantage that a row of fine Austrian position, the general curve of both lines being marked, as in work beyond a certain point the size of the gun makes little matter. cannot look at the officers and men without seeing that their spirit day in the French trenches, I have never once heard the sound of music feed up their fighting men at the places like Verdun or Hooge, where right and left, soldiers'' faces, hard and rough from a year of open We passed in a little procession among the French soldiers, and viewed Boche, French or British, is a man of mettle!