Excerpt from Broom-Corn Smut In this he mentions the finding of the fungus at Madison, and also states that Sturtevant reports it from New York and Farlow from the District of Columbia, in all three cases on plants raised from imported Chinese seed. Professor Farlow in answer to inquiries concerning the Columbia specimen writes that it was sent to him from the Department of Agriculture at Washington and was taken from sorghum grown in New jersey in 1882. In 1889 Webber reported the finding of the smut on Millo maize in Nebraska, and in 1890 Failye'r and Willard found the same on several imported varieties grown for the first time at the Kansas Experiment Station. Professor Hitchcock in answer to a letter gives the following plants upon which it has been collected in Kansas: sorghum (early. Amber, Rangoon, Red Liberian, and many unknown varieties), broom-corn, Kafir corn. Though not reported from Ohio so far as can be learned, it probably has occurred there, as considerable broom-corn has been raised in that state. 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.

The invisible man is the unnamed narrator of this impassioned novel of black lives in 1940s America. Embittered by a country which treats him as a non-being he retreats to an underground cell.

Excerpt from The Broom of the War-God a Novel, Vol. 43 All the world in Lamia had adjourned to take coffee. In the lower town a few tired women sat on the door-steps nursing their babies and talking listlessly, mechanically, as if to stop required too much effort. But the Prefect, and the garrison, and the fat storekeepers, every man who boasted trousers of European cut, had adjourned to the cafe in the square. The needs of the time demanded their presence. A company of that famous Philhellenic Legion had come among them - Italians doubtless, the brave brothers from across the sea, the first of the promised two hundred thousand who were to join in the crusade against the Turk. They can drink like the orthodox, they can talk like Hellenes, these men from Italy - he adelphe Italia! And they had asked for rations and rounds of ammunition for a dozen men. That demanded talk, and coffee, and cognac. "Five Turkish coffees, waiter!" 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.

Excerpt from The Broom-Squire Now the hill you're safely over, Drink, your spirits to recover. The tavern stood on the high-road side between Godalming and Portsmouth; that is to say the main artery of communication between London and Ports mouth. 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.

A collection of stories in which an Austrian writer analyzes the craft of writing and describes the people he met over the years. One of them is a former Miss Yugoslavia with whom he had a romance.