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Excerpt from Schiller's Historical Dramas: William Tell; Don Carlos; Demetrius The clear, smiling lake wooed to bathe in its deep, A boy on its green shore had laid him to sleep; Then heard he a melody Flowing and soft, And sweet, as when angels Are singing aloft. And as thrilling with pleasure he wakes from his rest, The waters are murmuring over his breast; And a voice from the deep cries, With me thou must go, I charm the young shepherd, I lure him below. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

CONTENTSIntroductionGeneral --- Joint Service Responsibility --- Maintenance Standards, Policies, and Criteria --- Terminology --- Planning --- Preparation for Work --- Access to Work --- SafetyTimber StructuresPreservation of Wood --- Inspection --- MaintenanceConcrete StructuresConcrete Technology --- Causes and Types of Deterioration --- Methods of Inspection --- Repair Methods Stone Masonry StructuresIntroduction --- Method of Inspection --- Methods of Repair Rubble-Mound StructuresStructural Components --- Causes and Types of Deterioration --- Inspection --- Methods of RepairStructures Involving SoilSoil Description --- Soil Placement --- Inspection --- RepairSteel StructuresCorrosion --- Protective Coatings --- Cathodic Protection --- Substitute Materials for Steel --- Inspection --- Maintenance of Steel StructuresPlastic and Elastomeric StructuresTypes of Materials --- Construction TechniquesReferencesGlossaryAppendicesDiver Inspection of Structures --- Inspection, Documentation, Maintenance, and Certification of Graving DocksIndex

CONTENTSGibbon's Early Life Up To the Time of His Leaving OxfordAt LausanneIn the MilitiaThe Italian JourneyLiterary Schemes. - The History of Switzerland - Dissertation on the Sixth Eneid. - Father's Death. - Settlement in LondonLife in London. - Parliament. - The Board of Trade. - The Decline and Fall. - Migration to LausanneThe First Three Volumes of the Decline and FallThe Last Ten Years of His Life at LausanneThe Last Three Volumes of the Decline and FallLast Illness. - Death. - Conclusion

"Reprinted from the 1916 ed."--T.p. verso.

Li Shih-chen, author of the most important medical work of ancient China, made immeasurable contributions to the health of the people. His masterpiece, The Compendium of Materia Medica, is not only a summing up of the pharmacological knowledge accumulated in the two thousand years before his time but also a prototype of the science of plant morphology. In his book we see clearly that his methods of observing and experimenting with drugs made through biological or chemical processes, are very similar to methods used in modern science. Like many other scientific achievements, Li Shih-chen's work has only now, when the people have taken over the direction of their own lives, received the honour and consideration it deserves. In the past ten years, the people's government of China has begun paying particular attention to the centuries-old Chinese art of healing, and has called upon the medical profession to study and develop this art. In this development, Li Shih-chen's work has a special significance. Less than four hundred years have passed since Li Shih-chen's death. Historical records give us scanty information about his life and work, but what there is, is clear and succinct. This book is based mainly on three historical documents: the memorial Shih-chen's eldest son, Li Chien-chung, wrote to the Emperor when he submitted his father's book to the imperial court, the Biography of Li Shih-chen found in the History of the Ming Dynasty, and the Biography of Li Shih-chen by Ku Ching-hsing. Before he wrote this book, the author visited Li Shih-chen's home town, Chichow, and saw his grave, investigated the ruins of his house, and took down the epitaphs engraved on his tombstone. Tales about the life of Li Shih-chen are still circulating among the people in Chichow, and these tales have given the author important material with which to fill in the gaps in the daily life of Li Shih-chen. All documents, epitaphs and tales point to one unmistakable fact: Li Shih-chen was a hard-working man of courage and firm principles who devoted his entire life to his ideal, the creation of The Compendium of Materia Medica. All sources affirm his outstanding ability as a doctor and his noble humanism. The above-mentioned material has provided the skeleton of the story of Li Shih-chen's life. The author has filled in the details through literary imagination.

Reprint. Originally published: Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1973.

Originally published: Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1979.

CONTENTSPrologue, and a MeetingHeredityNativityBoyhoodLivermore ValleyBoyhood to Youth: Oakland Estuary: Inland SailoringCannery: Sloop "Razzle Dazzle": The Queen of the Oyster PiratesOyster-PiratingFish-Patrol"Sophie Sutherland": SealingAutumn into Spring, 1893 to 1894: Jute-Mill: Coal-Shovelling: Boy-and-Girl LoveTramping: The Road - The Sailor on Foot and RodTramping (Second Part): From St Joseph, Michigan, to Washington, D. C. etc.High School, 1894University, 1896-7Into Klondike, 1897Out of Klondike, 1898Return from Klondike: Writing - 1898-9: Lily Maid LettersCloudesley John's CorrespondenceIntroducing Anna Strunsky, and Jack's Letters to Her; also More John's LettersMarriage to Bessie Maddern: and More LettersLetters: Cloudesley and Anna19021903: Back to Piedmont from England, etc.

In the summer of 1882 and 1883, I was associated with Charles G. Leland in the collection of the material for his book The Algonquin Legends of New England, published in 1884. I found the work so delightful, that I have gone on with it since, whenever I found myself in the neighborhood of Indians. The supply of legends and tales seems to be endless, one supplementing and complementing another, so that there may be a dozen versions of one tale, each containing something new. I have tried, in this little book, in every case, to bring these various versions into a single whole; though I scarcely hope to give my readers the pleasure which I found in hearing them from the Indian story-tellers. Only the very old men and women remember these stories now; and though they know that their legends will soon be buried with them, and forgotten, it is not easy task to induce them to repeat them. One may make half-a-dozen visits, tell his own best stories, and exert all his arts of persuasion, in vain, then stroll hopelessly by some day, to be called in to hear some marvellous bit of folklore. These old people have firm faith witches, fairies, and giants of whom they tell; and any trace of amusement or incredulity would meet with quick indignation and reserve.- Abby L. Alger