81. The Gift Of The Magi Information about Project Gutenberg. THE GIFT OF THE MAGI. by O. henry. One dollarand eightyseven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. http://www.auburn.edu/~vestmon/Gift_of_the_Magi.html

Information about Project Gutenberg THE GIFT OF THE MAGI by O. Henry One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty- seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas. There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the first stage to the second, take a look at the home. A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad. In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring. Also appertaining thereunto was a card bearing the name "Mr. James Dillingham Young." The "Dillingham" had been flung to the breeze during a former period of prosperity when its possessor was being paid $30 per week. Now, when the income was shrunk to $20, though, they were thinking seriously of contracting to a modest and unassuming D. But whenever Mr. James Dillingham Young came home and reached his flat above he was called "Jim" and greatly hugged by Mrs. James Dillingham Young, already introduced to you as Della. Which is all very good.

82. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Henry Harland American novelist. (18611905) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16044a.htm

Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers ... H > Henry Harland A B C D ... Z Henry Harland The centre of a coterie of , Harland projected a quarterly for them, the black and white work being done by Aubrey Beardsley . Appearing in Jan., 1894, "The Yellow Book" made Harland and Beardsley the lions of the hour, and the vogue continued till Harland's failing health stopped the publication in 1897. In this year Harland and his wife were received into the Church. In 1898 appeared "The Cardinal's Snuff Box", a delightfully buoyant novel of Italian life. It is so pervaded with the beauty of the Catholic Faith (as are all of Harland's writings from this on) that it has made converts. In 1902 was published his masterpiece, "The Lady Paramount", likened by John Oliver Hobbes to a Shakesperian comedy. In 1904 came "My Friend Prospero", in the same charming vein. "The Royal End" (1909) was incomplete when Harland died. His wife finished it according to his notes. Despite ill health, Harland, always whimsically joyous, was, still more than Beardsley, a "boy who never grew up". At thirty his physician gave him two years to live, but he prolonged them to fourteen most fruitful ones. In sight of the home built by the family at Norwich, Conn., before 1776, Henry Harland lies buried near his people, but in consecrated ground, with a Roman cross at his head. GLASTONBURY (MRS. HENRY HARLAND), The Life and Works of Henry Harland in Irish Monthly (Dublin, April, 1911), this, the only accurate account of Harland, is reprinted from The Redwood (Santa Clara, California); BURKE, Novels of Mr. Henry Harland in Cath. World (New York, April, 1903); JAMES, The Story Teller at Large in The Fortnightly Rev., LXIX (London); Athenaeum (London, 30 Dec., 1905); The Times (London, 22 Dec., 1905); The Bookman, XXII (New York, 1905-6), XXIX (1909); The Lamp, XXVI (New York); Current Literature, XL.

83. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862): A Guide To Resources On Henry David Thoreau And A concise, simple directory to resources on Thoreau and his classics including Walden, Civil Disobedience and Walking, plus resources on Transcendentalist authors, philosophy and literature. http://www.transcendentalists.com/1thorea.html

Questia.com For in-depth homework help and research including biography and history using recent full-length texts online, try Questia.com Home Up Transcendentalism ... Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau Others in the Circle Thoreau: Biography Thoreau: Images Thoreau: Works ... Support This Site Related Sites: Women's History Famous Unitarian Universalists Transcendentalists Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) Henry David Thoreau www.arttoday.com Wild Fruits - Thoreau's Rediscovered Last Manuscript (reload this page for more recommendations) From these pages, you'll find the best of information about Henry David Thoreau on the Net. Many of the links are to information about or by Henry David Thoreau on other sites; some of the links are to original material or etexts on or by Thoreau found on this site. I've organized this Thoreau material by sub-topic as follows (click on any topic): Henry David Thoreau Thoreau: Biography Thoreau: Images Thoreau: Works ... Thoreau: Commercial These pages have existed, in some form or another, since 1995, when I first discovered that there was a wealth of material about Henry David Thoreau on the Net, all very difficult to find. My goal, since then, has been to aid people interested in Thoreau and the Transcendentalists by identifying and organizing that information. Some page counters (each counts differently): LE FastCounter Since 10/20/95: at least Back Home Next Jone Johnson ... Lewis.

