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Home is the SpacemanEnright was coming home, which should have been good, since he was the first Earthman ever to go faster than light. But when he'd been gone eighteen months in a ship that was supplied for only ten days, the authorities were...

Little Hickory; or, Ragged Rob's young republicBlack yer boots and make em shine; only cost ye half a dime! cried a cheery voice at the speakers elbow, and, looking down, the tall man was surprised to see a specimen of boyhood quite unknown to...

Elfin land: and other poems Title: Elfin land Subtitle: and other poems Author: Benjamin West Ball Release Date: July 15, 2022 [EBook #68531] Language: English Original Publication: US: , United States: James Munroe and Company,1851. Credits: Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team...

CrystalsIt is a remarkable fact that no definition of life has yet been advanced which will not apply to a crystal with as much veracity as to those obviously animate objects of the animal and vegetable world which we are accustomed to regard in...

FiregodD'hai Merssu, Emperor of All the Suns, Protector of the Galaxy, looked up calmly as his prime minister burst into the room. His lean, brooding face did not change expression as he watched the pale and perspiring man cross the flagstoned floor with a...

Derrière les vieux murs en ruines: roman marocainPuis, sur la colline, apparaissent les ruines. Ce sont de trs vieux murs aux tons fauves, des palais demi dtruits, dont quelques arcades attestent encore les dimensions colossales; un{2} enchevtrement de terrasses vtustes, de treilles, de logis...

Gereformeerde dogmatiek. Derde deelOnder de bewerking der uitgebreide stof is het m onmogelk gebleken, om de belofte te houden, welke ik in de voorrede van het eerste deel afgelegd had. Deze Gereformeerde Dogmatiek is niet in drie, maar wordt in vier deelen compleet. Het...

Some eminent Victorians: Personal recollections in the world of art and lettersThose of us who have emerged from the Victorian Era with an undiminished reverence for the great names which have made it memorable, must be prepared to endure with patience the pitying tolerance,...

Poesías completasEn la versin de texto sin formatear, el texto en cursiva est encerrado entre guiones bajos (_cursiva_), las versalitas se representan en maysculas como en VERSALITAS y el texto en negritas como en =negritas=. El criterio utilizado para llevar a cabo esta transcripcin...

The optimistThe ship swung slowly away from the side of the wharf. Several people on board then said, Well, were off at last! to several other people who had only been thinking of saying it. He deliberately let his mind travel backwards, visualizing himself,...

Pattern for ConquestThe signal officer leaped from his position and made a vicious grab at the thin paper tape that was snaking from his typer to the master transmitter. It tore just at the entrance slot. The tape-end slid in; disappeared. The master transmitter...

Life of LisztLiszts Childish CharacteristicsThe Home at RaidingThe Father and his Musical AbilitiesHis Ambition for his SonSelections from his DiaryYoung Liszts First AppearancesPeculiarities of his PlayingThe GypsiesThe Influence of their Life and Music upon himPaganini and BiharyGenerosity of Counts Amadee and SzaparyHis Studies with...

Through the mill: The life of a mill-boyHow many thousand pens are busy reporting and recording mill life! It is a splendid commentary on the fineness of our social conscience that there are so many champions on behalf of overworked boys and girls. Coming...

The Van RoonNorth of the Strand, east of the National Gallery, a narrow street winds a devious course towards Long Acre. To the casual eye it is no more than a mean and dingy thoroughfare without charm or interest, but for the connoisseur it...

The urine dance of the Zuni Indians of New MexicoOn the evening of November 17, 1881, during my stay in the village of Zuni, New Mexico, the Nehue-Cue, one of secret orders of the Zunis, sent word to Mr. F. Cushing (whose guest I...

The Yale Literary Magazine (Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 9, June 1923)Probably one in every ten men brought up in a cultured environment has written, at some youthful period or other, sentimental verse. Such product is in any prep.-school paper; a few brilliant or hard working...

Auld lang syneWhat are you to do when you are sent away by your doctor for three or four weeks of perfect rest? You are made to promise that you will lie perfectly fallow, take no books and allow no proofsheets to reach you....

La conscience dans le mal: romanI, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII, XXXIV, XXXV La petite angoisse, roman....

A concise account of the principal works in stained glass that have been executed by Thomas Willement of London, Fellow of the Society of AntiquariesA large armorial window for the principal staircase; in the upper part of which is an equestrian portrait of his...

The little country theaterOne day, about three weeks before the Christmas holidays, two young men came to see me. I shall never forget the incident because to me it marked one of the most fascinating episodes in the social life of country people. One...