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Ten Years and Ten Months in Lunatic Asylums in Different StatesI have been prompted by my friends and urged by a sense of duty to write the history of the Ten Years I spent in Lunatic Asylums, and give it to the public. This...

Inventors at Work, with Chapters on DiscoveryAid in writing this volume is acknowledged in the course of its chapters. The authors grateful thanks are rendered also to Dr. L. A. Fischer, of the Bureau of Standards at Washington, who has revised the paragraphs describing...

The Abandoned Farmer"You need to turn the little chap loose in the country," was the doctor's verdict, given in a low tone that didn'tthank Heaven!attract Paul's attention, though if the child hadn't been absorbed for the moment in driving a brood of imaginary chickens...

The Old House, and Other Tales Sologub is a pseudonymthe authors real name is Feodor Kuzmich Teternikov. He was born in 1863. He completed a scholastic course at Petrograd. His first published story appeared in the periodical Severny Viestnik in 1894, but it was...

Cassell's History of England, Vol. 1 (of 8) - From the Roman Invasion to the Wars of the RosesTHE ROMAN RULE IN BRITAIN. PAGE Earliest Notices of the British IslesThe CeltsTheir Settlement in BritainTheir Character and CustomsDruidismIts Organisation and AuthorityIts TenetsStonehenge and other RemainsCsar's...

Das Mikroskop und seine Anwendung - Ein Leitfaden bei mikroskopischen UntersuchungenSeit ungefhr fnf Jahren hat das Mikroskop aufgehrt ausschliesslich ein Instrument des Naturforschers zu sein. Es hat sich seit dieser Zeit nicht nur als ein unentbehrliches Hilfsmittel denen erwiesen, welche in ihren Berufsgeschften in...

Wijsheid en schoonheid uit IndiëDe belangstelling voor Indi is thans grooter dan in 1905, toen dit boek Wijsheid en Schoonheid uit Indi verscheen; dit heuchelijke feit deed uitgevers en mij besluiten, daar het geheel uitverkocht was geraakt, het te doen herdrukken. Er is mij...

The Catholic World, Vol. 13, April to September, 1871The Hon. Henry Wilson, recently re-elected senator in Congress from Massachusetts, may not be distinguished as an original thinker or as a statesman of commanding ability, but no man is a surer index to his party...

Näyttelijättären tarina: RomaaniSiihen aikaan, kun rauha viihtyi maailmassa eik kukaan olisi uskonut suuren maailmansodan syttyvn vuosikymmenen vierhtess, kun aatteen miehet kammioissansa suunnittelivat ihmisyyden ihanteita ja palveltiin taiteen jumalia pyrkien kansallisen, suomalaisen taiteen luomiseen, siihen aikaan oli myskin meill suurta ja vilpitnt ihmisyytt, oli luovaa...

Karl MarxThe socialism that inspires hopes and fears to-day is of the school of Marx. No one is seriously apprehensive of any other so-called socialistic movement, and no one is seriously concerned to criticise or refute the doctrines set forth by any other school...

L'assedio di Firenze Io promisi un giorno dedicarvi questa opera mia. Da quel giorno in poi voglie, costumi voi avete mutato ed affetti. Io mi mantengo tenacemente lo stesso. E mentre in questo modo soddisfo all'ultima promessa che vi ho fatto, io spero, e...

A Modern Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Adventures of Oliver Munier - An Extravaganza in Four ActsThe Comte de St. Germaine was a real historical character. Of all the many adventurers brilliant and volatile that flitted across the polished surface of Parisian life during the...

A Singular LifeThere were seven of them at the table that day, and they were talking about heredity. At least they were talking about whatever stood for heredity at the date of our history. The word had penetrated to religious circles at the time;...

A Pioneer MotherSHE was neither witty, nor learned in books, nor wise in the ways of the world, but I contend that her life was noble. There was something in her unconscious heroism which transcends wisdom and the deeds of those who dwell in...

Putnam's Phrase Book - An Aid to Social Letter Writing and to Ready and Effective Conversation, with Over 100 Model Social Letters and 6000 of the World's Best English PhrasesThis book has been prepared to meet that need, and contains a dictionary of six...

The Plays of Philip Massinger, Vol. IThe Old English Dramatists, the friends and co-temporaries of Shakspeare, have contributed one of the most valuable portions to the poetic literature of our country. Butabounding as they do in wit and fancy, in force and copiousness of...

A Book of the West. Volume 1: Devon - Being an introduction to Devon and CornwallIn this "Book of the West" I have not sought to say all that might be said relative to Devon and Cornwall; nor have I attempted to make of...

Rizal's own story of his lifeRizal-Mercado home, Kalamba. Here Jos Rizal was born. The family lost this building, along with most of their other property, in the land troubles. Governor-General Weyler sent soldiers to drive them out, though the first court had decided in...

The Art and Practice of HawkingNotwithstanding the large number of books, both ancient and modern, which have been written on the art of Hawking, it cannot be said that the English-speaking people generally have more than a very vague idea of the character of...

The Earl of BeaconsfieldSome changes of spelling and punctuation have been made. They are listed at the end of the text. In the advertisements at the end of the book, apparent missing letters and punctuation have been supplied without comment. Carlyle, speaking to me...