84. O. Henry: A Life That Reads Like One Of His Stories William Sydney Porter had a brilliant but boozy career as the writer O. henry. From Smithsonian Magazine, Vol 27 number 10. Often drunk, O. henry was habitually late with his copy. As the deadline for this Christmas story approached, O. henry failed to appear http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues97/jan97/ohenry.html

document.write(''); Excerpt from Jimmy Valentine 512k WAV sound Excerpt from Gift of the Magi 458k WAV sound Performed by The Blue Ridge Radio Players A non-profit organization dedicated to helping the handicapped reader For more information e-mail BRRPlay@aol.com O.Henry Museum Page If his life were a short story, who'd ever believe it? Being locked up for embezzlement freed him to write, launching William Sydney Porter on a brilliant but boozy career as O. Henry "If the life of William Sydney Porter were written into a short story," Bruce Watson notes, "literary critics would scoff. Imagine a frail North Carolina boy going West to live and loaf on a Texas ranch. Too artificial. Fancy a foppish bank teller, charged with embezzlement, fleeing to Honduras to hobnob with fugitives. Too contrived. Conceive of an ex-convict rising to literary renown in only nine years, then dying in a New York hospital with 23 cents in his pocket. Too sentimental. Sounds like some O. Henry story." Which, of course, it is. Though O. Henry is still honored by having the most renowned annual collection of American short stories named after him, his tales of urban living, often marked by wry humor and a surprise ending, tend to be dismissed by modern critics as hackwork. Even so, people still read O. Henry, especially that ultimate Christmas story, "The Gift of the Magi." Often drunk, O. Henry was habitually late with his copy. As the deadline for this Christmas story approached, O. Henry failed to appear. Finally, the desperate editor sent an equally desperate illustrator to search out the writer. O. Henry had written nothing, did not know what he was going to write. The illustrator implored him for at least a clue as to what he should draw. O. Henry thought a moment, then said, "I'll tell you what to do.... Just draw a picture of a poorly furnished room.... On the bed, a man and a girl are sitting side by side. They are talking about Christmas. The man has a watch fob in his hand.... The girl's principal feature is the long beautiful hair that is hanging down her back. That's all I can think of now, but the story is coming." Eventually, the deadline long past, he wrote the story in three hours, helped along by his habitual bottle of Scotch and his agitated editor who waited on O. Henry's shabby couch for the copy.

85. Ohio's County Almanac Lists population figures, institutions of higher education, land, people, and places to visit. http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/products/OCA/overview.cfm?county=Henry

86. City Of Austin - Parks And Recreation: O'Henry Museum Help the O.henry Museum celebrate the weakness and wit in language at their 27th Annual O.henry Museum PunOff World Championships http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/ohenry.htm

Options Directory Departments FAQ ... Contact Us O. Henry Museum Museum Hours 12:00 noon - 5:00 p.m. Wednesday - Sunday Closed Monday and Tuesday 409 East Fifth Street Austin, Texas 78701 MEGATONS OF PUNS! Help the O.Henry Museum celebrate the weakness and wit in language at their 27th Annual O.Henry Museum Pun-Off World Championships. For the third and final year the competition will be held in the shady gazebo at Wooldridge Park, at 900 Guadalupe next to the County Courthouse. Several spots are still O-PUN for wicked and witty word butchers who wish to wrangle wit in the worst way. Admission is free. The O. Henry Museum offers a look into the life of William Sidney Porter, the man who became famous under the pen name O. Henry. Known as "the master of the short story," Porter lived in this 1886 Queen Anne-style cottage from 1893 to 1895. His home has since been restored and now contains artifacts and memorabilia from Porter's life in Austin. During his more than thirteen years in Austin, Porter worked in a variety of occupations. Some of his experiences as a pharmacist, draftsman, bank teller, and reporter would later figure in his short stories. Before leaving Texas in 1897, William Sidney Porter's first nationally published short story, The Miracle at Lava Canyon, appeared under the pen name O. Henry.

87. Welcome To The American Presidency Encyclopedia Americana In 1940 Wallace was elected vice president and served in this capacity during Franklin Delano Roosevelt's third term in office. He died in 1965. http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/vp/vpwall.html

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88. Artist Page An allmale, a cappella vocal ensemble specialising in early and contemporary music. http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/artist_page.asp?name=henryseight

89. Target : Entertainment : Books : Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( H ) : H Find, shop for and buy henry, O. at Books The Best Short Stories of O. henry. by O. henry, Bennett Cerf http://www.target.com/gp/browse.html?node=70324

90. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Henry II (King Of England) King of England. (11331189) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07220b.htm

Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers ... H > Henry II A B C D ... Z Henry II King of England, born 1133; died 6 July, 1189; was in his earlier life commonly known as Henry Fitz-Empress from the fact that his mother Matilda, daughter of Henry I, was first married to the Emperor Henry V Anglican grace of God crusade , while his organization of the "Saladin Tithe", like that of the "Scutage" at the beginning of the reign, marked an epoch in the history of English taxation. The conquest of Ireland which Henry had projected in 1156 and for which he obtained a Bull from Pope Adrian IV (q.v.) was carried out later with the full sanction of Pope Alexander III, preserved to us in letters of unquestionable authenticity which concede in substance all that was granted by the disputed Bull of Adrian. The death of Henry was sad and tragic, embittered as it was by the rebellion of his sons Richard and John, but he received the last sacraments before the end came. "I think", says William of Newburgh, "that God wished to punish him severely in this life in order to show mercy to him in the next." All histories of England and notably LINGARD'S contain a detailed account of Henry's important reign, but Lingard's estimate of his character seems unnecessarily severe. The prefaces to STUBBS" editions of various chronicles in the

91. Humorous Quotes Of Henry David Thoreau - Jest For Pun A collection of Thoreau quotes. http://www.workinghumor.com/quotes/henry_david_thoreau.shtml

Humorous Quotes attributed to Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862, American Essayist, Poet, Naturalist Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it. As for the pyramids, there is nothing to wonder at in them so much as the fact that so many men could be found degraded enough to spend their lives constructing a tomb for some ambitious booby, whom it would have been wiser and manlier to have drowned in the Nile, and then given his body to the dogs. City life is millions of people being lonesome together. I do not know how to distinguish between our waking life and a dream. Are we not always living the life that we imagine we are? ... What men call social virtues, good fellowship, is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter, which lie close together to keep each other warm. Jest a Quote Jest for Pun Jest in Literature (A) More details? HERE! Great Public Speaking Tips and on using Humor in your presentations! I highly recommend Tom Antion's newsletter. With over 115,000 subscribers and fantastic fee structure (It's free) don't you think it's worth a try? Check it out HERE Quotes by Abraham Lincoln Al McGuire Albert Camus Albert Einstein Ambrose Bierce Benjamin Disraeli Benjamin Franklin Bertrand Russell Bob Dylan Bob Hope Charles Dickens Dave Barry Dennis The Menace Dorothy Parker Ernest Hemingway Finley Peter Dunne Frank Zappa Friedrich Nietzsche G K Chesterton Garfield (The Cat) George Bernard Shaw George Burns Groucho Marx H. L. Mencken

92. Welcome To Henry County Provides information about the administration, history, education and businesses. http://www.ohiohenrycounty.com/

93. O. Henry: A Life That Reads Like One Of His Stories William Sydney Porter had a brilliant but boozy career as the writer O. henry.From Smithsonian Magazine, Vol 27 number 10. O.henry Museum Page. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian/issues97/jan97/ohenry.html

document.write(''); Excerpt from Jimmy Valentine 512k WAV sound Excerpt from Gift of the Magi 458k WAV sound Performed by The Blue Ridge Radio Players A non-profit organization dedicated to helping the handicapped reader For more information e-mail BRRPlay@aol.com O.Henry Museum Page If his life were a short story, who'd ever believe it? Being locked up for embezzlement freed him to write, launching William Sydney Porter on a brilliant but boozy career as O. Henry "If the life of William Sydney Porter were written into a short story," Bruce Watson notes, "literary critics would scoff. Imagine a frail North Carolina boy going West to live and loaf on a Texas ranch. Too artificial. Fancy a foppish bank teller, charged with embezzlement, fleeing to Honduras to hobnob with fugitives. Too contrived. Conceive of an ex-convict rising to literary renown in only nine years, then dying in a New York hospital with 23 cents in his pocket. Too sentimental. Sounds like some O. Henry story." Which, of course, it is. Though O. Henry is still honored by having the most renowned annual collection of American short stories named after him, his tales of urban living, often marked by wry humor and a surprise ending, tend to be dismissed by modern critics as hackwork. Even so, people still read O. Henry, especially that ultimate Christmas story, "The Gift of the Magi." Often drunk, O. Henry was habitually late with his copy. As the deadline for this Christmas story approached, O. Henry failed to appear. Finally, the desperate editor sent an equally desperate illustrator to search out the writer. O. Henry had written nothing, did not know what he was going to write. The illustrator implored him for at least a clue as to what he should draw. O. Henry thought a moment, then said, "I'll tell you what to do.... Just draw a picture of a poorly furnished room.... On the bed, a man and a girl are sitting side by side. They are talking about Christmas. The man has a watch fob in his hand.... The girl's principal feature is the long beautiful hair that is hanging down her back. That's all I can think of now, but the story is coming." Eventually, the deadline long past, he wrote the story in three hours, helped along by his habitual bottle of Scotch and his agitated editor who waited on O. Henry's shabby couch for the copy.

94. Henry Wallace--background On His Resignation As Secretary Of Commerce Article from the Truman Library. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/1948campaign/large/do

From: Loneliest Campaign Pages: 15-16 By: Irwin Ross Henry Wallacebackground on his resignation as Secretary of Commerce 1944, Roosevelt had made him Secretary of Commerce as a kind of consolation prize. Truman retained him in the office. Wallace was soon off on a foreign policy gambit of his own. While the administration was taking an increasingly firm line toward the Soviet Union on the grounds that our wartime ally had broken many commitments about the postwar order-Wallace favored a policy of accommodation, lest peace be endangered. He was clearly headed on a collision course with the administration, but Truman seemed unaware of it. On September 12, Wallace was to address a political rally in New York's Madison Square Garden. Two days before, he called upon the President with a copy of his speech. Wallace had some critical words about the Soviet Union, but he also inveighed against American policy being unduly influenced by Great Britain, spoke tolerantly about Russia's increasing influence in Eastern Europe, where he thought the United States had no business interfering, and argued that "the tougher we get with Russia, the tougher they will get with us." Truman clearly gave the speech his approval. That was evident at his press conference on the afternoon of September 12. Reporters had obtained advance texts of Wallace's address; one of them asked Truman whether it represented the policy of his administration. "That is correct," said Truman, later adding, "I approved the whole speech." Another correspondent pressed Truman as to whether Wallace's speech indicated "a departure" from Secretary of State Byrnes' policy toward Russia. Truman denied it. "They are exactly in line," he said.

95. Harmonica Henry & The Bluesrockers Swedish blues band. Contains biographies, tour schedule, CD information, related links and reviews. http://biphost.spray.se/harmonicahenry/

96. Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Forum Frigate Message board and live chat about the life and works. http://carolinanavy.com/fleet2/f2/zclassicalmusic/HenryPurcell(1659-1695)hall/sh

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97. Henry Fielding An offthe-wall Incompetech British Authors entry for henry Fielding. http://www.incompetech.com/authors/fielding/

Literature British Authors Name Database PDFs Graph Paper Monthly Calendars Yearly Calendars Page Per Day Music Musical Genres Loops Visual Arts Renderings Photos Guide to Art Other Gallimaufry Newsletters Journal NEW! Send Email! Kevin MacLeod Rate this page! On the bottom of every page here, there is a quick way to give feedback. Give it a try! Henry "Feilding" Fielding Henry Fielding was born at Wedmore, England on 22 April 1707, the first child of Edmund Fielding and Sarah Gould Fielding. Their marriage had been highly disapproved of by Sarah's parents on the grounds that Edmund was too poor and couldn't even manage what little money he did have but Sarah would listen to none of that. They had seven children before Sarah died . When Henry was twelve, his father remarried, an Italian woman who was rumored to be a Catholic who kept an eating-house . Henry had been raised (by his father, ironically enough) to really dislike Catholics, so you can imagine the atmosphere around that house. Henry's maternal grandmother eventually sued for custody of Henry and his siblings, and won. Surrounded by females and one much younger brother, Henry grew up wild and willful, not to mention prone to brawling At 21, Henry went to the continent to attend the University of Leiden in Holland, because it was much cheaper than any of the London schools. Eventually, though, he couldn't even afford Leiden and had to go back to London with all kinds of unpaid debts behind him

98. Henry A. Petter Supply Co.  PetterSupply.com Industrial distributor focusing on marine, MRO, industrial and manufacturing supplies including safety supplies, boots, tools, and consumable goods. http://www.pettersupply.com

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99. Henry Holiday 1839-1927 A biography of the PreRaphaelite artist and stained glass window designer henry Holiday, with particular reference to his work in Cumbria (The Lake District). Photographs of several of his windows. http://www.visitcumbria.com/holiday.htm

'Henry Holiday' Henry Holiday was born on 17th June 1839 in London. In 1855, aged 16, he made his first journey to the Lake District. Throughout the rest of his life he was to make many more trips, often holidaying for long periods of time. In 1908 he designed his own home, Betty Fold, near Hawkshead. He often stayed at Brantwood , home of John Ruskin , who introduced him to Edward Burne-Jones . From 1872 onwards, he was a regular visitor at Muncaster Castle Henry Holiday was a frequent visitor to the studios of Sir Edward Burne-Jones at his home in London, and Burne-Jones' influence on him can be felt in his work. At Burne-Jones' home aesthetic problems were discussed and exchanged by a group of artists, who pooled their ideas, and whose work had much in common. He died on April 15th, 1927, two years after his wife Kate (who did embroidery work for the William Morris Company Walker Art Gallery - Liverpool St Mary's Church - Rydal St James' Church - Buttermere Church windows in Cumbria designed by Henry Holiday : Ambleside St Mary 90: NY 374044 Bootle St Michael 96: SD 106884 Bridekirk St Bridget 89: NY 116337 Buttermere St James 89: NY 175170 Calder Bridge St Bridget 89: NY 042060 Casterton Holy Trinity 97: SD 625797 Colton Holy Trinity 96: SD 317861 Cotehill St John 86: NY 469502 Finsthwaite St Peter 97: SD 368879 Grasmere St Oswald 90: NY 337074 Keswick St John 90: NY 267232 Kirkby Lonsdale St Mary 97: SD 611789 Muncaster St Michael 96: SD 104965 Ponsonby none 89: NY 042056 Rydal St Mary 90: NY 365064 Soulby St Luke 91: NY 748111

100. O. Henry (William Sidney Porter) O. henry (William Sidney Porter). O. henry s stories of New York City arefavorites among student readers. About North Carolina he wrote little. http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/ncsites/greensbo/o_henry.htm

O. Henry (William Sidney Porter) O. Henry is the pen name of William Sidney Porter, one of America's most popular writers of short stories. He was born near Greensboro in 1862. When he was only three, his mother died and he was left in the care of his father, a doctor. He grew up under the watchful eye of his Aunt Lina Porter, who conducted a private school attended by Will and the other children of the neighborhood. It was all the educatio he ever had. Soon he was working in an uncle's drug store, and eventually he became a registered pharmacist. But life in the village of Greensboro was humdrum, and when he received an invitation to go to Texas he accepted. At nineteen he was tramping about a huge ranch operated by some friends from North Carolina. In spite of his shy nature, he always had friends. In Austin he settled down as a bank clerk and was married. There was one daughter. At odd moments he ventured a humorous weekly newspaper, The Rolling Stone , but it was never successful. Just how it all happened is not quite clear, but at this time his accounts at the bank were found to be unbalanced and he was charged with embezzlement. To escape trial he sailed to Honduras. His wife's tuberculosis became worse; and when he returned some months later, he stood trial and was sent to the Ohio Penitentiary. There he began writing in earnest and sold some stories. On his release, he resolved to start life anew, even to changing his name. Many stories are told of why he chose O. Henry (see Gerald Langforth's biography

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